• Recent tastes

    From JIM WELLER@1:135/392 to ALL on Sun Jun 27 20:04:00 2021

    Five spice braised turkey thighs:

    Turkey thighs were on special, two to a package, so I loaded up.
    Last week, the first packet got plopped into the slow cooker along
    with minced chilies, ginger and garlic, five spice powder, soy
    sauce, a little chicken broth and left alone for six hours. They
    came out falling off the bone tender, very aromatic and absolutely
    wonderful tasting. I served them with a side of cabbage and onion
    stirred fried in oil with some fermented black bean sauce and
    sprinkled with crushed peanuts. The two dishes went together
    perfectly. Steamed rice completed the meal. The crockpot broth and
    the leftovers combined beautifully in a soup the next day.

    The second package also hit the crockpot yesterday as I didn't feel
    like using the oven on a hot day. This time the flavourings were
    diced onion and yellow sweet pepper, garlic, celery and Italian
    herbs (fresh oregano, thyme, rosemary and basil from the garden) in a
    mixture of chicken stock and white wine. A pretty standard treatment
    but also good.

    Leftovers were turned into another soup: curried mung bean and
    potato this time. I've been using dried Indian mung beans in
    European style split pea soups a lot lately.

    So, four great meals so far.




    Cheers

    Jim


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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Jim Weller on Wed Jun 30 00:41:00 2021
    On 06-27-21 20:04, Jim Weller <=-
    spoke to All about Recent tastes <=-

    The second package also hit the crockpot yesterday as I didn't feel
    like using the oven on a hot day. This time the flavourings were
    diced onion and yellow sweet pepper, garlic, celery and Italian
    herbs (fresh oregano, thyme, rosemary and basil from the garden) in a mixture of chicken stock and white wine. A pretty standard treatment
    but also good.

    That does sound good. I wonder what you mean by a hot day. A few days
    ago, a small town in Canada (just above Washington State -- I think that
    is BC) registered 118F = 48C. It was reported that that was the highest temperature in recorded history for all of Canada. I think that Tacoma
    was well into the 100sF. Poor Hap with AC in only one room in his
    house.

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05

    Title: Hot Tuna Heros
    Categories: D/g, Seafood, Sandwich, Boat
    Yield: 6 servings

    2 cn Tuna, drained (7 oz each)
    See Notes in Direction
    1 c Celery; chopped
    1 c Peas, frozen
    1/4 c Onion; finely diced
    4 sl Cheese, Swiss, cubed
    1/2 c Mayo; Hellmans, to moisten
    6 Buns, sub

    NOTE:

    Recently used one 12 oz can of white meat tuna (before draining) and
    cut all of the rest of the ingredients in half. Made 3 small sub
    size buns. Enough for dinner.

    Using original recipe - then cut in half. That will be enough for two
    sub buns.
    ~----------------------------------------------

    Drain tuna; separate into small size chunks. Place in medium size
    bowl. Add celery, peas, cheese and onions, fold in mayo.

    Cut a wedge slice from top of each roll; hollow out inside, leaving a
    1/2 inch thick shell. Fill each roll with tuna fish mixture.
    Replace top. Wrap each roll separately in foil. Can be refrigerated
    for later.

    Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bake 15 mins or until filling is hot
    and the buns are crisp. If they were refrigerated for later use -
    bake a few minutes longer.

    MMMMM


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  • From JIM WELLER@1:135/392 to ALL on Mon Aug 2 18:23:00 2021

    We're in the middle of a heat wave and going through a lot of cold
    drinks. We want our alcoholic ones to be long, cold and not too
    strong cause we're going to have more than one.

    --MM

    Easy white sangria hack

    1 part white wine, virtually any
    2 parts blended fruit juice, anything that's citrusy
    4 ice cubes
    1 tall glass

    Mix and stir. Drink as soon as it's chilled and finish before the
    ice cubes completely melt.

    ---

    Turkey thighs 4 ways

    They were on sale at $6.60/kg and then a whole bunch of them near
    their sell by date were marked down some more. I noticed them at
    lunchtime while picking up Ciabatta buns and cheese for my office
    snacks and bought 4 packages of 2, weighing about 1 kg each. Roslind
    happened to be there about the same time picking up a deli dept.
    fried chicken box and bought 4 more! Luckily there was room in the
    fridge freezer for all of them and we like them a lot. So far we've
    used 4 packages in the past 4 weeks, all in the slow cooker for
    about 6 hours. The first batch utilised a Chinese braising liquid
    flavoured with garlic, ginger, chile flakes and Chinese 5 Spice
    mixture. The second batch had Italian seasonings: garlic, chile
    flakes, and fresh parsley, leaf celery, oregano, rosemary, thyme and
    basil. The third was in a mild curry sauce and the last one used an
    Indian butter chicken recipe. All of them were delicious and the
    leftover braising liquids good with rice or in soups.
  • From JIM WELLER@1:135/392 to ALL on Sat Aug 7 21:59:00 2021

    Sale item: Suraj brand Chana Dal 1.8 kg $6.49 ea so $1.66 lb.
    Chana dal is split chickpeas. Once the dark brown "black" Desi
    chickpea is hulled and split it is yellow in colour; it looks a lot
    like yellow split peas. The taste is not all that different from
    split peas either. When eaten together with rice or something
    wheaten it makes an incredibly cheap high protein dish as 1 cup of
    dried dal will swell up into 3 cups of cooked.

    I used some recently in a standard French Canadian Habitant style
    pea soup using turkey thighs instead of ham.

    The next soup also used turkey thighs but this time the base was
    left over meat and broth from the Indian not chicken "butter
    chicken".

    Long weekend blowout meal: we were invited to a barbecue by
    Roslind's bother's ex-wife and her current partner who is a chef.
    He manages the kitchen at the Vital Abel Boarding Home in N'Dilo,
    the First Nations community right beside Yellowknife. It houses
    medical travellers from small remote communities up north who are in Yellowknife for testing or treatment and their travelling companions
    if they need one. So he deals with a lot of diet restrictions and
    serves as much country food as he can get his hands on.

    He served up perfectly grilled bone-on rib steaks, Caesar salad with
    anchovies and a homemade dressing, foil baked potatoes loaded with
    butter, sour cream, scallions and real bacon bits, and grilled
    mushrooms and onions. Everything was cooked to perfection and as
    good as the best steak house can produce.

    We brought a bottle of Lindeman's 2019 Bin 40 Merlot: lots of plum,
    moderate acid, soft tannins, and easy drinking, perfect for
    quaffing on the deck on a hot summer evening. Michael would
    disapprove as he liked high quality Bordeaux with his red meat and
    something more assertive with smoked or grilled foods but we all
    liked it.

    The grandkids are here now and the house is littered with half
    finished abandoned soft drinks as they don't want the same
    flavour, so won't split one and never finish them or return them to
    the fridge as they are mindless teenagers. In an effort to salvage
    the leftovers before they went flat I came up with this Tiki thing:
    equal parts non-carbonated guava nectar, 7-UP, Fanta orange and
    optionally, rum. The three fruit flavours go together really well
    and I will do this again on purpose.

    What's everybody else up to in the kitchen during the hot dog days
    of august?


    Cheers

    Jim


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  • From Shawn Highfield@1:229/452 to JIM WELLER on Sun Aug 8 12:38:20 2021
    JIM WELLER wrote to ALL <=-

    What's everybody else up to in the kitchen during the hot dog days
    of august?

    We're dealing with a sick cat so haven't been able to get to the woods
    as often as we want. (Not at all for 2 weeks)

    Today (Sunday) is first day of my week off mental health break and I'm
    going to make Casava flour tortilla's. Possibly dumplings for a frozen
    soup as I also split one of my teeth so that's causing me some discomfort.

    Shawn

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to JIM WELLER on Sun Aug 8 09:27:00 2021
    Sale item: Suraj brand Chana Dal 1.8 kg $6.49 ea so $1.66 lb.
    Chana dal is split chickpeas. Once the dark brown "black" Desi
    chickpea is hulled and split it is yellow in colour; it looks a lot
    like yellow split peas. The taste is not all that different from
    split peas either. When eaten together with rice or something
    wheaten it makes an incredibly cheap high protein dish as 1 cup of
    dried dal will swell up into 3 cups of cooked.

    I used some recently in a standard French Canadian Habitant style
    pea soup using turkey thighs instead of ham.

    The next soup also used turkey thighs but this time the base was
    left over meat and broth from the Indian not chicken "butter
    chicken".

    Both of those sound delicious. Chana Dal dishes are one of my go-tos at
    Indian restaurants.

    The grandkids are here now and the house is littered with half
    finished abandoned soft drinks as they don't want the same
    flavour, so won't split one and never finish them or return them to
    the fridge as they are mindless teenagers. In an effort to salvage
    the leftovers before they went flat I came up with this Tiki thing:
    equal parts non-carbonated guava nectar, 7-UP, Fanta orange and
    optionally, rum. The three fruit flavours go together really well
    and I will do this again on purpose.

    Sounds like an experiment that was very worthwile.

    What's everybody else up to in the kitchen during the hot dog days
    of august?

    As little as possible considering the heat. We had a break from the heat
    for a couple of days but it returns today.

    Mike


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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Jim Weller on Mon Aug 9 01:46:10 2021
    On 08-07-21 21:59, Jim Weller <=-
    spoke to All about Recent tastes <=-

    What's everybody else up to in the kitchen during the hot dog days
    of august?

    Walking indoors to the local restaurant. :-}}

    This looks good to me. I suppose you would use smoked lake trout from
    fresh caught instead of salmon.

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05

    Title: SMOKED SALMON-AND-CHIVE SANDWICHES
    Categories: Sandwich, Seafood, Fish, Malgieri
    Yield: 6 servings

    12 sl Thinly sliced pumpernickel
    6 oz Thinly sliced smoked salmon
    8 oz Cream cheese; soft
    1/4 c Butter; soft
    1 tb Grated lemon zest
    Salt and pepper
    3 tb Fresh chives, finely chopped

    BEAT TOGETHER CREAM CHEESE and butter until smooth and light. Beat in
    lemon zest and salt and pepper to taste. Stir in chives. Lay out 6
    slices of the bread. Carefully spread with half the filling. Place
    the salmon, overlapping if necessary, in an even layer over the
    filling. Spread with the remaining filling and top with the remaining
    slices of bread. Trim off the crusts and cut the sandwiches into
    quarters.

    NICK MALGIERI - PRODIGY GUEST CHEFS COOKBOOK
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    (1:102/125)

    MMMMM


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  • From JIM WELLER@1:135/392 to MIKE POWELL on Wed Aug 11 22:13:00 2021

    Quoting Mike Powell to Jim Weller <=-

    Chana Dal ... in a standard French Canadian Habitant style
    pea soup using turkey thighs instead of ham.

    soup / turkey thighs / meat and broth from the Indian not chicken
    "butter chicken".

    Both of those sound delicious.

    I like mixing cuisines and substituting non-standard ingredients to
    come up with fresh, new dishes.

    What's everybody else up to in the kitchen during the hot dog days
    of august?

    As little as possible considering the heat. We had a break from the
    heat for a couple of days but it returns today.

    We hit an all time new record on the August long weekend ... 32.6 C
    so 91 F which is really hot for up here. It's now down to a rather unseasonable 65 daytime high and 46 nighttime low. No happy medium!


    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Sesame Spread / Hummus Tahini
    Categories: Greek, Spreads, Middle east, Beans, Dips
    Yield: 1 Pint

    15 oz cn garbanzo beans, drained
    1/3 c Lemon juice
    1/4 c Tahini paste
    3 tb Chopped green onion
    2 tb Chopped flat-leaf parsley
    1/4 ts Ground cumin
    2 Garlic cloves, peeled
    Salt and freshly ground
    Black pepper to taste
    Parsley sprigs or cilantro
    For garnish
    Lavosh (cracker bread) or
    Pita bread, quartered

    Place the beans in a blender or food processor with the lemon
    juice, tahini, onion, parsley, cumin, and garlic. Add salt and
    pepper and blend again. Turn into a bowl, cover and chill. When
    ready to serve garnish with a wreath of parsley or cilantro.
    Spread on lavosh or pita bread. Makes about 2 cups.

    (I like adding pureed roasted red peppers and/or powdered chilies
    to mine -JW)

    MMMMM



    Cheers

    Jim


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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to JIM WELLER on Fri Aug 13 10:12:00 2021
    so 91 F which is really hot for up here. It's now down to a rather unseasonable 65 daytime high and 46 nighttime low. No happy medium!

    If those last two are in F, they don't sound bad at all to me. :)

    Mike


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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Mike Powell on Fri Aug 13 22:01:08 2021
    Mike Powell wrote to JIM WELLER <=-

    If those last two are in F, they don't sound bad at all to me. :)

    If not, Jim probably wouldn't like 147F for the high and 114F for the low temp. :D

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: London Town Gratitude Punch
    Categories: Beverages, Londontowne
    Yield: 1 servings

    1 c Tang
    2/3 c Instant tea powder
    1/2 t Ground cinnamon
    1/2 c Sugar
    3 oz Pkg Wyler lemonade mix
    1/4 t Ground cloves

    Combine all ingredients. Use two tablespoons per cup of boiling
    water. 2 oz rum may optionally be added per cup.

    Mrs. Robert F. Lewis

    MMMMM

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  • From JIM WELLER@1:135/392 to MIKE POWELL on Fri Aug 13 17:51:00 2021

    Quoting Mike Powell to Jim Weller <=-

    so 91 F which is really hot for up here. It's now down to a rather unseasonable 65 daytime high and 46 nighttime low. No happy medium!

    If those last two are in F, they don't sound bad at all to me. :)

    A bit on the cool side for early August.

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Lemon Cooler Cookies
    Categories: Cookies
    Yield: 3 dozen

    1 c Unsalted butter, room temp
    1/2 c Sugar
    2 ts Grated lemon peel
    1 Egg yolk
    1 ts Lemon extract
    1/4 ts Salt
    2 1/4 c All purpose flour

    In a medium bowl, using an electric mixer, cream butter until
    light. Gradually add 1/2 cup sugar and beat until fluffy. Beat in
    lemon peel, yolk, extract and salt. Add flour and beat until
    blended. Roll dough by tablespoon into balls, set balls on
    ungreased baking sheet, spacing 3-inches apart. Dip bottom of a
    glass into sugar, press down on dough balls until 1/4-inch thick.
    Bake at 375 F for about 10 minutes until edges start to turn
    brown. When cooled, sprinkle with powdered sugar.

    MMMMM



    Cheers

    Jim


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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Jim Weller on Sat Aug 14 15:10:18 2021
    JIM WELLER wrote to MIKE POWELL <=-

    A bit on the cool side for early August.

    Signs of an early fall?

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Seattle Scrapple
    Categories: Poultry, Breakfast
    Yield: 6 Servings

    -From the Kitchen of
    -Lawrence and Cindy Kellie
    2 tb Canola oil
    1/4 c Onion; minced
    1 1/4 c Cornmeal; yellow
    1 ts Salt
    1 ts Sage; dried
    1/2 ts Thyme; dried
    1/4 ts Pepper; black
    1/4 ts Cayenne pepper
    3 c Chicken bouillon
    -extra strong
    2 c Chicken
    -cooked, ground up

    Saute onion in oil. Add cornmeal, spices, adn broth. Cook for 15
    minutes. When thickened like cornmeal mush, add chicken. Put into
    greased 9x5 loaf pan. Pat it down. Refrigerate overnight

    For breakfast, cut 1/2 inch slices, coat with flour and fry until
    golden brown in oil

    Must cook and THEN grind the chicken/turkey.

    Seasoning the dipping flour will add more and varied flavors to your
    scrapple.

    MMMMM

    -- Sean

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  • From JIM WELLER@1:135/392 to ALL on Sat Oct 2 23:19:00 2021

    Besides a huge pork loin roast, crazy sundaes and an ever evolving
    black bean and pumpkin soup I've been messing around with:

    Plum preserves: I had this often when I was a kid but haven't had
    any for decades. I pitted and chopped up a pint of prune plums and
    boiled them until just softened with a little water, just a wee bit
    of sugar, lemon juice, allspice, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Half
    was sweetened with additional sugar and reserved for sundaes but the
    other half got a splash of vinegar, a pinch each of ground chile,
    black pepper and mustard powder to make a tart accompaniment to that
    roast pork we've been eating for the past several days. It was
    wonderful both ways.

    Irish Mist: Now that cooler weather has arrived I had a craving for
    some Drambuie to make rusty nails with but discovered that it's
    discontinued at my store, along with Chartreuse and Benedictine and
    other venerable liqueurs, to make shelf room for more stupid
    flavoured vodkas and nasty cheap artificially flavoured schnapps. So
    I bought a bottle of Irish Mist which is or at least was similar.
    What I didn't know until I got home, had a sip and read the label is
    that the ownership has changed hands and they've messed with the
    recipe. It is now lower proof (70 vs 80), sweeter and less herbal
    (no hint of heather at all) than before. It's a major disappointment
    and that will be my last bottle of it ever. AVOID!

    Ginger bud: On the last hand of ginger I purchased a little bud
    started growing on one of the fingers. I chopped it out and planted
    it. It's starting to green up and grow so I'm looking forward to using
    stems and leaves as an herb in a few weeks, as they do in tropical
    Southeast Asia.

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Rendang Sapi
    Categories: Indonesian, Beef, Chilies, Curry
    Yield: 8 Servings

    SPICE PASTE:
    50 g Dry red chilli
    50 g Fresh red chilli
    100 g Garlic; chopped
    100 g Shallots; chopped
    150 Ginger; chopped
    150 g Galangal; chopped
    150 g Lemongrass; chopped
    100 g Candle nuts
    CURRY:
    800 ml Coconut milk
    1 kg Beef rump; diced
    150 g Brown sugar
    3 tb Chicken stock powder
    1 Cinnamon stick
    3 Star anise
    100 g Desiccated coconut; toasted
    2 Fresh ginger leaves

    To make the paste: Blend all the ingredients together in a food
    processor until you have a fine paste. It will be necessary to add
    about 1 cup water to the paste. Fry the rendang paste in hot oil in
    a large pot until fragrant. Add the coconut milk and beef. Add some
    water; if needed, to cover the meat. Add the remainder of the
    ingredients and cook over a low heat for about four hours until the
    meat is soft and falling apart.

    To serve; sprinkle curry with fried onion and spring onion rings.

    From: Tom Mc Rae To: Foodwine

    Sapi is a bull. - JW

    MMMMM



    Cheers

    Jim


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  • From JIM WELLER@1:135/392 to ALL on Sat Dec 18 21:43:00 2021

    We had our company Christmas party at the Explorer Hotel,
    Yellowknife's first and oldest 3 star hotel. The menu was shorter
    and more basic than in previous years but there were a couple of
    interesting things to choose from. The bone marrow canoes they
    introduced last year were still on the menu but I went with their
    cold smoked arctic char summer rolls which were really quite amazing
    and had a very generous portion of char. As they should considering
    an appetiser portion of 2 rolls goes for $20. Roslind had their
    charcuterie plate with house made terrine, pate, smoked duck,
    sausage, salami, Gruyere cheese, potato bread and a blueberry
    chutney. It too was excellent. We ended up splitting and sharing
    both items. For mains I had an excellent grilled bison ribeye, rare,
    with whisky sauce and a side of spatzle. The bison was farmed from
    Alberta and not wild from here so it was fattier, milder tasting
    and more tender. Roslind had a turkey roulade that was tasty but
    unremarkable.

    Two of her clients have given her gifts of sun and wind dried
    whitefish, known as Piffi in Inuinnaqtun (Western Inuit) or Ehgwaa
    in the Tlicho Dene dialect. One batch was birch wood smoked, the
    other unsmoked. In the north whitefish are netted, split and gutted.
    The flesh is then cut into small squares or diamonds, very carefully
    down to the skin without actually cutting the skin itself and then hung
    over wood poles to dry outdoors until brittle. They are so dry that
    they can be stored for a year or more unrefrigerated. To eat, one
    peels the little bits off from the skin which then gets discarded.
    The hard little shards can be reconstituted in soups, stews and
    chowders or simply nibbled on as is. They go great with beer
    instead of pretzels, chips or peanuts.

    I played fast and loose with my last batch of spaghetti sauce and
    the result was interesting. It started out as a basic Ital-Canadian
    ground beef red sauce but I was out of celery so I threw in a couple
    of the white base stalks from of bok choy, diced small and added
    both lemon balm and stonecrop (Sedum rupestre Angelina) to the
    standard herb mix. Lemon balm tastes of citronella and stonecrop
    leaves are slightly peppery but mild, somewhat astringent and
    bitter. A little bit goes a long way! The result was unusual but
    tasty,

    Tealish is a family owned, Toronto based seller of premium quality
    loose tea which makes some interesting blends. I picked up a small
    canister of chocolate strawberry dessert tea on a whim. Now
    strawberries go nicely with both tea and chocolate but I was dubious
    about combining tea and chocolate but the result was surprisingly
    good. The base is a very fragrant, good quality black tea mixed with
    chocolate bits, dried berries and safflower blossoms. It wonderful
    hot without sugar, milk or lemon and equally good iced with a shot
    of Creme de Cacao in it.

    This winter I'm enjoying my favourite cocktails with a new riff by
    simply swapping out gin with vodka and brandy for whisky. Vodka
    negronis are amazing and brandy Manhattans superb. For additional
    flavours I picked up a bottle each of Creme de Cassis and Cacao both
    of which are excellent poured on sundaes as well as in mixed drinks.
    Just a few drops of Cassis is pure magic in a Manhattan.

    Latest wine: Apothic Inferno 2018. It a red blend with a distinctive
    taste as it is aged in whisky barrels which gives the red and black
    fruit profile spice, vanilla and char notes. It's great paired with
    grilled, smoked or barbecued meats.



    Cheers

    Jim


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  • From JIM WELLER@1:135/392 to ALL on Thu Dec 30 22:16:00 2021

    President's Choice bang bang shrimp: I usually skip over frozen
    prepared meals and just buy basic ingredients but they were marked
    down to half price so we bought two.

    The shrimp comes boxed and frozen and gets oven baked. They have a
    crunchy cornmeal breading that's quite chile hot. The sauce comes in
    a separate plastic pouch and is a brilliant orange, creamy, with a
    mild chile flavour and slightly sweet. It gets thawed and warmed up
    by plunking the unopened pouch into a bowl of hot water. So the prep
    is dirt simple.

    I suspect the sauce is made with a mixture of Thai sweet chili sauce
    for chicken and mayo.

    The shrimp was nice and juicy under the crispy breading. I liked the
    heat level but Roslind found it too hot for her tastes. Neither one
    of us was in love with the sauce. I found freshly squeezed lemon
    juice to be vastly superior.

    Moose dry meat: Ray got his limit last fall: one each moose, mule
    deer, white tail deer and elk. He made a large batch of Native style
    moose drymeat and we got a large zip lock bag of it for Christmas.
    Drymeat is different than jerky in that it isn't salted, brined or
    seasoned; it is air and wind dried with just a little smoke. It's
    admittedly an acquired taste. Roslind prefers drymeat which she
    grew up with as a child while I prefer jerky which is what I grew up
    with. (Young Azlind Oliver teethed on it!) Having said that I'm
    still having my share of that bag!

    Eye of round: This is a meat cut I generally avoid as it's tough and
    dry unless cooked very carefully. On Tuesday we had a post Christmas
    dinner at a niece's place (the one with the triplets) and she made a
    wonderful roast with it. Her secret is using a oven roasting bag
    and a Coca Cola based marinade. She cooks the roast right in the
    marinade and later makes a gravy with it. The marinade provides
    the acidity needed to tenderise the meat and is not overly sweet.
    She added a BBQ sauce to the finished gravy as well. The meat was
    falling apart tender, had a great flavour and was quite moist. I am
    going to try this myself sometime soon.

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    Title: Bonefish Grill's Bang Bang Shrimp
    Categories: Appetizers, Shrimp, Thai
    Yield: 4 Servings

    1/2 c Mayonnaise
    1/4 c Thai Sweet Chili Sauce
    3 dr Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce (or
    To taste)
    1 lb Shelled and deveined shrimp
    Dry cornstarch
    Oil for frying
    Lettuce
    Chopped scallions

    Mix mayonnaise with Thai Sweet Chili Sauce. Add hot sauce
    to taste.

    Dredge the shrimp in cornstarch. Deep fat fry the shrimp
    until lightly brown. Drain on paper towel, put in a bowl
    and coat with the sauce.

    Serve in a lettuce lined bowl, top with chopped scallions.

    cdkitchen.com attributes this to Bonefish Grill

    From: Michael Loo Date: 03-08-15

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    Cheers

    Jim

    ... An omelette is just an egg quesadilla

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