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I'm not typically a French toast person, but I want that.

Venison stew is a success! Made with parsnip, rutabaga, carrot, onion, and baby Bellas. Served over mashed russets.

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Mmmmmm. I'm with you, I'd much rather have savory stew any day.
 
Son would get two orders of waffle fries at Pizza Hut every day after leaving college for the day.
 
A lump of "coal" in your Chritmas stocking ?


The licorice plant is a perennial herb and a member of the pea family.

Licorice is a plant whose root and rhizome yields an essential oil used for medicinal and flavoring purposes. Its distinct flavor comes from a compound exclusive to licorice called glycyrrhizin.

The active substance in licorice, called glycyrrhiza, is found in the root of the plant. Licorice, which has a distinctive flavor, is 50 times sweeter than sugar.


"So, in closing, always approach Dutch drop with caution. Always identify the type of drop before putting it in your mouth. Always avoid anything with the word ‘zout’ in the title. Only accept drop from trusted family and friends (after you have done a full background check on them)."

"And finally, never, ever accept drop from a grinning Dutch person. It’s a trap."

http://www.invadingholland.com/guides-to-holland/the-horrors-of-dutch-drop-liquorice
 
In the UK, some are picking out their Christmas bird.
Charles Dickens goose has been replaced by a turkey ?

The rich goose meat and goose fat are replaced
with a dry, plain, flavorless factory product

Born in Spring and slaughtered before Christmas.
Long enough, to grow up and find the world.

But, still, it is sad that they do not live
Long enough to find a harem of their own.


I did not think.about these things, when I was a child.
A turkey brought t the door, was hunter's bounty.
The turkeys roosting on the lonely roads were the source.

I feed the turkeys on Christmas.

In the spring the mother shepherds her balls of fluff.
They grow into tiny feathered infant dinosaurs.

I am familiar to them.

It is alarming to see them sink in high snow, and struggle.
It is pitiful to see them try to scratch ice, in vain.


It is not as if there were not cruel Winters, before this.
But, in our times, they arrive with regular frequency.
The wonder and awe at exceptional excess, has
changed into familiar dread.

"Snowfall affects wild turkeys by limiting their movements and blocking their access to food sources. During such severe conditions, turkeys may be lost to starvation. Weakened birds are also more susceptible to predation. However, if food is available, turkeys can withstand very cold temperatures. Wild turkeys in good condition can usually survive up to 2 weeks before a significant number die. In one western Massachusetts study, turkeys with access to standing corn had an average winter survival of 93%. The effect of snow includes not only the snow's depth, and the length of time it is on the ground, but also its condition. Fluffy powdered snow is more limiting to turkeys than crusted snow. Although turkeys cannot dig through snow deeper than about 6 inches, they also cannot walk any distance through snow deeper than 1 foot. If powdery snow prevails, turkeys may remain on the roost until it crusts or melts, but, with crusted snow, they may be able to walk to above-ground food sources."

http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/df...faq.html#Howmanyeggsandyoungdowildturkeyshave

"... in Ian Fleming’s lovingly composed descriptions of James Bond’s meals – an early 1950s version of product placement) by examining the wartime (and immediate post-war era) diet:

1oz cheese (Roughly about 2 inch by 1 inch by half inch cube, barely enough to fill 1 sandwich)
2oz tea (Equivalent to about 20 teabags today)
2oz jam spread
4oz bacon or ham
8oz sugar
1 shilling’s worth of meat
8oz fats of which only 2oz could be butter


"Juliet Gardiner outlines how rationing did not actually end until 1954, 14 years after its introduction and nine years after the end of the war."


http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/b...od-in-popular-children-s-literature-1.2885193

1954, the year that I was born.
 
my food

This is totes bizarre because only moments ago I was thinking of starting a 'What are you eating right now' thread. See? Must be fat. I mean fate. Anyway, I just polished off a spinach quiche that was really good.
 
I have been arguing with my appetite for days.
At the least, I know why.
The weather detecting antennae were alert
to the fact that the Polar Vortex was active,
again.

Today, it is asking for potato chips, Cheeto type crunches, filled chocolate truffles hocolate chip cookies, rich, sugary pastries, and Meat.

Pastrami, bacon, venison, goose liver pate, pheasant breast, and roast duck, and Andouille sausage, is what my appetite would prefer.

I do eat eggs and milk products.
I will indulge in fish.

Vegetarian is my ideal.
 
Popovers with grated Parmesan and thyme. And homemade vegetable pot pie. Mmmmmmhmm, the house smells lovely.
 
Quick chicken in the oven.

I eat a lot of chicken so I'm always looking for new ways to enjoy my favorite little steroid injected friends.

I recently started cooking like this;

  1. Season with your favorite sauces/spices
  2. Preheat oven to 450 American
  3. Grease glass baking dish with butter or whatthefuckever you normally use for butter that can handle heat and cover with foil
  4. Cook for 25 minutes

Comes out excellent and juicy. Seems like the heat is too high but it's not. One thing I've learned is that fresh birds cook much better than frozen ones using this method.
 
I just ordered the most killer anchovie fillets for a delicacy at Christmas. Had them chilled over radicchio garnish with some lightly cooked special red peppers at Carmines in New York last year and want to recreate the experience.

It was my appetizer.
 
Quick chicken in the oven.

I eat a lot of chicken so I'm always looking for new ways to enjoy my favorite little steroid injected friends.

I recently started cooking like this;

  1. Season with your favorite sauces/spices
  2. Preheat oven to 450 American
  3. Grease glass baking dish with butter or whatthefuckever you normally use for butter that can handle heat and cover with foil
  4. Cook for 25 minutes

Comes out excellent and juicy. Seems like the heat is too high but it's not. One thing I've learned is that fresh birds cook much better than frozen ones using this method.

In other words: Put the chicken in the oven.

Brilliant!!!! I wonder if Emeril knows of this.
 
Most people don't cook at 450 for 25min., Chef-Boy-R-Savage.

I've been cooking my chickens at 400. I dont cover them less the skin get rubbery... Heavily seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic... They need nothing else. . Hot and fast isn't new.
 
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