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Skriven 2007-03-14 01:06:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JIM WELLER
Ärende: Gross food 212
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 JW> I bumped into this on the web. And I thought Spam was unpleasant!

Someone sent me this nine years ago. Why didn't I forward
it to the echo, you ask? I did.

 JW> 4. Musk Life Savers (Nestle Confectionery): You may think musk is a
 JW> scent, but over in Australia, they think it's a candy flavor. A candy
 JW> flavor that tastes disturbingly like raw meat,to be precise. But what
 JW> did you expect from a country where everyone happily consumes
 JW> Vegemite? 
 JW> [OK. That's weird.]

Courtesy of Lord Symons, we had these at several echo picnics.
They received mixed reviews. I didn't know before that musk
tasted like flowers.

 JW> 3. Blind Robins Smoked Ocean Herring (recently discontinued by Bar
 JW> Food Products): Possibly the world's most bizarre prepackaged tavern
 JW> snack. Interestingly, the product's titular robin isn't actually blind,
 JW> he's blindfolded -- the better, presumably, to avoid looking at these
 JW> heavily salted herring strips, which look like giant slugs.

Nasty. Had these at Dave's.

 JW> [Salt herring is a most excellent beer food!]

But salt herring ain't "smoked ocean herring."

 JW> 1. Tengu Clam Jerky (Tengu Co.): Nothing you've ever consumed can
 JW> prepare you for the horror that is clam jerky. Still, this product
 JW> does score a sort of conceptual coup: If you're the sort who's always
 JW> found raw clams too slimy and gelatinous for your taste, these dried,
 JW> shriveled mollusks will help you dislike clams on a whole new level.
 JW> [Paging Dave S..... didn't you review these here or on your blog?]

Close. We had this at a Lobsterfest at Dave's house.
The consensus was that it was pretty good; I loved it.
The consensus was also that the author of the original
article was a lying piece of ordure who hadn't actually
tried these things, but what else is new on the Internet?

=
     Glen
 ML> maintains that it is a noble food, but we don't have access to the
 ML> sources of line-caught barra that he does. Supermarket barra is
 ML> poison.
 JW> I have decided to pass on farmed barra in an Edmonton restaurant and
 JW> wait until I can afford to visit Australia (which is probably never).

Good choice. I suppose one could find line-caught
flash-frozen barramundi locally, if one wished to
spend most of the cost of a trip to Oz, but why bother.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v7.07

      Title: Kashmiri Spinach
 Categories: Indian, Vegetables
   Servings:  6

      5 tb Oil
    1/8 ts Asafetida (hing), ground
  2 1/2 lb Spinach, washed, chopped
    1/2 ts Turmeric, ground
    1/2 ts Cayenne pepper
  1 1/4 ts Salt
    1/4 ts Garam masala (see below)

MMMMM---------------------------GARAM MASALA--------------------------------
      1 ts Black cumin seeds
      1 ts Cloves, whole
      1 tb Cardamom seeds, shelled
    1/3    Nutmeg, whole
           Cinnamon stick, 2", broken

  Grind the spices very fine in a coffee grinder or spice grinder.

  Heat the oil in a very large pan over a high flame.  Put in the asafetida
  and then all the spinach.  Stir the spinach around.  Add the turmeric,
  cayenne pepper, salt,  and baking soda.  Continue to cook and stir until
  the spinach has wilted.  Add 2 cups of water.  Cook, uncovered, over a
  medium-high flame for about 25 minutes or until just a little liquid is
  left.  Stir a few times during this period.  Turn the heat to low and mash
  the spinach with the back of a spoon.  Continue to cook, uncovered, for
  another 10 minutes.  Sprinkle the garam masala over the top and mix.

  Source unknown

MMMMM

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