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  From our recipe files, some info on previous picnics.

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      Title: Cooking Picnic Provides Change For Experimenting
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      1    Info
 
  This last summer I was able to attend the second Annual International
  Cooking Echo Picnic in Portland, Oregon.  I have been accessing the
  Cooking Echo through our computer Bulletin Board System, and was able
  to meet some of the people that I have been writing back and forth
  with over the last couple of years.
  It was a real treat to not only meet these people, but to actually
  sample some of the various dishes that have becomes so "famous" and
  linked to the different characters.  The dishes that were there were
  as varied as the characters that brought them.  One of the people,
  Stephen Ceideberg, who is well know on the Echo for his "unusual"
  tastes and preferences for Asian foods, brought along 1000-year old
  duck eggs, tamarind, and licoriced limes.
  I tried the 1000 year old duck egg, it was kind of muddy tasting,
  with a gritty consistency.  I told Stephen that as much as I was
  willing to try different things, I didn't think that I would be
  trying them again soon! The tamarind was very spicy and I might be
  tempted to use some in a sweet and sour dish if I ever broke down and
  bought any.  The licoriced limes were extremely salty, so much so
  that it burned the tongue, and was very strong tasting.
  Next year he has threatened to bring a durian, which is a fruit that
  is very good tasting once you get past the strong sewer like smell.
  If I try any next year and survive, I will let you all know whether
  or not to add it to your "maybe" try list.
  The lady who moderates the Echo and tries to keep the rest of us in
  line, Joann Pierce, brought an excellent taco salad and a spice cake
  with maple frosting.
  Al Martin, a salmon smoker extraordinaire, brought a gumbo that he
  claimed he had fretted over all the previous day.  And made sure that
  eveyone knew just how hard he worked in order to get it finished in
  time.  He is known as the punster, so we were hesitant to take him
  seriously, but will have to admit, he provided us with just about the
  best tasting smoked salmon I have ever had.
  Being the only Canadian that attended and having taken some pretty
  serious ribbing all year long about what I was going to bring to the
  picnic, I managed to get into everyone's good books by providing some
  moose jerky, and lots of my stained glass candy.  By the time we were
  finished sampling all the goodies that had been brought, we only had
  enough energy left to sit around moaning and groaning about how we
  should NOT have had that fourth helping of everything and comparing
  differences in politics, medical coverage, and the horrendous prices
  of most things. After many different poses for all those who had
  brought their cameras along, we split off into groups and we took off
  and did some more sightseeing and headed up to Mount Hood and visited
  Timber Line Lodge. We made some new friends, got some wonderful
  recipes, and they got a commitment from us to come back again next
  year for the Third Annual International Cooking Echo Picnic.  The
  recipes that I got from the various people there, I will be posting
  over the winter.
  
  Origin:  My newspaper article,  published October 14, 1992.
  Shared by: Sharon Stevens.
  From: Sharon Stevens                  Date: 11-09  Home_cooking
 
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