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Skriven 2008-12-01 08:10:04 av Michael Loo (1:18/200.0)
  Kommentar till text 17143 av Jim Weller (1:123/140)
Ärende: Canadian oddities 302
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 JW> Now that Charlee is 18 months she is finally allowed peanuts
 JW> and chocolate. And what a chocolate hound she is!
 ML> Has she discovered Reese's yet?
 JW> If she has, it wasn't at my house; I am not fond of them.

I completely disagree with you if you're talking about the
cups, which if not the paragon of chocolate are at least the
apotheosis of peanut butter - none of the knockoffs are any
good, nor the homemade tastealikes; a tablespoon of fresh
ground (or Teddie, which is better) and a Lindt Excellence
eaten together comes close but costs a bunch more. However,
the pieces are little greasy gobs of death and would have been
consigned to the ash heap of misguided products were it not for
the fact that the M&M guys were too cheap to do a product
placement on some silly Spielberg movie.

 ML> It shouldn't be too fatal unless there were a lot of these.
 ML> This vegetarian dish would be better with a half pound of pork
 ML> sausage as well.
 JW> But Rain is a true vegetarian and partakes not of pork. (That
 JW> doesn't stop me from taking your advise though.)

Every time a wave of humanitarianism comes upon me I visit
a farm and see the animals beat up on each other, and I look
at an uppity duck or pig or chicken and say, "you're MEAT."

 JW> Title: Cajun Pork Roast

Recipe looks familiar. I posted this (to you?) at least half
a decade ago. I'd improve the recipe by dispensing with the
tomato sauce part and substituting more Tiger Sauce.

 JW> NOTE: Tiger Sauce is a brand name of sweetened hot sauce.

There are apparently several kinds of Tiger Sauce, only one of
which conforms to this description and is actually fairly tasty.
One can use sriracha or any saus prik in its place for more
character at less cost; the Thai sauce is hotter and more garlicky.

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

      Title: Tofu With Spicy Pork And Snow Peas
 Categories: Chileheads, Pork, Tofu, Chiles, Oriental
      Yield: 4 servings

      1 c  Plus 2 Tbsp. Chicken Stock
           Or canned low-sodium chicken
           Broth
    1/3 c  Dark soy sauce
    3/4 ts Sugar
      1 tb Cornstarch
  1 1/2 tb Water (cold water)
      3 tb Cooking oil
      5 cl Garlic, minced
  1 1/2 tb Grated fresh ginger
      1 sm Onion, minced
    1/2 ts Dried red-pepper flakes, to
           Taste
    3/4 lb Ground pork
    1/4 ts Salt
      6 oz Snow peas, cut into 1/2 inch
           Pieces
  1 1/2 lb Firm tofu, cut into two inch
           Cubes
    3/4 ts Asian sesame oil

  1. In a small bowl, combine the stock, soy sauce, and sugar.  In
    another small bowl, combine the cornstarch and water.

  2. In a wok or large frying pan, heat the oil over moderately high
     heat. Add the garlic and ginger and stir-fry until fragrant, about 30
     seconds. Add the onion and red-pepper flakes and stir fry for 1
     minute. Increase the heat to high and add the pork and salt.
     Stir-fry, breaking the meat into small bits with a metal spatula or
     spoon, until the meat is no longer pink, about 3 minutes.

  3. Add the stock mixture and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to
     moderately high and add the snow peas and tofu. Simmer, stirring
     gently, until the tofu is heated through, about 3 minutes. Stir the
     cornstarch mixture and add it to the pan. Simmer until thickened. Stir
     in the sesame oil.

  More notes from me: I think my ground pork from the grocery may have
  had water added, because I had to pour off some as I stir fried it and
  still needed to add more cornstarch slurry to thicken the sauce at the
  end.  Be sure to use the toasted (dark colored) sesame oil and add
  after taking off heat. I served with white jasmine rice, and some
  Sriracha was good on the side to dip an occasional piece of tofu in
  for a nice garlicky blast. Be sure to have everything ready before
  you start to stir fry, it goes pretty fast from that point on.

  Deb in Houston

  FROM: Deb deForest; Chileheads Mailing List

  MM Format by Dave Drum - 05 October 99
  FROM: Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen

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