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Skriven 2009-01-09 20:27:35 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
Ärende: CAN DELICACIES 90109
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 -=> Quoting Jim Weller to Michael Loo <=-

 -=> Quoting Michael Loo to Jim Weller <=-
 
 ML> I'd say that the poorest and most desolate places
 ML> I've broken bread in have been rural towns in Ireland and West
 ML> Virginia

That comment set me reflecting on what would have been the poorest meal
I had ever eaten.  I have shared a piece of greasy smoked mackerel that
he was carrying in his bilum (string bag) with an ancient PNG
tribesman, eaten home-trapped dove with Kevin, but the cheapest meal I
have paid money for (in advance) was a small spoonful of chicken curry
on some rice, served on a banana leaf, at midnight in the back blocks
of East Java, when travelling by third class bus from Denpasar to
Surabaya in 1971.  The cost, which was included in the price of the bus
ticket, was the Rupiah equivalant of $0.004.  And no, I didn't make a
decimal point error there.  It was just enough to sustain life.

Yesterday, with a British friend, Liz and Nancy, I returned to Victor
Harbor, took an antique train along the coastline to Goolwa, and
introduced him to the beers of the Steam brewery.  He was impressed.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: CHEAP TRICKS #2-Chicken Livers with fresh Gnocchi
 Categories: Low cost, Pasta, Poultry, Advertiser, $1/head
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
           ===GNOCCHI==================
      1 kg Potatoes, steamed & peeled
           -while still hot & pushed
           -through a ricer or coarse
           -sieve or colander]
    1/2 ts Salt
     50 ml Plain flour
    150 ml Fine semolina
      2    Eggs
           ===CHICKEN LIVERS===========
     50 g  Butter
      1    5cm sprig of rosemary,
           -leafed]
      4 sm Onions, peeled and sliced
           -keeping peels for stock]
      3    Garlic cloves, peeled and
           -roughly chopped]
    150 g  Mushrooms, chopped in big
           -chunks]
      1    Red capsicum
      1 tb Worcestershire sauce
           Black pepper
           Salt, to taste
           Handful of chopped herbs
    500 g  Chicken livers,
           -cleaned.]
 
  FOR THE GNOCCHI: Mix everything together, cover with a plastic bag and
  allow to rest for 15 minutes. Put the mixture into a plastic bag and
  snip a corner of the bag so that the hole is about 15mm. Lightly
  flour a surface and pipe long sausages out onto the bench until it
  has all been piped. Using a wetted knife, cut them into 2cm lengths
  and separate them out slightly.
  
  Fill the hot pot with water, add a teaspoon of salt and place it on
  high heat. When the water is boiling, cook the gnocchi a few at a
  time, lifting them with the spider/slotted spoon, draining them well
  and placing them back on the floured surface.
  
  FOR THE LIVERS: Pre-heat the wok, add rosemary and butter and, as
  soon as the edges of the butter start to brown, add the onion and
  saute, tossing over frequently until lightly browned. Add the garlic
  and mushrooms, and continue cooking until the mushrooms have expelled
  their liquid and it has evaporated and they have slightly browned.
  Add the capsicums, cook until slightly softened, then add the chicken
  livers and a generous amount of pepper, cooking until the livers are
  lightly browned but still slightly pink inside. Stir through the
  Worcestershire sauce and immediately add the gnocchi, season with
  salt, stir the herbs through and serve immediately.
  
  from THE ADVERTISER 12 November 1997
  
  This is part of a SEVEN daily meals for FOUR persons costing no more
  than $1 per day, per person.
  
  Corrected version.
 
MMMMM
 

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