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Skriven 2010-04-26 13:52:44 av Michael Loo
     Kommentar till en text av Glen Jamieson
Ärende: FLYING FAR 72
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 GJ> The right hand seat is normally more comfortable than the one(s) in
 GJ> the back, but you have to be careful not to obstruct all those
 GJ> duplicate controls which keep waggling about.

They were duplicates?

 ML> Attacked by randy chickens and savage Craigs, perhaps not.
 GJ> The chickens and the Craig have gone, to be replaced by an abusive
 GJ> rainbow lorikeet which flies around the house and occasionally drinks
 GJ> or bathes in Kevin's mug of rough red.

Ah, how efficient, both sets of bad experiences rolled into one.

 GJ> window would have to be of a very heat-resisting glass.  As I like
 GJ> violent devices that make smoke, heat, noise and flash, I would like
 GJ> to crank one of those ovens to the maximum and observe.

As I might have noted, the self-cleaning ovens of my experience
have metal shields for the windows, to be rolled up before the
application of all that heat. Sadly, metal tends to be opaque.

==
 GJ> Italian sausages.  As Kevin would say, "I feel like a hot Italian!"
 ML> I wonder if bloated ruddy Kevin still has the charm to get himself
 ML> a hot Italian.
 GJ> He still has his dreams...

Yes. Many have their dreams.

==

 GJ> I just heard of the closure of airports in Europe as result of the
 GJ> volcano erupting in Iceland.  Many Qantas and other airline flights to
 GJ> UK now held up in Singapore, Bangkok, Frankfurt, etc.  Hopefully you
 GJ> managed to get to Roma before the chaos started.  I am due to leave in
 GJ> 4 weeks; why does something like this always happen just before I
 GJ> leave on a trip?!

Could be worse - it could happen during your trip. Which is
relevant, because the area looks to become seismically active
again soon.

Volcano Chicken - Gai Pu Khao
cat: Thai, spectacle, main, poultry
servings: 8

1 whole chicken, 5 lb or a little more. 
Marinade 
1 hd garlic, minced
1 Tb fresh ginger, minced
1 ts corriander seed
1 ts Thai pepper powder
1/2 ts salt
1 Tb fresh lemongrass, minced
1/4 c coconut milk 
1/4 c fish sauce 
1/4 c honey 
2 Tb oyster sauce
1 Tb red curry paste
2 Tb Thai chili in oil
1/4 c whiskey (we used Wild Turkey, which worked great)
For flambeing
2 oz whiskey

Method

In a mortar and pestle, pound the first 5 ingredients into
a paste. Mix this paste with the remaining ingredients.
Marinade the chicken 3 hr in this mixture, in the fridge.

Heat oven to 400F. Remove chicken from marinade, set aside
marinade, and place the chicken over a soda can which is
1/2 full of water or soup stock. This stabilizes your
chicken as shown in picture below. Put the chicken in a
roasting pan or skillet suitable for catching the drippings,
then place the chicken in the oven. Lower the heat to 350F.
To prevent your chicken from getting dark on the outside,
you can tent with foil.

While the chicken is cooking, put the marinade into a
saucepan over medium heat, cook until it thickens.

Every 20 min baste the chicken with marinade, and turn
chicken to ensure it gets brown on all sides. The chicken
should cook for about 90 min. The internal temperature
should reach 165F.

After the chicken is fully cooked, remove from oven and
set for 10 min to cool down a bit. In an area free of
curtains or napkins or anything else directly nearby,
pour 1-2 oz whiskey over the top of the chicken. Promptly
set it alight with a match or lighter; it will burn for
30 sec or so.

Remove soda can from chicken and carve. Serve with sweet
chile sauce and jasmine rice or, as we prefer, sticky rice.

Notes on Flambeing (be careful, you are playing with fire
after all!). Heat liquor until warm, or at least room
temperature. Do not overheat or alcohol will evaporate.
Never pour liquor directly from a bottle into a hot pan
or an already flaming dish as the flames may travel to
the bottle. To make the flames of a dessert last longer,
soak a sugar cube with whiskey and place it on the food
before igniting.

importfood.com.

Picture at http://importfood.com/media/gaipukhao_1l.jpg

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