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Skriven 2008-05-06 12:47:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JIM WELLER
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 -=> Jim Weller said to Michael Loo re: non dairy creamers <=-

 ML> International Delight French vanilla nondairy coffee creamer
 ML> Question. This is nondairy, says so on the label. So why is
 ML> it K(D) rather than just K?
 JW> It probably contains sodium caseinate, a milk derivative. The FDA
 JW> classifies it as non-dairy ingredient but the good Rabbi doesn't.
 JW> It's a sad day when priests have a better grasp of science than the
 JW> scientists.

It's just another case of the FDA being in the pocket of the
dairy industry: I'm sure there are plenty of good scientists
employed by said agency who would not endorse the reasoning
used to justify casein products being classified nondairy.

I'm told that White Wave also makes a truly nondairy coffee
creamer, but it's harder to find and tastes worse.

 JW> This sound totally weird to me but I pass it on as a another
 JW> curiosity. remembering that you lie eggplant....

I enjoy eggplant, but not enough to lie or lay it.

 -=> Jim Weller said to Michael Loo re: merry time 223 <=-

 ML> I can get my Star Alliance points through AC, though.
 JW> Those points will come with a price!

True, but they got us upgraded to first class to New Zealand.

 JW> grass fed beef (Angus not Brahman) from my sister in law's place,
 JW> caribou, moose, bison (wild not farmed) or muskox. Or even Brahman
 JW> with lots of advance notice!
 ML> Sounds like a terrific deal. H'm. How does August look?
 JW> Sure. Mid month is better than month end for me business-wise.

Turns out I'm supposed to be in Boston most of August, sorry to say.

Raw "Bacon"
cat: fake, bacon, vegetable, should be pareve, vegan
yield: around 30 to 40 strips - depends on how large your egglplant is

1 lg eggplant 
3/4 c olive oil 
3/4 ts paprika 
1/4 ts cayenne 
2 Tb agave nectar (or raw honey) 
4 Tb Ume Plum Vinegar 
Salt to taste (optional) 

Yes, you read the recipe name right - it is Raw Bacon! I modified this 
recipe off of one I got from the SAD TO RAW website. I subed agave for 
honey to make it vegan.The original recipe called for 1 full teaspoon of 
cayenne! I made this way the first time and it was way to hot for me. 
So, I modified it to have a lot less cayenne and it turned out wonderful. 
(AND they actually look like real bacon!)

When I make this for raw potlucks, people are always buzzin about it 
and asking me for the recipe.

Thinly slice your eggplant, lengthwise (think about how bacon strips look). 
I use an old cheese slicer and mine turns out great. You could probably 
accomplish this with a vegetable peeler too. Alternately, you could make 
round bacon by slicing the other way.

Remaining ingredients make up the marinade. Mix up these to make the 
marinade. Marinate egglplant strips in the marinade for 2 hr.

Place on dehydrator sheets. Salt bacons (optional) and dehydrate for 9 hr. 
Turn bacon over and dehydrate another 9 hr. Around 110 degrees.

TIPS: I actually dehyrdated mine longer. You can judge for yourself if 
you want them even crisper. They will still have an "oily-ness" to them 
even after dehydrated. If you don’t want this, then you can put less oil 
in the marinade or "blot" your bacons after they come out of the dehydrator.

A variation on the bacon was that I dehydrated some grounded pine nut 
to make a pine nut spread and I spread some of the spread on to the bacon. 
Creates a unique taste to the bacon.

queenfluff at http://goneraw.com/recipes/418-Raw-Bacon-
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