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Skriven 2008-06-07 16:37:00 av JIM WELLER (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MARK LEWIS
Ärende: Re: ANOTHER FOOD RANT 805
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-=> Quoting Mark Lewis to Jim Weller <=-

 BF> there is a debate going on here about importing chicken
 BF> meat from USA. The problem is that in America it's allowed to wash the
 BF> chickens in chlorine and that is not allowed here in the EU.....yet....
 
 JW> Slightly chlorinated water is permitted and in fact recommended
 JW> when it comes to spray washing freshly eviscerated carcasses or
 JW> cooling them quickly in a water bath. It is highly illegal
 JW> though for retailers to bleach old meat or poultry to extend
 JW> it's life.

 ML> that that is most likely the origin of the current "discussion" and,
 ML> IIRC, law being discussed... possibly the innocuous washing is being
 ML> misinterpreted as being used to "extend the shelf life" instead of a
 ML> simple washing...
 
The argument is over the former, not the latter which is illegal in
the States too. It's a EU matter not just a Swedish thing.
                         
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     Title: Old Troy South Carolina Pinebark Fish Stew
Categories: Southern, Fish, Pork, Stews
  Servings: 8

      6 sl fat back 
      1 c  thinly-sliced onions 
      1 qt canned tomatoes 
      1 lg bottle catsup 
  1 1/2 lb freshwater fish
    1/2 ts red pepper
           Salt to taste 
    1/4 lb butter [or less]

Place in sauce pan, 1 quart water, add onions and steam until very
tender. Fry bacon crisp and add grease to onion. Add tomatoes and
boil for 30 minutes very slowly. Then add catsup, salt and pepper
and butter to taste. Add fish and cook for 15 minutes. Serve hot
with rice or loaf bread.

Mrs. H. B. Lewis

From an old Troy, North Carolina cookbook, courtesy Martha McKinnon
Harris of Albemarle, North Carolina.

Notes: Some recipes add potatoes and omit the catsup. Others use
bacon rather than fat back. Worchestershire Sauce is often included.
like gumbo, the ingredient list for Pine Bark Stew is flexible

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Cheers

YK Jim


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