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Skriven 2012-04-02 12:12:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av DAVE DRUM
Ärende: corn frit 480
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 -=> Dave Drum said to Jim Weller <=-

 DD> duck or goose cooked in its own fat and preserved.
 DD> [literally: preserve]
 DD> http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/confit
 DD> Given the literal meaning of "confit" calling strawberry preserves/jam
 DD> a confit is a stretch, but defensible. 

I'm on the fence on this, as I see the value of literal
meaning and the value of tradition, with the latter
eventually superseding the former but according to the
utility of the terms, always the utility.

The original original meaning was "preserve," actually
literally "done up with." As I indicated to Jim, this evolved
two ways, meats preserved by being "done up with" salt and
fat = confit, and other stuff "done up with" sugar = confiture.

As we actually do have people who have stepped up and tried
to put order to things, mostly Escoffier in our time, but
also Brillat-Savarin, Careme, Montagne, Pellaprat, Oliver,
Julia Child, and so on, it would be a courtesy to posterity
to hew to accepted meanings where possible, especially where
perfectly accurate traditional terminology is available.

Confit of strawberries should not be strawberry jam but
rather strawberries salted (sugared?) and cooked airless
in fat. A confiture of duck would be boiled slowly in
syrup, actually not necessarily a bad idea.

Oh, did I tell you guys about the place I went to in
Anchorage a year or two ago, the Spenard Roadhouse, whose
specialty is a hamburger with bacon jam?

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.00

      Title: Justin Wilson's Hush Puppies
 Categories: Cajun, Breads
      Yield: 48 servings

      2 c  Cornmeal
      1 c  Plain flour
      1 t  Baking powder
      1 t  Salt
    1/2 t  Soda
    1/2 c  Parsley, finely chopped
      1 x  Deep fat for frying
      1 x  Ground cayenne pepper
      2 ea Eggs, beaten
      1 c  Buttermilk
      1 c  Green onion, finely chopped
      2 T  Bacon drippings, hot
    1/2 t  Garlic powder (to taste)

  Combine all dry ingredients.  Add eggs, buttermilk, onions, and oil or
  bacon drippings.  Mix well.  Drop in deep hot fat by spoonfuls and
  brown on all sides. Now, I said above that this makes 48, I've never
  counted, so I don't know for sure.  But it sure does make a bunch.
  The main reason why I said 48 is because the program, MenuMaster,
  won't let you past that field unless you tell it something. Justin
  Wilson says, "Hush puppy is an old Southern term that originated
  after the Civil War. People didn't have enough for themselves to eat
  let alone feed their dogs, so when the old hounds started barking
  from hunger, they would throw pieces of fried corn bread to them,
  yelling, 'Shut up, dog!  Hush puppy!"

MMMMM

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