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Skriven 2012-03-05 15:06:00 av Glen Jamieson (8689.cooking)
     Kommentar till en text av Jim Weller
Ärende: BRAND NAMES  20305
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 -=> Quoting Jim Weller to Glen Jamieson <=-

 GJ> "Biro", "Hoover" and "Kelvinator" have become generic appliance names
 GJ> in other countries, also, which must have tickled the fancy of the
 GJ> originators.

 JW> Nope. Just the opposite. Companies pay dearly to protect their brand
 JW> names. Aspirin is the text book case of what happens when you don't.
 JW> Anybody can make it and they do. The best Bayer can do is suggest it
 JW> is the original aspirin. Kleenex and Xerox strongly protect their
 JW> names and make everyone else use the terms facial tissue and
 JW> photocopier.

I was not thinking of companies, but the people who first thought of
the names, or who were born with them like Mr Biro.  Many of these
people now have nothing to do with the companies that use their names.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Char-Grilled Lychee Chicken and Coconut Risotto
 Categories: Chicken, Grill
      Yield: 2 Servings
 
           THE CHICKEN:
      1 md Can of lychees
           Herbal seasoning
      1    Boneless chicken breast
           COCONUT RISOTTO
      1 c  Arborio rice
      2 c  Cold water
      2 ts Chicken stock powder
      6 tb Coconut cream powder
           A few scrapings lemon zest
      1 pn Fennel spice
    1/2 md Onion chopped
      2 ts Olive oil and
      1 tb Ghee
 
  Last year I encountered this wonderful dish in, of all things, an
  Edinburgh restaurant but then it was run by an Australian couple. I
  decided to recreate it this evening, The kaffir lime leaves used in
  the original, being unavailable  I improvised as below. For two of us.
  
  Finely chop a fresh bay leaf and mix well with a little fresh lemon
  thyme, set aside. Skin and defat a chicken breast fillet and slice it
  into halves. Rub both sides well with herbal mixture and place in
  suitable dish. Add enough juice from the can of lychees to come
  halfway up the fillets. Marinate for several hours turning
  occasionally. Finely chop up 6 lychees, drain and set aside. Finally
  chargrill and just before chicken is ready cover upper surfaces with
  minced lychees. I used my George Foreman to cook them, took only 5
  minutes..
  
  COCONUT RISOTTO
  
  Wash rice well in a sieve under running water and drain well. Heat
  oil and ghee at medium heat, add onion and fry for 2 minutes. Stir in
  lemon zest and fennel spice. Stir in rice and fry gently until it
  turns transparent. Add water, stock, and 1 tbspn coconut powder. Salt
  to taste. Simmer for 20 minutes, cooking further if still too wet.
  Just prior to serving place remaining coconut powder in a cup and
  slowly add just enough hot water to make a thick cream. The
  restaurant version had a soupy looking cream on top which was
  absorbed on stirring in, as I was doing the rice in my wok I turned
  off the heat, stirred in the cream, covered the wok and left for 5
  minutes Set aside and serve with the chicken breasts on top.
  
  Excellent end result but we agreed that,while the risotto worked well,
  something was lacking in the breasts. Next time I'll add a little
  minced ginger and fennel to the marinade and place fresh fennel on
  top of the breast along with the lychees in the final few minutes.
  
  From Tom Mc Rae, Brisbane Australia To: Foodwine@list
 
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