Text 33992, 68 rader
Skriven 2013-02-21 14:56:42 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 33941 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: fancy feasts 144
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Hi Michael,

 RH> A nice piece of dark chocolate is good to celebrate most any occaison.
 RH> Add a bit of mint for the really special times.

 ML> Dark chocolate good. I am not sure about mint, which to me
 ML> is fine but nothing special - though I used to like mint
 ML> Milanos in the '70s (find them sweeter and somewhat less
 ML> delicious in their newer incarnation).

I recall seeing them but don't think I ever bought any, nor did my mom,
at least while I was living at home. She used to bake all the cookies we
ate but once she started working, the occaisional package of store
bought (what she could get the most of, for the lowest cost) began to
sneak in. Over the years, more and more store bought cookies came into
the house except at christmas, now it's nothing but store bought. The
last few years have seen a decline from some home made desserts (used to
be 99.99%) to basically none. I've made, and others have, while visiting
but I didn't do any this time, concetrating on mains and soups. But,
back to the original idea, I've always liked the combo of chocolate and
mint. The Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies were probably the closest I've
come to Pepperidge Farm Milanos.

 RH> I don't think I've ever had foie gras.

 ML> Now that's worthwhile. If you like liver, especially, but
 ML> even if you don't, as it's way ethereal compared to ordinary
 ML> liver.

 ML>  I know I've had bits of caviar
 RH> from time to time but doubt if I've eaten a quarter cup in my
 RH> lifetime.

 ML> You know what, I haven't had very much of it myself. Other
 ML> than a couple times on the plane and once when I had all I
 ML> could eat from a pound tin that had been meant for Bill
 ML> Clinton, I measure my intake in grains rather than cups.

So how did you get to have some caviar from a tin that was meant for
Bill Clinton? I'm sure there's quite the story behind it. AFAIK, all the
caviar I've ever had was meant for whatever it was on, nothing special
that I can recall.

 ML> One could make this with unhard cider, but only if made from
 ML> unsweet apples. Or at least use much less, maybe a pint.

 ML> MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05

 ML>       Title: Foie Gras In A Cider Reduction, Semi-Caramelized Onions
 ML>       Note - this is my recipe but not my title
 ML>  Categories: French
 ML>       Yield: 12 Servings

Looks decadent, and quite time consuming. Not the thing to make for any
old occaision but a truly special one. I'll probably have a chance to
try foie gras at some point in my life but it'll probably be in a less
stellar than this type of presentation.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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