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Skriven 2011-04-16 20:45:00 av JIM WELLER (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Jim Weller <=-

 ML> I've had the opportunity to cook in various dream kitchens.

I saw mine in a house our company sold. Designed and decorated by an
interior decorator and financed by a wealthy doctor husband. It was
about 28 feet wide with a 28 foot long counter and had a 22 foot
island with a full second set of appliances so that two cooks could
have work on two courses at a time without getting in each other's
way. And a recessed walk-in (8' X 10') commercial fridge/cooler and
freezer. It looked down onto a large (28'again) sunken dining room
with high ceilings, a nice bar off to one side and lots of windows
and a great lake view on the other side.

 ML> Talking of nutcases. The story has been put forth that he and
 ML> Richard Nixon barged into some air force base and viewed the
 ML> mangled remains of alien astronauts, and thereupon Gleason
 ML> had the flying saucer house built.

So goes the story. There was a writeup to that effect in Modern
Drunkard Magazine a few years ago.

 JW> I get the giblets, wing tips,
 JW> neck, leftover pan juices (after she makes just a small pitcher of
 JW> gravy) including all that lovely rendered fat, some skin and the
 JW> carcass. I send her back half the soup I make.

 ML> You are way too generous on the soup.

Well she's family. And I still think I get the best part of the
deal as she supplies the meat and I just supply the starchy things
and veggies. (I don't count my time as it's a labour of love.)

 ML> chicken skin
 ML> (nobody else touches the stuff, too unhealthy)

What? It's loaded with Vitamin F! (And G too.)

 ML> Nother task: Nancy
 ML> Yet another weird task: Paul
 
You do get caught up in intriguing situations!

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Bean Dumpling Vegetable Soup
 Categories: Soups, Chicken, Beans, Dumplings, Easy
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
           CHICKEN STOCK:
           Chicken carcass, chopped
           Onion peels
      2    Carrots, finely sliced
      2    Bay leaves
           Parsley or thyme, or both
      1 ts Whole black pepper
           BEAN, DUMPLING SOUP:
      1 sm Onion
           Chicken stock, as above
           Beans, prepared the day
           [before by placing in a bowl
           [and covering them by their
           [own depth with cold water]
           FOR THE DUMPLINGS:
      1 c  Flour
      1 pn Salt
    1/2 ts Double-action baking powder
 
  Peel and slice a small onion and 2 carrots, fry them in a little
  oil with ground-white pepper until they are just golden. Drain the
  water from the beans, add them to the pan and add about 8 soup
  ladles of stock made the previous night. Do not strain off the
  stock- [see below]
  
  Simmer them gently until the beans are just tender but not mushy,
  adding more water if necessary.
  
  Put a cup of flour into a bowl, add a pinch of salt and the baking
  powder then, using a fork, mix in sufficient water to form a thick
  paste. When the beans are ready, or you are ready to serve, chop
  some herbs and set them to one side. Keeping the soup at a simmer,
  use the fork to drop tiny pieces of the dumpling into the soup.
  When set, stir though the herbs and serve immediately.
  
  It is sometimes possible to buy a parmesan rind for about 50
  cents. Try adding this to your stock for really delicious flavour.
  In the summer, add some chopped tomatoes instead of the dumplings
  and serve it cold.
  
  FINISHING THE STOCK: Peel a knob of ginger and put peels into the
  stock. Add 2 lemon or orange leaves and 2 star anise and a
  chopped lemon if you have one, return it to the heat, bring to the
  simmer and remove from the heat. Stand with a spoon under the pot
  and allow to cool, then strain and refrigerate.
  
  from THE ADVERTISER 12    November 1997
  
  From: Kevin Jcjd Symons

MMMMM
 


Cheers

YK Jim


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