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Skriven 2013-06-02 16:22:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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 ML> I was really surprised about the lack of these things in the
 ML> Stop & Shop, which is in a yuppifying neighborhood.
 NB> Maybe the store hasn't caught up with the neighborhood...?

Or perhaps even despite the gentrification the target population
for such products (Asians and vegans, mostly) hasn't started to
assert itself.

 NB>> You can give it a try when you come visit here... I'll let you help
 NB>> pay the grocery bill so that you can be self-indulgently experimental.
 ML> Okay, speaking of which, how does right before or after the
 ML> picnic sound? Either that or September 18 to 24.
 NB> Before misses Fords, right after is kinda tight (I'm home for only
 NB> about a week before turning around and going to the Pond for the annual
 NB> BPA meeting) but possible...  September looks fine.

Let's count on September, then.

 NB>> But a little liquid for additional taste doesn't hurt either, then.
 ML> Chocolate and liquid have a vexed relationship, that's
 ML> important to remember.

There's the phenomenon of "seizing" (for some reason not
generally called "seizure"). It's rather like instant
crystallization such as you get from those reusable heat
packs. After chocolate seizes, it can no longer be used
as couverture or molded candy, but I actually think it
tastes great when in this condition and am surprised some
opportunistic entrepreneur hasn't packaged ruined chocolate
as "crystalline chocolate" or something like that.

 NB> I'll try to keep it in mind.  Mostly I'm just ingesting chocolate, not
 NB> cooking with it... ;)

Okay, that doesn't pose as many issues.

 ML> I've discovered that the non-phosphated ones tend not to work
 ML> as well, so you have to use way too much, which yields a nice
 ML> dilemma.
 NB> Depends on the product and the usage... 

In my experience, it hasn't depended on the product, and all
the eco-friendly detergents are just plain wowsy.

 ML> Grilled Peanut Butter, Banana & Bacon on Whole Wheat
 NB> All the same, if one is heating up a griddle anyway, why not use
 NB> regular bacon and saute it first, then use the bacon fat to brown the
 NB> sandwiches.  Yeah, I know, defying current dietary wisdom... ;)

Rather.

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 ML>> Heh, perhaps true, but my frighten threshold is pretty high.
 RH>> Rocky Horror Picture Show or Texas Chainsaw Massacre? (G)
...
 NB> The former is a SF-genre spoof, (mostly) clean fun... became a cult
 NB> classic, and degenerated to less clean (maybe) fun.  I think she
 NB> picked it for its title rather than the content.  The latter I haven't
 NB> seen, and have no intentions of doing so... I think it depicts more
 NB> than just threats of violence...

I looked these up. The former appears to be less clean from
the getgo than you imply; the latter just as horrendous in
every way. Murder seems to be a main theme in both. I might in
my dotage take the trouble to see the former if only to cackle
as Meat Loaf gets massacred. Not planning on seeing the other,
though.

Sherman Hemsley's Spicy Chicken Meat Loaf
cat: celebrity, poultry, main
Serves: 6

4 md carrots
2 onions
1 bell pepper
2/3 c wild rice, washed and drained.
2 lb ground chicken
1 1/4 Tb salt
1/2 ts pepper
1 egg
1 Tb mustard (optional)
h - Barbecue sauce
3/4 c ketchup
2 Tb Worcestershire sauce
1 Tb lemon juice
2 Tb honey
1/2 ts hot chili powder
1/2 c water

Chop carrots, onions and bell pepper into small
pieces. In a large mixing bowl, combine vegetables
with the chicken, rice, salt, pepper, egg and mustard.

Place mixture into a 2 1/2 lb meat loaf tin. Bake at
350F for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hr.

Meanwhile, make sauce by combining all ingredients in
a saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer until liquid is
reduced by about one third.

Serve sauce hot with meat loaf.
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