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 ML> Anyhow, kangaroo tastes quite a bit like unaged baby beef,
 ML> which could be substituted.
 DS> When I was growing up in Florida, I recall the Publix having what they
 DS> called baby beef.  Florida does have a decent beef industry as well as
 DS> citrus and truck farming.  Since then, I don't recall seeing anything
 DS> labeled as baby beef in any store.  I suppose it was supposed to be
 DS> something older than veal, perhaps a yearling.

I think its scarcity nowadays rises from the changes in
the beef industry over the last half century. Back then,
there was a surplus of calves, and so veal and baby beef
(probably analogous to the range between lamb and what
Glen calls "two-tooth hogget") were abundant byproducts.
Now everything's down to a science including how many
calves are born, and further, the demand for full-grown
(if still young) beef is very high. So there's no real
need to market baby beef - if it's allowed to get beyond
the veal stage, why not fatten it and sell it full price?

 -=> Dale Shipp said to Nancy Backus <=-

 NB> We had more in the air today, too.. but still no
 NB> accumulation... and our roofs are finally free of snow,
 NB> too...  Better yet, the snowdrops are up and blooming...
 NB> and I can see the tops of the tulip/daffodil leaves
 NB> sticking up through the ground where the snow is no more
 NB> (for now anyway)...  maybe spring really will be here
 NB> soon... (she says, on the first official day of spring)
 DS> We had a bit of snow overnight, but it turned to rain in the mid
 DS> morning.  When we went out about 2pm, there was about 1 inch of wet
 DS> slush on the driveway.

Here in Bethesda a couple inches maybe, which stuck on
the vegetation, but nothing on the roadways, which being
mostly asphalt probably held a bunch of heat from earlier.

 DS> We do not have any sign of spring flowers here yet though.

Some friends in Boston sent a picture of crocuses with the
notation that up there the flowers are very hardy.

The cherry trees should bloom soon. The Japanese say that snow
on cherry blossoms is very beautiful.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.02

      Title: Stir-Fried Fiddleheads
 Categories: Side dishes, Kooknet
      Yield: 4 servings

      1 lb Fiddlehead Ferns
      1    Clove Garlic, minced
      1    Scallion, minced
      2 ts Fresh Ginger Root, minced
  1 1/2 tb Vegetable Oil
      1 tb Hot Water
      1 ts Soy Sauce
      1 tb Oyster Sauce

  Clean fiddleheads and remove the skin. Trim the ends. Mince garlic,
  scallion and ginger.

  Heat a wok almost to smoking and swirl in the oil.  Add the garlic,
  scallion and ginger and stir-fry for 10 seconds.  Add fiddleheads
  (drained, if using canned); stir-fry for 30 seconds.  Add hot water
  and cook the ferns for 1 to 2 minutes, or until still crisp yet
  tender. Stir in soy sauce and oyster sauce and cook for 20 seconds.
  Correct seasonings, adding more oyster sauce if desired.  Serve at
  once.

  Per serving:  83 calories; 4 gm protein; 5 gm carbohydrates; 6 gm
  fat; 0.8 gm saturated fat; 1 mg cholesterol; 117 mg sodium.

  From Steven Raichlen's 05/02/90 "No Time to Fiddle Around: The Season
  is Short for the Elusive Ostrich Fern Sprout" article in "The
  Washington (DC) Post."  Pg. E16.  Posted by Cathy Harned.

  Submitted By CATHY HARNED   On   07-15-94 (1445)

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