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      Title: Ambrosia 2
 Categories: Dessert
      Yield: 12 servings
      2 lg Ripe pineapples
           -OR
      3 cn Pineapple chunks (18 oz)
     12    Seedless oranges
      3 c  Fresh packaged grated
           -coconut
  1. Pare and core the fresh pineapple and cut the fruit into chunks
  over a large bowl, saving as much juice a possible. (For canned
  pineapple, use all the juice.)
  2. Remove rind from oranges with a sharp knife, holding fruit over
  bowl to catch juice and cutting through and removing the white pith
  as well. Slice oranges, removing any seeds, if necessary.
  3. Layer pineapple, orange slices, and part of the coconut in a
  serving bowl. Sprinkle top with remaining coconut. Cover and chill at
  least 4 hours before serving.
  From: Michael Orchekowski             Date: 06 May 94
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      Title: Ambrosia
 Categories: Dessert, Fruit
      Yield: 1 servings
      1 lg Can mandarin oranges
      1 sm Can coconut
      1 sm Jar maraschino cherries
      1    20 oz can  pineapple chunks
      1 c  Miniature marshmallows
    1/2 pt Sour cream
  Drain all fruits. Mix all ingredients. Refrigerate for 24 hours.
  What a great name! I only hope she loves dessert!  This one comes via
  "Pulpits & Pies" a UCC/DC "Covenant Cookbook"  I recall Ambrosia as a
  favorite in the take-to-the-church pot luck. Church cooking, I have
  always felt, is when you get to share the best of the best.
  The originating church was Epiphany UCC in Buffalo.
  From: Sheryl Stewart                  Date: 12-16-94
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user: You are replying to All You Cooks about "Hooray...".

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assistant: Hello All!
At last!!! I'm back, or you're back. After four difficult days with
increasing "Cooking" withdrawal symptom - twitchiness in front of the
computer, nervous scanning of cookery books, threats to experiment with new
recipes - I fired up GoldEd this morning to find that finally some messages
have come in.
Yippee.
Here's a little recipe that I thought might amuse you. Sorry that it's a bit
approximate, but that's how it was written. I've quantified as best I can and
typed it in in MMconvert-able format.
--mm
Woodcock Toasts
Cat: Savouries, British, Offal, Poultry, Dairy
Yield 1 recipe
2 Chicken livers; cooked
1 ts anchovy essence
1 pn sugar
     Butter (a good deal)
1    Egg yolk
     Freshly ground black pepper
4 sl Toast
     Butter; for toast
2 fl Cream (a coffee cupful)
2    Egg yolks
     Egg white; stiffly whipped
"Pound up a couple of cooked chickens' livers with a teaspoonful of anchovy
essence, a pinch of sugar, a good deal of butter and the yolk of an egg.
Season with pepper and pass it through a fine sieve. Now make some pieces of
toast, butter them and keep them warm. Pour a coffeecupful of cream into a
saucepan, and as it warms, stir into it the liver paste and the yolks of two
eggs. Stir this all together until it has thickened, and cap each savoury
with a small spoonful of the whites stiffly whisked."
  IH notes, I feel the first egg yolk should be from a hard boiled egg, and
that the finished savoury might be improved by a brief passage in a very hot
oven.
  Recipe "Good Savouries" Ambrose Heath
  Typos IMH c/o Georges' Home BBS 2:323/4.4
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assistant: Hello All!
Reading this, you might be forgiven for wondering why this is a Thai recipe!
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      Title: Aubergine Fritters - Makhua Chub Khai Thord
 Categories: Starters, Vegetables, Thai
      Yield: 6 Servings
      2    Eggs, beaten
           Salt to taste
      2 tb Milk
      2    Aubergines (eggplants),
           -finely sliced
           Oil for deep frying
  Mix the eggs, salt and milk together to make a batter. Dip the
  aubergine slices into the batter and deep-fry the coated aubergine
  slices in the oil over moderate heat until evenly brown.
  From "Discover Thai Cooking" by Chaslin, Canungmai and Tettoni, Times
  Editions, Singapore. 1987
  Posted by Stephen Ceideburg
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assistant: Hello All!
This is a recipe I typed up for a friend on another echo. I couldn't resist
posting it here too.
"Several years ago, six chefs competed at Leeds in the "Great Yorkshire
Pudding Contest". To the chagrin of native coooks, the winner was Mr Tin Sung
Chan from Homg Kong, who ran the Chopsticks Restaurant. 'His methods were
unorthodox,' wrote the 'Guardian' reporter, 'his ingredients oddly arranged,
but his pudding swelled to the height of a coronation crown and its taste,
according to one of the judges, was superb'.
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The Prize-Winning Chinese Yorkshire Pudding
Cat: Side dish, British, Dairy, Beef
Yield: 6 servings
   10   fl milk
   4       eggs
 1/2    ts salt (just under)
   1    ds pepper
 1/2    ts tai luk; *
 1/2    lb plain flour; sifted
           beef dripping
NB * available from oriental stores (I've no idea what this is IMH)
Mix all ingredients except the flour, beating them well together. Let them
stand for 15 minutes, then whisk in the flour. Heat a roasting pan and some
dripping from the meat in the oven, which should be at mark 8 450F, then pour
in the batter and leave for 20 minutes 52.2 seconds."
  Recipe Jane Grigson "English food"
  Typos IMH c/o Georges' Home BBS 2:323/4.4
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user: You are replying to All about "Is it a Bisque?".

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assistant: Hello All!
I don't know what this recipe would be classed as. A bisque without
ellfish?
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      Title: Bacon & Leek Potato Bisque
 Categories: Starters, Soups, Cajun, Vegetables, Meats
      Yield: 6 Servings
      8 sl Bacon
      2    Leeks, sliced (use mostly
           -white)
      1 lb Butter
      1 c  Flour
      1 qt Water
      1 tb Chicken base (Minor's) or
           -bouillon cubes (2-3)
      4 sm Potatoes, peeled and diced
      1 pt Heavy cream
           Salt to taste
           White pepper to taste
           Dash of nutmeg
  Saute bacon and leeks in a stockpot.  Pour off half the bacon grease,
  and add butter until butter melts.  Add flour, and cook for 2
  minutes. Stir in water, chicken base, potatoes, and cream.  Add salt,
  white pepper, and nutmeg to taste.  bake at 325F until potatoes are
  tender. Remoe from oven, and cool slightly.  Puree mixture until
  smooth.
    Source: Chef Derrick Trotter, printed in Cajun Revelation,
     sent to me from Cookie.Lady in the Old Cookbooks Looking for a New
     Home swap.
     MM: Lyn.
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assistant: Hello All!
I would say this was closer to a bisque, myself.
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      Title: Cajun Crab Soup
 Categories: Starters, Soups, Cajun, Shell
      Yield: 6 servings
MMMMM------------------------INGREDIENTS-----------------------------
     12    Crabs
    1/4 lb Butter
      2    Ribs celery , chopped
      1 lg Onion, minced
      8 sl Lemon, slices
      1    Egg, hard boiled, chopped
           -fine
      6 tb Sherry
           Salt and pepper to taste
  1 1/2 tb Flour
      1 cn Tomatoes (#2 can)
      3    Sprig thyme
      4    Sprig parsley, minced
  1 1/2 ts Paprika
  Clean and halve crabs. Melt butter and add flour, mixing constantly
  until golden brown. Add onions and let simmer for 5 minutes. Add
  crabs and then pour in 3 cups of HOT water. Simmer for 5 minutes. Mix
  in tomatoes, celery, thyme, parsley, and 6 cups HOT water. Let boil
  vigorously about 1/2 hour. Add sherry, lemon, hard boiled egg,
  paprika, salt and pepper. (if soup becomes too thick, pour in hot
  water until desired consistency is reached) Let simmer for 1/2 hour.
  Serves six
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      Title: Danish Pea Soup with Pork
 Categories: Starters, Soups, Meats, Vegetables, Danish
      Yield: 6 servings
      1 lb Yellow Split Peas, washed *
      2 lb Lean Bacon or smoked pork **
      3 md Carrots, scraped
      1    Celery root, peeled & 1/4-ed
      4 md Leeks; white parts   ***
      2 md Onions; peeled & halved
    1/2 ts Dried Thyme
  1 1/2 ts Salt
    1/4 ts Pepper
      1 lb Pork Sausage links   ****
    *  and drained
    ** in one piece
    *** use white parts of leeks only, cleaned and washed
    **** cook and drain sausage links.
  In large kettle with 6 cups water, cook peas slowly, covered, 1 1/2
  hours, until tender. Put bacon, carrots, celery root, leeks, onions,
  thyme, salt, and pepper in another kettle. Cover with water. Cook
  slowly, covered, 40 minutes until vegetables and bacon are tender.
  Take out bacon; slice and keep warm. Remove vegetables and add to
  cooked split peas with as much as the broth in which the vegetables
  were cooked as desired to thin the soup. Reheat, if necessary. Ladle
  soup, including vegetables, into wide soup plates and serve sliced
  bacon and the cooked sausage links separately on a platter.
   Serve with dark bread, mustard, and beer.
   Serves 6 to 8.
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assistant: Hello All!
I did this soup a few days ago, and it was excellent.
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      Title: Egg Drop Soup #7
 Categories: Starters, Soups, Chinese
      Yield: 4 Servings
  1 1/2 qt Chicken broth, or clear soup
           -stock
      2 tb Cornstarch, mixed in 1/4 cup
           -cold water
      2    Eggs, slightly beaten with a
           -fork
      2    Scallions, chopped,
           -including green ends.
  Here's one from Jim Lee's Chinese Cook Book (My favorite).  He says
  that the secret of good soup is good soup stock.  To keep the egg
  flakes afloat, the soup must be thickened with cornstarch first
  before the beaten eggs are stirred in.
  Bring soup stock to a boil.  Slowly pour in the cornstarch mixture
  while stirring the stock, until the stock thickens.  Reduce heat so
  stock just simmers.  Pour in the eggs slowly while stirring the soup.
  As soon as the last bit of egg is in, shut off heat at once.  Serve
  with chopped scallions on top.
  SUBSTITUTIONS AND VARIATIONS: TOMATO EGG-DROP SOUP is just a
  variation of plain egg-drop soup. The added tartness of tomatoes
  gives this soup an extra "zing" and helps to pick up sagging
  appetites. The addition of 1 medium-size can of stewed tomatoes is
  all that is needed. Bring stock to a boil.  Add the tomatoes. (Mash
  the tomatoes if the pieces are too large.) When soup boils again, add
  the cornstarch mixture as before. Add the eggs while stirring. Shut
  off heat at once and serve topped with the chopped scallions.
  Posted by Pat Stockett. Courtesy of Fred Peters. From: Alaska Seafood
  Marketing Institut
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assistant: Hello All!
This is a Farcidure, which is a typical peasant supper dish. It could be made
with a mixture of flours or even potato, instead of the stale bread.
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      Title: Farcidure de Miche (Firm bread dumplings)
 Categories: Main dish, French, Breads
      Yield: 6 Servings
    400 g  Stale country bread
    1/2 l  Milk
      2    Whole eggs
    200 g  Salt pork back fat
    100 g  Onions
      2    Garlic cloves
           Parsley
     50 g  Chard leaves or Sorrel
     50 g  Flour
           Salt & pepper
  Cut the bread into cubes and steep it in the milk. Chop the back fat
  and render it in a cast iron cookpot. Remove and reserve the grattons
  (brown bits left after all the fat is rendered out) in such a way as
  to leave the melted fat in the pan to cook the "farsa". Crush the
  bread thoroughly, either straining out excess milk, or adding more,
  to give a thick consistency.
    Chop the onion, garlic, parsley, sorrel (or swiss chard leaves) and
  add them to the bread. Break in the eggs and add the flour and
  seasoning as well as the grattons. Mix everything well together.
    Heat the fat in the cast iron pan. Add the "farsa"; and let it form
  a crust over high heat. After 10 minutes, turn it over, either by
  tossing, or using a dish. Cook a further 15 minutes, reducing the
  heat towards the end of the cooking time.
    Serve accompanied by a good green salad.
  Recipe Jean-Pierre Poulain "Le Limousin Gourmande"
  Translated and MMed IMH c/o Georges' Home BBS 2:323/4.4
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user: You are replying to Thomas Swain about "Ambrosia".

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TS> Does anyone out there have any recipes for ambrosia?  My Aunt Dorothy

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assistant: AMBROSIA:  Dessert
  2 Cups  Mandarin Orange Slices, drained
  2 Cups  Shredded Coconut
  2 Cups  Tiny Marshmallows
  2 Cups  Pineapple Chunks, drained
  1 Pint  Sour Cream
          Sliced Strawberries, drained (optional)
Drain fruit well, mix ingredients & chill (the coconut gets softer
as it sits in the mixture for a few hours or overnight).
If you wish, strawberries may be added last, just before serving.
ENJOY!  :)'
... May your glass never be empty & your life always bubbly.
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user: You are replying to Gail Shipp about "Ambrosia  cr 1/3".

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-=> On 02-2197  16:36, Thomas Swain <=-
-=> spoke to All about AMBROSIA <=-
TS> Does anyone out there have any recipes for ambrosia?  My Aunt Dorothy
TS> used to make it when I was a kid but she passed away about 15 years
TS> ago and I have not been able to find a recipe for it since.
GS> Hi Thomas
GS> I think there are regional differences in ambrosia just like there
GS> are regional differences in meatloaf :-)
GS> Here are some ideas for ya.

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assistant: Thank you very much the second looks very close to what I remember my aunts
to be like.  I am going to try it today just to see.  Thanks again.
Thomas
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assistant: Hi !
     I'm in need for any recipes of Chocolate Pie. My wife cannot find
     any one here. Thanks for any help or recipe.
                                Alain
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user: You are replying to Ian Hoare about "Strange Place, Yorkshire".

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IH> The Prize-Winning Chinese Yorkshire Pudding
IH> 1/2    ts tai luk; *
IH> NB * available from oriental stores (I've no idea what this is IMH)
IH> Mix all ingredients except the flour, beating them well together. Let
IH> them stand for 15 minutes, then whisk in the flour.

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assistant: I've not run into this ingredient before, but from the looks of the
recipe, I'd guess that it was some sort of slow-acting chemical
leavening agent. I know that the Chinese use a baking powder based
on ammonium-something-or-another, so that is what it might be.
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user: You are replying to Jim Weller about "Goulash".

They wrote:
JW>>           1 tb [heaping] Hungarian sweet
IH>> delicate hint             ^^^^^^^^^
JW> Yup, that's *real* delicate!
JW> Well old friend,  _I_ know it's a Hungarian dish. My name isn't
JW> Burton you know. >:->
JW> love goulash and have collected 54 versions to date.
JW> Quasi depending on just how bad they are! ;-^)
JW> Actually to give Sheraton credit I believe she attributed Goulash's
JW> roots as Hungarian and went on to say it's enjoyed throughout eastern
JW> and central Europe and that this was the way it's made in Germany
JW> [around 1967].
JW> memory but I think it's me and not her you want to take a swipe at
JW> for my not including attribution.
JW> sending it <EG>; here's another "gem" instead:
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JW>       Title: Courgette & Bean Goulash.
JW> Hmmm. I wonder why they call THAT goulash.

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assistant: Hello Jim!
Maybe I was dreaming, but didn't you say this on Sunday February 23 1997
And I took an AGE in noticing that I hadn't replied ealier, sorry.
Well, one doesn't want to give the impression of haranguing.
Grin! I promise not to tell him you said that!
Good lord. That's many more than I have.
Wonderful.
She's perfectly right. If you love gulyas, you'll have eaten most of these
recipes, no doubt, and will have noticed just how widely they differ. In fact
something I've noticed is that the further you get from Hungary, the spicier
it is and the more paprika it has.
Swipe!
How lervely. I also see what you mean by the Catalogue "Quasi"
Cos it's got paprika in it. As you know I have this thing about playing fast
and loose with classic names. Gulyas has suffered more than most from this,
with any dish that someone thinks comes from Hungary (say because it has
paprika in it) is called "goulash".
I don't want to behave like a xenophobe but I have rather noticed that in a
number of countries, their attitude is a little like that of our mutual
friend Model T. It's a small country and far away, what does it matter if I
get all the facts wrong? It's arrogant and I don't like it. So with naming of
dishes. Anything that has "......." in it MUST come from such and such a
country, because they are the only people I've heard of who use it. And if it
comes from such and such a country, it HAS to be called "yyyy", because
that's the only dish I've heard of from there, and they're FAR too small and
unimportant to have invented more than one worthwhile dish. That's a cruel
parody, but I rather get the feeling that it is too close for comfort
sometimes. On the next page, I'll post you an equal horror I saw the other
day.
All the Best
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assistant: Hello Jim!
And this is the horror I found. Looking for it, I found two others, which I
will reserve for moments of particular difficulty. Following this recipe,
I'll post the real thing.
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      Title: Curry Halibut Stroganoff
 Categories: Main dish, American, Fish
      Yield: 1 Servings
      2 tb Butter
    1/4 c  Chopped onion
      1 ts Curry powder
      8 oz Halibut (cooked and flaked)
      1 cn Cream of Chicken soup
    1/2 c  Plain yogurt
    1/2 c  Milk
    1/2 ts Lemon juice
  Saute chopped onion and curry powder in butter. Stir in can of chicken
  soup, yogurt, milk, lemon juice and halibut. Serve over rice or
  noodles. Garnish with tomato slices and parsley, or chopped unsalted
  peanuts, currants and chutney. Serves 4-6 (depending on serving
  portions).
  Gerry, Sitka, Alaska
  Alaska Seafood Cookbook
  Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute
     1111    West 8th Street, Suite 100
  Juneau, Alaska 99801-1895
  alaska_seafood@commerce.state.ak.us
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      Title: To Boil Pheasants, Partridges, Capons, and Curlews  1378
 Categories: Main dish, Game, Medieval, British, Poultry
      Yield: 4 servings
      4 lb To 5 lb pheasant or capon
      5 c  Chicken or game stock
      1 ts Salt
      6    Whole peppercorns
      1    To 3 cinnamon sticks (to
           -taste)
    1/8 ts Powdered ginger
    1/2 ts Cinnamon
    1/4 ts Nutmeg
  :    Poach the bird in the game or chicken stock, seasoned with the
  salt, pepper, and cinnamon sticks. When the bird is tender, remove
  it, carve and skin it, returning the skin to the broth. Keep the bird
  warm while the broth reduces and thickens slightly. Sprinkle the
  'aromatic powder' - a mixture of powdered ginger, cinnamon, and
  nutmeg - over the bird and pour the broth over the top.
  :    Serve with the boiled vegetables.
  From _The Forme of Cury_, 1378: " Take good broth and do thereto
  Fowle and do thereto whole pepper and flower of canel a gude quantity
  and let them seeth therewith and mix it forth and then cast thereon
  sweet aromatic powder."
  From _The Forme of Cury_, 1378. in _Seven Centuries of English
  Cooking_, Grove Press, 1992 Compiled and updated by Maxime de la
  Falaise. Typos by Jeff Pruett.
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