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assistant: MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.04
      Title: TRUFFES AU CHOCOLAT (CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES)
 Categories: Chocolate, Candies
      Yield: 1 servings
   3.00 oz Chocolate
   1.50 oz Butter
   2.00 oz Powdered sugar
   2.00 tb Fresh cream
  Preparation: Put cream, butter and grated chocolate into a pan. The
  chocolate need not be grated fine. The cream can be replaced by
  skimming the top off raw milk poured into a wide basin and allowed to
  settle. Melt butter, chocolate, and cream in a double boiler,
  stirring to mix well. When melted, remove the double boiler from the
  fire, leaving the hot water in the bottom pan to keep it warm. Sift
  the powdered sugar in slowly, so that it will not form lumps,
  stirring constantly. Let stand 24 hr. in a cool place. (In winter, 12
  hr. in a cold room will do.) At the end of this time, cut a piece of
  this chocolate about the size of a small nut, using a knife or spoon.
  Roll it into a ball in the palm of the hand until the outside of the
  bonbon begins to melt a little. Then roll it in grated or granulated
  chocolate, which will stick to it perfectly. Let stand 2 hr. before
  serving, but in a place that is not too cold, because these truffles
  are better when they are a little soft. Instead of rolling them into
  balls, you can also shape them to look more like truffles.
  Source   : The Art of French Cooking Posted by: Rina de Jong
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assistant: MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.04
      Title: TRUFFES PRALINEES (PRALINE TRUFFLES)
 Categories: Chocolate, Candies
      Yield: 1 servings
   0.50 lb Good chocolate
           About 1/2 glass water
   3.00    Egg yolks
   3.00 oz Butter
   1.50 oz Praline paste
  Slowly melt the chocolate in the water, bring to a gentle boil,
  remove from the fire, and add the yolks, beating with a spatula, then
  replace on a low fire to poach the eggs in the chocolate. Do not stop
  beating. Remove from the fire and add the butter and the praline
  paste. Let cool, beating from time to time (this cooling takes a
  rather long time). When the mixture begins to solidify, take some
  with a spoon, place it in some grated chocolate (prepared in
  advance), and shape to resemble real truffles. These truffles keep a
  week. To keep a longer time, substitute vegetable shortening for the
  butter.
  Source   : The Art of French Cooking Posted by: Rina de Jong
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assistant: MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.04
      Title: WHITE RUSSIAN TRUFFLES
 Categories: Candies, Chocolate
      Yield: 6 servings
   1.75 lb Milk chocolate, divided
   1.00 c  Whipping cream
   0.25 c  Kahlua
  1.   Chop finely 1 lb of the chocolate.  Melt in a double boiler to
  120 degrees.  Measure the cream into a 3-quart saucepan and bring
  just to the boil.  Remove from the heat and cool to 120 degrees.  Add
  the chocolate to the cooled cream and stir until the mixture is
  smooth.
  2.   Stir the Kahlua into the chocolate, mixing well.  scrape onto a
  baking sheet and refrigerate until firm.
  3.   Finely grate the remaining 3/4 lb of the chocolate.  (This is
  easiest to do using the grater blade of a food processor.) Remove the
  filling from refrigeration and form into small rough balls.  Place on
  a baking sheet lined with wax paper.
  4.   Roll the truffles in the grated chocolate, pressing gently to
  adhere.
  5.   Refrigerate overnight.  Remove from refrigeration 15 minutes
  before serving.  Note:  these truffles do not hold well at room
  temperature.
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user: You are replying to John Prather about "Mascrapone cheese".

They wrote:
JP> Also I have a question.  What is mascarpone cheese?  It is extremely
JP> expensive and difficult to find in my area.  I have heard that there
JP> is a suitable substitute for this.  Like some combination of sour
JP> cream, cream cheese and brie.  If so how does it hold up to

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assistant: I had to post this question for my boss and saved the replies I got.  As for
how it holds up or how good of a substitute it is...never heard from him.  I
hope this helps ya out!
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.04
      Title: MASCARPONE
 Categories: Italian, Cheese/eggs
      Yield: 1 servings
   1.00 qt Whipping cream
           -(not ultra pasteurized)
   1.00 tb White wine vinegar
           -=OR=- Lemon juice
  Makes About 1 Pound
  CHOOSE A STAINLESS STEEL BOWL that fits inside a large saucepan
  without touching the bottom of the pan. Add water to the pan and
  place the bowl in the pan so that the bowl touches the surface of the
  water but still sits firmly on the rim of the pan. Remove the bowl,
  place the pan on medium heat, and bring the water to a boil. Place
  the cream in the bowl and place over the boiling water. Adjust the
  heat under the pan to medium and heat the cream, checking the
  temperature often with an instant-read thermometer, to 190F; stir
  occasionally. Stir in the vinegar, continuing to stir gently until
  the cream begins to curdle. Remove the pan from the heat, cover, and
  allow the curds to firm up for 10 minutes. Line a strainer or
  colander with dampened cheesecloth, napkin, or coffee filters. Set
  the strainer or colander over a bowl and carefully spoon the curds
  into the strainer. Allow the mascarpone to cool to room temperature,
  cover the strainer tightly with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 24
  hours to allow the cheese to finish draining and become firm. Store
  in the refrigerator in a tightly covered container. Use the
  mascarpone within 3-or-4 days.
  NICK MALGIERI - PRODIGY GUEST CHEFS COOKBOOK
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assistant: MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.04
      Title: MASCARPONE CHEESE- SUBSTITUTE FOR:
 Categories: Cheese, Italian, Substitute
      Yield: 2 lb
   1.50 lb Cream cheese, softened
   0.50 c  Heavy cream
   0.25 c  Sour cream
  Mix together and use where mascarpone cheese is called for.
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user: You are replying to John Prather about "Mascrapone cake recipe".

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assistant: ANd here is a recipe for ya too:)
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.04
      Title: POUND CAKE WITH MASCARPONE SAUCE
 Categories: Cakes, Italian, Sauces
      Yield: 10 servings
   5.00    Large Eggs, separated*
   5.00 tb Granulated Sugar
  18.00 oz (1 1/2 pkgs) Mascarpone, at
           - room temperature
   2.00 tb Brandy (Cognac preferred)
   1.00    Pound Cake (homemade or
           -  store-bought)
           Fresh Strawberries or
           -Blackberries for garnish
  (* NOTE: The egg yolks in the sauce are uncooked.)
  **Torte Sabbiosa**
  1.  To make the sauce, beat the egg yolks and sugar together in a
  bowl with a mixer until light and lemon-colored.  Beat the mascarpone
  into the egg-yolk mixture until well blended.  Don't overmix, or
  sauce may separate. Beat in the 2 tablespoons of brandy.
  2.  In a separate bowl, whip the egg whites until they form stiff
  peaks. Fold egg whites into the Mascarpone mixture.  Refrigerate
  until serving time.
  3.  To serve, cut the cake into 1 inch thick slices, place on a plate
  and spoon mascarpone sauce over it.  Decorate each portion with fresh
  berries. From Chicago Tibune Magazine, May 2, 1993
       recipes provided by Marta Pulini, chef of Le Madri (New York
  City)
  posted by Bud Cloyd
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system: You are Steve James, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Inter. Cooking message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Dave Warren about "nacho cheese sauce and other sauces".

They wrote:
DW> I'm looking for a recipe on making NACHO CHEESE sauce.

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assistant: On (07 Nov 96) Dave Warren wrote to All...
        Well, it's not much of a recipe, but it doesn't take much work
either.
If you're desperate for nacho sauce, try melting Velveeta brand or similar
fake cheese and adding a can of Ro-tel brand tomatoes and peppers ...
... Stamp out and abolish redundancy!
system: You are Ian Hoare, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Inter. Cooking message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to John Prather about "Branston Pickle".

They wrote:
JP> the best.  And Ian if you haven't tried this cold packed pickle you
JP> are missing something.
JP> I added
JP> Claussen dills available in the states.
JP> Oh, Could you repost that Branston Pickle recipe.  I know it's been
JP> up several times but I've never copied it.
JP>       4 lb Pickling cucumbers
JP>       8 ea Dill heads

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assistant: Hello John!
Sunday October 27 1996 20:46, John Prather wrote to Ruth Hanschka:
Thanks, I've snagged it and will try it next year.
[snip]
Thanks also for your suggestions.
Sure thing coming up - both of them.
I've a couple of questions, however.
What are these precisely. Here we get cucumbers that are grown in a
greenhouse, they are about a foot long. Then we get what we call in the UK
ridge cucumbers which are about 6" long, and slightly barrel shaped. A very
similar flavour to the first one - both can be eaten raw. Lastly we have
gherkins which we normally buy from 1" to 3" long and pickle. I've never
tried them in any other way.  Which would you recommend for pickling.
I know dill, but a head of dill? when I buy them they come in sprigs of about
6" long, a single shoot with the needle like leaves almost all the length.
All the Best
Ian
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user: You are replying to Kurt Eifert about "pickling, canning, preserves".

They wrote:
KE> I need to know how to pickle tomatoes, pickles, any garden veggie.
KE> this last year I threw away hundreds of green tomatoes,
KE> and ripe tomatoes.
KE> What is tumeric used for?
KE> Why is dill synonmous with pickling?
KE> is a small amount sugar needed to pickle, perserve?
KE> How does one make a vinegar brine for storing garden veggies?
KE> is any herb, spice essential for canning, pickling?
KE> anyone ever hear of tomato jelley?

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assistant: Hello Kurt!
Sunday November 03 1996 22:40, Kurt Eifert wrote to All:
Kurt, before I answer, can I ask something else. Do you have any kind of off
line message reader and editor. It look to me as if you have typed this
message on line. If so, you have made life difficult and expensive for
yourself. If you get dozens of messages of help with recipes, you'll need to
have some way of saving them off line. Ask your sysop for advice.
Pickling in principle is simple. After brining (in salt solution, or dry
salt) for up to 24 hours, you steep the vegetable to be pickled in vinegar.
The vinegar may be undiluted, and or with sugar and or spices. It may be
poured over hot or cold. Depends on the recipes.
I'm not very keen on green tomato recipes, but a recipe follows.
I've got a smashing recipe for a spicy tomato sauce.
Turmeric has a yellow colour and its own flavour. It is used for flavouring
and colouring purposes in some recipes, especially indian ones.
It isn't. Dill is digestive, and also delicious, but I make loads of pickles
without dill. However, many cucumber pickles use dill to improve the taste
and digestability.
No, it is just used to improve the flavour.
You don't. Brine is used to remove excess water from the vegetable. After
you've brined the vegetables for a while, you THEN store it in vinegar. OK?
No. That said, lots of recipes use mustard seed. Quite a number use Dill, all
pickles MUST use vinegar. For canning, you don't NEED anything, though most
vegetables are canned in a light brine. I preserve chopped tomatoes with
nothing at all added, but to do so, I use a water bath method which
sterilises with heat.
Yes, but I've never tried it.
All the Best
Ian
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user: You are replying to All about "green Tomatoes CR".

They wrote:
KE> this last year, i threw away hundreds
KE> of green tomatoes,

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assistant: Hello All!
Sunday November 03 1996 22:40, Kurt Eifert wrote to All:
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MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.04
      Title: Green Tomato Jam
 Categories: Misc, Preserves, Vegetables
      Yield: 1 servings
      1 kg Green tomatoes
      1    Lemon
      1 c  Water
      3 c  Sugar
  :    Slice tomatoes & lemon thinly.  Put tomatoes, lemon & sugar into
  a pot with the water.  Bring to a boil, reduce heat & simmer for 1
  hour. Transfer to a warmed sterile jars.
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      Title: Green Tomato Relish 2
 Categories: Preserves, Relishes, Vegetables
      Yield: 8 pints
      6 lb Green Tomatoes
      4 tb Pickling Salt
    3/4 c  Sweet Red Pepper *
  1 1/2 c  Vinegar
      2 ts Whole Allspice
      2 ts Celery Seeds
      2 ts Dry Mustard
      3 md Onions
      5 sl Lemon; thin
  1 1/2 c  Brown Sugar
      2 ts White Peppercorns
      2 ts Whole Cloves
      2 ts Mustard Seeds
  *   Fresh red sweet pepper should be finely chopped.
  Wash and core the tomatoes; peel the onions.  Slice the tomatoes and
  onions thinly, mix with the salt and let stand overnight.  In the
  morning drain thoroughly.  Put the tomatoes and onions in a large
  kettle and add the lemon slices, pepper, sugar, vinegar, and the
  spices and mustard tied in a bag.  Bring to a boil and cook for about
  30 minutes or until slightly thickened, stirring occasionally.
  Discard the spice bag and turn the relish into hot jars.  Seal at
  once.
  Makes 4 Quarts.
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user: You are replying to All about "Tomatoes CR".

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KE> and, ripe tomatoes.

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assistant: Hello All!
Sunday November 03 1996 22:40, Kurt Eifert wrote to All:
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      Title: Spiced Tomato Sauce
 Categories: Misc, Relish, Fruits
      Yield: 6 pots
  2 1/4 lb Very ripe tomatoes
      5 oz Onions
     10 oz Sugar
      2 ts Salt
    1/2 ts Allspice
     10 fl Red wine
     10 fl Wine vinegar
    1/2 tb Mashed green peppercorns
  In order to keep a good red colour, you should use a wide shallow pan
  to ensure rapid evaporation. Skin tomatoes. Chop roughly and put them
  with all the other ingredients except green peppercorns in the pan.
  Bring to the boil and cook fast until reduced to about 1/2 volume.
  Add peppercorns and cook a further 5 minutes. The sauce should by now
  be thick. Pot into jam jars and cover as for jam. The sauce should
  keep 6 months or more. Serve with cheese or cold meat.
   Recipe Helen Hodson Argentat France
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user: You are replying to All You Cooks about "English soups (3) CR".

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assistant: Hello All!
And an interesting glimpse from the past.
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MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.04
      Title: Barley Cream Soup
 Categories: Starters, Soups, British, Vegetables
      Yield: 6 Servings
    120 g  Pearl barley
      1 l  White stock
    150 ml Milk
    150 ml Double cream (heavy)
     30 g  Butter
           Salt & pepper
           Parsley; chopped
   This is an eighteenth century recipe which brings out the delicious
  and very subtle flavour of the barley.
    Blanch the barley for a minute in boiling water, drain, simmer in
  the stock for two hours. Pass through a fine sieve or blend well, add
  the milk, cream, seasoning and the butter cut in small peices. Reheat
  and serve prinkled with chopped parsley.
    Recipe "The Cookery of England" Elizabeth Ayrton ISBN 0-14-046819-6
    MMed IMH c/o Georges' Home BBS 2:323/4.4
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assistant: Hello All!
This is the last of today's batch. Haricot beans are similar to Great
Northern beans or Navy's. Butter beans are like Lima beans
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MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.04
      Title: Bean Soup
 Categories: Starters, Soups, Vegetables, British
      Yield: 6 Servings
      1 lb Dry Haricot or butter beans
      1 md Onion
      6    Cloves
      1 md Carrot
           Salt & pepper
   1200 ml Stock (more or less)-=PLUS=-
   1800 ml Water up to
      2 sl Fat bacon -=OR=-
      1    Ham bone
    600 ml Milk
     25 g  Butter
      1    Bouquet garni -=OR=-
           Thyme, parsley & marjoram
      1 ts Parsley; chopped
           Croutons
  Soak the beans overnight in cold water, then cook them in any good
  stock made up to volume with water, together with the onion studded
  wtih the cloves, the carrot, bacon or ham bone, and the herbs or
  bouquet garni.
    When tender (2-3 hours), puree in blender or sieve without
  draining, and dilute the puree with the milk. Season to taste with
  salt and plenty of pepper. Add the butter at the moment and garnish
  with croutons and choped parsley.
    Recipe "The cookery of England" Elizabeth Ayrton, ISBN 0-14-046819-6
    MMed IMH c/o Georges' Home BBS 2:323/4.4
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assistant: Hello All!
I saw the weather forcasts for the Eastern States this lunchtime. With lots
of snow forecast, it looks as if winter has arrived.  With that in mind, here
are some good warming soup recipes - 3 winter ones, and one for next spring.
There are some close similarities between them and you may think all English
soups demand the same ingredients. Never fear, different ones will follow.
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      Title: Artichoke Soup
 Categories: Starters, Soups, Vegetables, British
      Yield: 6 Servings
      1 tb Lemon juice
           Cold water
      1 kg Jerusalem artichokes
     60 g  Butter
      1 md Onion; sliced
           Salt & pepper
    900 ml White stock
    600 ml Milk
    150 ml Double cream (heavy)
           Parmesan Cheese
           Croutons
  Put the lemon juice into a basinful of cold water. Wash the artichokes
  (Jerusalem artichokes are a root vegetable); peel and put them at once
  into the acidulated water in order to keep them white. Melt the
  butter in a saucepan, and as soon as it is hot, drain the artichokes
  well and add them to the butter with the peeled and sliced onion.
  Sprinkle with salt and pepper and cook gently for 5 minutes, turning
  them; they must not brown at all.
    Add the stock gradually and simmer gently until the artichokes are
  quite soft. Do not drain. Rub through a fine sieve or blend them,
  return to the saucepan and add the milk. Season well. Bring just to
  boiling point, stir in the cream and serve very hot with croutons
  (toast) and finely grated parmesan cheese.
  Recipe "The Cookery of England" Elizabeth Ayrton ISBN 0-14-046819-6
    Mmed IMH c/o Georges' Home BBS 2:323/4.4
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assistant: Hello All!
Here's the springtime soup. Try to find fresh asparagus for this.
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      Title: Asparagus Soup
 Categories: Starters, Soups, Vegetables, British
      Yield: 6 Servings
     20 md Asparagus spears
    240 g  Green peas or spinach
    900 ml White stock
      1 ts Sugar
     30 g  Butter
    150 ml Milk
    150 ml Double cream (heavy)
           Salt & pepper
  Wash and prepare the asparagus, discarding all but the top 2-3" of the
  stems as the lower part is apt to make the soup bitter. Reserve 1 cm
  tips for garnish and cook them separately for 10 minutes. Cut the
  remainder into 2 cm lengths and cook in the boiling stock with peas
  or spinach, sugar and seasoning until tender.
    Rube through a fine sieve without draining. Make a white roux with
  the butter and flour, add the asparagus puree and bring to the boil,
  stirring in the milk. To serve, stir in the cream, and add the
  asparagus tips, a few to each bowl.
  Recipe "The cookery of England" Elizabeth Ayrton ISBN 0-14-046819-6
    Mmed IMH c/o Georges' Home BBS 2:323/4.4
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