• 868 an interesting ar

    From MICHAEL LOO@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Wednesday, August 28, 2019 20:16:46
    A recent issue of The Highlander had a couple of interesting news shorts... and I thought of you (and the Echo)... haven't had time to
    type them till now, though... ;)
    I know you must have posted this with the hope of
    generating interest and conversation. Hah, fooled you.
    Hey... at least Weller picked up on it... as did you... (G)

    Not much gabworthiness got out of it, though.

    By the way, I'd like people to generally stick to
    traditional fair use guidelines - direct quotes of, I
    believe it is, 50 words or less at a time, paraphrasing
    of course okay, both with appropriate credit.
    I'll try to keep it in mind for any next time... It's rare, though, that
    I do see anything remotely relevant... (G)

    And let me also point out here that lists of
    ingredients and production steps, i.e., what we
    generally think of as recipes, are not protected
    by copyright absent substantial creative content.
    Most copyright notices that you see attached to
    recipes are bogus and are the only identifying
    data that I tend to remove.

    First...
    VEGAN SAUSAGE ROLLS A HIT
    This is actually a commercialization of a concept that
    has been around for quite a while. Someone else tried to
    sell them about 5 or 6 years ago, but after the initial
    hoopla, the product tanked. I think I read about the
    Gregg's version a while back and studiously ignored it!
    Figured you would... (And granted it was somewhat a chain yank [g])

    I only wish others' chains had been succeffully
    yanked as well.

    introduced in its 1,800 stores nationwide. Selling at L1, it features
    96 layers of dairy-free puff pastry wrapped around a proprietary filling of Quorn, a meat substitute popular in Europe. Early reports are
    It's possible that a meatlike tempeh is made, but Quorn
    is not vegan.
    Somebody should maybe tell them....? ;)

    I wasn't aware the quorn manufacturers claimed vegan
    status for their products. They contain egg ingredients
    (used to be based on them as well as the mycorrhyzae)
    and are produced in facilities that use eggs and possibly
    dairy.

    but it's literally flying off the shelves," said Roger Whiteside, chief executive at Greggs.
    That puff pastry must be pretty light!
    Or there are a lot of suckers visiting the shops... ;)

    I was referring to literal flying.

    ... Did you ever wonder what would have happened if Adam had eaten an IBM?

    We'd be running a lot faster.

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.00

    Title: Crayfish Etouffee
    Categories: Main dish, Fish, Cajun
    Yield: 12 servings

    3/4 lb Butter
    2 c Chopped green pepper
    4 t Salt
    1 t Cayenne pepper
    1/4 c Tomato paste
    1 1/2 c Water
    4 lb Crayfish tail meat
    1 t Kitchen bouquet
    6 c Chopped onion
    5 ea Cloves of garlic
    1 t Black pepper
    1 t Sugar
    3 T Cornstarch
    1 1/2 c White wine
    1 ea Scallion, chopped

    In large heavy pot, melt butter and saute onions, celery, green
    pepper and garlic until soft. Stir in salt, black and cayenne pepper,
    sugar and tomato paste. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for 20
    minutes. Dissolve cornstarch in water; add wine to mixture. Cook for
    20 minutes or until sauce thickens. Add crayfish, green onion and
    Kitchen Bouquet. Refrigerate overnight. Reheat and serve over rice.
    Don't overcook. Boiling crayfish: Discard any dead crayfish in the
    sack. Wash crayfish in clean, cool water just before cooking. They do
    not need to be purged with salt during washing. Place the live
    crayfish in boiling water and boil for 10 minutes. (Season the water
    with one pound of salt per five gallons of water. Add other seasoning
    to taste, including cayenne, garlic, onions, lemons, lemon juice and
    crab boil.) Don't begin timing cooking until watter returns to a buil
    after adding crayfish. It's usual to add potatoes and corn on the cob
    to the boil. Crayfish are easiest to peel when still warm.
    Source unknown

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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to MICHAEL LOO on Saturday, August 31, 2019 15:55:00
    Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 08-28-19 20:16 <=-

    A recent issue of The Highlander had a couple of interesting news shorts... and I thought of you (and the Echo)... haven't had time to
    type them till now, though... ;)
    I know you must have posted this with the hope of
    generating interest and conversation. Hah, fooled you.
    Hey... at least Weller picked up on it... as did you... (G)
    Not much gabworthiness got out of it, though.

    A little more than I was expecting, to be honest... ;) But they did catch
    my eye when I was going through the magazine, and I thought possibly
    others might also find them mildly interesting... :)

    By the way, I'd like people to generally stick to
    traditional fair use guidelines - direct quotes of, I
    believe it is, 50 words or less at a time, paraphrasing
    of course okay, both with appropriate credit.
    I'll try to keep it in mind for any next time... It's rare, though, that
    I do see anything remotely relevant... (G)
    And let me also point out here that lists of
    ingredients and production steps, i.e., what we
    generally think of as recipes, are not protected
    by copyright absent substantial creative content.
    Most copyright notices that you see attached to
    recipes are bogus and are the only identifying
    data that I tend to remove.

    I suspect that anything that would be substantially creative might be
    being kept as a trade secret by the chef, anyway... :)

    96 layers of dairy-free puff pastry wrapped around a proprietary
    filling of Quorn, a meat substitute popular in Europe.
    It's possible that a meatlike tempeh is made, but Quorn
    is not vegan.
    Somebody should maybe tell them....? ;)
    I wasn't aware the quorn manufacturers claimed vegan
    status for their products. They contain egg ingredients
    (used to be based on them as well as the mycorrhyzae)
    and are produced in facilities that use eggs and possibly
    dairy.

    So, it would be vegetarian (lacto-ovo anyway), just not vegan... perhaps someone just got confused there...

    but it's literally flying off the shelves," said Roger Whiteside, chief executive at Greggs.
    That puff pastry must be pretty light!
    Or there are a lot of suckers visiting the shops... ;)
    I was referring to literal flying.

    Actually I did catch that... ;)

    ttyl neb

    ... Please no deja vu; I don't want to go through that again.

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