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caused by Olestra products.

They still allow that stuff in the US? It's been banned in Canada.

Recent tastes up here:

Wild duck and lentil soup with fresh sage: the duck meat and broth
which came out of the freezer was from the bird I mentioned earlier.
Lentils are a natural pairing with wild game birds and the sage was
from Andrea's contraption. Some of the rivers are breaking up in
places and the migrating birds are back, Matthew and his grandson
shot 18 ducks recently so it's possible I'll get another one soon.

Weird but good ratatouille: you'd like this version ,,, it had
mushrooms in it and no zucchini. The Japanese eggplant coins ended
up tasting mushroomy and the sliced brown Creminis tasted eggplanty,
both in a good way.

Problem: good Eau de Vie is horribly expensive and cheap "fruit
brandy" is actually just neutral grain sprits adulterated with nasty
artificial flavours. Solution: 4 parts Spanish brandy to 1 part Creme
de Cassis in a snifter. Swirl to mix and enjoy.

Another brandy drink; decades ago in a James Bond novel something
called The Drunkard's Drink was mentioned in passing. It was a
brandy and ginger ale highball. Ginger ale mixes well with other
brown liquors such as dark rum (the Dark and Stormy) while rye and
ginger is the Canadian redneck's drink of choice so it makes sense.
Since I had the brandy on hand I tried one. It's better than it
sounds. And a dash of bitters made it better yet.

Found and made ... the Metropole Cocktail. My version: 2 oz Brandy,
1 oz dry Vermouth, 1 dash orange liqueur and 2 dashes bitters. Stir
everything in a mixing glass full of ice, strain into a chilled
cocktail glass and garnish with a lemon twist.

The Metropole was the house cocktail of the Metropole Hotel on
Broadway in Manhattan back in 1890, fell out of fashion and is
enjoying a revival in hipster cocktail bars.



Cheers

Jim


... Food math at its best-the whole much greater than the sum of its parts

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