[Ansteorra] RE: Ansteorra digest, - Seasons Greetings Ansteorra
morgancain at earthlink.net
morgancain at earthlink.net
Thu Dec 26 10:16:42 PST 2002
>>> Well Morgan, perhaps you ought to at least use a period shrimp recipe.
I have period shrimp recipes, Stefan - you should know me better.
Still think they are bland, uninteresting, and best used as a conveyance
for cocktail sauce (which I *DO* know is not period <g>). The "Shrympes"
recipe to whicih you point is nothing more than boiled shrimp, not even a
bit of spice or herbs in the water to try and make them palateable. UGH.
Sounds more like ingredient preparation than real food.
I decided a few years ago that I have eaten enough bad food in the SCA that
I am not going to cook anything I will not eat. And I simply will not eat
shrimp. They are boring lumps of salty rubber. **Especially** in period
recipes, because they did not have cocktail sauce!
Now, a nice roast with garlic, onions, and red wine......
Or a stew of beef and onions cooked in a chewy beer......
Or chicken roasted with fresh rosemary perfuming the flesh.....
Even fish, if done right. And I do love octopus!
But shrimp - blech. You want period shrimp, modern shrimp, or maripan
shrimp, YOU cook 'em. And I'll bring the real food for the rest of us.
----= Morgan, grumpy Pat.Pend.
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sharpen my tongue." ---= Oscar Levant
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