Re(2): SC - Roasted Butter
Sue Wensel
swensel at brandegee.lm.com
Wed May 21 10:59:54 PDT 1997
> I haven't done a redaction yet, because people start muttering phrases
like
> needing artery drain-o, short lifespans, etc.
>
> Foolish mortals. (:-) (I got a giant bypass scar at age 32) (:-)
Then you get me who diesn't need to worry (at least not yet).
> To roast a pound of butter well
> (The English Housewife; Gervase Markham, edited by Michael Best 1986)
>
> Hmmm. If done right, you would get a wonderful custardish dish, studded
> with currants and sweet crunchies. I gotta try this. I wonder what the
> minimal amount of butter is that would work for this dish... and what would
> make a good "pit" and how hot an oven would be a soft fire...
I would think a soft fire would be little more than embers with some flame --
otherwise you are going to be having some problems with the flames flashing up
and scorching your roast.
> I think I just might do this sometime and serve it to people and not let
them
> know what they are having until after they have ingested the "cholesterol
> poison."
>
> Oh, I wouldn't do that... but I bet the results are a dessert worth dieing
> for. (:-)
>
I hope so. I would like to do it this weekend.
> Tibor (eating less than 10 grams of fat a day...)
Derdriu
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