[Sca-cooks] Ld. Ras

[Gorgeous Muiredach]

At 10:25 AM 12/16/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>Ummmm can we pleaseeeeeeee, stop talking about what this man would fix.
>This one just about made me sick.  A very green Aurore

Hey, Psst, Aurore, wanna talk about what *I* would fix???

For the faint of heart, you might wanna not read the end of this post...

One particularly interesting experience was being invited with my father to
a friend's of his village.  This was in Mali.  As we were guests of a "long
lost son" of the village, there was a big party.  Excited folks would walk
around mumbling something to the effect of "goody, tonight we're eating
'cousin'".

There were a few items cooked on a spit, including a few monkeys.  They
were fairly small ones, and I don't know what "brand" they were, but likely
not baboon or chimpanzees, smaller than that.  But bigger than
capucines.  In any case, the whole beast, on a spit, over the fire, slow
roasted.

The thing is, imagine what a skinned monkey on a spit looks like???  Yeah.
you got it...  Looks like a baby!

For some reason, the choice part is the hand.  Tender and tasty, especially
the palm.  As we were guests of honour, we had the (dubious?) pleasure of
being offered a hand each.  I remember, and likely will a loooong time,
having this hand, laying on its back, long fingers kinda curled up, in my
plate...

It was good, as I recall.  I was about 14 at the time.  A darkish meat,
strong in flavour but not overpowering.  Bit sweet.

<shrug>

Gorgeous Muiredach the Odd
Clan of Odds
Shire of Forthcastle, Meridies
mka Nicolas Steenhout
"You must deal with me as I think of myself" - J. Hockenberry