[Sca-cooks] An Evil Thought- Excercise in Intelligence

[ED Reese]

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I think it sounds delish, and will give it a whirl when the beats are ready
to harvest.

Esther

At 10:57 AM 5/27/2003 -0400, you wrote:

>Ok, since I won't be able to attend pretty much anything at pennsic,
>here's what I would have brought, along with the justification.
>
>
>Curried Stuffed Beet Loaf
>
>1 dozen medium beets
>6 eggs
>1 Tbsp. mild curry powder.
>4 Tbsp. yoghurt
>1 bunch fresh spinach
>1/4 pound paneer, cut into cubes
>4 Tbsp. achar (Indian mixed pickle)
>1/2 medium onion, coarsely chopped
>1 sesame trencher bread (about 1/2 pound)
>
>Wash, peel, and julienne beets.  Mix with eggs and form into two large
>patties, about an inch thick.  Set aside.  Wash spinach leaves and mix
>with paneer, yoghurt, onions, and curry powder.  Place mixture on one
>of the beet patties and then cover with the other, pressing and sealing
>the edges together to form a loaf.  Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes,
>then carefully transfer loaf to the sesame trencher.  Garnish with the
>achar and serve.
>
>The original source:
>>Two all-meat patties, special sauce, onion, pickle, lettuce, and tomato
>>(vegetable? translator's query), on a sesame seed bun
>
>Justification:
>Obviously the word "meat" is a typo, since no one would actually eat
>any animal products.  The word was most likely "beat" which is a
>spelling variant for beet.  Beet patties must have been a relatively
>common entree in that time period, since no instructions are given for
>making them.  They were probably finely julienne-sliced beets with a
>binder, the most likely binder being eggs (which were readily
>available).
>
>The fact that the recipe calls for two beet patties is a clue that the
>other ingredients were meant to be a stuffing between them.
>
>The word "lettuce" is a general catch-all term for green leafy
>vegetables.  While the recipe probably used the leaves from the beets,
>I substituted spinach because of availability.
>
>The "special sauce" was a bit problematic, until I considered it in
>connection with the pickle.  Since mixed pickle is from India the
>"special sauce" is most likely also, and is therefore probably a curry.
>  I used a readily available curry powder mixed with yoghurt.
>
>An alternate version of the source is "Two all-beef patties, special
>sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame seed bun." [from
>"Advertisement", R. McDonald 1977]  (Note that the word "meat" here is
>replaced with "beef", which is an obvious typo for "beet").  This
>version includes cheese, so we can assume that it was sometimes
>included depending on personal tastes and availability.  I chose
>paneer, an Indian cheese, because it goes well with the pickle.
>
>How's that?
>
>- Doc
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