[Sca-cooks] a newly done recipe

[Kathleen A Roberts]

now i am sure i have been getting in touch with  my inner
roman a bit too much lately.  so...

yesterday, dear heart heard paula deen (white noise) say
something about shrimp, brown sugar and black pepper.  i
think it was two different combos, but i wasn't paying
that much attention.

says he:  "hey, that sounds good"
says me:  "well, there's a recipe in apicius that uses
shellfish, honey and black pepper.  do you want me to try
it?"  (when will i ever learn?)

later that evening, a bag of frozen shrimp appears in the 
Albertson's basket.

says me:  "i guess you want shrimpies tonite?"
says he:  "why don't you try that brown sugar thing?"
says me:  "just for the heck of it, why don't i try that 
apicius thing?" (still not learning)
says he:  "yeah, try it on a few, and do the others with 
old bay."  (smart boy... don't ruin them all)

so there i was in the kitchen with a list of ingredients 
from vehling and my cupboards having spilled forth, and 
the shrimpies nicely thawed, and the seat of my pants 
ready...

into a pan i put in this order:

olive oil
garlic and onions, finely minced (no shallots on hand)
red wine vinegar
cream sherry (no passum or raisin wine)
shrimp (8 of them, no langoustine)

i let that cook until said shrimpies were about half 
cooked and then added

honey
black pepper (metric buttload)
black and yellow mustard seeds
salt

i finished the cooking of the shrimp, let the sauce reduce 
and then tossed in a bit of parsley left over from 
turk-zilla (no lovage... probably could have minced some 
celery leaves but didn't think of that then).

adjusted the flavors and gave it to the guinea pig (who 
might i add, walked into this one on his own)

he loved it, i loved it, incredibly good and approachable 
flavors.

he wiped the pan with a piece of bread, and it is now on 
the midwinter proposal being written, as part of appetizer 
course.

it was not unlike a sweet, not too garlicy, scampi with 
some bite from the mustard seed and pepper.

YEA!!!! SUCCESS at figuring out a list of ingredients. 
 still doing the happy (and yummy) dance.

cailte

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"Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy which
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Kathleen Roberts
Coordinator, Student Admissions
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
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