To fuck or to cook?

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
anyone have a good quick recipe to use some frozen elephant meat? I have an upper leg and hip, plus about 6 inches of lower trunk.

The leg you should slow roast, like a pot roast. I would pound the trunk thin, and cook like a chicken scallopine.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Funny. Yesterday I would accept this as good. now I feel like I should wait to see if GGG calls bullshit.

I have never had a problem with any of Wonk's recipes. This one looks good. Slaw and hot sauce are a delightful combination.

[Fugee]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
I would pound the trunk thin, and cook like a chicken scallopine.

No way! Think elephant calamari.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Fugee
No way! Think elephant calamari.

In Victorian Regional Cooking, I think they would have just added it to the Mulligatawny Soup.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
In Victorian Regional Cooking, I think they would have just added it to the Mulligatawny Soup.

Victorian Injah, sure. Maybe even Victorian Africa. But in Victorian England, they would simply have boiled it for six hours and served it with mushy peas.

[taxwonk]

1 stick butter, softened
2 shakes powdered chipotle
2 shakes smoked paprika
zest of 1 lime
squeeze of lime juice (use the rest to make your first margarita)


mix together with a fork to thoroughly combine. place on waxed or parchment paper and roll tightly to make a well-packed cylinder. Chill in fridge until firm.

Use to flavor fresh grilled corn and asparagus. Or anything else that tickles your fancy.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by taxwonk
Victorian Injah, sure. Maybe even Victorian Africa. But in Victorian England, they would simply have boiled it for six hours and served it with mushy peas.

Have you had English Mulligitawny? That pretty much describes it. Except that the mushy peas are in the soup and they add two dashes of "curry powder."

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Have you had English Mulligitawny? That pretty much describes it. Except that the mushy peas are in the soup and they add two dashes of "curry powder."

Ah. Sort of like so many suburban restaurants' version of "curry chicken salad."

[Fugee]

Family reunion pot luck this Sunday. Needs to travel well -- it's an hour and a half drive -- and not take a lot of prep/baking in the morning because I need to leave by 10:30 a.m.

In the past I've made the broccoli salad with craisins, sunflower seeds & red onions. But I'm modestly bored with that.

What to bring, what to bring????

My cousin & her family are here from Seattle and this is her husband's first introduction to Minnesota Scandinavians -- maybe I'll go old skool Minnesota pot luck and and make a jello salad with fruit in it. There was a shocking dearth of them at my parents' home church 4th of July picnic yesterday.

[SlaveNoMore]

Fugee
Family reunion pot luck this Sunday. Needs to travel well -- it's an hour and a half drive -- and not take a lot of prep/baking in the morning because I need to leave by 10:30 a.m.

In the past I've made the broccoli salad with craisins, sunflower seeds & red onions. But I'm modestly bored with that.

What to bring, what to bring????

My cousin & her family are here from Seattle and this is her husband's first introduction to Minnesota Scandinavians -- maybe I'll go old skool Minnesota pot luck and and make a jello salad with fruit in it. There was a shocking dearth of them at my parents' home church 4th of July picnic yesterday.

Mac and Cheese?

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Mac and Cheese?

Someone brought Mac and Cheese to a pot luck dinner party I went to a few months ago. It was by far the hit of the party.

[Fugee]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Someone brought Mac and Cheese to a pot luck dinner party I went to a few months ago. It was by far the hit of the party.

Mac n cheese could be fun if it isn't too hot, but I learned my cousin's husband is lactose intolerant so it seems unwelcoming to bring something he can't eat. That also ruled out one of my earlier thoughts -- rice pudding.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Fugee
Family reunion pot luck this Sunday. Needs to travel well -- it's an hour and a half drive -- and not take a lot of prep/baking in the morning because I need to leave by 10:30 a.m.

In the past I've made the broccoli salad with craisins, sunflower seeds & red onions. But I'm modestly bored with that.

What to bring, what to bring????

My cousin & her family are here from Seattle and this is her husband's first introduction to Minnesota Scandinavians -- maybe I'll go old skool Minnesota pot luck and and make a jello salad with fruit in it. There was a shocking dearth of them at my parents' home church 4th of July picnic yesterday.

Tater tot hot dish. You can warm it up when you get to wherever it is you're going.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Fugee
Family reunion pot luck this Sunday. Needs to travel well -- it's an hour and a half drive -- and not take a lot of prep/baking in the morning because I need to leave by 10:30 a.m.

In the past I've made the broccoli salad with craisins, sunflower seeds & red onions. But I'm modestly bored with that.

What to bring, what to bring????

My cousin & her family are here from Seattle and this is her husband's first introduction to Minnesota Scandinavians -- maybe I'll go old skool Minnesota pot luck and and make a jello salad with fruit in it. There was a shocking dearth of them at my parents' home church 4th of July picnic yesterday.

Well if they're from Seattle, they'll probably be stoned, so it won't really matter. But you can throw a nice pasta salad together in no time and it travels really well. You can dress it up or down as much as you want, but past versions I've made had brocolli and/or zucchini, kalamata olives, feta cheese, chicken, marinated mushrooms, pine nuts. You can hold the feta cheese or bring it on the side, or parmesan if you have no feta. Fresh or roasted garlic spiffs it up and some red pepper flakes if you like a little spicy. Artichoke hearts. If you're really in a hurry, there's pre-packaged chicken or that crap in a can that, once you put it in the salad, no one cares.
You can make your own vinaigrette, with a little dijon or use a Paul Newman's vinaigrette. Seriously. Travels well. And stuff you can mostly buy in a deli. Throws together in a hurry.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Someone brought Mac and Cheese to a pot luck dinner party I went to a few months ago. It was by far the hit of the party.

I once brought a loaf of toasted white bread to a pot luck. It was all gone at the end of the party.