Re: now history of food/chili

Actually rattlesnake isn't too bad, neither is alligator if prepared right.  Rattlesnake and armadillo shows up in a lot of Texas chili cookoffs.
I'll never forget one where I got a hold of some really hot stuff and was searching for a glass of water, when somebody handed me one (I thought) which I gulped down.  It turned out that this practical joker handed me a Dixie cup of pure white moonshine.  The rest of the day is a blur.  Thank God I was w/ friends and not driving.  Yikes.

Pam

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From: David Franzman <dfranzma@pacbell.net>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 11:41:17 -0800

>Lye is a preservative if used in small doses and a horribly painful death
>in used in large quantities.
>
>Pam's other question comes mainly from history of what was available for
>folks in certain regions.  Now of course we go to grocery stores and
>purchase foods from around the world.  In times before refrigeration and
>and modern transportation you ate what you had.  If you're starving that's
>sheeps stomach looks pretty good.  It's also a handy bladder for stuffing
>other goodies into it and you have a large sausage.  When depending on the
>local environment for substanence you don't waste anything.  Food around
>the world is an interesting topic.  Grubs, baby birds, monkey brains,
>blood sausage all of these delicacies are based on what was available at
>the local level and now since we are mixed all around the world they are
>brought to us through cultural exchange.  The same folks who bring us dim
>sum also bring us monkey brain.  We get snitzel and potato pancakes from
>the same folks who give us blood sausage.  My love for goose liver pate is
>in complete knowledge that the best pate comes when the goose is forced
>fed corn until their stomachs explode.
>
>Margaret, I worked for a Danish chef who hailed from the old country and
>while perusing his old cookbooks noticed a picture of just born baby birds
>with their eyes still closed arrayed neatly on a plate and garnished very
>tastefully.
>
>We all know of course that the best sausage is stuffed into pigs
>intestines.
>
>It's what you're used to.  Believe me Pam, Hindu's think Texans are real
>weird for eating steak.  By the way, ever try rattlesnake?  Understand it
>tastes like chicken!
>
>DF
>
>"Pamela J. Evans" wrote:
>
>> Excuse a silly question, but isn't lye poisonous??
>> Who dreams up these culinary nightmares??
>>
>> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>> From: Evelyn Ford <eafrn1@yahoo.com>
>> Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> Date:  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 04:58:41 -0800 (PST)
>>
>> >About 35 years ago I lived in Minneapolis and had many
>> >friends of Norwegian descent. If you think Haggis
>> >sounds bad, try Lutefisk...which literally means lye
>> >fish. It's Cod fish soaked in a lye solution before
>> >cooking. This is a popular treat (?) for many
>> >Scandinavians. Personally, it stinks, and if not
>> >cooked right can turn into a slimy mess... Phew!! The
>> >only good thing about the Lutefish I've tried was the
>> >creamy, rich sauce used to pour over it!. Guess it all
>> >depends on what you're used to ;-)
>> >
>> >Evelyn
>> >zone 6 Southern MO
>> >
>> >--- Kitty Morrissy <kmrsy@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> >> Sounds similar to something I had once in Toronto.
>> >> Went to an authentic
>> >> Greek restaurant.  Asked the waiter to suggest
>> >> something, because the menu
>> >> was written in Greek.  He suggested his favorite.  I
>> >> said, "What is it?"
>> >> He said, "Is meat".  "What kind of meat?", I asked.
>> >> "Is lamb, how you say?
>> >> Delicacy.  Very Good.", he says.  He'd just gotten
>> >> off the boat and didn't
>> >> have much of a grasp of the language yet.  So I
>> >> ended up with tripe,
>> >> entrails, brains, what-have-you, stuffed into a
>> >> casing wrapped in cabbage
>> >> leaves or something.  Still not knowing, though, I
>> >> tried it and just about
>> >> upchucked right there.  I made my brother-in-law
>> >> trade plates with me
>> >> because the b...d knew what I was getting (he speaks
>> >> Greek) and just sat
>> >> there being of no help at all.
>> >>
>> >> Kitty
>> >
>> >
>> >
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