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Skriven 2012-01-15 06:56:31 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
  Kommentar till text 19892 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
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-=> RUTH HANSCHKA wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 ->  -> Yeah, but then he'd have to start referring to himself as a "fiddle
 ->  -> picker" rather than a violinist.  BvP=

 ->  RH> On the other hand he'd be able to afford to pick his fiddle jobs.

 -> Somehow I can see him in spangles, sequins and a Stetson doing a Shoji
 -> Tabuchi turn on "The Orange Blossom Special". The mind boggles ......

 RH> Especially since Shoji is Japanese!  I can buy the sequins and the
 RH> Stetson, but he'd need a big bottle of pills to get through the Branson
 RH> cheesefest.
 
What does that (Shoji being Japanese) have to do with anything? Most hayshakers
can't tell the difference between Chinese, Japanese and Koreans anyway. What
does the Branson Cheesefest have to do with Michael basing himself in
Nashville, TN? Last I looked Branson was in the nether regions of Missouri.

Have you ever heard Shoji do the OBS? I have heard him live on the Grand Ol'
Opry (WSM 560 AM) and on Ernest Tubb's Record Shop (which follows the Opry on
WSM on Saturday nights) -- keep in mind that the last time I listened to WSM
was 25 or so years ago when I was doing my long distance trucking gig.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Branston Pickle
 Categories: Vegetables, Chilies, Relishes, Fruits, Citrus
      Yield: 2 Litres
 
    250 g  Carrots; peeled
      3 sm White turnips; peeled
     10 cl Garlic; peeled, crushed
      1 c  Dried apricots; chopped
      1 c  Prunes; chopped
      1 c  Raisins
      1 md Cauliflower
      2 lg Onions; peeled
      2    Firm apples; peeled, cored
      2    Courgettes; unpeeled
     15 sm Cocktail gherkins; *
    225 g  Dark muscovado sugar, brown
           - sugar or jaggery
      1 ts Sea salt
     60 ml Lemon juice
    350 ml Cider vinegar
    200 ml Malt vinegar
      1 tb Worcestershire sauce
      2 ts Black mustard seeds
      6    Dried Chile de Arbol
           - powdered in a coffee
           - grinder
           +=OR=+
      1 tb (scant) mustard powder *
      1 ts (heaped) ground allspice
           Big grind of black pepper
      2 tb Caramel colouring *
      1 tb Arrowroot powder
 
  Chop all of the ingredients into 2.5 mm (1/8") cubes. This
  is a job for your mandoline if you have one. A good one
  will slice and julienne in one go.
  
  In a large pan, mix all of the ingredients apart from the
  colouring and the thickening. Don't be concerned that
  there appears to be very little liquid at the start. It
  doesn't take long for the mixture to amalgamate.
  
  Bring to the boil then reduce to a simmer for about 1.5 to
  2 hours or until the harder ingredients, like the swede,
  have softened to your liking.
  
  Take a ladle or so of vinegar from the pan and add to a
  small bowl containing the arrowroot and mix to a paste,
  then return it to the pan. Add the caramel colouring and
  mix well. Stir and cook for 5 minutes more then remove
  from the heat and allow to cool properly.
  
  Bottle in sterilised jars, leaving for a month to mature
  in a cool, dark place.
  
  Following comments from a visitor regarding the pickle
  drying out, it may be an idea to cut circles out of
  grease-proof paper to lay over the surface of the pickle
  before finally sealing the bottles.
  
  * Chef's notes:
  
  You could use cornflour instead of the arrowroot. I used
  the latter only because I had some to hand.
  
  Use 2 teaspoons of chilli spice if you don't have Chile de
  Arbol.
  
  Mix the colouring very well or you will get 'darker' areas
  in the pickle.
  
  I am not totally convinced that it is necessary to add
  pickled gherkins to a recipe that is to be pickled -
  however, it won't do any harm. I added a full 340g jar of
  small pickled gherkins with vinegar to the most recent
  batch I made and it tasted perfect. I'll leave it up to
  you to decide.
  
  From: http://www.cookipedia.co.uk
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
MMMMM

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