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Skriven 2015-12-18 15:13:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: tasty 673
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 12-16-15  17:32 <=-

 >  ML> Got to get there. Looks like March is shot for me -
 >  ML> how's 4/6 to 12? That's a couple weeks after next
 >  ML> year's relatively early Easter.
 > That fits nicely between a wedding in MD and a Retreat in MA, with a
 > couple days either side, so that looks good here...  Haven't a clue what
 > Fords' schedule might be... 
 ML> I'll pencil it into my calendar but probably can't
 ML> buy a ticket until I get back from Asia, and it'll
 ML> depend on how much sybaritism I get into there.

I've got it penciled into my calendar for now... with a question
mark... ;)
 
 >  ML> Precooked in shrink wrap from Maple Leaf or (better
 >  ML> but more expensive) d'Artagnan? I'd buy if they were
 >  ML> cheap enough,
 > The first... and I only buy them when they get marked down, being close
 > to their end date...  Haven't seen the latter...
 ML> The end date shouldn't be taken all that seriously.
 ML> If there's been a breach in the wrap, the result will
 ML> be unfortunate, but with an intact wrap, the food should
 ML> be okay well past the date.

That's what I figure... and besides, I generally pop it into the freezer
for later anyway...  :)

 >  ML> but the air-dried ones in the Chinese
 >  ML> butcher's are better. I'd prefer to do my own, though,
 >  ML> as I like rare rare breast meat and well-done leg meat.
 > Haven't priced the ones in Lee's Oriental or Canton Supermarket, but
 > those are a possibility...  ;)
 ML> The prices that I have seen are affordable. The quality
 ML> in most of the Chinatown shops in Boston or New York or
 ML> San Francisco has been generally good. In Asia, even
 ML> better, but the hygiene is not necessarily wonderful there.

Perhaps hygiene isn't quite so important as certain ones think it is, or
should be...?  ;)

 >  ML> Whole ducks that I can take down myself are my kind
 >  ML> of playground. I can get 4 meals, at least 1 1/2 c
 >  ML> of fat, tasty cracklings, and a couple quarts of
 >  ML> broth out of one of those critters. Oddly, a goose,
 >  ML> which can be up to twice as big, yields about the
 >  ML> same (but a quart, maybe more, of fat).
 > So, a whole frozen one from Wegman's would work for that...? 
 ML> Sure.

Something to consider, either for your visit... or perhaps for a
picnic... 
 
 >  ML> By the way, I do not favor wild duck at all (it
 >  ML> requires a lot of effort to be rendered edible).
 > Less fat...?
 ML> Less fat, dubious diet (sometimes including fish), and
 ML> enough exercise to keep the meat from being tender.

Ah.

 >  > and I've not seen the uncooked leg quarters for
 >  > a few months now... the latter being what we'd usually buy...
 >  ML> One of the yummiest of foods, but last I saw them
 >  ML> they were like $10.99/lb and not nearly worth it.
 > I don't remember now what I was paying for them... maybe less than
 > that... 
 ML> I'd hope so, but then steaks are going for that kind
 ML> of price a lot of the time, and I'd pay as much for
 ML> duck as for steak.

Liver goes for almost that, nowadays....!  True, it's veal liver, but
still...  I remember too well being able to get it for well under a
dollar a pound... A package marked for quick sale caught my eye last
week, until I saw that the price was still outrageous... 

 ML> Title: Duckling with Star Fruit Sauce
 ML> M's note - the sauce recipe is missing, which is fine.

Well, the ingredients for the sauce were listed, so maybe it was thought
to be intuitive...?  (G)

ttyl        neb

... Déj… voodoo:  The feeling that we've killed this chicken before.

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