Subj : Authentics
To   : Ruth Haffly
From : Dave Drum
Date : Thu Jul 13 2023 06:24:10

-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 RH> Maybe they think we only like it as ham, bacon or pork chops.

 DD> Or sausage, or ribs, or pulled pork, etc, etc, Maybe they're Jewish or
 DD> Muslim instead of being in thrall to the Pope and his minions.

 RH> At this point, it's anybody's guess.

 DD> I was being facetious.

 RH> Aren't we all at some time or other?

Sometimes by intention rather than by mistake.

 DD> Did they indicate why they would be closed? It might have been a vital

 RH> At the time they said "no staff available", changed later to "family
 RH> emergency".

 DD> Might have been both. The "staffing issues" thing was quite common at
 DD> the depths of the CoVid pandemic.

 RH> We had a very enjoyable meal at the other place. The one we wanted was
 RH> a local place under new ownership so my siblings in law wanted to see
 RH> how much it had changed, for better or worse.

The enjoyable meal being the point, after all.

 DD>      8<----- EDIT ----->8

 DD> He served us pigeon cacciatore - which was appropriate as the dish
 RH>  is DD> translated as "hunter's stew" and the flying rats were all that
 RH>  could DD> be hunted downtown - unless you wanted real rats.  Bv)=3

 RH> No thanks to having a real rat but pigeon would be interesting.
 RH> Could have called it "urban quail". (G)

 DD> Despite feeding on offal and garbage rats are very clean animals avows
 DD> he, who has raised rats (for laboratories) and kept a couple of their
 DD> close relatives as pets when younger.

 RH> I'd still rather not have street rat.

I, as well. The relatives I kept as pets were a gerbil and a hamster.
I'd not care to eat one of them either. But I learned a lot about rats
as food after reading a semi-autobiographical neval titled "KIng Rat"
by James Clavell. Set it a WWII southeast Asian POW camp. I was inspired
to do research to satisfy my curiosity.

 DD> Rats got a bad rap back in the middle ages for causing bubonic
 RH>  plague. DD> But it was their hitchhikers, the fleas, which were the
 RH>  vectore for DD> the plague.

 RH> I'd still rather have a cat or dog for pet than rat.

Me, too if I'm being honest.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Dog Pooch Munchies
 Categories: Breads, Pork, Cheese, Eggs
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
      3 c  Whole wheat flour
      1 ts Garlic salt
    1/2 c  Soft bacon fat
      1 c  Shredded cheese
      1 lg Egg; beaten slightly
      1 c  Milk
 
  Set oven @ 400ºF/205ºC.
  
  Place flour and garlic salt in a large bowl. Stir in bacon
  fat. Add cheese and egg. Gradually add enough milk to form a
  dough. Knead dough and roll out to about 1" thick.
  
  Use dog bone cookie cutter to cut out dough. Place on
  greased cookie sheet. Bake about 12 minutes, until they
  start to brown.
  
  Cool and serve.
  
  These are alleged to be "doggie treats". They will make
  pretty decent "people treats" as well. -- UDD
  
  From: http://www.recipesource.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
 
MMMMM

.... To me, "drink responsibly" means don't spill it.
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