Subj : Re: Interstates
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Dave Drum
Date : Fri May 16 2025 08:19:04

-=> Sean Dennis wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 -=> Dave Drum wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

 DD> According to my niece, Jennifor, you might want to re-assess the knife
 DD> option. It has kept her from becoming a cripple.

 SD> That's entirely up to the VA but I gotta lose 40 pounds first.

It goes on a whole lot easier than it comes off.

 SD> I was diagnosed with catracts in both eyes Wednesday.  My retina
 SD> specialist recommended surgery but he did say that they (the VA) may
 SD> just give me a new pair of glasses instead since the cataracts are very
 SD> small.  Thankfully, the diabetes in my eyes is doing better than the
 SD> rest of me...

I've had one cataract "fixed". According to the opthamologist the other
is too small to fu...ss with.

 DD> As "snooty" as he used to try to be, I miss the scutter.

 SD> I remember when he left the echo, he sent me an email crying about how
 SD> Fido was outdated and he is on some mailing list now.

 SD> I reminded him that email predated Fido by 14 years.  Never heard from
 SD> him again.

He and MLoo hated being called out when they were wrong. But, Loo had other
saving graces. I do miss his presence. And his cooking chops.

 SD> MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

 SD>       Title: Sweet Pickled Beaver
 SD>  Categories: Game, Canadian
 SD>       Yield: 1 Servings

Save a tree - eat a beaver.   Bv)=

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Moose Cheek Tacos
 Categories: Game, Chilies, Breads, Herbs, Citrus
      Yield: 10 Servings
 
  2 1/2 lb Moose cheeks
      4 cl Garlic
      1 tb Natural peanut butter
      1    Ancho chile; stemmed, seeded
      1 ts Instant espresso
      2 tb Olive oil; + 2 tb more for
           - cooking
      1 tb Honey
      2 ts Ground cumin
      1 ts Smoked sweet paprika
      1    Handful fresh cilantro
      1 ts Salt
      1 c  Broth; beef or chicken
      3    Limes
      1    Avocado
           Corn tortillas
           Fresh cilantro
 
  Clean and trim the cheeks. Put them in a container to
  marinate them.
  
  Remove the stem and seeds from the ancho, cut it up into
  chunks and rehydrate in a little water (stick it in a
  ramekin and microwave for 30 seconds)
  
  Peel and chop the garlic. Put everything from the garlic
  to the salt in the food processor (including the water
  from the chile) and blend into a paste. Toss the paste
  with the cheeks and marinate for several hours or better
  yet overnight.
  
  When it is time to cook, heat the oven to 275ºF/135ºC,
  and heat 2 tbs olive oil in a dutch oven. Brown the
  cheeks on both sides. Use the broth to rinse the rest
  of the marinade into the dutch oven, then squeeze the
  juice of 3 limes in.
  
  Bake at 275ºF/135ºC for 3 1/2 hours - turn the cheeks
  over once or twice while they cook and if the liquid
  dries up add a bit more broth
  
  When the cheeks are fall-apart tender, take the pan out
  of the oven. Using 2 forks, pull the meat apart in the
  pan so that it mixes in with all of that fatty juicy
  goodness.
  
  To serve - heat 2 tortillas (you might like to double
  wrap the taco as they are juicy). Fill with cheek meat,
  a slice of avocado, some pickled onions and fresh
  cilantro.
  
  Serve and enjoy!!!
  
  From: http://www.food52.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
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