Cooked pieces or raw? The raw ones Ruth wanted to experiment
with on her own, though I thought it would have been sporting
if she'd done her method while we were here, so we could do
some more sampling.

Raw, but just the ends... the whole leeks that Ruth wanted to experiment
with were still in the fridge, these were bits left over when you'd done
your chopping...

Ah, so not much goodness left, but what there was was good.

lamb hearts are pretty good - I hope they were nice and cheap.

They were indeed... there was a meat vendor at the farmer's market,
there were lamb kidneys listed on the board, but when I asked about
them, they'd been snatched up early in the morning... but she did have a couple of lamb hearts... I think I paid $2 for the two of them.... They

They were pretty small, of course.

were frozen, so I put them in the freezer in the camper's fridge, and
they made it home fine... Just as well her lamb kidneys were gone, as they'd've been frozen also, and what we got at Petra were fresh...

Both are for a specialist clientele. For a quick saute of
sliced kidneys, fresh are of course better, but by the
time they got done up in the stew, the texture of frozen
wouldn't have mattered much.

That texture comes from the kind of mixing, which makes
the sugar crystals or whatever they are align in needle
shapes. I find it kind of cool. If they'd used granulated
sugar in the making, that probably wouldn't have happened.

It wasn't a bad surprise, just a surprise... it was kinda cool... :)

I don't make it that way myself.

but it was still quite nice, and the pistachios did enhance it... :)

They'd better have, at the price.

Indeed. :)

One wonders if they just had the price sign for the
regular and none for the pistachio, so we didn't
know or notice the disparity..

I know Aleppo is in Syria, but tell that to the Turks. We
don't realize the depth of stability Ataturk brought to
that part of the world.

Maybe there's also an Aleppo in Turkey.... ;) SOW, the kid is safely
back there now... I've heard from him... ;)

Not in Aleppo, I hope (and I'm pretty sure there's
just the one).

I actually considered flying back from RDU but figured
that would have been unneighborly, though if I'd been
headed straight back west, I might have done so. And it
was nice to get another day with the Shipps.

And I enjoyed having the company, actually... :)

It wasn't that much more inefficient doing it the way
we did, and I have more time on my hands than I used to.

Who'da guessed... :) Their cribbing might have been

So I saw Rachel Barton Pine later (she's the performer we
heard playing that piece), and it turned out that she did
album pairings of famous concerti and the formerly famous
ones that inspired them, and the Clement was on an album
along with the Beethoven.

Did she make note of the Schubert and Mendelssohn cribs as well...?

I don't know; it wasn't part of her point.

unintended, just happenstance... similar musical idioms.... :)

Completely impossible. We're talking note for note cribs.
not just stylistic similarities. Most likely these were
homages to a formerly famous piece that people of the time
would have recognized.

That does make sense.... like the earlier reworkings of other people's
work like Bach did of some of Vivaldi's work, and such... Or the later homages such as Tschailovsky's Mozartiana....

Mozartiana is a particularly interesting one. I haven't
heard it in decades; it had been a favorite of KLEF
94.5 when I was in high school, and I got to know it
pretty well. Heard it only once after in its entirety;
Skrowaczewski and Minneapolis I think.

I suppose cooking with a thermometer is the acceptable way to do it... but, in my usual minimalist way, I've never seen the need for it, especially for meats and entrees and such...

I never used them until I met Lilli, but someone at her house
(I think the cleaning lady, whom I don't trust) busted hers, and
the steaks I made after the incident have been better.

I take it the thermometer hasn't been replaced, then... :)

Nope, though the probe part, which got busted, can be had on
Amazon.

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Title: Mascarpone
Categories: Italian, Cheese/eggs
Yield: 1 servings

1 qt Whipping cream 1 tb White wine vinegar
-(not ultra pasteurized) -=OR=- Lemon juice

Makes About 1 Pound

CHOOSE A STAINLESS STEEL BOWL that fits inside a large saucepan without
touching the bottom of the pan. Add water to the pan and place the bowl
in
the pan so that the bowl touches the surface of the water but still sits
firmly on the rim of the pan. Remove the bowl, place the pan on medium
heat, and bring the water to a boil. Place the cream in the bowl and
place
over the boiling water. Adjust the heat under the pan to medium and heat
the cream, checking the temperature often with an instant-read
thermometer,
to 190F; stir occasionally. Stir in the vinegar, continuing to stir
gently
until the cream begins to curdle. Remove the pan from the heat, cover,
and
allow the curds to firm up for 10 minutes. Line a strainer or colander
with
dampened cheesecloth, napkin, or coffee filters. Set the strainer or
colander over a bowl and carefully spoon the curds into the strainer.
Allow
the mascarpone to cool to room temperature, cover the strainer tightly
with
plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 24 hours to allow the cheese to finish
draining and become firm. Store in the refrigerator in a tightly covered
container. Use the mascarpone within 3-or-4 days.

NICK MALGIERI - PRODIGY GUEST CHEFS COOKBOOK

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Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 11-07-19 09:05 <=-

Cooked pieces or raw? The raw ones Ruth wanted to experiment
with on her own, though I thought it would have been sporting
if she'd done her method while we were here, so we could do
some more sampling.

Raw, but just the ends... the whole leeks that Ruth wanted to experiment with were still in the fridge, these were bits left over when you'd done your chopping...

Ah, so not much goodness left, but what there was was good.

Right... added just a little extra to the onions I fixed... :)

lamb hearts are pretty good - I hope they were nice and cheap.

They were indeed... there was a meat vendor at the farmer's market,
there were lamb kidneys listed on the board, but when I asked about
them, they'd been snatched up early in the morning... but she did have a couple of lamb hearts... I think I paid $2 for the two of them.... They

They were pretty small, of course.

They were, each was an individual serving... and just a bit on the small
side as well... :)

were frozen, so I put them in the freezer in the camper's fridge, and
they made it home fine... Just as well her lamb kidneys were gone, as they'd've been frozen also, and what we got at Petra were fresh...

Both are for a specialist clientele. For a quick saute of
sliced kidneys, fresh are of course better, but by the
time they got done up in the stew, the texture of frozen
wouldn't have mattered much.

Apparently the person that snagged all her lamb kidneys didn't mind that
they were frozen, either... :)

That texture comes from the kind of mixing, which makes
the sugar crystals or whatever they are align in needle
shapes. I find it kind of cool. If they'd used granulated
sugar in the making, that probably wouldn't have happened.

It wasn't a bad surprise, just a surprise... it was kinda cool... :)

I don't make it that way myself.

Yes, I remember the somewhat different stuff you made up at the Pond the
second Pond picnic...

but it was still quite nice, and the pistachios did enhance it... :)

They'd better have, at the price.

Indeed. :)

One wonders if they just had the price sign for the
regular and none for the pistachio, so we didn't
know or notice the disparity..

All I saw was the price for the regular... possibly a sticker on the
package, and nothing for the pistachio... I suppose we might have asked
what they wanted for the fancier sort...

I know Aleppo is in Syria, but tell that to the Turks. We
don't realize the depth of stability Ataturk brought to
that part of the world.

Maybe there's also an Aleppo in Turkey.... ;) SOW, the kid is safely
back there now... I've heard from him... ;)

Not in Aleppo, I hope (and I'm pretty sure there's
just the one).

He's not in (or anywhere near) Aleppo... he's in Bodrun... And Jim was
saying that the original Aleppo region is partially in Turkey, so I
guess that could be an excuse for a Turkish company to somewhat
legitimately use the name....

I actually considered flying back from RDU but figured
that would have been unneighborly, though if I'd been
headed straight back west, I might have done so. And it
was nice to get another day with the Shipps.

And I enjoyed having the company, actually... :)

It wasn't that much more inefficient doing it the way
we did, and I have more time on my hands than I used to.

Not quite as tight a schedule any more....

unintended, just happenstance... similar musical idioms.... :)

Completely impossible. We're talking note for note cribs.
not just stylistic similarities. Most likely these were
homages to a formerly famous piece that people of the time
would have recognized.

That does make sense.... like the earlier reworkings of other people's
work like Bach did of some of Vivaldi's work, and such... Or the later homages such as Tschaikovsky's Mozartiana....

Mozartiana is a particularly interesting one. I haven't
heard it in decades; it had been a favorite of KLEF
94.5 when I was in high school, and I got to know it
pretty well. Heard it only once after in its entirety;
Skrowaczewski and Minneapolis I think.

WXXI does play it every so often still... I recently heard a different
homage to Mozart, I forget which composer though...

I suppose cooking with a thermometer is the acceptable way to do it... but, in my usual minimalist way, I've never seen the need for it, especially for meats and entrees and such...

I never used them until I met Lilli, but someone at her house
(I think the cleaning lady, whom I don't trust) busted hers, and
the steaks I made after the incident have been better.

I take it the thermometer hasn't been replaced, then... :)

Nope, though the probe part, which got busted, can be had on
Amazon.

Is Lilli likely to be thinking of replacing that...? If she's leaving
it to you, I'd guess there'd be little of no impetus to follow through
on that... :)

ttyl neb

... The Blueberry was sad because her mom was in a jam!

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