RE: NANFA-- off topic turtle catching in January - how do you do it?

Travis Haas (madtom15_at_hotmail.com)
Sun, 09 Jan 2000 11:27:06 PST

Please tell me that oxtails is a slang term for something other than the
part of an ox used to swish away flies!

Travis Haas

>From: Shireen Gonzaga <whimbrel_at_home.com>
>Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>Subject: RE: NANFA-- off topic turtle catching in January - how do you do
>it?
>Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2000 14:16:20 -0500
>
>
> > From: CEFCHURCH_at_aol.com
> > Subject: NANFA-- off topic turtle catching in January - how do you do
>it?
> >
> > I have been given the assignment to provide fresh turtle for soup next
> > month. Any ideas on where to find and how to catch them this time of
>the
> > year? Recipes even?
>
>Why don't you spare the turtle and try this recipe?
>Should make for a nice hunting and gathering expedition
>at your local grocery store.
>
>From http://www.soupsong.com/rox2.html
>
>Mock Turtle Soup
>
>1 large onion, finely chopped
>1 Tablespoon butter and 2 Tablespoons olive oil
>2 lbs. meaty oxtails
>1 garlic clove, mashed
>3 whole cloves
>1/4 teaspoon thyme
>1 bay leaf
>1/4 teaspoon allspice
>1 Tablespoon flour
>3 cups hot water
>3 cups chicken stock
>1 cup chopped peeled tomatoes
>salt and pepper
>1/2 thin-skinned lemon, chopped (rind and all)
>1 Tablespoon parsley
>2 hard boiled eggs
>
>Brown onion in the butter and oil, add the oxtails and
>brown slightly. Add the spices and herbs, then stir in
>the flour until it bubbles, adding more butter and oil
>as needed. Pour in the hot water and stock and bring to
>a boil. Add the remaining ingredients, except the egg
>and sherry. Simmer for 2 hours. Remove the oxtail, cut
>the meat and marrow away--add back to the soup and
>discard the bones.
>
>When ready to serve, chop the eggs coarsely and stir into
>the soup. Ladle into bowls, stir in a teaspoon of sherry
>to each, top with parsley...and put a cruet of sherry on
>the table, for atmosphere if nothing else.
>
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