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   Message 23,946 of 26,839   
   Dave Drum to Ben Collver   
   Re: First Amendment   
   22 Sep 25 05:39:12   
   
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   -=> Ben Collver wrote to Dave Drum <=-   
      
    DD> Demonstrating, once again, the eficacy of the 1st Amendment. I'd almost   
    DD> raxxxther travel to one of the 'Stans over in commie land for ...   
    DD>       Title: Karta   
      
    BC> I think you have the ultimate regrettable recipe there.  Right up there   
    BC> with deadly raw eel.   
      
    BC>  recipes-celeb-chefs-wish-never-made-for-food-network/>   
      
    BC> John Creger was the executive chef and owner of the now-closed   
    BC> Baltimore, Maryland restaurant Fuisine. Thanks to his extensive   
    BC> background in the food industry, Creger became a contestant on the Food   
    BC> Network show "Chopped," wherein four chefs compete against one another   
    BC> for victory. Unfortunately, when Creger appeared on the show's special   
    BC> Halloween episode, he committed perhaps the biggest possible cooking   
    BC> faux pas by offering the judges a deadly ingredient.   
      
   Potentially fatal ingredients have been with us for a long time. And have   
   been the feature of some exotic and pretty tasty dishes.   
      
    BC> Creger took the episode's spooky Halloween theme a bit too far when he   
    BC> served the judges a potentially poisonous appetizer. Host Ted Allen   
    BC> warned the chefs about one of the required ingredients, eel blood. As   
    BC> Allen explained, raw eel blood is toxic to humans a nd must be fully   
      
   Any eel? Or specific varieties?   
      
    BC> cooked in order to be edible. In a decision he most surely regretted   
    BC> later on, Cregar told the camera that he doesn't like to play it safe   
    BC> and that he wanted to give the judges a new experience.   
      
    BC> Understandably, the judges weren't interested in this new experience;   
    BC> according to an archived article from Boston.com, even a small amount   
    BC> of raw eel  blood can make your heart cramp up, which is never a good   
    BC> thing. None of the judges tried Creger's dangerous eel, and the chef   
    BC> was "chopped" in the appetizer round.   
       
   That's why royals and other Satraps used to have tasters. If the taster got   
   throught it OK then it was "fit to eat".    
      
   Lessee now, an eel is a snake-like fish .........   
      
   MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06   
       
         Title: Rattlesnake & Beans   
    Categories: Game, Beans, Chilies, Vegetables   
         Yield: 6 Servings   
       
         3 lb Dry pinto beans cooked   
              +=OR=+   
        64 oz Canned beans   
        30 oz Stewed tomatoes; undrained   
         4 oz Canned diced jalapenos; to   
              - taste   
         1 lg Red onion; in large chunks   
         1 cl Clove; smashed   
           ds Salt   
         1 lb Ground beef; browned,   
              - drained   
       1/2 lb Rattlesnake meat; bitesize   
              - pieces, browned *   
              Broken tortilla chips (opt.)   
       
      * can substitute quail, dove, chicken, rabbit, or   
     pork, etc.   
        
     Put cooked beans into large pot, add tomatoes,   
     jalapenos, onion, salt, garlic, ground beef and   
     rattlesnake (or other) meat. Simmer 10 minutes to heat   
     thoroughly. For chilli pie put some broken tortilla   
     chips in bottom of bowl and spoon beans over chips.   
        
     Posted by Pamela Newton (VKBB14A) who said it came   
     from the Phoenix Gazette by Dale Keyrouse.   
        
     From: http://www.recipesource.com   
        
     Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives   
       
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