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----- Original Message -----
From: eleanor
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 2:59 PM
Subject: crab and shrimp quiche or shrimp and crab quiche
I lost the recipe that was published in "Parade Magazine" Sunday supplement a couple months ago.
Thank you.
Eleanor
Hello Eleanor,
Sorry, I cannot find it on the Internet. It's not on the "Parade Magazine" website.
Phaed
I've noticed that someone has searched the site for a recipe for "ga'at", also known as "akalet",
a dish that is popular in Eritrea and other African countries..
This is what Wikipedia says about ga'at:
'Ga'at' (also, 'akelet') is a stiff porridge, made traditionally with barley flour, though in
many diaspora communities wheat flour is often used. Cooking ga'at is a simple, if not tedious
affair, the flour and water are combined and stirred continuously with a wooden spoon. Ga'at is
presented in a large mound with a hole in the center which is filled with a mixture of tesmi
and berbere. This spicy combination is tempered with yogurt which balances the flavors.
It is typically eaten at breakfast, though it is also traditionally prepared for guests who
come to visit newborn children.
I was not able to find an actual recipe for ga'at or akalet. If any of the Hungrybrowser regulars
has one or can find one, please send it to me.
Phaed
Hi,
Don't know if you are still looking, but I came across this:
Gaat Recipe
-Kylah
----- Original Message -----
From: Arita
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 5:12 PM
Subject: seasoning salt
Hi there,
I have searched the internet & can't find a Canadian supplier of Knorr Aromat for
meat sesoning salt.(red container) The company has not making this product for some
time now, but it seems of stores in the US still have a limited supply of the stuff.
Was wondering if there was some here in Canada. If not I might have to give in & get
some shipped across the border.
A recipe for the stuff would be great, but that would seem very unlikely to me.
Thanks in advance for your hard work.
Arita
Hello Arita,
No luck with a recipe. These places are all in Canada and all have Knorr Aromat Seasoning
listed for sale on their websites:
Calgary:
Edelweiss Imports
Ontario:
Florence Meats
Toronto:
Memories of Africa
These sites just have "Knorr Aromat", not necessarily the one in the red can for meat.
As you say, Knorr appears to have discontinued the red can version, but it is still listed as
available at Amazon.com as of today. I also read that one reason they discontinued it was
due to the large number of copycat products that had appeared on the market. However, the
article didn't give the names of any of these "copycat" products, and I was unable to locate
any of them.
I had no luck with a recipe. The ingredients on the label are rather simple, but include
the vague terms "Spices" and "Natural Flavors", which could be anything:
"Salt, Monosodium Glutamate, Spices, Yeast Extract, Wheat Starch, Garlic, Paprika, Partially
Hydrogenated Peanut Oil and/or Cottonseed Oil and/or Palm Oil, Dehydrated Onions, Calcium
Silicate, Citric Acid and Natural Flavors."
Phaed
The ol' search engine request list shows that someone has made several enquiries
about a "Richard Nixon's vanilla souffle" or "Pat Nixon's vanilla souffle".
There does not appear to be any mention on the web of a vanilla souffle connected
with the ex-president or Mrs. Nixon. Below is a vanilla souffle recipe.
Vanilla Souffle
Butter
5 tbsp. sugar
1/4 c. flour
1 1/4 c. milk
4 eggs, separated
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
Powdered sugar
Butter bottom of a 1 1/2 quart souffle dish. Sprinkle 1 to 2 tablespoons evenly over it.
In a saucepan, whisk together the flour, 2 tablespoons sugar and 1/3 cup milk. Place over
medium heat. Whisk in remaining milk, stirring until mixture thickens. Remove from heat,
stir in 2 tablespoons butter, lightly beaten egg yolks and vanilla; set aside. Beat whites
with cream of tartar until peaks form. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon sugar over whites. Fold together.
Spoon batter into souffle dish. Bake at 325 degrees for 50 to 55 minutes. Remove, sprinkle
with sugar and serve.
Anna came through with the real thing:
Hello again!
Here is Pat Nixon's Vanilla Souffle recipe, as published in "The First Ladies' Cookbook",
Parents' Magazine Press 1969.
Anna
Vanilla Souffle
4 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
1 cup light cream, scalded
5 egg yolks
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup (yes, 1/4 cup) vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 egg whites, stiffly beaten
Start heating oven to 450 F. Butter and sugar a 1-1/2 quart souffle dish or casserole.
In medium-sized saucepan melt butter; stir in flour and cook until mixture starts to brown.
Gradually stir in scalded cream; cook over medium heat stirring constantly for about 5 minutes.
Beat egg yolks and sugar together in a large bowl; stir in cream mixture. Add vanilla and salt.
Fold in egg whites.
Pour mixture into sugared souffle dish and bake at 450 F, 10 to 12 minutes. Then lower heat
to 350 F and bake 20 minutes longer. Serve immediately with Vanilla Sauce below.
Makes 6 servings.
Vanilla Sauce:
3/4 cup sugar
1-1/2 to 2 teaspoons vanilla
6 egg yolks
1 cup milk
pinch of salt
Beat sugar, yolks, vanilla and salt together in top of double boiler. Stir in milk.
Cook over boiling water, stirring constantly until mixture coats a spoon. Chill.
----- Original Message -----
From: Judi
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 12:19 AM
Subject: Movie research
Your research is amazing!!!! After going through some of your pages, I see that you have
answered a few movie/t.v. questions. I have one that has stumped me for years, not sure why.
It was something that I have seen as a kid with my dad probably in the late 70's or so on TV,
and maybe the movie of the week.
I was almost positive that it was a James Bond movie, but everybody keeps telling me no.
If not James Bond, then it was another action packed movie where the guy always gets the girl
in the end. The part I remember was the end of the movie where the hero and the girl end up
back in his house that looked like a shack on the outside, but on the inside of the house was
all of the cool stuff and he had all of this furniture that inflated and a pool or a large
bathtub by his bed. I just remember them making out and falling into the pool.
I know its not much to go on, but if you know what it is, it would answer one of my life long
questions. It would just settle something between me and my husband.
Could you email me back and let me know. Thank you so much! Judi
Hi Judi,
Gosh, I wish I could help, but that's just not enough to go on. There's nothing there that I
can use as a search key.
Back in the late 60s and the 70s the studios made dozens of imitation James Bond movies hoping to
cash in on the craze. It could have been any one of those. I seem to vaguely recall one that
ended that way, but not enough to say which movie it was. I don't think it was one of the James
Bond movies with Sean Connery, but it might have been one with Roger Moore. It might have been
a James Coburn movie or one of those "Matt Helm" movies with Dean Martin. Both of them played
suave protagonists with gadgets who got the girl at the end.
I'll post this on the site and maybe a reader will recall it.
Phaed
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