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From: John
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2016 8:16 PM
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Subject:
My dad says he used to get a steak in Buffalo NY drenched in a salt and
cooked in Resin. Have you ever heard of such a thing? John
Hello John,
Did he get it at a restaurant or at someone's home? What was the name of
the restaurant?
I have heard of potatoes cooked in resin, but never meat. There are dozens
of recipes for steaks cooked in salt, but I found none cooked in resin. Is
that pine resin you mean?
I have a cookbook that is specifically about foods particular to Upstate
New York, but there is no mention of steak cooked in resin.
I'll post this. Maybe a reader is familiar with it., but if he can recall
the name of the restaurant, send it on.
Phaed
-----Original Message-----
From: John
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2016 10:22 AM
To: Phaedrus
Subject: Re: steak cooked in Resin.
Hello, my Father was stationed in the Buffalo area and he says he use to
belong to the Buffalo Athletic Club around 1952. He says they would drench
the steak in some type of course salt and then cook it in pine resin? Says
it was the best steak ever. I am trying to reproduce this method and your
help is a great help. Thanks John
Hello John,
Sorry, I cannot find any mention anywhere of cooking anything in pine resin
except for potatoes. Everything that I see indicates that meat cooked in
pine resin would be inedible. If you find out different, please let me know
the source.
Phaed
-----Original Message-----
From: Marcy
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2016 3:00 AM
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Subject: Bunker hill rolls
Hi!
Do you have a recipe for BunkerHill rolls please?
Thank you,
Marcy
Hello Marcy,
I cannot find any mention of these except in reference to a couple of bakeries
in Pennsylvania. No recipes at all. I did find a recipe here for "Bunker Hill
Biscuits": Bunker Hill Biscuits
Phaed
From: Susannah
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 9:13 PM
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Subject: Dromedary Dark Fudge Mix
Hello,
When I was young and growing up in Santa Monica CA, back in the late fifty’s, (I would have been 10 in 1957)
my parents both traveled quite a bit but separately for their businesses. My dad was a white oil salesman and
my mom was also a traveling saleswoman. She had her own company and her territory was the Hawaiian Islands.
The woman who lived with us to take care of me made this dark chocolate fudge from a boxed mix from a company
called Dromedary. Occasionally I used to see a cake mix from them but have not been able to locate this fudge
or that company today.. I have never found anything quite as extraordinary and would love to know if it’s
available or if the company would share the recipe?
Your site is so interesting!
Thanks for the help.
Susanna
(Susy in those days.)
Hi Susanna,
The Dromedary Company went out of business and their products were discontinued. The only mention that I can find
at all of “Dromedary Fudge Mix” is in old newspaper ads from years ago.
I’ll post this. Perhaps someone can recommend a “tastes-like”.
Phaed
Subject:
Re: Dromedary Fudge Mix recipe
From: Bliss
Date: 8/10/2020, 10:15 AM
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
On 8/10/2020 8:30 AM, Bliss wrote:
After discussing our favorite foods from childhood, I was so excited to
see your reference to Dromedary Fudge Mix! It was one of my brother’s
favorite treats growing up— he used to call it “podge”—- and I would
love to get the recipe and make it for his 80th birthday.
Would you mind sending it to me?
Many thanks,
Bliss
Hello Bliss,
I wish that I could, but I don't have such a recipe. Dromedary Fudge Mix and Dromedary Frosting &
Fudge Mix have been discontinued for many years, and The Dromedary Company has gone out of business.
The only way to make the fudge would be if someone had created a "copycat" recipe to make an
imitation of it from scratch. I searched for such an imitation recipe in 2016 and I searched for
one again today with no success. Sorry.
Phaed
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