Even I, a woman who can't melt chocolate, can make biscotti. But then, I have these random bursts of success in things, because I too, have figured out one of the great secrets of culinary life and that is that foods with foreign names are often easier to make than those with English names.
For instance, that Mountain Cookin' book? Should be easy, right? Good ol' American simple folk cookin? Ahhh---- let me give you an example---
Country Style Groundhog
Kill you a groundhog. Dress 'em and clean 'em.
They don't say in what to dress him; perhaps it depends on how formal your meal will be or what the side dishes are. I also thought they might have this backwards, though I wouldn't hurt their feelings by saying so, but don't you think you'd clean him before you dressed him?
Soak groundhog in salt water overnight.
I see- it doesn't matter how you dress him. The outfit will be ruined by morning, anyway
Be sure to remove the scent glands from under the armpits of the front legs before cooking.
Wouldn't it be easier to just use a little antiperspirant?
All wild game should be aged.
Well, now, that's not very cricket. WHere's the sport in killing elderly, defenseless game? Mountain people are not very PC.
There's a diagram and instructions on How to Build a Still in the back of the book. |
