Subj : Re: Thurber To : hap newsom From : Carol Shenkenberger Date : Fri Sep 30 2005 08:35 pm *** Quoting hap newsom from a message to CAROL SHENKENBERGER *** -> the 'Scepter of Mercy' by Dan Chernenyko (sp?) as a worthy read. hn> I've read it and I agree wholeheartedly! The last 5 years of postal wo hn> seldom read anything beyond photography related books, I am again enjo hn> fiction now that I have time to just sit and enjoy a book! That one snuck up on me but is a very good re-read as well. I'm still looking for the 3rd one but i'll find it eventually. I'll get the Eragon one before much longer. It's on my front page recommendations at Amazon.com . MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05 Title: Xxcarol's Japan Thanksgiving Categories: Xxcarol, Holiday, Poultry Yield: 3 Servings 2 c Stuffing-baked 1 ea Cornish hen 1 lg Japanese sweet yam 2 c Rice- medium calrose 1/4 c Saki 1/4 c Smashed japanese grapes-red 3 sm Carrots- sliced pretty 2 md Japanese cucumbers 3 sl Bitter melon 4 ea Green onions- whole 1 c Red beans- sweet Ok, whaddaya do when you get in port at 6pm day the day before Thanksgiving? You start by defrosting the only 'bird' ya got! That was a cornish hen. Split 3 ways, it's not alot of meat but we have the other stuff to makeup for that. Make up stuffing (I used bagged pepperidge farm) and stuff the hen as much as reasonably possible. The rest goes in a baking dish to the side. Make a batch of rice in the ricemaker and in the steamer above, add the red beans (pre-cooked) and the bitter melon slices. Slice the sweet yam and add to it the saki and mashed grapes. Add sufficient water to cover and taste test for sweetness once the yams are done. Add molasses or light karo syrup to taste. Baste the hen with the sauces from the yam pot (add more to yam pot as needed). Steam or blanche the carrots lightly then add the fresh cucumber. A dab of sugared ginger atop makes it perfect! No dressing neededbut if you insist, make it a sweet-vinigary one. 5 mins before the hen is done, lace the green onions into a chain and ring them around the bird. When all is done, put the hen on a platter with the yams to the side and use an ice-cream scoop to ball up stuffing on the other side. Place green onion ring around it all and the carrots/cucumbers towards the feet. In this case, a lazy-susan dish is perfect if large! I added rice and sweet beans to the head portion of mine (extra at the stove) and put a slice of bitter melon on each plate. Dessert? We were too stuffed! But we had on the ready, fresh tangerines and vanilla ice-cream. Line the dish with the tangerine slices then add a scoop of ice-cream. Drizzle with chocolate syrup. From the kitchen of: xxcarol 22 November 2001 Sasebo Japan MMMMM xxcarol --- Telegard v3.09.g2-sp4 * Origin: SHENK'S EXPRESS, Sasebo Japan 81-6160-527330 (6:757/1) .