Update on food, chocolate and food....

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We did the chili (Texas style), using the boar meat: Delicious! And, strangely enough, not as "hot" (in the sense of spicy) as I had expected, given the amounts of spices that went into it. Not like the Indian or Thai dishes that we cook with about the same amount of spices. Perhaps that's because the chili cooks longer? Any way, delicious.We had some of those chocolates in the fridge, I mentioned last week, with our coffee after the chili. Unfortunately had an allergic reaction to something in it (at least we assume it was the chocolate, because it was the only thing we didn't cook ourselves from scratch that day, and therefor the only thing we couldn't say for sure contained nothing we don't usually eat). Her face got very swollen during the night. Fortunately we had some of my allergy meds at home, so we didn't need to spend the night at the ER. But no more of those chocolates for .I have discovered isterband ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isterband )! It's one of those dishes that we never had at my home, which means I had (until now) only tasted it in the school canteen version (and HATED it! I listed "Not having to eat isterband again" as one of the good things about leaving school, and apart from "Not having to eat in a school canteen again", that was the only reference to food or eating on that list...). Can you tell I didn't much care for the school canteen? ;-) I was wrong about that other point of the list (too..), by the way, I have eaten in school canteens after leaving school, when I have worked in various schools. Anyway, read an article about some special, high quality, isterband, and wanted us to have it. I said that I could get it for her, but that I refused to have another bite of that revolting, inedible thing. She said that, "But you have never had it in the home cooked variety, you don't know if it's revolting and inedible outside of the school canteen." She has said that about other things that I had before had only in school, and she has been right. But that have not been things I had THAT strong opinions on, so I was still a bit sceptic. But agreed that I would taste it, provided there were some kind of "backup sausage" for me, so that I wouldn't have to stay hungry that evening.Turned out, there were no need for backup sausages! It was yummy! Especially with it's "skin" off (it was the skin I disliked the most back in school, not that I much liked what was inside the skin either, back then...). We had leftovers of it for lunch the next day, and yesterday I cooked some for dinner for us (that's three times in a little more than a week...). And I have already suggested that it would make the perfect meat for a Pyttipanna ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyttipanna ).I think it's safe to say I'm an isterband-convert...love/Reb

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I'm happy your chili came out great with the boar. I'm making my chili today--I put in: ground beef, ground turkey, corn, black beans, red beans, salsa, chili powder, garlic, cayenne pepper. What do you put in yours, Reb? Sometimes I do put peppers and onions in, but I cheat with the salsa, as that has onions and peppers in it.Sorry about 's allergic reaction. That's good you had your meds there that she could take. It's always good to have Benadryl on hand for such emergencies.I'm not much of a sausage or bacon fan. Happy to hear you're a convert now!Please send my hello to ,love to you both,KateTo: MSersLife Sent: Wed, March 9, 2011 7:44:05 AMSubject: Update on food, chocolate and food....

We did the chili (Texas style), using the boar meat: Delicious! And, strangely enough, not as "hot" (in the sense of spicy) as I had expected, given the amounts of spices that went into it. Not like the Indian or Thai dishes that we cook with about the same amount of spices. Perhaps that's because the chili cooks longer? Any way, delicious.We had some of those chocolates in the fridge, I mentioned last week, with our coffee after the chili. Unfortunately had an allergic reaction to something in it (at least we assume it was the chocolate, because it was the only thing we didn't cook ourselves from scratch that day, and therefor the only thing we couldn't say for sure contained nothing we don't usually eat). Her face got very swollen

during the night. Fortunately we had some of my allergy meds at home, so we didn't need to spend the night at the ER. But no more of those chocolates for .I have discovered isterband ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isterband )! It's one of those dishes that we never had at my home, which means I had (until now) only tasted it in the school canteen version (and HATED it! I listed "Not having to eat isterband again" as one of the good things about leaving school, and apart from "Not having to eat in a school canteen again", that was the only reference to food or eating on that list...). Can you tell I didn't much care for the school canteen? ;-) I was wrong about that other point of the list (too..), by the way, I have eaten in school canteens after leaving school, when I have worked in various schools. Anyway, read an article about some special, high quality, isterband, and wanted us to have it. I said that I could get it for her, but that I refused to have another bite of that revolting, inedible thing. She said that, "But you have never had it in the home cooked variety, you don't know if it's revolting and inedible outside of the school canteen." She has said that about other things that I had before had only in school, and she has been right. But that have not been things I had THAT strong opinions on, so I was still a bit sceptic. But agreed that I would taste it, provided there were some kind of "backup sausage" for me, so that I wouldn't have to stay hungry that evening.Turned out, there were no need for backup sausages! It was yummy! Especially with it's "skin" off (it was the skin I disliked the most back in school, not that I much liked what was inside the skin either, back then...). We had leftovers of it for lunch the next day, and yesterday I cooked some for dinner for us (that's three times in a

little more than a week...). And I have already suggested that it would make the perfect meat for a Pyttipanna ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyttipanna ).I think it's safe to say I'm an isterband-convert...love/Reb

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That last stuff you mentioned is a lot like our hash, which is usually made from either corned beef or roast beef, and often served with a poached or fried egg (when I make it I cook the egg right on top of the hot hash as it is cooking) Robbin LOVES it. We don't serve it with beets but we do slather it with katsup...

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-- Update on food, chocolate and food....

We did the chili (Texas style), using the boar meat: Delicious! And, strangely enough, not as "hot" (in the sense of spicy) as I had expected, given the amounts of spices that went into it. Not like the Indian or Thai dishes that we cook with about the same amount of spices. Perhaps that's because the chili cooks longer? Any way, delicious.

We had some of those chocolates in the fridge, I mentioned last week, with our coffee after the chili. Unfortunately had an allergic reaction to something in it (at least we assume it was the chocolate, because it was the only thing we didn't cook ourselves from scratch that day, and therefor the only thing we couldn't say for sure contained nothing we don't usually eat). Her face got very swollen during the night. Fortunatel y we had some of my allergy meds at home, so we didn't need to spend the night at the ER. But no more of those chocolates for .

I have discovered isterband ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isterband )! It's one of those dishes that we never had at my home, which means I had (until now) only tasted it in the school canteen version (and HATED it! I listed "Not having to eat isterband again" as one of the good things about leaving school, and apart from "Not having to eat in a school canteen again", that was the only reference to food or eating on that list...). Can you tell I didn't much care for the school canteen? ;-)

I was wrong about that other point of the list ( too..), by the way, I have eaten in school canteens after leaving school, when I have worked in various schools.

Anyway, read an article about some special, high quality, isterband, and wanted us to have it. I said that I could get it for her, but that I refused to have another bite of that revolting, inedible thing.

She said that, "But you have never had it in the home cooked variety, you don't know if it's revolting and inedible outside of the school canteen."

She has said that about other things tha t I had before had only in school, and she has been right. But that have not been things I had THAT strong opinions on, so I was still a bit sceptic. But agreed that I would taste it, provided there were some kind of "backup sausage" for me, so that I wouldn't have to stay hungry that evening.

Turned out, there were no need for backup sausages! It was yummy! Especially with it's "skin" off (it was the skin I disliked the most back in school, not that I much liked what was inside the skin either, back then...). We had leftovers of it for lunch the next day, and yesterday I cooked some for dinner for us (that's three times in a little more than a week...). And I have already suggested that it would make the perfect meat for a Pyttipanna ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyttipanna ).

I think it's safe to say I'm an isterband-convert...

love

/Reb