Re: kapusti etc

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In a message dated 1/1/03 6:51:11 PM Central Standard Time, suebarr@...

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<< And then there was head cheese, kishka (which is like a blood sausage)

and a soup made of ducks blood. >>

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Oh, you are taking me BACK. To my own childhood, youth, and young adulthood!

But, being a Scandinavian, instead of head cheese it was kjotrol --a buncha

different meats cooked and cut up and spiced and sewed into some kind of an

animal's membrane and cooked some more (so a sorta home-made really big and

fat sausage) and then 4 of them placed under the 4 legs of the VERY heavy

dining room table for a couple days to compress them and make them sliceable

(the Scand'ns never do anything the easy way.

And instead of kishka, it was blopolse -- a TRUE blood sausage -- I've even

made it in my day: buy fresh cow's blood from the butcher, mix it in a vat

with flour, suet, raisins, pearl barley, corn syrup, spices. Sew sausage

" skins " bags on the sewing machine. Put a special cup with no bottom in the

mouth of each bag and pour in the mixture. Weave a nail thru the bag about a

half inch below the mouth and then tie a string around the mouth below the

nail (nail keeps the string from slipping off the bag as it's being cooked

and the contents expands to bursting). Toss it into a vat (that covers two

burners on the stove) of boiling water and cook till the blood turns solid.

Fish the bags out of the vat and let them cool; then slit the sewn seams of

the bags and remove the sausages. Scrape the congealed blood off the insides

of the bags to make sure you get every last drop/bite of that expensive stuff

ya made. Wrap in foil and store in frig or freezer till you wanna eat some.

Then you slice it, heat it in butter, and EAT. My husband used to leave the

house for hours every time I had any of this stuff bcuz he couldn't stand the

smell of it heating, lol. But, oh, did I love that stuff!! If it wasn't so

darned much work, I'd make some again. Probably plenty of protein, yah? But

then, there's carbs in the flour, corn syrup............

And altho the Vikings USED to drink the blood of their enemies out of the

vanquisheds' skulls, I never heard of us doing blood soup........We had

lutfisk, tho, and THAT's enuf to make a total vegan outta anyone. Dried cod,

cured in lye. You soak it overnite to soften it up and eat it just plain

boiled with potatoes and butter if you're a Norwegian or cream sauce if

you're a Swede. I'm half and half so we always had both. Thing I remember

most besides the gaggy taste? It always turned real silverware utensils black

that you ate it with. Wonder what it does to your insides......

Sorry for waxing nostalgic. But, see, now y'all know why I'm so nuts, right?

I was poisoned over and over as a kid.

Carol A

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> Ok! Now if that didn't stop ya'all from eating for the next couple of

days....I don't know what will. :::snip::: Probably plenty of protein,

yah?<<<

Yah, ok, I read in either National Geographic or Discovery (some such

interesting book huh?) an article that determined that our ancestors who

were " Hunters " as opposed to those who were " Gathers " (before the two

merged) actually had a life span of some 10+ years longer but their teeth

showed a great deal more wear and tear.

Also, as in current day the bone was often used in the cooking and eating

of the meat (much like our ham bone today?) and gnawed on for the marrow and

the actual bones (calcium?) particularly of fish and small animal.

Nope, can't cite the publication -- was a while back and my memory is that

of an ol' coot now

hugz,

~denise

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In a message dated 1/2/03 10:11:57 PM Central Standard Time,

penelope@... writes:

<< Don't think I could ever try blood sausage. Heck, I've never even tried

salmon. The kids are learning about different cultures in school right now,

the way that people live, eat, etc. and I am going to send in this recipe.

Should freak out a bunch of 9 year olds who think Burger King is gourmet

cooking. : )

Regina >>

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LOL. Make sure they have plenty of barf bags handy..............

Carol A

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In a message dated 1/3/03 12:30:12 AM Central Standard Time,

lgallagher95830@... writes:

<< Ok! Now if that didn't stop ya'all from eating for the next couple of

days....I don't know what will. Hey Carol! Thanks for the diet aid. LOLOL

EEEWWWWWW!!!!

G. >>

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Always happy to help in any way I can, LOL.

Carol A

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In a message dated 1/3/03 3:41:42 AM Central Standard Time,

datwell@... writes:

<< Also, as in current day the bone was often used in the cooking and eating

of the meat (much like our ham bone today?) and gnawed on for the marrow and

the actual bones (calcium?) particularly of fish and small animal. >>

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Ya can still get dem bones t'eat, if ya eat sardines and herring and

smelts...........

Carol A