My cranberry sauce has brandy-soaked apricots in it. It's nummy.
drools
mops up drool
begs for recipe
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Betsy HP - Nov 02, 2005 5:31:56 pm PST #940 of 10006
If I only had a brain...
Betsy HP - Nov 02, 2005 5:34:38 pm PST #941 of 10006
If I only had a brain...
A really excellent book on the 1918 influenza is "The Great Mortality" by John Kelly. It explains why influenza is such a versatile and fast-moving bug.
sarameg - Nov 02, 2005 5:37:24 pm PST #942 of 10006
That is the incredibly bitchy thing about influenza: there is no such thing as "and its like".
Yeah, I understand that (hence my not worry about not having the flu vac.) (Well, there is a chance of close enough variant, that it works, but...) I was thinking biowarfare and frozen samples and whatnot. Hey, I've watched Frontline! I'm suitably assured that if I'm doomed, I'm doomed!
Jessica - Nov 02, 2005 5:38:00 pm PST #943 of 10006
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
1/2 cup dried apricots, thinly sliced
1/4 cup apricot brandy (or any brandy, or orange juice if you don't want the alchohol)
3/4 cup water
2/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup honey
1 bag fresh cranberries
Combine apricots and brandy in a small bowl, cover and let macerate overnight.
Combine water and sugar, bring to a low boil. Add everything else, cook 8 minutes, or until saucy.
brenda m - Nov 02, 2005 5:38:13 pm PST #944 of 10006
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
How do people feel about cranberry relish? I always make it by grinding cranberries coarsely with oranges, peels and all and just enough sugar to take the edge off.
We totally do it like that in my family, in the old school meat grinder that clamps to the table. LOVE IT.
That's how we do it. I don't actually like it (I don't like orange with cranberry) but I love making it.
Jessica - Nov 02, 2005 5:39:13 pm PST #945 of 10006
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think you mean The Great Influenza. The Great Mortality was about the Black Death.
brenda m - Nov 02, 2005 5:39:25 pm PST #946 of 10006
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
A really excellent book on the 1918 influenza is "The Great Mortality" by John Kelly. It explains why influenza is such a versatile and fast-moving bug.
Isn't that about the Black Plague?
bon bon - Nov 02, 2005 5:40:37 pm PST #947 of 10006
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Just tonight I went out and had a "turkey dinner" from one of the gajillion restaurants in my neighborhood that tries to do American classics with "a twist"-- it had weird tasting cranberry relish. When I got to the bottom I realized why. Black licorice! WTF?
sarameg - Nov 02, 2005 5:41:18 pm PST #948 of 10006
See, I can't see adding any more flavor to relish. But I suppose cooking a wee bit mellows it. But...NO. I like it fresh and painfully tart.
But I suppose the recipe is delish, regardless.
Just not mine!
Lee - Nov 02, 2005 5:41:39 pm PST #949 of 10006
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Ewww, bon bon.