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		<title>Bah Humbug</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I sit and watch the Disney 2009 version of ‘A Christmas Carol’ I’m rather struck with the impression that Dickens may have written the first of the liberal ‘real meaning of Christmas’ type things. Let me also say that I rather enjoy ‘A Christmas Carol’ and consider the Disney pretty much my second choice. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mtriggs.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1351536&amp;post=957&amp;subd=mtriggs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Braised Shank of Lamb</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 19:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The shank, or shin, is usually some of the toughest meat on a critter. Think about it – this is the part between the knee and the foot that does a great deal of the work of holding the animal up and moving it around. Lean muscle, as it were. This means that there is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mtriggs.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1351536&amp;post=953&amp;subd=mtriggs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What’s in a Name?</title>
		<link>http://mtriggs.wordpress.com/2011/11/19/whats-in-a-name/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Herself wanted to know what the difference was between a cobbler (which I make fairly often) and a grunt (I seldom do those). Well – here are a few definitions: Betty: A Betty is made with buttered bread crumbs. The one we’ve all heard about is the Apple Brown Betty, and this is the real [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mtriggs.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1351536&amp;post=942&amp;subd=mtriggs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Krumplis Lángos</title>
		<link>http://mtriggs.wordpress.com/2011/10/15/krumplis-langos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Theoretically the original flame baked flat bread was introduced during the Ottoman Turk occupation of Hungary in the 16th century. An alternate theory is that they descend from the Roman hearth bread panis focacius, which is also an ancestor of the Italian focaccia, which I have written about elsewhere. Actually, both theories could be correct [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mtriggs.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1351536&amp;post=858&amp;subd=mtriggs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Quick Can o’ Peas</title>
		<link>http://mtriggs.wordpress.com/2011/10/15/a-quick-can-o%e2%80%99-peas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A kid comes up to me in a white jacket, gives me a Ritz cracker and chopped liver. He says &#8216;Canapés,&#8217; I say, &#8216;Can o&#8217; peas my ass! That&#8217;s a Ritz cracker and chopped liver.&#8217;&#8221; The Godfather II &#8211; Frank Pentangeli to Fredo Corleone Sometime a happy taste sensation can occur simply because of a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mtriggs.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1351536&amp;post=880&amp;subd=mtriggs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cream of Mushroom Soup</title>
		<link>http://mtriggs.wordpress.com/2011/10/15/cream-of-mushroom-soup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1/4 cup onions, minced 3 Tbs Unsalted butter 3 Tbs a/p flour 6 cups unsalted chicken broth, seasoned with 2 parsley sprigs, 1/2 bay leaf and 1/8 tsp thyme salt and pepper 1 lb fresh mushrooms – save the caps, rough-chop the stems 2 Tbs unsalted butter thinly sliced mushroom caps – from the above [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mtriggs.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1351536&amp;post=918&amp;subd=mtriggs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mushroom Duxelles</title>
		<link>http://mtriggs.wordpress.com/2011/10/13/mushroom-duxelles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>turtlemom3</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1/2 lb mushrooms, chopped fine 1 Tbs unsalted butter 3 Tbs shallot, chopped fine salt and pepper to taste 1/2 tsp dried thyme 1 Tbs unsalted butter 1/4 cup dry sherry Chop up the mushrooms very fine. If you’ve got good knife skills – go for it. If your life skills are on the blink [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mtriggs.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1351536&amp;post=888&amp;subd=mtriggs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Garlic Parmesan Dressing</title>
		<link>http://mtriggs.wordpress.com/2011/07/30/garlic-parmesan-dressing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 23:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mtriggs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Garlic Parmesan Dressing 1 cup olive oil 1/4 cup red wine vinegar 1/4 cup apple vinegar 1/4 tsp whole peppercorns pinch cayenne pepper 3-6 cloves garlic 1/4 tsp rosemary 1/4 tsp oregano 1/4 tsp basil 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese The amount of garlic depends on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mtriggs.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1351536&amp;post=848&amp;subd=mtriggs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Honey Glazed Lamb Chops</title>
		<link>http://mtriggs.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/honey-glazed-lamb-chops/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mtriggs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Honey Glazed Lamb Chops This is quite a nice way to enjoy your rack of lamb, Frenched and cut into individual lollies. You can also use plain old lamb chops or shanks. 8 lamb lollies, chops, or a couple of lamb shanks 1 Tbs olive oil 1-1/2 tsp thyme 1-1/2 tsp coarse ground black pepper [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mtriggs.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1351536&amp;post=843&amp;subd=mtriggs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Portuguese Sweet Bread</title>
		<link>http://mtriggs.wordpress.com/2011/06/04/portuguese-sweet-bread/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 02:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>turtlemom3</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I first saw this stuff in the James Beard’s book Beard on Bread. Herself was making it back when. As in the old back-breaking way. When she expressed a desire to have it again I told her that I’d look into it&#8230; and update to a more bakerly approach. I don’t have any patience with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mtriggs.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1351536&amp;post=839&amp;subd=mtriggs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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