"kilikini" > wrote in
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> Janet Baraclough wrote:
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>>> On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:44:59 -0500, "Virginia Tadrzynski"
>>> > wrote:
>>
>>>> PS: Little secret ingredient I found. When baking a pumpkin pie
>>>> and the recipe called for evaporated milk, substitute cocoanut
>>>> milk, gives it a slightly different flavor that no one 'can quite
>>>> put their finger on' what is different.
>>>>
>>> I have to try coconut milk in pumpkin pie sometime. I love coconut
>>> milk (in biko aka "sticky rice") and pumpkin, so why not combine
>>> them?
>>
>> Me too, it sounds a great combination.
>> Coconut milk is also a great "secret substitute" for cream in many
>> soups.
>>
>> Janet.
>
> I've used coconut milk to steam mussels. For the broth, I put
> together coconut milk, lemon grass, finely chopped celery, minced &
> cooked onion, garlic (of course) - I can't remember all what. When I
> couldn't finish all the mussels that night, I made a chowder out of
> the remaining broth the next day. It was wonderful! Here are pix of
> both.
>
> http://i16.tinypic.com/6nu7d3k.jpg
> http://i9.tinypic.com/81gd3z9.jpg
>

Did you post those on abf? That looks fantastic!