One time on Usenet, PeterLucas > said:
> (Little Malice) wrote in
> :
>
> > One time on Usenet, PeterLucas > said:
> >> http://s199.photobucket.com/albums/a..._2007/Beggars%
> 20Chicken
> >> /
> >>
> >>
> >> If you haven't done a chook this way......... you hafta!!
> >>
> >>
> >> I'd forgotten how juicy and tender the flesh comes out like. I've
> >> decided we're having two of them for Christmas Day. That way I'll be
> >> able to get some of the parts *I* want, and not have to come back to
> >> the table and see a skeleton!!
> >
> > DS & I enjoyed your photos, but we couldn't figure out why there was
> > paper between the biscuit crust and the chicken. Then we figured out
> > the story behind Beggar's Chicken and it made sense. :-)
>
>
>
> If you look at the captions, it says use Baking paper if you don't have
> Lotus leaves on hand.
>
> My local Chinese place doesn't stock Lotus leaves or Lotus root (as
> yet!!), but as soon as it does......... :-)
>
>
> Back before I discovered the delights of Baking Paper, I would have used
> aluminium foil.
>
>
> (From the website.........)
>
> Beggar’s chicken is said to be a thief’s delicacy. According to Asian
> folklore, the beggar stole a chicken from a feudal lord. To stop the
> cooking smells attracting attention, the beggar first wrapped the bird
> in a lotus leaf and mud from the lotus pond. Fact or fiction, this is
> still a legendary dish for your dinner table.

Yeah, this was the part we read. :-)

> >> 5lt of Heiney, a 2kg chook, a multitude of baked potatos, a
> >> bucketload of steamed fresh veges......... and the stomachs on legs
> >> *still* wanted dessert!! (Which they knew was on the cards anyway!!)
> >>
> >> So the double chocolate (dark and milk) mousse was sacrificed.
> >
> > Oh, yum!
>
>
> Stupid me........ now the SO likes *that* as well :-(

Heh!

> >> So now we open the reds that they brought :-)
> >
> > That must mean something different in Australia than it does in the
> > U.S. -- wine, perhaps..?
> >
>
>
>
> Reds here mean 'bottles of red wine'.
>
> What does it mean over there?

Maybe I'm just flashing on the 70's, but I think Seconal:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reds

Scroll down a bit...


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Jani in WA