In article >,
Cindy Fuller > wrote:


> ON TOPIC: We had a New Orleans-style feed chez us last night for the
> Friday night crew. And we cooked. I made (and SO doctored) vegetarian
> red beans and a killer olive-sun dried tomato salad for
> mini-muffulettas. (Not entirely traditional, but tasty.) SO made a
> duck-andouille gumbo that was pretty incendiary, especially for the
> chile wimps in our crew. We had a ringer in the crowd, a woman who grew
> up in Houma, LA. She declared the gumbo a little spicy, but she still
> had some. One of our regulars made two pitchers of hurricanes. GOOD
> HOLY MOTHER HAVE MERCY, THEY WERE POWERFUL!!! One small on-the-rocks
> tumbler was more than enough for me. Another reveler brought her deep
> fat fryer and made gluten-free, vegan pear fritters. Excellent. The
> gluten-free flour mixture produced very tender fritters, and the soy
> milk was undetectable. Luka (our surviving feline) had plenty of
> attention, which he enjoyed.

Also on topic: Last night's dinner, all cooked from scratch for four of
us:

Rice paper rolls with Thai dipping sauce (I really need to ask what was
in that, it was fantastic)

Chicken tonkatsu
Korean beef
Stir-fried vegetables
Baked tofu
Rice
Sweet-and-sour sauce

Vanilla ice cream
Ambrosia salad
Fruit salad

Along with wine, vodka and '80s music. A fantastic evening was had by
all.

Miche

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