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[Mikeyj]

[Macavity]

Okay, the article has been sent, but do keep the recipes coming - I also inquired as to the possibility of starting an Earth recipes column as sort of an adjunct to View from Earth (the proposed name being Food from Earth)

Even if they don't bite, it's still nice to learn what other Cube Hunters are chowing down on.

[RI_Barnica]

[tanner]

[RI_Barnica]

[tanner]

it just cant be worse than coke

[Scott]

I'm sort of partial to this recipe:

[sledgecallier]

All of this, of course, assumes that the food stuffs available in Perplex City are the same as in our world...

[tanner]

they MUST have kippers cos no *civilised* people could exist without them -- nuff said

[cassandra]

Seriously. The civilization without Rice Krispies Treats is the civilization about to crumble from within.

[rose]

Rice Krispies

[sixsidedsquare]

Gotta have ANZAC Biscuits
mmmmmmmm


ANZAC Biscuits

1 cup rolled oats
1 cup plain flour
1 cup sugar
3/4 (three-quarters) cup coconut
125g (4 oz) butter
2 tablespoons golden syrup
½ (half) teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 tablespoon boiling water
Combine oats, sifted flour, sugar and coconut.
Combine butter and golden syrup, stir over gentle heat until melted.
Mix soda with boiling water, add to melted butter mixture, stir into dry ingredients.
Take teaspoonfuls of mixture and place on lightly greased oven trays; allow room for spreading.
Cook in slow oven (150°C or 300°F) for 20 minutes.
Loosen while still warm, then cool on trays.
Makes about 35.

[dusty2229]

FLAMINGO STEW

Flamingoes are not easy to find outside Africa, except in zoos. But your guests will appreciate the effort and you can do all sorts of exiting things with the plumage.

Pluck and gut a flamingo.
Place in a pan with water, aniseed, salt and a little vinegar, and boil.
When half cooked, add a bunch of chives and coriander leaves tied in a bundle.
Towards the end of the cooking, add some boiled wine to give it colour.
Take a pestle and mortar and grind some pepper, cumin, coriander, laser root, mint and rue.
Add vinegar, dates and some of the cooking broth, then pour the mixture into the pan.
Thicken the sauce with starch, then serve.
You can also use the same recipe for parrot

[Seej]

Seasoned Pork Bites

Ingredients:
-As much diced pork as you think you can eat - around 200g-300g per person
-Roughly 50g plain flour
-Black pepper
-Cayenne Pepper
-Salt
-Paprika
-Roughly 20g Margarine

1. First, mix the pepper, salt and paprika into the flour. Around a teaspoon of each should be enough but if you want a bit more of a kick then add some more.

2. Melt your margarine in a frying pan. You could alternatively use cooking oil but I find that's a bit too greasy.

3. While the pan is heating up, take your flour/pepper mix and your pork and put the whole lot into a plastic bag (sandwich bag/freezer bag/etc.), close the bag, and give it all a good shake until your pork is covered in seasoning. This bit is fun.

4. Now take the pieces of pork out of the bag and put them into the pan, which should be nice and hot by now. Fry for approximately 5 mins or until the seasoning has gone all golden-brown and lovely. The flour tends to absorb the melted margaine so you may need to add a little bit more at first. After a minute or two the meat releases some of it's own fat so that helps. Your pan shouldn't be swimming in oil.

5. Take out of the pan and serve.

These can be eaten on their own as a snack, served with mixed veg of your choice (I like to cheat and just defrost some frozen veg, or slice some mixed peppers and fry them at the same time), other meats can be sustituted for the pork (alter your wine choice accordingly, but using pork I find it goes well with a Beaujolais or light Merlot), and if you want to vary the seasoning then go right ahead.

If you're serving this dish to impress/seduce someone then remember to go easy on the pepper (and a 2L tub of ice-cream for dessert is always a winner ).