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A Recipe by Linda Miller Here's a great Halloween recipe for a simple hand- and tummy-warming chili. In keeping with the season, it uses some slightly unusual ingredients, such as eye of newt and pureed wasp . (If you don't normally stock those sorts of things, we have some suggestions as to acceptable substitutes that you're more likely to have on hand.) It's all in good fun, so click on through and have a look at this whimsical recipe, which actually makes an interesting version of standard chili that uses pearl barley and celery.
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Halloween Chili
(You may find some of these ingredients hard to come by. Even the best-supplied kitchens occasionally run short of hawk toenails. And grubs and maggots are at times out of season. We've thought of some substitutions that may yield acceptable results. They're in parentheses.)
1 15-ounce can soft-shelled beetles, drained--beetle juice is to be avoided (kidney beans)
1 28-ounce can blood of bat (V-8 juice)
1/8 teaspoon pureed wasp (prepared mustard)
1/4 teaspoon common dried weed (oregano)
1 dash Red-tailed hawk toenails (crushed red pepper)
2 teaspoon ground sumac blossom (chili powder)
1 teaspoon hemlock (honey or sugar)
1/2 cup fresh grubs (sliced celery)
1 Tablespoon eye of newt (pearl barley)
1 Tablespoon dried maggots (uncooked rice)
water from a stagnant pond, as needed (tap water)
Best made during the last phase of the moon--if that is not possible, just do the best you can in a softly lighted kitchen after dark.
Brown the gizzards in an iron cauldron over a fire made from the siding off a haunted house. Add chopped eye of Cyclops and simmer until the pieces of eye become translucent. Add blood of bat and soft-shelled beetles; bring to a slow bubbling boil. At this time, add the common weed, maggots, toenails, sumac, grubs, hemlock, eye of newt, and pureed wasp.
As it cooks, you may want to adjust the consistency with the pond water. You can tell it is done when the eye of newt swells and the vertical, tan-colored "cat's eye" appears on one side.
This recipe came from the Internet mailing list, Linda's Busy Kitchen. Sign up for this busy, interesting, friendly source of fun cooking ideas at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Lindas_Busy_Kitchen_2. Used by permission.
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This excellent book, 366 Delicious Ways to Cook Rice, Beans, and Grains, gives you 366 recipes for healthful, delicious bean, rice, and grain dishes from all over the world. Yes, they're primarily vegetarian recipes, but the book does include variations on the recipes that use salmon, shrimp, and chicken. Mouthwatering ethnic recipes are mixed with other "natural gourmet" items that are fascinating to read, fun to prepare, and a delight to eat. How do Smoky Black Bean Burritos sound? Or how about Pesto Pasta with Cranberry Beans? I'm ready to start cooking right now.
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The Bean Book Roy F. Guste, Jr., former proprietor of Antoine's Restaurant in New Orleans and noted cookbook author, has put together this wonderful collection of recipes for bean dishes from around the world. Everything you can imagine is in here; the variety of recipes is amazing. It includes "light" versions and a full nutritional analysis of each recipe. How does Bourbon and Black Bean Pie sound? Highly recommended by Bean Bible!
Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook: Feasting with your Slow Cooker We usually feature bean cookbooks here, but this superb slow cooker (crock pot) cookbook has at least a hundred great bean recipes in it! My wife brought it home and I'm sold on it. The "Bean Main Dishes" section alone has 53 recipes. Recipes are short, simple, tasty, and don't use weird ingredients that you don't already have. And, while I'm excited about the bean recipes (the Sausage Bean Quickie will be the first one we try), the rest of the recipes also look wonderful. The cover says it's a "National #1 bestselling cookbook!" I believe it. Highly recommended by Bean Bible!
Easy Beans: Fast and Delicious Bean, Pea, and Lentil Recipes, Second Editon Now in a new and improved second edition, this easy-to-use and highly popular cookbook makes cooking with beans as easy as it can possibly be. No soaking beans, no complex recipes with wild, improbable ingredients. The book lives up to its promise of easy, tasty, fun recipes. Highly recommended by Bean Bible!
