Tuesday, December 23, 2008

The Little Gumbo Book or How to Store Your Garden Produce

The Little Gumbo Book

Author: Gwen McKe

Here are twenty-seven carefully created recipes plus explanations, definitions, and directions that will enable everyone to enjoy the special experience of gumbo. This dandy of a book is entirely dedicated to the process of preparing great gumbo. In addition to the wonderful collection of recipes, the book provides guidance in preparing all the characteristic elements that make up this unique Cajun dish. For instance, there are six recipes for preparing roux-the browning of flour, so important to the richness of gumbo. The book contains a step-by-step gumbo recipe which provides detailed instructions that will enable anyone to create a great pot of gumbo! There are also suggestions for how to prepare rice, and a special Cajun seasoning recipe for adding just the right Creole touch. The Little Gumbo Book utilizes convenient microwaves, time-freeing crock pots, and dependable iron pots for preparing such delectable recipes as "Catfish Gumbo," low-calorie "Lean and Mean Chicken Gumbo," as well as "Crowd Pleasing Gumbo" for impressing a party of fifty people! It's all here. The mystery of gumbo preparation is revealed and explained in this one little book. Voila!



Table of Contents:
Preface7
All About Roux11
Iron Skillet Roux13
Baked Roux13
Skillet Dry Roux13
Microwave Roux (with Vegetables)14
Oven-Baked Dry Roux14
Creole Roux15
A Word About Rice17
K's Cajun Seasoning19
Step-By-Step to Great Gumbo21
Mamaw's Shrimp Gumbo30
The Mariner's Gumbo31
Catfish Gumbo32
Snitcher's Seafood Gumbo33
Aunt Tiel's Fresh Crab and Shrimp Gumbo34
24-Karat Gumbo36
Creole Roux Seafood Gumbo37
Cup O' Crab Gumbo38
Spicy Hot Crock Pot Gumbo39
Hot Crawfish Gumbo40
Seafood Oven Okra Gumbo42
Turkey Oven Okra Gumbo43
Chicken 'N' Sausage File Gumbo44
Chicken Crock Pot Gumbo45
Gombo File Aux Poulet46
Henny-Penny File Gumbo48
Lean and Mean Chicken Gumbo49
Microwave Chicken 'N' Sausage Gumbo50
The Tail of the Turkey Gumbo51
Duck 'N' Andouille Gumbo52
Burgundy Beef Gumbo55
Pork Roast Gumbo56
Moulin-Rouge Gumbo57
Crowd Pleasing Gumbo58
Okra and Tomato Gumbo59
Z' Herbes Gumbo60
About the Author63

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How to Store Your Garden Produce: The Key to Self-Sufficiency

Author: Piers Warren

How to Store Your Garden Produce: the key to self-sufficiency is the modern guide to storing and preserving your garden produce, enabling you to eat home-grown goodness all year round. The easy-to-use reference section provides storage and preservation techniques for the majority of plant produce commonly grown in gardens and allotments.

Why is storing your garden produce the key to self-sufficiency? Because with less than an acre of garden you can grow enough produce to feed a family of four for a year, but as much of the produce will ripen simultaneously in the summer, without proper storage most of it will go to waste and you'll be off to the supermarket again. Learn simple and enjoyable techniques for storing your produce and embrace the wonderful world of self-sufficiency.

In the A-Z list of produce, each entry includes recommended varieties, suggested methods of storage and a number of recipes: everything from how to make your own cider and pickled gherkins to how to string onions and dry your own apple rings. You'll know where your food has come from, you'll save money, there won't be any packaging, and you'll be eating tasty local food whilst feeling very, very good about it!



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