i'm dry...

donWonton said:

i just loaded a bunt

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Seamaiden said:

You what? I just.. nevermind, TMI.

Poop poop!

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DWR said:

so are u dry today ?

Or did ya save that smoke from yesterday for today ?

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Seamaiden said:

I am indeed dry today. I smoked up the very last of that joint my friend brought over yesterday, about a bowl's worth. 'Twas good. As harvest approaches, supplies are drying up all over the place, damn near impossible to find at the moment.

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Seamaiden said:

Ooohh! Some of my favorite cheese comes from Holland. My grandmother makes a Caribbean treat (recently learned the history of the recipe) where you make a savory chicken fricassee, hollow out a large Gouda cheese like you would a pumpkin, fill it with the fricassee, bake, and enjoy. But, I can't find whole Gouda cheese balls out here, they're all over the place in Puerto Rico.

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Seamaiden said:

Well, in Puerto Rican cooking we really don't use heavy sauces, it's just too hot for that. So my grandmother's fricassee is more, as she calls it, juicy. Made simply from the juices of the chicken, sofrito, and raisins and green olives. It thickens up a little bit, but not enough to be anything like a cream or white sauce.

I can send you the recipe if you like.

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Seamaiden said:

Yeah, it's dinner time for you! I'm at GMT -7hrs, we'll be closing in on high noon soon. Mmm.. just had a banana, didn't do the trick, not when I'm thinking about savory goodness.

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DWR said:

did u send the recipe ????

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Our Very Own Stuffed Cheese
(or, Nuestro Queso Relleno)​

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1 ball Holland or Edam cheese (appx. 3-3 ½ lbs)​

3 ½ lbs. Chicken pieces​

2 tablespoons olive oil​

2 tablespoons sofrito​

2 tablespoons tomato sauce​

2 bay leaves​

cilantro, chopped (probably 1/2 bunch)
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long-leaf culantro, chopped (this is a Caribbean herb, it's like cilantro on steroids, double your cilantro)​

¼ teaspoon oregano​

¼ Cup wine (she calls for cooking wine, if I can't drink it I don't cook with it) red​

12 stuffed green olives, sliced​

1 tablespoon raisins (don't leave this out!)​

1 large potato, diced and parboiled​

2 teaspoons salt​

1 can pimientos​

chicken broth or water (broth has more flavor)​

2 hardboiled eggs, cubed or diced​

banana leaves (I don't use these, too hard to find)​

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Remove the paraffin wax covering of the cheese. Dip the cheese in hot water, remove immediately and wipe clean. Cut a slice off the top of the ball, a 3”-4” circle (just enough to allow you to hollow out the cheese), save this piece to place back on top. Using a spoon, scoop out the cheese so that you are left with a hollow shell about ½” thickness. ​

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Cut the uncooked chicken into 1” cubes (bite size), discarding the bones and skin. Saute the chicken in the olive oil, adding all the other ingredients except the banana leaf and boiled eggs. Cook until the meat is tender. If not juicy add chicken broth or water (you're making a sort of a loose or juicy stew). Salt to taste, but on the low side because the cheese is also salty, some more so than others. ​

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If the cheese is very salty, soak it in cold water for 1-2 hours. Place the cheese in a deep dish, dutch oven or pan, if you have the banana leaves have them lining the pan (the leaves are soo not crucial, I've never made it with the banana leaves, but they do impart their own special flavor).​

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Spoon the filling into the cheese ball, alternating with some of the chopped egg, as in layers. Replace the top of the cheese. Bake in a 350* (Fahrenheit) oven for 1 hour. Remove from the oven, remove the leaf. Place on a large plate, cut into wedges and serve immediately.​

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This is absolutely delectable. ​

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Seamaiden said:

Crap! No attachments via pm. You're getting it here, D.

Dammit! How can one page of recipe exceed the fucking limit? What the fuck? Copy and paste. In italics are my own notes/additions.

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towelie... said:

woot woot! just rode my bmx 10 minutes through poring rain, just to get myself some bud, i'm soaked now.

and got a lousy gram for 20 bucks ( thats like double price )

am gonna go call a friend and "test" this bud ( its the same i always get )
and if i cant reach my friend... i'll "test" it anyway

this fat doobie goes out to all the people that lit up for me while i was dry

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