The Weird of Hali Cookbook
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Shortages and product delays have become a fact of life in the industrial world these days, but even so, luck sometimes breaks your way. I'm delighted to announce that The Weird of Hali Cookbook, Brecken Kendall's guide to the recipes in my tentacle fiction, is now available in print and e-book formats. Those who preordered copies should have them in a few days, and the rest of you -- well, what are you waiting for? From basic recipes such as cheese polenta (always the best thing to feed to shoggoths) up to more complicated treats such as Innsmouth fish chowder and an authentic pirate salmagundi recipe contributed by Toby Gilman, this volume has plenty of recipes you can use to stay well fed while you wait for Great Cthulhu to rise from the sea. I should probably mention again that all the recipes in this book are real, and none calls for ingredients you can't get this side of the plateau of Leng. Since Brecken and I share the conviction that food should be cheap, tasty, filling, and not especially complicated to make, this is also not the kind of cookbook that's meant to permit members of the overprivileged classes to show off how much money and leisure they have by wasting a lot of both turning out desperately precious yuppie chow. It's geared toward people (like Brecken, and in my younger days, me) who don't have a lot of money or a lot of time to spare, and still want to eat well.
Interested? Print and e-book copies can be ordered direct from the publisher here and from other retailers here. Bon appetit and Cthulhu fhtagn!
Alachua Women's Club Recipe
Date: 2021-08-30 03:13 pm (UTC)2 hard-boiled eggs, 2 cups of milk, 4T butter, 4T flour, 2 strips crisp bacon, salt & pepper to taste.
Melt butter in saucepan, add flour, stirring until smooth. Add milk, stirring repeatedly until thickened into a sauce. Peel boiled eggs and cut into pieces. Add to the sauce mixture and salt and pepper to taste.
Toast 4 slices of bread and tear into bite size pieces, top with sauce mixture, crumble bacon over top, and serve. This will make two servings. To make additional servings, just add 2 tablespoons of butter and flour, to one cup milk and an additional boiled egg for each additional serving (bacon as well if so desired.)
This recipe was submitted by Diane Morgan in memory of Shirley Morgan, her mother. Other variations are listed down at the bottom, including the dried beef on toast The Grey Badger's father called by its army nickname of S.O.S.
My note here: for stovetop, if you have a double boiler - two nested saucepans from the hardware store will do just fine - I turn the milk into a sauce over the boiling water in the bottom of the double boiler. then turn it down and keep it warm while doing the other things. The Grey Badger.
Re: Alachua Women's Club Recipe
Date: 2021-08-30 05:06 pm (UTC)