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3 cookin' w/auntie dee...from M-28 move and discard herbs. Add salt and pepper to taste. Ladle into six oven-proof bowls; top with bread and cheese slices. Broil 5 ½ inches from heat for four minutes or until cheese is browned and bubbly. Yield: six servings CURRIED PEANUT SOUP 2 tablespoons butter 1 small onion, minced 3 celery ribs, minced 1 clove garlic, minced 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons curry powder ¼ teaspoon cayenne powder 3 ½ cups chicken broth 1 cup creamy peanut butter 2 cups half and half Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat; add onions and celery, and sauté 5 minutes. Add garlic and sauté 2 minutes. Stir in flour, curry powder, and cayenne until smooth; cook, stirring constantly for 1 minute. Add broth; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer twenty minutes. Stir in peanut butter and half and half; stirring constantly, three or four minutes. Remove from heat; cool slightly. Process mixture, in batches, in a food processor until smooth. Serve at once. Yield: six cups GULF COAST CIOPPINO 20 fresh mussels 20 fresh clams 2 cups celery, chopped 2 cups green bell pepper, chopped 1 cup green onions, chopped 2 garlic cloves, pressed ¼ cup butter 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 (16 ounce) crushed tomatoes 1 (15 ounce) tomato sauce 1½ tablespoons Italian seasoning 1½ teaspoons paprika 1 teaspoon sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper ½ teaspoon black pepper 2 (14 ounce) cans chicken broth 1 pound grouper, amberjack or sea bass fillets, cut into bite-size pieces Scrub mussels with a brush, removing beards. Wash clams. Discard any opening or cracked mussels and clams. Set aside. Sauté celery and next three ingredients in butter and hot oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat until vegetables are tender. Stir in crushed tomatoes and next seven ingredients; cook three minutes, stirring occasionally. Add chicken broth. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, forty-five minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in mussels, clams, and fish; cook four minutes, stirring occasionally. (Mussels and clams should open during cooking.) Discard any that do not. Serve immediately. Yield: 12 cups. SHRIMP-CHEESE SOUP 1 pound fresh jumbo shrimp peeled and deveined 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 medium onion, minced 2 garlic cubes, minced 1 cup dry white wine 1 (8 ounce) bottle clam juice 4 tomatoes, peeled and chopped 1 teaspoon salt ¾ teaspoons dried oregano 1 (4 ounce) package feta cheese, crumbled ¼ cup chopped parsley Melt butter with oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion, and garlic; sauté five minutes. Add wine and next five ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer ten minutes or until thickened. Stir in cheese, and simmer ten minutes. Add shrimp, and cook three to five minutes or just until shrimp turn pink. Stir in parsley. Yield: six cups. Stay warm during this Carnival Season. Nothing helps you warm up after a parade than a nice bowl of soup, some hot crusty French bread, with butter. You may contact me at auntiedeej@hotmail.com. With an questions or recipe requests. trodding the boards...from Main-20 der the control of Greymalkin, who guards their piggish place in hell. He fails. Graymalkin one might remember was the evil familiar grey cat who is alluded to as the assistant to the First Witch in Shakespeare s play, Lady Macbeth. I have neither seen nor heard such a foolish and empty piece of writing since this theater produced local aspiring playwright Jim Fitzmorris silly piece of confused dull nonsense, Yule Tide. What was amazing about this boring spread of word fluff was watching how the actors seemed able to create something out of nothing. Like straw into gold as the fairy tale goes. Actress Lara Grice as Lady Macbeth almost made this repulsive character acceptable as a two dimensional person of interest. Ms. Grice s snarly feline stage presence almost became a powerful one note event. David Lumsden as Macbeth did the same with his role, he tried with elegant stamina. His stately stage presence was at all times memorable as he attempted with great acting skill to weave verbal gold out of airy nothingness. Dane Rhodes as Greymalkin, the evil hellish guard cat was the most successful of these attempts to weave empty and affected words into something. His cat was utterly vile and frightening. Mr. Rhodes acting skills were stretched to the max and he uses his voice with great effectiveness. The set was wonderful: a pig sty strewn with straw over earth, surrounded by rusty sheets of corrugated tin as conceived by Roy Marsden. Mr. Marsden directed with imagination, considering he had a boring non-play with which to work. Effective lighting by Martin Sachs as designed by Michael Phillips was well done and Elizabeth Parent s rotting torn costumes were artful. GayNewOrleans.COM SouthernDecadence.COM GayEasterParade.COM Jan. 29-Feb. 11, 2008 AmbushMag.COM MAIN~33 of 64

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