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Grex Kitchen Item 69: A surprising recipe ... [frozen]
Entered by davel on Sun Apr 17 21:30:11 UTC 1994:

I posted this a while ago in a former agora, and was recently asked to
post it again here.  The requestor is likely to regret this, I think, but
here goes:

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From: Mick McQuaid <netmeg!GSB.BUS.WISC.EDU!MCQUAID>
Subject:      BTQ recipe of the day.
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   "Sure, we publish at irregular intervals, but, hey, we thump
    at irregular intervals."
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Today's delicacy:  Bodhran Surprise.

Today's recipe may appear to emanate from the kitchen of
Betty Crocked, but we invite you to suspend disbelief
and jump in.  After all, isn't that how you started
thumping?

Bodhran Surprise.

Ingredients.
1 Bodhran
1 Stick
1 garlic wreath
2 large onions
1 tin anchovies
4 jumbo eggs
1/2 pint maple syrup
1/4 lb grated limburger cheese
1 stick of beeswax

Warning: Do not read over the recipe before you try it;
just lash into it!  There'll be time to think later!

Since you will be cooking in the bodhran, you may wish to
melt the beeswax in the bodhran to make it less combustible.
(If your thumping is the subject of, or even mentioned in, a
satirical song, you may skip this step and hurry on to the
next, much as you'd go from tune to tune.)

Dice the onions and garlic and sautee in the bodhran, over a
high/ultra high flame.  Pulverize the anchovies (with your
bodhran stick) and mix with the syrup and the eggs and pour
into the bodhran.  Sprinkle liberally with limburger cheese
and place the serving dish/bodhran in the refrigerator til it's time
to go session-hopping.

You're in for a tasty treat between tunes!  Share it with
your friends!  Won't they be pleased to be spared your usual
smell of slaughtered goat!  Oh, the thick, sticky mixture
may quieten your hircine thump, but at BTQ, we're confident
that the other players will adjust by listening more
attentively.

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Thanks to subscriber Bob, whose recognition made this neccessary.
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We at the BTQ editorial board take a dim view of claims
on the Net that we sanction, even encourage, violence
against Bodhran Thumpers and/or their "instruments."
After lengthy debate, the editors have resolved that
(1) it would be inappropriate to make blanket statements
    regarding general, hypothetical acts, but
(2) we are agreed that no act depicted in the
    so-called "comeback montage" of Young Kickboxer Part IV
    should be done to any Bodhran Thumper, nor should any bodhran stick
    be used as shown during the climactic duel sequence of
    Wanton Ninja Gladiators.
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5 responses total.

#1 of 5 by popcorn on Mon Apr 18 02:22:47 1994:

Ack!

#2 of 5 by davel on Mon Apr 18 12:56:51 1994:

I told you you didn't want it here.  Kill it whenever.

#3 of 5 by vidar on Mon Apr 18 20:51:24 1994:

Now, please?  Pretty please with sugar, caramel, hot fudge, whip cream,
peanuts, almonds, honey, marshmallows, and a cherry on top?

#4 of 5 by popcorn on Tue Apr 19 02:56:57 1994:

Hey Dave, could you tell us what a Bodhran is?

#5 of 5 by davel on Fri Apr 22 10:09:48 1994:

A drum used in Irish music; I'd have thought that was obvious enough.
It's, oh, maybe 1.5 or 2 feet across, maybe 6 inches deep.  (I'm terrible
at estimating sizes.)  From various comments in the recipe you should
be able to say what the head material (traditionally) is.  I don't think
you should try this recipe if your bodhran has a plastic skin. 8-{)>
(The only other "issue" of BTQ that I ever saw had a slogan that went
something like "Dedicated to the ritual slaughter of young goats".)

When I posted it in agora, I got a request for information on BTQ from
someone (in AA or Ypsi) who said he thumped the things.

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