I would be interested in the cookbook mentioned below when available. I use to be a cook/chef. Worked in kitchens in NYC for about 10 years. Physical and mental exhaustion finally persuaded me to move on to something else. I went back into the kitchen last year to volunteer for the Red Cross during the 9-11 relief effort. anyway, would love to see the book when it is done.- Tony
----- Original Message ----- From: Chuck0 <chuck at mutualaid.org> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 5:55 PM Subject: Re: Black beans and rice, was Color of Anarchism
> Chuck Grimes wrote:
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> > Trading food recipes for solidarity. Everybody's got a home recipe for
> > black beans. Here's mine:
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> > 1 lb dried black beans
> > 1 lb smoked bacon ends
> > 3-4 red onions
> > 1/2 stalk celery
> > 4-5 jalapenos fresh
> > 2-3 cups red wine
> > 1/4 cup soy sauce (for salt)
> > 1/2 clove garlic
> > 1/4 cup hand ground cumin seeds
> > 1 tbls hand ground ground black pepper
> > 2-3 tbls Grandmas chili power
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> > Plus several large pinches of: thyme, rosemary, oregano, salt and a
> > bay leaf. Clean the dried beans and soak for about four hours, wash,
> > add to a pot covered with about an inch of water or broth. If you
> > don't like bacon use bbq'd chicken or beef and if you don't like meat,
> > substitute olive oil and bbq'd egg plant or squash cut in small
> > junks. Fry the smoked bacon ends and drain some fat then brown the
> > onions and celery in that, then separately fry the cumin and jalapenos
> > (with seeds) with garlic and chili power. Pour it all into the same
> > pot and simmer for about four or five hours and add the wine late to
> > keep some of the wine flavor. Serve with steamed rice. This is pretty
> > hot, so cut back on the jalapenos and black pepper for a lower scoville
> > rating.
> >
> > You don't need a social connection, you don't need racial demographic
> > analysis, you don't need to be any good in Spanish if you've got a
> > killer pot of beans. The anarchist cookbook like most radical tracks
> > was completely mis-guided. You make friends with food, not bombs.
> > If you're near the ocean, fishing works almost as good as food, sort of
> > the same idea.
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> Awesome! Thanks for the recipe, Chuck! I'm always looking for good prol
> recipes like this. I'll have to substitute something for the bacon, but
> otherwise this is great.
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> I've been meaning to put out an Anarchist Cookbook for several years now.
As
> soon as I locate the draft, it might see its way into print in 2003.
>
> Chuck0
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