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===========================================<br></div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI"><span class="ik"></span><span class="gD" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Tom Mc Rae</span> <span class="go"><<a href="mailto:thomas.mcrae@bigpond.com">thomas.mcrae@bigpond.com</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI">LL-L Delectables- Right Royal Banquets<br><br></span><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<font size="7"><span style="font-size: 32px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 20px;">BOOK REVIEW</span></font></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;">
<font size="6"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Eating with Emperors</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 20px;">150 years of dining with Emperors, Kings. Queens...</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 20px;">and the occasion</span></font><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">al Maharajah</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;">
<font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">by</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Jake Smith (2009)</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;">
<font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">The MEGUNYAH PRESS Melbourne Australia 2009</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">9780522855289</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Your chances of finding this lavish volume in your local bookstore are probably remote, you could try the Publisher on <a href="mailto:mup-info@unimelb.edu.au" target="_blank">mup-info@unimelb.edu.au</a> or access their website</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><a href="http://www.mup.com.au/" target="_blank">www.mup.com.au</a> but why bother ? </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Well
the book is packed full of gastronomic trivia, copies of menus that are
works of art,and gorgeous engravings of royal bunfights of the past.
There ar even some recipes of things served on such occasions.</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Did
you know that when Grigorii Rasputin finished eating aristocratic
ladies of his menage vied to lick his fingers clean ? The King of
Wurttemberg breakfasted on lapwing eggs, the King of Bavaria doted on
those of seagulls, while Queen Victoria was content with a hen’s
egg-served of course in a golden egg cup and eaten with a golden spoon ?</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">The
Consort of the Queen pf Denmark admitted he loved dog meat which he
claimed tasted like veal from a baby suckling calf. Princess Diana
loved lobster quiche, and Mussolini kept serving wine at his table
after imposing food restrictions on everybody else during WW2. Yes,
it’s all in the Book.</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Recipes
? Well how’s about Plover’s eggs served four to a ramekin on a bed of
caviar and dowsed in a savoury aspic with more caviar mixed in ? Too
simple for you then why not try the detailed recipe for stuffed wild
boar’s head ? Both are taken from dishes served at the Court of Queen
Victoria. For Weight Watchers how about the chilled cucumber soup
served at the table of Czar Alexander III ? King Alfonso XIII of Spain
gives us Fillets of Cod or Ling in white wine, and there are more for
readers to discover.</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Menus
? What an amazing and mouth watering collection ranging from banquets
given by Queen Victoria to a fairly recent luncheon given on Thursday
March 3rd 2009 in honour of Prime Minister Gordon Brown of UKÂ by
Barack Obama.………….</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Nine Herb Ravioli</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">With Parmesan emulsion</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; min-height: 14px;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br>
</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Thyme Roasted Chicken with Spicy Mustard</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Fennel, Ciopolino, and Pequillo peppers</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; min-height: 14px;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Basket Bibb Lettuce</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Cucumber and Feta Cheese.</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Lemon Vinaigrette</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; min-height: 14px;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Warm Apple Tart</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Vanilla Ice Cream</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; min-height: 14px;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br>
</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Served with Plumpjack Chardonnay Reserve 2007</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; min-height: 14px;">
<font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">A fascinating book to browse through again and again.</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><font size="7"><span style="font-size: 32px;">T</span></font><span style="font-size: 20px;">he
wedding breakfast of Queen Vickie's daughter to Prince Henry consisted
of 22 courses including spit roasted Ortolan as the 11th.</span></span></div></span></span></font></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Trouble is immediately Vickie finished eating servants whipped away everybody else's dish along with hers.</div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">If a guest of the Queens was last to be served he/she could well eat very little. </div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">While
aristocratic guests indulged in such gastronomic orgies many poor
people in British cities lived well below subsistence level. Conditions
in rural Ireland were the worst of all.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<font size="3"><b><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 24px;">I</span></font><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">talian Style Lamb Chops</span></font></b></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 13px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Ingredients</span></font></b></div>
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 109.2px; min-height: 13px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 109.2px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="white-space: pre;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></font></span><span style="white-space: pre;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></font></span><span style="white-space: pre;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></font></span><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Cotteletes d'Agneu a l'italienne</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 109.2px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></font></span><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">8</span></font><span style="white-space: pre;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></font></span><span style="white-space: pre;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></font></span><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Lamb chops</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 109.2px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></font></span><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">250</span></font><span style="white-space: pre;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></font></span><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">gms</span></font><span style="white-space: pre;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></font></span><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Mushrooms, Button -- Sliced</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 109.2px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></font></span><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">8</span></font><span style="white-space: pre;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></font></span><span style="white-space: pre;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></font></span><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Artichoke Hearts -- Marinated, Rinsed</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 109.2px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></font></span><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">4</span></font><span style="white-space: pre;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></font></span><span style="white-space: pre;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></font></span><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Shallots -- Chopped</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 109.2px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></font></span><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">4</span></font><span style="white-space: pre;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></font></span><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">tbspns</span></font><span style="white-space: pre;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></font></span><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Oregano -- Fresh</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 109.2px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></font></span><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">1</span></font><span style="white-space: pre;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></font></span><span style="white-space: pre;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></font></span><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Garlic -- Clove</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 109.2px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></font></span><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">2.5</span></font><span style="white-space: pre;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></font></span><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">tbspns</span></font><span style="white-space: pre;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></font></span><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Olive Oil</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 109.2px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></font></span><span style="white-space: pre;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></font></span><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">to taste</span></font><span style="white-space: pre;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></font></span><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Salt & Pepper</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 13px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<b><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Instructions</span></font></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 13px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Heat 1 tbspn oil in pan and add garlic, shallots, & mushrooms .</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Add artichoke hearts & seasonings.. Cover pan, lower heat, and cook for 4 minutes,</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">stirring occasionally..</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">In a frying pan heat rest of oil on HIGH heat, fry cutlets on both sides, sprinkling well with oregano.</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Meanwhile reheat sauce.</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Serve cutlets surrounded by sauce.</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 13px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br>
</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">NOTE</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Served at the Wedding Breakfast for Queen Victoria's daughter Beatrice</span></font><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Â Â </span></font><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">to Prince Henry Maurice of Battenburg (29/7/1885)</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br></span></font></div><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;">
Best Regards<br>Tom Mc Rae<br>Brisbane Australia<br>An honest man's the noblest work of God (Robert Burns)</div></span></span><br><br><br>
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