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...strips and marinated them in coconut milk and the dining hall’s Thai peanut dressing for an hour. I then skewered the strips and grilled them for 3 minutes until they were cooked to medium rare (kangaroo meat is very lean, so it is important not to overcook it). I made a dipping sauce out of honey, peanut butter, crushed chilies, lime juice, salt, and pepper and heated it in the microwave. Coriander and lime slices served as garnish. Unfortunately, due to freezing, the texture of the kangaroo meat was stringy. Still, its mysterious gaminess shone through...

Author: By Stephen C. Bartenstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tired of HUDS? Buy Some Ostrich | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

...more vegetables to your life? I confess that I had to start by adjusting my attitude. About two years ago, I finally accepted that vegetables are not a punishment designed by my mother. The trick, I found, is to add more pepper, coriander and other spices and not to overcook fresh greens. I'm still looking for a good recipe for brussels sprouts, but one cookbook that constantly has me salivating is Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites, published by Clarkson Potter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fries Don't Count | 10/12/1998 | See Source »

Locking criminals up may be an effective punishment, but it may push criminals farther away from mainstream society, prisoners say. "It's like putting a man in a microwave," says Mack. "He'll overcook...

Author: By Michael E. Wall, | Title: When Worlds Collide: Tutoring in Prisons | 5/4/1988 | See Source »

Julia H. Flanders '87 says she frequently cooks couscous in her room in Quincy House, and claims to know its properties well. "Couscous is pretty hard to destroy, but its not a good food to mass produce, because it's easy to overcook," she says...

Author: By Amy N. Ripich, | Title: Coucous Innovations | 3/5/1986 | See Source »

...Small potatoes," responded Whacker. "Speaking of small potatoes, Davidowitz came up with a batch of french fries yesterday that you could build a log cabin with if you happen to overcook them. Popcorn that's smart enough to pop itself, and big enough so that you only have to order one kernel in a movie theater; cars made out of asparagus that eat tollbooths; marijuana that smokes itself and tells jokes; Government professors who only give A's and who have four legs of differing lengths; entire city councils without tongues; baseball players with bats instead of arms; bats with...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: One Day At The p-3 Facility... | 2/15/1977 | See Source »

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