Cooking advice

One of the best elements of travelling is sampling local delicacies, so please don't order a burger and chips when you are in India - not only is the meat likely to be of a poor quality (sometimes so poor that it will make you sick), but you are turning down some of the most wonderful food in the world - and possibly offending your hosts.


Buy Local Food : Cultivate an awareness of how far your food travels. When Rich Pirog, Food Systems Program Leader for the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University, tracked the miles traveled for 16 types of produce, he found that locally sourced fruits and vegetables such as apples, lettuce and tomatoes traveled an average of 56 miles, compared to 1,494 miles — nearly 27 times farther — for the same fruits and vegetables delivered through conventional retail channels. Things get stickier with combination foods, strawberry yogurt for example. Pirog came up with 2,216 miles by adding up the distance traveled for the yogurt’s milk, sugar and strawberries. That figure could be slashed by 90 percent if you buy plain yogurt and stir in some locally grown honey and fruit.


If you're eating foods out of season, it's likely that they have come a long way - try to eat food that is both locally produced and can be found at that time of year, locally!


Kitchen safety

Keep electrical leads from trailing over or going near the cooker.
If the deep fat fryer oil starts to smoke don't put the food in. Turn off the heat and leave it to cool.








Venison Jerky, From Andrea Cassoni Recipe
Venison Jerky, From Andrea Cassoni Category Game Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

2 lb Sliced venison 1/8" thick

2 T Worcestershire sauce

2 T Soy sauce

1 T Salt

1 t Ground red pepper

2 Cloves garlic, sliced

1 c Corn whiskey

1 c Water

Slice the meat when it is lightly frozen. The cuts should be long, thin and with the grain. Cut across the grain if you want more tender, but more brittle jerky. Trim off all of the fat. Marinate strips in a glass container overnight. You may substitute 2 cups of red wine for the corn whiskey and water. Pat dry and arrange pieces side by side on an oven roasting rack, with- out overlap. Cook at minimum heat (150F) for 6 hours. Leave oven door ajar to allow moisture to escape. Meat should be dark, dry and store jerky in a cool, airtight container.

 
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