"Dave Smith" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> sueb wrote:
>>
>> I think that difficulty getting the cranberries, even in the US, was
>> the reason so many people relied on the canned glop for many years.
>
> I have never had trouble finding cranberries here in southern Ontario. We
> always had home made cranberry sauce in our family. I can't imagine anyone
> using the canned stuff, but lots of people around here seem to.
>
>
>> But you don't want to re-create the canned glop! One of the great
>> things about making the sauce fresh is leaving in the lumps. It
>> tastes much much better that way. Dump the china cap.
>
> The real stuff has a nice tang to it.
>
>
>> Grappa has no place anywhere near cranberry sauce in my book. It's a
>> sturdy New England Yankee dish and they only take a little medicinal
>> brandy on their deathbeds.
>
> I don't understand the grappa. I have tried various cranberry relishes,
> with orange and other *******izations. My favourite is still plain old
> cranberry sauce. There is no need to ruin a perfect food.

It wasn't ruined. It was very nice. When you are recreating an American
meal in a foreign country, it isn't a bad thing to let the other country
have a bit of influence.
I am a bit amazed that some people have such a proprietal attitude about
cranberry sauce when you think what they've done with spaghetti and pizza
over there. Come on, guys, fair play.
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