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OmManiPadmeOmelet
 
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Default My dirty little secret

In article >,
Wayne Boatwright > wrote:

> On Wed 26 Oct 2005 01:47:03p, OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
> > In article .com>,
> > "aem" > wrote:
> >
> >> Goomba38 wrote:
> >> > OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > In article >,
> >> > > Goomba38 > wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >>Ok.. perhaps just one of them
> >> > >>This "dog licking the pan" thread prompts me to admit my dirty
> >> > >>little secret. My poor dog only gets to lick the pan _after_ I
> >> > >>first get to pick at it. I LOVE the little burned bits and
> >> > >>caramalized juices on a baking dish/roasting pan. Sometimes I like
> >> > >>the dark, gooey bits better than the food itself, lol. I like to
> >> > >>take a spatula and dig at the pan first...then the dog can have at
> >> > >>it. LOL
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > That is why pan drippings make the best gravy....... ;-)
> >> > >
> >> > > The carmelized bits.
> >> > >
> >> > > Cheers!
> >> >
> >> > Sure, I know that. Doesn't everyone? LOL
> >> > But that said, I don't always make gravy with meatloaf or other
> >> > things I roast or bake.
> >> > Does anyone else like to pick at them and eat them??
> >>
> >> No. Put the pan on the burner, splash in some wine, or Madeira, or
> >> vermouth, or gin, or chicken stock, or whatever liquid is handy, bring
> >> to boil. Scrape with the wooden spoon or spatula. Add an herb if
> >> appropriate, salt, pepper, and pour it over the meat. Total elapsed
> >> time 2 to 3 minutes. The pan sauce is SO much better than the bits
> >> themselves. -aem
> >>

> >
> > Now that's a thought...
> > Never tried Madeira.
> > Will Merlot do?

>
> It will "do", but Madeira would be better. Madeira is a fortified wine
> with different characteristics. My two favorite types are Sercial madeira
> (dry), and Malmsey Madeira (sweeter). Madeira is a heavier wine than most
> others, but it lends itself extremely well to cooking.


I'm really going to have to check this out now, thanks! :-)

IME wine tends to make sauces sour so I've avoided it, but now my
epicurious curiosity is piqued!

Cheers!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson