Posted on 07/04/2008 5:34:09 PM PDT by doug from upland
OYSTERS MOMBASA Baked with a Wine Garlic Sauce Yield: 8 portions (4 oysters per person) Nowhere are oysters more delicious than on the east coast of Africa (except for the tiny Olympia oysters you get at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco or in New Orleans).
In Kenya, the oysters are opened and each one goes on its own tiny china ramekin or tiny container which looks like a miniature coaster. Twelve of these little dishes are placed on a large platter with a bowl of dark, dark-red cocktail sauce and slices of lemon. Mombasa, that lovely city on the coast of Kenya, boasts the very best of these small oysters.
Open 32 SMALL OYSTERS (Bluepoints or Olympias if possible).
Leave them on the half shell and place on baking sheets.
Wine Garlic Sauce:
Combine: 1/2 cup MELTED BUTTER
4 cloves GARLIC very finely minced 1 cup CHABLIS 4 Tbs. CHOPPED PARSLEY 1 tsp. SALT 1 tsp. FRESHLY GROUND PEPPER few drops TABASCO Ladle half of above sauce (1 tsp. per oyster) on each one.
Bake at 350'F. for 6 to 8 minutes.
Ladle the remaining sauce uniformly over the oysters again.
Serve immediately, four per person, with LEMON WEDGES on a 9 inch plate (or on hot rock salt if available).
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NYAMA NA IRIO Steak and Irio Yield: 8 portions The Irio:
Drain 1 16-oz. can PEAS and measure the liquid.
Put the peas through a vegetable mill or sieve to make a puree.
Drain 1 16-oz. can KERNEL CORN and add the liquid to that of the peas.
In a 2-quart saucepan:
Prepare 4 cups INSTANT MASHED POTATOES following package directions and using the vegetable liquors as part of the required liquid.
Add: 3 Tbs. BUTTER
1 tsp. SALT 1/4 tsp. PEPPER. Blend the puree of peas into the mashed potatoes until a smooth green color results.
Fold in the drained kernel corn.
The consistency should be that of firm mashed potatoes.
The Steak:
In a large skillet:
Cut 3 Ibs. FILET MIGNON (or any steak) in a 2 x 1/2 x 1/2-inch strips.
Saute in 4 oz. MARGARINE OR OIL, until lightly browned.
Remove the steak from the skillet.
Blend in 6 Tbs. FLOUR to make a roux.
Add 2 cups ONION SOUP made from a packaged mix and cook to medium-sauce consistency.
Correct the Seasoning with salt, pepper, and a little Tabasco.
Return the steak to the sauce.
Make a large mound (about 1 cup) of Irio in center of dinner plate.
Form a hole in the center about 2 inches in diameter.
Fill the hole with 1/2 cup of the sauteed steak and gravy.
Smooth around edges of the Irio so it looks like a volcano.
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SALADI East African Salad Relish Yield: Relish for 8 salads This salad relish is added to and mixed with the hot spicy food by the guest a little at a time to "cool" the spiciness of the dish and change its texture. If the hostess feels that her dinner is not "hot" enough, a small hot chili pepper is added to the relish.
She may also serve individually or in a bowl additional pilli-pilli or hot red pepper dissolved in lemon or tomato sauce. See page 128 for Pilli-pilli Sauce and its variations. For your Kenyan dinner you might have a cruet of a white French dressing on the table for those who might want to add it to their salad.
In a 1-quart bowl:
Combine: 2 cups CABBAGE, finely shredded
1/2 cup CARROTS in very, very thin slices 1/2 cup SWEET ONIONS (Bermuda or Spanish or scallions) 1/4 cup GREEN PEPPER in fine strips. Fluff the mixture up.
That's it. There is no dressing or seasoning.
Fill small sauce dishes, allowing about 1/3 cup per person.
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COUPE MOUNT KENYA Mango Ice Cream Yield: 1 quart ice cream Any fruit ice cream will serve for the Coupe Mount Kenya, especially peach ice cream. Fruit sherbet may also be used. Canned pineapple may be substituted for the fresh, but it does not have the same zing.
Mash 4 or 5 RIPE MANGOS, peeled and pitted. There should be 2 cups.
Whip: 1 cup HEAVY CREAM with
1/2 cup SUGAR until stiff. In a 2-quart bowl:
Combine: 2 cups MASHED MANGOS
2 Tbs. LEMON PEEL cut in tiny ribbons 1/2 cup CONDENSED MILK 1/2 tsp. SALT. Fold in the whipped cream.
Pour into freezer trays or a 6-cup mold and freeze.
PINEAPPLE RUM SAUCE
Yield: 1 quart sauce mixture In a 1-quart sauce pan:
Simmer: 1 cup PINEAPPLE JUICE (canned) and
1 cup SUGAR until it dissolves and a syrup is formed. Add 1/2 cup WHITE RUM. Cool.
In a 2-quart bowl:
Cut 3 cups FRESH PINEAPPLE in 1/2-inch dice.
Pour the Pineapple Rum Sauce over the pineapple.
Marinate for several hours.
Place 1 scoop MANGO ICE CREAM in a 6-oz. wine glass.
Top with 3 to 4 oz. PINEAPPLE RUM MIXTURE
Garnish with 1 Tbs. PISTACHIO NUTS, coarsely chopped.
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The following Abaluhya luncheon was our treat at the home of Mrs. Ruth Habwe in Nairobi. Each dish was so outstanding that all the recipes are included in this book. You will find them in the recipe section. In Swahili it reads:
M'BAAZI
Beans in the Manner of Kenya N'DIZI
Bananas Steamed in Banana Leaves SUMAKI NA NAZI
Fresh Fish in Pink Coconut Cream M'CHICHA
Spinach and Groundnuts PAPAYA
MAZIWA YA KUGANDA
Sour Skimmed Milk
Back to his roots, eh! That is African roots.
Plus fried cockroach and water beetle stew.
What’s the recipe for stewed missionary?
Catch whitey, cook whitey, eat whitey. Sometimes add “skin whitey” between first 2 steps.
This one?
Don’t forget watermelon. Green on the outside, red on the inside. The official Obama campaign fruit.
Mombasa is a decent place as far as humanity goes.
Kinda weird ya gotta hold hands when you talk there.
I wont diss the ol boys BBQ, but I diss his idea of gov. This aint Mombasa
He’s probably tried ‘whenwes mapopos.’
(Papaya candy made out of white Zimbabwe farmer...)
Whats the recipe for stewed, naive, stupid, dumb Americans who swallow my lies and my lie that I aint a Muslim, never have been!!! Stupid, Idiot Americans! Barack Obama HUSSEIN, the new Messiah of the Gullible!
Congrats, all. I thought this might be a fun thread to stick it to him. :)
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I had oysters for dinner last night. Great tide yesterday. I went to my favorite spot and got a dozen of those little tasties, I did, and being a rebel, I did it without benefit of a state license. Arrest me if you want, but they taste even better when they’re ill-gotten. In your face, “Governor” Gregoire!
Mombassa? Mombassa? Yes I remember now. Thats where Roland blew off VanOwens’ head.
Good for you!!!
I am in PA..off to your west....also have an HD RK. Hope you had a great 4th. My Bride served steak tonight, but had I read this post first, I may have asked her head back to the store for a couple of those delights, though they wouldn’t have been as good as yours. ;>)
I too am 59, at this point in life, what’s a couple handfuls of oysters....our Marist vote fraud gov can kma too . ;>)
“Anyone who doesn’t believe Obama is a Muslim:”
http:/theobamafile.com/ObamaIslam.htm
Your OBAMA FILE is a Must Read and Study!
Unfortunately alot of otherwise intelligent Demorats choose NOT to see or read the Truth about this Most Dangerous Muslim Chameonleon, Barack Osama HUSSEIN! Hopefully they will wakeup as Zell Miller pleaded of them and prove to Ann Coulter and Us that they are NOT BRAIN DEAD!
GOD BLESS AMERICA and OUR MILITARY !
Thanks, we had a fine 4th. Our Citizens’ Auxiliary helped with traffic at the parade and then we spent the evening at my son’s house watching the annual fireworks show.
Your post reminded me that I hadn’t updated my “about” page for awhile. I had to change the age to 62. But as they say, consider the alternative.
Which Road King do you have? Mine is a police FLHPI.
That is as far as I read. Who ever came up with the recipe knows nothing about REAL oysters. Gulf of Mexico oysters make pacific oysters comparable to cat food, but nothing compares to a Chincoteague oyster, except for their close cousin the Chesapeake Bay oyster.
Smoking cigarettes, while frowned upon my nanny state types remains legal.
Placing a picture of him smoking a cigarette while headlining his admission to smoking dope is a disservice to the 55 million Americans who consume a LEGAL product.
It may seem a petty thing to non-smokers, but such an insinuation just adds fuel to the fire of those who choose to demonize, denormalize, and just plain make tobacco consumers into 2nd class citizens.
We may smoke cigarettes, which he also does, but that does not mean we support him, but such an inference can and is made with such a pairing.
I totally agree with you and both of those facts.
I’m sorry, it is just a pet peeve of mine. I, and many other vocal and politically active folks who happen to use tobacco, have been getting a lot of not so pleasant comments about how hypocritial we are for opposing his candidacy because he is “one of us” and John McCain is “one of them.”
I am fully aware of McCain’s anti-tobacco positions, but I will take my chances with him anyway because I am not, and have never been, a one issue voter.
I hope you did not take my post as a personal affront, because it was not meant that way in the least.
2002 Road King Classic...95”, pearl white. Also have 2000, Ultra Classic, black and green. When I bought the bikes, I didn’t know that I qualified for the PI.....retired after nearly 30 years...;>)
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