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<DIV>Although it is nice of you to provide this safety warning for those attempting to cook phoenix, I am sure if you re-check your facts you just might find that these are words that Sacred Stone uses to keep people from hunting their "special bird".</DIV>
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<DIV>Please recheck your facts and remember, never let the truth stand in the way of a good story..! I might just add it to the cook booklet........hint, hint.</DIV>
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<DIV>Cairistiona</DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> William de Mont d'Or <mondor.winchester@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> General Mailing List for the Barony of Stierbach <moo@lists.stierbach.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Mon, August 30, 2010 3:59:18 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Moo] Safety Warning for Those Attempting to Cook a Phoenix<BR></FONT><BR>I would like to thank those worthies who have submitted recipes on<BR>the proper preparation of a phoenix for the diner table. I look<BR>forward to trying each of the recipes and enjoying the tough old bird<BR>cooked to perfection with these very tempting cooking suggestions.<BR>While the delight of eating a properly prepared phoenix is next to<BR>imposable to surpass, it is worth remembering that cooking a phoenix<BR>is not without its hazards. Please keep in mind these two cautions
if<BR>you wish to have an enjoyable meal and avoid disaster.<BR><BR>Primus. The phoenix is, by its nature, a very flammable bird. Even<BR>the lightest brush with an open flame will tend to send the entire<BR>bird up in a hot flaming mass of exploding meat, gristle, and hot fat.<BR>It has been described to me, by those who should know of such things,<BR>as something akin to touching a dry torch soaked in naphtha and then<BR>rolled in the powder used in gonnes to the flame. At the least, the<BR>cook will be embarrassed due to a lack of a meat dish (and perhaps<BR>eyebrows), and it could also lead to a serious or painful injury.<BR>Though if one is tired of their current dwelling, incineration by<BR>phoenix is generally considered a satisfactory excuse for building a<BR>new abode, or kitchen.<BR><BR>Secundus. The phoenix is a difficult bird to prepare for cooking.<BR>The trials and tribulations in catching, dispatching, plucking,
and<BR>cleaning the creature are well known and do not need to be gone over<BR>again here. One item often overlooked by the cook, nigh to exhaustion<BR>from the aforementioned dispatching, plucking, and cleaning, is the<BR>need to keep the phoenix away from the coals and ashes of the fire.<BR>While everyone knows what happens if a cooked phoenix is placed in<BR>ashes, it can come as an unpleasant surprise to the cook who has spent<BR>hours preparing, seasoning, and cooking the bird only to have it<BR>spring whole again from the ashes and to have to start the process<BR>over once again.<BR><BR>So please keep these in mind when preparing your phoenix.<BR><BR>William de Mont d'Or<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Moo mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Moo@lists.stierbach.org"
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