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Prelude: I prepared the following food at work today, not my normal place of cheffin'. Probably a better day at work than most, eh?

On March 15th 2004 a special young lad by the name of John Bell paid us a visit here at Meathenge from Mobile Alabama. He's known for quite a handful of things, one of which being Southern Fried Chicken. I want to get this straight and clear right now. I'm not making Emeril's chicken, nor am I making chicken that you make. I WANNA MAKE WHAT JOHN BELL MAKES !!! And after 3 posts on Meahenge, I have yet to accomplish this. If you go check out March 15th's entry you'll get to SEE what his craggy lava crunch chicken looks like. And what it tastes like? You'll just have to imagine.

This last Saturday I left the Farmer's Market with a noticeable skip in my step. Sure I had my pockets full of meat and my one kidney was doing double time to get rid of the Blue Bottle Coffee's New Orleans style iced coffee. This time was different. This time I got to SELL SAUSAGE !!!

This last Saturday I picked up a handful of Crepinettes from The Fatted Calf. Sure I could have walked away with some Toulouse, Rosso or Chorizo or even some breakfast patty sausage. But I've been down those roads more than a few times and it seems as though Taylor changes the ingredients of the Crepinettes from week to week. As much as I detest change, this one is fine by me. We all need a little a meat flavor merry-go-round with either pork or duck or both.
With my pockets filled, I headed up to visit Jan at the Blue Bottle Coffee Company stall. Her helper was there and it wasn't too busy (like the first time in months she'd had time to do something other than drip coffee), so we sped back to get her some meat. The first thing she went for was the Mortadella. Hey, I like mortadella. I didn't get any. HEY TAYLOR, ME TOO !!! Both Jan and I got mortadella. I felt like skipping to my truck, I had a new treat.

Spring has most assuredly sprung. People are out of their house, on the road and usually right where I want to be. The stunts they're pulling in town are amazing to say the least. All I was interested in doing was hopping onto the freeway and make my way into Berkeley via University Avenue. At 9:30 am Saturday morning there was one line of cars stretching for miles, all directly in front of my truck. Once finally making it to my favorite part of town for parking I find tree cutting trucks have taken everything. Back down University for 4 blocks, maybe some parking? You think? Mebe. Yes, I found one.
Was it all worth it? Yes! Fatted calf's News Letter said he had a new sausage this week and I wanted to be first in line.

I like corn and corn bread. I like corn bread and I especially like corn meal. I like corn meal and I like corn meal cook books. So when I saw this little "illi" I hadda take it home with me.

The Recipe
BATTER-DIPPED HOT DOGS

½ cup corn meal
½ cup sifted all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
½ teasoon pepper
1 egg, beaten
½ cup milk
2 tablespoons melted lard or bacon grease

12 WEINERS

Sift together dry ingredients. Add egg, milk and lard and/or bacon grease. Beat with rotary beater until smooth... ah!

Dip WEINERS into batter; drain...

Fry in hot deep fat (375°F) 2 to 3 minutes or until golden brown. Drain... on absorbant paper. Makes 6 servings!

Guess what though. I HATE HOT DOGS!!!

Here are a load of carrot leavenings, what's left after you juice a few carrots. Not only was the juice good, but the garden benefits as well. The Juice Love Circle of Health.

Gee, no salt or saturated fats there ...

HAM SAMMICH GO !!!! Home made bread too, that's what really made it worth taking a picture of. Nice and tasty textury yummy. DO YOU LIKE HAM ?!??!?!?!?