h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hi MJ,

Like the entry!

I have a couple of points:

Firstly on the LS. I have a bottle in front of me and the ingredient list includes "mesquite smoke flavor" - how about you go with that, instead of using the commercial name?

Second is on the papaya. I grew up in Ghana, and it is called pawpaw there too. It is also used (in Kumasi, anyway) as a meat tenderiser. Ghanaian cuisine consists of many different stews and often it is mutton that they use oftentimes tough stuff <winkeye. they wrap it in pawpaw skin for a couple of days then cook so I was wondering why Africa did not feature in the entry.

I'll have a look to see if I can find any useful info for you.



W

http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=77011

I found this and remembered something rather distasteful - the seeds are antihelminthic (dewormer ...)

and

http://www.fao.org/inpho/content/compend/text/CH22_01.htm

This is a big page but you'll find some interesting stuff if you scroll down to "1.5 Alternative products from pawpaw"




W

Glad to hear the recipe is tried and true.
The thought of "natural mesquite flavor" drives me to wonderin'...
I'm not a big writer so I don't know the rules for entries involving brand names. Are they not allowed?
Somehow i thought, 'Liquid Smoke and Angustura Bitters' might be an interesting entry!

Wilma - Cheers! There's loads of good stuff there, and some intriguing stuff too...

I might change the entry, but as I said to neon, I've swapped BBQ sauce in the original recipe and it works just as well, so I guess while I used the Original Recipe for the basis, this one is actually mine...yeah?

As far as not including Africa, I haven't found any mention of paw paw being indiginous to Africa, so left it out. For the same reason I left out Pacific Nations and Oz and NZ. Paw Paw is used in a big way in those countries too, but as it's not REALLY indiginous to them I sort of left 'em out...(very remiss, perhaps I can swing them in, but after all the Entry is about the recipe, not the origins and use of Papaya. The heading is @A Little Bit About Papya' after all

neon -

Brand names are preferred not for EG Entries, just so the BBC can't be accused of promoting something over someting else, but I think if there's a legitimate reason for their inclusion it's ok.

And go ahead, I'm sure you can write something interesting about mesquite and angosturra



MJ

Crikey Wilma, there's enough info in that second link to refine for a EG Entry on Paw Paw - feel up to it?

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Another one for my Entries-to-do list? Blimey, I'll have to give up the job and have the s adopted!

You're doing fine, MJ - I'm sure you can cope with another topic

btw - found a typo: indiginous >> indigenous

I bought some pawpaw and steak today. Guess what tomorrow's dinner is? ... and w're going authentic with the LS
W

I'll add a footnote about Liquid Smoke ya pedant

ta for finding that spelling boob I'll fix it accordingly. And you never know, I might do something about paw paw for the Guide...

Enjoy your steaks!

another typo: refridgerator >> refrigerator

W

going to have staeks tomorrow. Do you think it'll work with Tofu ?

Tofu? Perhaps if you beat the steaks with a VERY heavy object beforehand...

I was rather thinking of the taste, really than of making tofu even softer.

Could get messy...

I wondered about doing an Entry on Paw Paw, and looking about there aren;y that many fruits covered by the EG anyway.

There's;

A686757 Granny Smith Apples
A536492 Bananas
A7209623 Blackberries and Brambling
A284528 The Raspberry
A593453 How to Enjoy a Mango
A71731 Blood Oranges

But there is nothing on many of the citrus fruits;

Lemons, Limes

The stranger fruits like;

Paw Paw, Lychee, Rhambutan, Star Fruit

and some of the other berries;

Blueberry, Gooseberry etc.

I think I might Challenge h2g2!

Help !!! Another Entry Addict

if you like, you know there's no escaping

B'elana, how about frying the tofu first, in slices, then a short marinade, then cooking?

anyway,
nice entry

what about people who eat their steak "blue"? not a recipe for them?

>what about people who eat their steak "blue"? not a recipe for them?<

I direct you to the following in the Entry -

Once the meat has marinated, remove from the refrigerator and prepare your steak as you would ordinarily. (there's a link on the word seak to take you to cooking styles )

The medium to well done is merely a serving 'suggestion'

I wish I could afford to eat this more often though

Sho

well, I'm actually a long-time vegetarian who is having a bit of a "phase" at the moment

and sorry I should have read that a bit more carefully

I used to be a vegetarian, then I got lured back to the dark side, by you guessed it, STEAK.

But I still enjoy my green salads and make a mean vegetable tart

I've always missed a lovely blue steak...

* away from the PR-No-Chat police*