Here's our dinner the other night:
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Lion, asparagus, and mashed potatoes.
Mr. Hawthorne was rummaging through
our freezer and came up with
this tender lion.
(Click on pic to enlarge.)
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Someone recommended the Salamida State Fair
Spiedie Sauce Marinade
so we thought we'd give it a try.
I checked out the label and it said,
"Each bottle made individually for ingredient
accuracy and quality."
Ingredients list:
vinegar, soybean oil, salt, black pepper, dehydrated garlic,
spices, natural flavor, monosodium glutamate
(to enhance flavor).
NO PRESERVATIVES.
NO SUGAR. NO GLUTEN.
(Their caps.)
Mr. Hawthorne marinated the lion overnight.
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Asparagus from my garden.
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Mr. Hawthorne grilled his lion for about 3-4 minutes
on each side.
Oiled asparagus for about 2 minutes.
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And here's dindin.
Grilled, marinated lion with
grilled asparagus and mashed 'taters.
And don't forget the carrot cake.
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The lion meat was quite tender
and very flavorful.
Not gamy at all.
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Perfectly cooked.
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You can't beat just-picked asparagus.
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Mashed potatoes are one of my favorite things.
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Beautiful, rare, tender lion meat.
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Bon appetit.
1 comment:
I used to manufacture silkscreens that were used by stove manufacturers to mark the back instrument panels on electric and gas stoves. One day, I finally noticed that the artwork we had been using for two years had a setting for "pork lion" on it. These folks literally made thousands of stoves a day, so for two years, stoves were marked that way, so keep your eyes open. And no, they provided the artwork.
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