Subject: Bean Patties
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Sun Feb 13 2000 - 03:36:58 EST
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: FOOD FUNNY :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Reader Marty Snow knows how much I enjoy a true food funny.
A friend of mine in Ohio has a daughter that is now 3 or 4 years out
of college. Soon after she graduated she got an apartment with
another girl. Well the other girl comes home one day to a burnt smell
in the apartment and asks her what is going on. "I'm baking a cake."
she says. "I think it's done." says the roomie. "No, it's not, I
just checked it." she says. Roomie looks in to see a very well done
cake and tells her it sure is done. "No it isn't, the toothpick
hasn't come out yet. The instructions say "Cake is done when a
toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean."" She
had put a toothpick in the center of the unbaked cake and was waiting
for it to come out!
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We think of refried beans as being Mexican, but the Polish people have
also been doing it for centuries. Here is one of their contributions
to legume gastronomy:
Bean Patties (Kotlety z Fasoli)
2 cups (500 ml) dried beans*, cooked and drained
OR 4 cups (1 L) canned beans, rinsed and drained
2 eggs, lightly beaten
4 Tbs (60 ml) bread crumbs
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
Additional bread crumbs for coating
Vegetable oil, butter, or bacon fat for frying
* Any type of bean may be used, as well as lentils or split-peas.
Puree the beans in a food processor or food mill. Add the eggs, bread
crumbs, salt, and pepper, and mix well. Shape the mixture into
patties and coat with bread crumbs. Fry in hot oil until golden brown
on both sides. Serves 4 to 6.
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