Russian Entree
TURKEY STROGANOFF
INGREDIENTS
12 ounce bag egg noodles
water
1 garlic clove
1 small onion
1 1/2 pounds ground turkey
1/2 teaspoon coriander
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon paprika
2 teaspoons butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 1/2 tablespoons flour
1 cup chicken broth
4 tablespoons sour cream
PREPARATION
Start cooking egg noodles according to instructions or slowly add egg noodles to large pot of boiling water. Keep noodles in boiling water for 5 to 7 minutes. Drain water from noodles with colander.
Mince garlic clove. (Do a small victory dance to celebrate another victory of Man Versus Garlic.) Dice onion (If you look carefully through your tearing eyes, you might see the onion bits move slightly. This is indeed the onion’s victory dance and you should be honored if you get to see it.)
Meanwhile, back at the mixing bowl, combine turkey, garlic, coriander, salt, pepper, onion, and paprika. Cook until there is no pink turkey meat.
Melt butter in frying pan using medium heat. Add olive oil and flour. Stir constantly until mixture thickens. Add turkey/spice mix. Add in sour cream and broth. Cook on medium-high heat until the entire mixture is hot.
This is a simple dish with easy steps, yet enough spices to make your guests drool. Life is good.
TIDBITS
1) Butter is made by agitating fresh cream.
2) Fresh cream, being an inanimate object, is usually cool by nature and difficult to agitate.
3) So you’ll have to call your fresh cream all sorts of nasty things to agitate it enough to make it become butter.
4) Things like “Your momma dates Sweet N LoTM” and “Butter begins with ‘butt’.”
5) Butter is largely a colloid of milk and water.
6) What’s a colloid?
7) Butter comes in two varieties, salted and unsalted, just like nuclear power.
8) Although, unsalted nuclear power does seem to predominate.
9) But you could sprinkle salt on an enriched uranium rod if you so wanted.
10) Please put on a radioactive-proof suit before trying the previous tidbit.
11) During the Middle Ages, witches were able to transform themselves into insects to steal butter.
12) Witches don’t like margarine or spreads.
13) This is why you don’t find many witches anymore.
14) So, if you see a witch on Halloween, please give her a stick of butter. Life’s been hard for her.
15) And maybe the witch will be so grateful for your kindness, she’ll give you a spell to use on your boss.
– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef
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