• Today in History - 1746

    From Dave Drum@1:3634/12 to All on Tue Sep 20 04:41:00 2022
    20 September 1746 - BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE ESCAPES SCOTLAND AFTER
    FAILED UPRISING: As the second Jacobite claimant to Britain's throne,
    Charles Edward Stuart has spent a year in Scotland struggling to do
    what his father, 'The Old Pretender,' could not. This 'Young Pretender'
    has no better luck, and breaks for France as the dream of a Catholic
    British king dies out.

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    Title: Big Charlie's Gumbo
    Categories: Beef, Stews, Vegetables, Herbs, Chilies
    Yield: 10 Servings

    2 tb Butter
    3 cl Garlic; minced
    2 c Chopped onion
    3/4 c Chopped celery
    1 lb Okra; chopped (opt) *
    1/4 c Butter
    1/4 c All-purpose flour
    1/2 lb Cubed beef stew meat
    8 c Water
    16 oz Can whole tomatoes; w/juice,
    - chopped
    1 1/2 ts White sugar
    1 1/2 tb Chopped fresh parsley
    1 Sprig fresh thyme
    2 Turkish bay leaves
    pn Salt
    1/2 ts Ground cayenne pepper
    pn Ground black pepper
    1 lb Andouille sausage; in 1/2"
    - pieces
    1/2 lb Crabmeat; flaked
    1 lb Medium shrimp; peeled,
    - deveined, tails off
    1/2 ts Hot pepper sauce
    1/4 c Worcestershire sauce
    1/2 Lemon

    * Double the celery if not using okra.

    Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook
    garlic, onions, celery and okra, stirring constantly
    until golden brown. Set aside.

    In a large heavy bottomed stock pot over medium-high
    heat, combine 1/4 cup of butter and flour. Cook,
    stirring constantly, until the roux becomes chocolate
    brown. Stir in the vegetable mixture, and stew meat.
    Cook, stirring, until vegetables are tender, and meat
    is evenly brown. Stir in water, tomatoes and sugar.
    Season with parsley, thyme, bay leaves, salt, cayenne
    pepper and black pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat,
    and simmer for 2 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.

    Add shrimp, crabmeat and andouille to stock pot. Stir
    in hot pepper sauce and Worcestershire sauce. Remove
    seeds from lemon and squeeze juice into stock pot.
    Simmer an additional 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
    Remove bay leaves, sprinkle with file powder, and serve.

    Recipe by: Eric Bernabe

    RECIPE FROM: http://allrecipes.com

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  • From Dave Drum@1:3634/12 to All on Thu Apr 6 04:41:00 2023
    06 April 1746 - THE BATTLE OF CULLODEN IS SCOTTISH JACOBITES' LAST
    STAND: A pitched battle near Inverness between Scottish Highlanders and
    British Loyalists results in thousands of casualties for the Scots, and
    a victory for the Brits that will lead to a cracking down on the
    Scottish clan system and a depopulating of the Highlands.

    It was the final confrontation of the Jacobite rising of 1745. On 06
    April 1746, the Jacobite army of Charles Edward Stuart was decisively
    defeated by a British government force under Prince William Augustus,
    Duke of Cumberland, on Drummossie Moor near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. It was the last pitched battle fought on British soil.

    Charles was the eldest son of James Stuart, the exiled Stuart claimant
    to the British throne. Believing there was support for a Stuart
    restoration in both Scotland and England, he landed in Scotland in July
    1745: raising an army of Scots Jacobite supporters, he took Edinburgh by September, and defeated a British government force at Prestonpans. The government recalled 12,000 troops from the Continent to deal with the
    rising: a Jacobite invasion of England reached as far as Derby before
    turning back, having attracted relatively few English recruits.

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    Title: Big Charlie's Gumbo
    Categories: Beef, Stews, Vegetables, Herbs, Chilies
    Yield: 10 Servings

    2 tb Butter
    3 cl Garlic; minced
    2 c Chopped onion
    3/4 c Chopped celery
    1 lb Okra; chopped (opt) *
    1/4 c Butter
    1/4 c All-purpose flour
    1/2 lb Cubed beef stew meat
    8 c Water
    16 oz Can whole tomatoes; w/juice,
    - chopped
    1 1/2 ts White sugar
    1 1/2 tb Chopped fresh parsley
    1 Sprig fresh thyme
    2 Turkish bay leaves
    pn Salt
    1/2 ts Ground cayenne pepper
    pn Ground black pepper
    1 lb Andouille sausage; in 1/2"
    - pieces
    1/2 lb Crabmeat; flaked
    1 lb Medium shrimp; peeled,
    - deveined, tails off
    1/2 ts Hot pepper sauce
    1/4 c Worcestershire sauce
    1/2 Lemon

    * Double the celery if not using okra.

    Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook
    garlic, onions, celery and okra, stirring constantly
    until golden brown. Set aside.

    In a large heavy bottomed stock pot over medium-high
    heat, combine 1/4 cup of butter and flour. Cook,
    stirring constantly, until the roux becomes chocolate
    brown. Stir in the vegetable mixture, and stew meat.
    Cook, stirring, until vegetables are tender, and meat
    is evenly brown. Stir in water, tomatoes and sugar.
    Season with parsley, thyme, bay leaves, salt, cayenne
    pepper and black pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat,
    and simmer for 2 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.

    Add shrimp, crabmeat and andouille to stock pot. Stir
    in hot pepper sauce and Worcestershire sauce. Remove
    seeds from lemon and squeeze juice into stock pot.
    Simmer an additional 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
    Remove bay leaves, sprinkle with file powder, and serve.

    Recipe by: Eric Bernabe

    RECIPE FROM: http://allrecipes.com

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