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Ingredients

2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup coarsely chopped fresh cilantro
2 whole green onions, coarsely chopped
2 fresh jalapeno peppers, seeded and chopped
1 cup sour cream
1 cup mayonnaise
salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Place lime juice, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, cilantro, green onions, and jalapeno peppers together in a blender or food processor. Process until well blended and smooth. Add sour cream and mayonnaise. Process again until smooth and creamy, scraping down the sides of the container as necessary. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.

Ingredients

2 pounds cubed beef stew meat
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
4 carrots, sliced
2 stalks celery, sliced
2 onions, sliced
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon ground dry mustard
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
3 cubes beef bouillon, crumbled
1 cup water
1 cup Burgundy wine

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Cook the beef on the stove over medium heat in a large, ovenproof pot or roaster until brown. Remove from heat and stir in flour until cubes are coated. Stir in carrots, celery and onions. Season with salt, thyme, mustard, pepper and bouillon. Finally, pour in water and wine. Cover.

Bake in preheated oven 4 hours. Serve hot.

Ingredients

1 (10 pound) whole goose
2 tablespoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon dried marjoram
8 ounces prunes, pitted and chopped
1 cup white wine
2 cups diced apple without peel
1 1/2 cups lightly packed, fresh, grated rye bread
2 tablespoons raisins
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
1 teaspoon white sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

Rinse goose and pat dry. Remove excess fat. Sprinkle with salt and marjoram inside and out. Prick skin all over with fork. Place goose, breast side up, in a roasting pan. Place pan in center of cooking grate. Add 2 cups of water to roasting pan.

Grill 2 1/2 to 3 hours or until tender and temperature (measured internally) reaches 180 degrees F. To crisp goose, increase grill temperature to High for last 15 to 30 minutes. Remove goose from grill. Reserve fat for gravy. Let goose stand for 15 to 20 minutes before carving.

To Make Stuffing: Place prunes and 1/4 cup white wine in a large bowl. Soak for 5 minutes. Add apples, grated rye bread, raisins, lime juice, sugar, salt, and cinnamon. Mix well. Place in an 8x4x2 inch heavy-gauge foil pan. Cover with heavy foil and grill indirectly over medium heat for about 40 minutes. For crisper stuffing, grill uncovered.

To Make Gravy: In a saucepan, mix remaining 3/4 cup wine, 1/2 cup water, 3 tablespoons reserved goose fat and 3 tablespoons stuffing. Press stuffing to dissolve, and use as thickening for gravy. Bring mixture to boil; simmer for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Strain gravy and season with salt.

Ingredients

1 1/2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast meat
3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup soy sauce
3/4 cup mirin (Japanese sweet wine)
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
3 carrots, julienned
2 onions, thinly sliced
1 (14 ounce) can shredded bamboo, drained
1/2 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 cup trimmed and coarsely chopped watercress
1 (8 ounce) package rice noodles, soaked and cut into 2 inch pieces

Directions

Cut chicken meat into bite size pieces. In a medium bowl combine the sugar, soy sauce, and mirin wine. Mix well, and set aside.

In a skillet or wok, heat oil over medium-high heat. Squeeze juice from grated ginger into wok, add grated ginger, and stir fry until brown. Discard ginger fibers. Increase heat to high, and stir in chicken. Season with soy sauce mixture, and cook for 2 more minutes.

One at a time add the carrots, onions, bamboo shoots, mushrooms, and watercress. Stir after each addition. Add rice noodles; cook, stirring, for about 3 more minutes, or until done.