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03 Jan 06 - 10:40 AM (#1640350) Subject: BS: Things to do with beer From: Bee-dubya-ell Well, since there've been so many great ideas suggested over on the "Things to do with vinegar" thread, and since there's probably a lot more beer in the world than there is vinegar, what can you do with it? Obviously, you can drink it. And you can use it to bait slug traps. Seems like I remember something about washing hair with it. And you can use it instead of water or milk to make a batter for frying seafood. Gotta be more. Heck, everybody likes beer more than vinegar. How many times have you seen tavern owners trying to attract customers by displaying signs that say "FREE VINEGAR!"? |
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03 Jan 06 - 11:04 AM (#1640364) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: John on the Sunset Coast Why would anyone want to waste beer for other than drinking? |
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03 Jan 06 - 11:11 AM (#1640369) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: mack/misophist Things to do with beer: Drink it Vomit Use excess beer to make beer vinegar (alegar) |
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03 Jan 06 - 11:13 AM (#1640371) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: Dave Earl Make a Steak and Ale pie? |
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03 Jan 06 - 11:21 AM (#1640381) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: Rapparee Soak your steaks in it for about six hours before cooking them. Use it to steam GOOD hot dogs and GOOD sausages. Use Guinness and chopped up dried apricots in roasting pork. Run it through a still a couple of times. Chill it to EXACTLY 0 C. in a stainless steel bowl, and then drop in chips of ice to suck up the water, then drink the whats left. |
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03 Jan 06 - 11:24 AM (#1640385) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: pdq Beer makes your breakfast pancakes light and tasty. |
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03 Jan 06 - 11:24 AM (#1640386) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: Emma B Grainy Mustard and Beer Loaf 180ml or 3/4 cup flat beer 1tbsp vegetable oil 2tbsp wholegrain mustard 250g/9oz unbleached white bread flour 125g/4 1/2oz wholemeal bread flour 1tbsp skimmed milk powder 1 tsp salt 1 1/2 tsp granulated sugar 1tsp easy-blend dried yeast ............guess who got a breadmaker for Xmas? |
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03 Jan 06 - 11:26 AM (#1640390) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: number 6 Emma B .... wouldn't Guiness be the best beer for this?? Thanks for posting this recipe. sIx |
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03 Jan 06 - 11:28 AM (#1640393) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: bobad Best ask Mrs. Beer. |
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03 Jan 06 - 11:29 AM (#1640394) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: Emma B the recipe suggests pale ale or brown ale for the "darkest" loaf - but might try your suggestion. |
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03 Jan 06 - 11:37 AM (#1640402) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: GUEST, Topsie Add some to your Christmas pudding recipe (drink any left over). |
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03 Jan 06 - 11:44 AM (#1640408) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: SINSULL Beer Bread baked in the beer can. Corned Beef simmered for hours in beer. Used to set my hair with beer - circa 1960. Supposedly conditioned as is set the curl. Stunk like a brewery but... Beer Battered Fish |
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03 Jan 06 - 11:54 AM (#1640411) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: Raptor I sometimes mix sugar and beer to make a substance to be smeared on a tree at dusk to attract moths and other insects for study. Thats the entamologist in me. Raptor |
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03 Jan 06 - 11:57 AM (#1640413) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: artbrooks The Prescott Brewing Company in Prescott, Arizona, my former home-away-from-home, sends out a monthly newsletter, one of the features of which is a receipe for something cooked with beer. The one currently on the website is for Beer Battered Shrimp with Chipotle Honey. |
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03 Jan 06 - 12:02 PM (#1640421) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: bobad BEEF AND GUINNESS STEW WITH LEEK CHAMP Serves 4 generously For the stew: 2 pounds (900 g) lean stewing beef (or inside round, outside round beef) 2 tablespoons (25 mL) oil 2 tablespoons (25 mL) flour Salt, freshly ground pepper to taste Pinch cayenne pepper 2 large onions, chopped coarse 2 cloves garlic, crushed 2 tablespoons (25 mL) tomato paste 3 tablespoons (50 mL) water 1 cup (250 mL) Guinness stout 2 large carrots, chopped coarse 1 tablespoon (15 mL) fresh thyme, chopped For the leek champ: 1 pound (450 g) potatoes, washed and skins on 2 large leeks, washed, whites only 1/2 stick (1/4 cup/50 mL) butter 1 cup(250 mL)hot milk Salt, freshly ground pepper to taste 1. For the stew, trim and cut meat into 1 1/2 to 2-inch (4 to 5-cm)cubes. Toss meat in 1 tablespoon (15 mL) of the oil, then into a mixture of the flour, salt, pepper and cayenne. Brown meat with remaining oil in frypan on all sides. Add onions, crushed garlic, tomato paste dissolved in 3 tablespoons (50 mL) of water. Place mixture in a heavy Dutch oven or stovetop casserole with lid. 2. Deglaze the frypan with a little of the Guinness. Pour onto the meat mixture with the remaining Guinness. Add carrots, thyme and adjust seasoning. Cover and simmer gently until meat is tender, about 2 to 3 hours. 3. To make the leek champ, wash and boil unpeeled potatoes in salted water until cooked. Wash leeks and slice, white parts only, into thin rounds. Saute gently in frypan with butter until tender but not browned. Drain potatoes, peel and mash while hot. Beat in leek mixture with hot milk, salt and pepper to make a soft texture. Serve immediately with the stew. |
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03 Jan 06 - 02:32 PM (#1640501) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: Charmion Steamed mussels, boeuf flamande Kobe beef is from cattle fatted on beer. You can also give it to your racehorse to make his coat glossy. |
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03 Jan 06 - 03:01 PM (#1640520) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: Helen I've been making a cockroach trap using a wine bottle with a teaspoon or so of either wine or beer in the bottom and a smear of oil around the inside of the top of the bottle. Cockies can't resist beer or wine, crawl in to indulge, can't get back out because of the oil smear, and die in what most Aussie males would think was heaven, floating in beer. Go on, tell me I shouldn't be wasting good beer on cockroaches! Helen |
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03 Jan 06 - 03:24 PM (#1640543) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: Rapparee Beer makes your breakfast pancakes light and tasty. Too many words. Put the period just before the word "pancakes." |
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03 Jan 06 - 03:29 PM (#1640545) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: beardedbruce Give it to a friend or two... Or steam crabs with it. ( Chesapeake Bay Blue crabs, of course....With Old Bay seasoning) |
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03 Jan 06 - 03:31 PM (#1640546) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: MMario It's good for making stews, excellent for braising veggies, good in batter for deep frying, , try steaming seafood (lobster, crabs, clams, quahogs) with a good beer!!!! Goes well in a cheese fondue, not so well in a chocolate fondue. |
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03 Jan 06 - 03:33 PM (#1640547) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: beardedbruce ( great minds think...) |
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03 Jan 06 - 04:15 PM (#1640578) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: Kaleea *My Daddy always said that if your stomach bothers you all the time, have a beer before you go to sleep at night. *Marinate your brats in beer before you toss them on the grill. *Make a batter out of beer & flour, then dunk foods in it & fry in hot oil. In the olden days, I never knew any girls who set their hair with beer, but the blonde gals I knew would put in on their hair to help keep it blonde. |
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03 Jan 06 - 04:19 PM (#1640583) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: Liz the Squeak The trick with beer cookery is to let it go flat first, otherwise it leaves a nasty bitter aftertaste. Of course, for batters this won't work because then they won't be so light. LTS |
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03 Jan 06 - 04:22 PM (#1640586) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: gnu Invite me over. If you got lots. |
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03 Jan 06 - 04:38 PM (#1640595) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: McGrath of Harlow You could stick in sugar and spice and such like, and warm it up (preferably with a red hot poker), as Mulled Ale. Here's a recipe that looks good. ...................... At the other extreme for those who like their beer cold, maybe you could freeze it and have beer ice-cubes to put in your beer. |
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03 Jan 06 - 04:56 PM (#1640606) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: Rasener When you have a hosepipe ban (this is especially for the men), drink loads of Guinness and then water the plants in your garden. Doesn'y matter too much if you miss your aim, nothing to clear up LOL :-) Just think of all the goodness the plants would get. |
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03 Jan 06 - 05:40 PM (#1640644) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: Nigel Parsons "Things to do with beer": Drink! Drink! Drink! To eyes that are bright as stars when they're shining on me Drink! Drink! Drink! To lips that are red and sweet as the fruit on the tree.... |
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03 Jan 06 - 07:36 PM (#1640725) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: Big Al Whittle I seem to remember a guy catching cockroaches with beer in a cockroach trap - but it could be a figment of my imagination - like the time aliens came and started a folk club. some people shampoo themselves with it. some people sell it, others buy it and make it. then there was the very fat man who watered the workers beer. then theres Phil Beer, and Beer in Devon - so you can name places and people after it. then you pour it down your pyjamas and play with a yo yo, but this is irrational behaviour and I do not recommend it. |
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03 Jan 06 - 07:39 PM (#1640729) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: Grab Marinate your brats in beer before you toss them on the grill. Well I know children can be annoying sometimes, but isn't this a little excessive...? |
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03 Jan 06 - 08:05 PM (#1640752) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: Bee-dubya-ell Damn, Grab! Ya beat me to it! |
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03 Jan 06 - 09:43 PM (#1640820) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: mack/misophist The answer to Grab's question is: NO! |
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03 Jan 06 - 11:22 PM (#1640873) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: Rapparee Old Bay is the ONLY seasoning to use with crabs! Yessir, if you got crabs, get Old Bay and fix 'em right up! (We've got a huge container of Old Bay -- but then, my wife grew up in Maryland and spent her teen years on The Bay, and if you have to ask which one, well....) |
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04 Jan 06 - 07:39 AM (#1641022) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: Sandra in Sydney Man leaves the Bar & goes to the Gents where he sees a bloke pouring his beer in the trough. "What are you doing that for?" "I'm cutting out the middle man" |
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04 Jan 06 - 08:13 AM (#1641041) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: Beer It has been said already so nothing original here. Drink it. Beer |
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04 Jan 06 - 09:47 PM (#1641557) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: GUEST,leeneia Pot roast cooked in beer. Very tasty. |
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04 Jan 06 - 09:58 PM (#1641565) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: GUEST,leeneia Check this out. http://www.outofthefryingpan.com/recipes/chicken.beer.butt.shtml My sister-in-law swears this works. I just dunno.... I tried to make a blue clicky, but got in and almost couldn't get out! |
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05 Jan 06 - 02:58 AM (#1641775) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: Gurney Leave it about until the wine fly gets in it, wait a while, sprinkle it on chips. French fries to the restaurant trade. Use it to whiten stone floors, stale. Good. Pass it through your kidneys and ferment. Better. |
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05 Jan 06 - 09:56 AM (#1641961) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: gnomad Guest,Leeneia - That is a weird thing to do, but I could imagine it working. Funny but I have long wondered how you used those covers, being a Brit I assumed they were to keep rain off. I sometimes deglaze the pan with beer when making a casserole, good with beef or lamb, but I prefer to use cider or wine with chicken or pork. |
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05 Jan 06 - 12:16 PM (#1642069) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: Tannywheeler As my (then)almost-grown son used to say (trying to shock Mom), "Beer--not just for breakfast anymore!!" Stews, fondues, roasts, hair-rinse, bug traps....sounds like air--good for almost everything. Tw |
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05 Jan 06 - 12:23 PM (#1642076) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: GUEST,leeneia Remember the diet drink "Tab"? My mother-in-law came for a visit long ago, leaving behind some Tab. I tried baiting slugs with it (why not use it for something?), but the slugs wouldn't have anything to do with it. One morning I found a tiny note that said, "Where's the beer?" Those slugs are smarter than we know. |
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05 Jan 06 - 01:02 PM (#1642105) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: GUEST,leeneia What I want to know is, doesn't the paint come off the beer can and contaminate the chicken? Also, what does anybody do with the rest of the Budweiser? Re: "Funny but I have long wondered how you used those covers, being a Brit I assumed they were to keep rain off." Yes, rain as well as snow, hail, sleet, and the ubiquitous pink insulation which is scattered about the realm by tornadoes. |
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05 Jan 06 - 05:14 PM (#1642309) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: *Laura* throw it over people you are arguing with. I guess I've been watching too much tv. I'll just go hang my head in shame now... xLx |
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05 Jan 06 - 05:15 PM (#1642311) Subject: RE: BS: Things to do with beer From: GUEST, Topsie Lamb's wool = mulled ale with fluffy apples (such as Bramleys) cooked in it. |