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February
Things that go 'Moo' - Veal Piccata
The ultimate section; the meat, the beef, the
prize! Once we learned to cook this, there was no
going back. What the world needs now, is meat,
sweet meat. It’s the only thing that
there’s just, too little of. There is really
nothing more to say about this topic, as meat is
king. What helps the meat in many cases is being
sure that it is cooked correctly. The chart of
inside temperatures below is a life saver.
Rare 130º
Medium 145º
Well 160º
Freakin’ Cinder 170º
Description:
Now, this is one of those
‘Eye-tal-yun’ dishes. What makes it
groovy is the subtlety of the flavors and subtle
they have to be. Veal is the key. If you get meat
from a cow that was over 5 months of age, well
hell, you might as well get a steak and read the
directions on how to cook that piece of meat. No,
this is a dish whose value comes from how you can
accent its flavor without overpowering it. For a
meal, this should be the last thing that you
prepare, so have your side of pasta done as well as
whatever salad you are going to serve. If you can
get the pronunciation of this dish down, you
already have it made halfway to the bedroom, or the
couch, or the counter, or the floor or the.... I
have found that Italian accents work really well on
all women except Italian ones.
Ingredients
1. ½ lb of veal that is about ¼”
thick
2. ½ cup of Chardonnay
3. 3 Tbsp of butter or margarine
4. 2 Tbsp of capers
5. 1 ½ teaspoons of lemon juice
6. ½ cup of sliced mushroom buttons. Okay,
just chill, these things come in a can that is
labeled, ‘Sliced Mushroom Button
Pieces.’
Directions
Get the saucepan out, drain the mushrooms and
toss in everything but the veal. Turn the heat up
to medium and keep an eye on it and stir it
periodically. While the stuff is heating, cut the
veal into pieces that are, oh heck, 4” by
4”. As soon as the butter is completely
melted, stir the stuff around. Now here comes the
tough part. Toss the veal in there and you really
have to watch it. Give it about a minute and then
turn it over. When you put the veal in, it is pink.
Your goal is to get it cooked just beyond that pink
color. The sooner you get the meat out of the pan
after it loses that pink color, the bigger hero you
are as the more tender the meat is. So, flip it a
lot.
Serving
In serving, put two slices of the veal per
person on the plate. Then, put a lot of the sauce
on top. Be sure that you include a lot in the way
of the mushrooms and capers there. Whip it on out
to her and ‘Buono Appetito!’ I think this
means, “You da man.”
©2009, by Ron
DesMarais
Related Books
Ron
DesMarais started life in Charlottesville, VA and
has lived in several parts of the United States.
When people hear the number of times he has moved,
the question invariably arises as to whether or not
he was an ‘Army Brat.’ There is only a
half-truth there and that is found by dropping
‘Army’; unless, you consider ‘Army
of Darkness.’ After moving with his parents
for several years, Ron continued his nomadic ways,
which were spurred by his mother’s finding out
where he currently lived. In the process of
changing dwellings and never getting rental
deposits back (which he claims were never his
fault), Ron’s financial status required that
he start cooking for himself, as he could not
afford eating out. This resulted in his quickly
getting bored with Top Ramen and deciding to get
creative in the kitchen. Soon, a list of recipes
with a limited number of inexpensive ingredients
started coming together. What really bolstered the
creation of his book Cavemen
in the Kitchen, and the
writing of it as not just a cookbook but a
‘dating aid’ as well was when Ron ended
up at a date’s house after a financially
draining evening out. As both were hungry but Ron
too broke and both too tired to go out somewhere,
Ron dug through her cabinets, found some items to
work with and based on a recipe he had created
earlier, he created a meal for both. She loved it
and the results of the meal were amazing in ways
those under 18 should not hear about. From that
point, dates for Ron consisted of cooking dinner,
either at his house or the date’s house, and
afterwards, either watching a video or doing
something else. Click here
to order a copy of the book (Contains adult
content.)
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