Another rabbit dish

Fabian Rabbit  (recipe contributed by Tracey)

1 rabbit                          ½ tsp salt & pepper
3 rashes bacon                1 Tsp worcester sauce
1 T brown sugar              2 Tsp flour
2 medium onions              1 Tsp vinegar
3 Tsp tomato sauce          1 c stock or water

Roll rabbit in seasoned flour.  Cut bacon, fry & remove from pan.
Fry rabbit in bacon fat.  Fry onions.  Place in casserole & pour in
remaining ingredients mixed together.  Bake at 300ºC** for 2.5 hours.
**(Note: suspect this is meant to be 300º F, meaning about 180º C.)

Enjoy!!

Pappardelle or Tagliatelle with Rabbit Sauce

1 rabbit                                2 rashes bacon, chopped up
1 onion, sliced                      some celery, cut in strips
clove of garlic                      ½ doz mushrooms
Fresh or dried thyme to taste (or majoram)
salt and pepper                    1 Tsp flour
½ tumbler red wine or marsala
lemon juice & 1 tsp grated lemon peel
½ to ¾ pint hot stock or water.

Cut all the meat of the rabbit off the bone and slice into small strips.
In a thick bottomed pan melt some bacon fat and fry the bacon.
Add onion, garlic and celery. When these have browned a little
put in the strips of rabbit, mushrooms and herbs, salt and pepper.
Let the rabbit simmer for a few minutes, then add the flour. When
this has thickened, add the wine or marsala. Let this reduce
a little, then add stock or water.
Cover the pan, cook on a moderate heat for a good hour. The
mixture should resemble a thick sauce.
Before serving add the lemon juice and peel.
Cook the pappardelle (wide ribbon noodles) in plenty of boiling
salted water for 10-15 minutes. When cooked, put in heated
serving dishes, stir in parmesan cheese, and add the rabbit sauce.

Book lunch - it happened!

A select few gathered together today to see if a book lunch once a month would be a good idea and to initiate all into the processes of writing blogs.  The blogspot will hopefully provide a book and DVD recommendation service to many who don't wish to come out and talk about books and DVDs.
We hope all library readers will eventually post recommendations about the books they're reading.

That's enough for today until I see if the [process really works!