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Show PAGE 12 THEZEPHYR APRIL 1992 Add vinegar, water, lemon juice, wine, onion, Place Easter Bunny parts in a large bowl doves and bay leavea Refrigaate at Inst 24 hour, turning salt, mustard, pepper, pickling spices, 48 hours). Remove "bunny piandjreserve marinade. occasionally (this isbetter if marinaded and brown in butter in a heavy skillet or Dutch oven. Add Dry pieces well, dredge with flour to a boil. Lower heat and simmer until strainedmarinade to the browned "bunny." Cover. Bring Add sugar to the broth. Blend 6 T. flour with a Arrange "bunny" pieces on a platter. for 1 minute. Stir in the sour cream, but little water and stir into the broth. Cook while stirring with serve potato pancakes and currant jelly. do not let boil Pour over the "bunny" and Another good Easter Bunny redpe is the following which is rumored to have been a favorite of author Lillian Heilman: Ingredients: 1 Easter Bunny R-n- suitable for reading by children due to the sensitive subject matter. ot belly, chopped and chopped 12 onions, minced 1 dove garlic, minced 1 1. thyme 1 bay leaf 1 Easter Bunny, cut up 1 C dry white wine C 14 brandy 2 T. heavy cream 1 L Dijon mustard 1 1. chopped parsley salt and pepper 1 HASENPFEFFER This article is rated 12 lbs. pork 3 carrots, peeled If you're like 01' Flocko, you probably wonder what to do with the Easter Bunny after have you trapped him in your home on Easter morning after delivering his chocolate eggs, colored and other goodies. I had never really thought of trying to trap the Easter Bunny until one eggs Spring about 15 years ago when I was running Willie Rodeo's Halfway House for Wayward Peace Officers. That Spring, die halfway house's only resident besides myself was Deputy Newley. Newley had been living at the halfway house for about two months and, in addition to his other problems, was suffering from severe "trapping withdrawal. Up to that point, Newley had run a string of traps for coyotes all through Grand and San Juan Gounty, but had been dissuaded from his trapping endeavors by animal rights activists, environmentalists and other more enlightened ' beings. I had been gone Easter week and came home Easter afternoon to the smell of something wonderful cooking in the kitchen. "What's cooking, Newley?" I assked "Easter Bunny Hasenpfeffer," he replied. I set traps for the little bugger all around the house and caught him behind the woodbuming stove. I surveyed the house and found that there were no chocolate eggs, chicks or other goodies and, therefore, assumed that he had trapped the Easter Bunny before he made his Lay 12 pound of the pork in the bottom of a casserole. Cover with a layer of half file carrot, onion, garlic; thyme, bay leaf, and add another 12 pound of the pork. Add the "bunny," then the rest of the vegetables and the rest of the pork. Pour the wine and brandy over the hours. Remove; casserole. Cover tightly and cook in a slow oven (about 300 degrees) for 2 Skim the fat off the warm. dish and cooking juices keep arrange meat and vegetables on serving and place casserole on low flame. Brat the egg yolk and cream together and add to the juices, stir, and cook gently. DO NOT BOIL, just cook until it thickens, add the mustard, and pour over the "bunny." Sprinkle with parsley. i 12 delivery. "Newley," I said. "This Easter Bunny trapping is a good deal, but in the future, don't kill the Bunny before he lays the chocolate egg." In any event, I've been preparing Easter Bunny in various ways every Easter since that fateful day 15 years ago. ..; I to "Easter refer Bunny" in the following recipes, I have adjusted the following Though for use the of recipes commercially obtained rabbit, which are somewhat smaller than a true Easter Bunny, (a true Easter Bunny is the same approximate size as Bugs or Roger). If you cannot find rabbit at your local super or mini market, I am sure you will find some neighbors who unwittingly gave their children a pair of cute little bunnies last Easter and, thus, will have rabbits galore for your dining pleasure. . Though our Native American brothers and sisters to the South, file Hopis, do not traditionally celebrate Easter, they do have several recipes far cooking migratory Easter Bunnies that pass through their Reservation on their way to other locales. The following recipe uses dried Easter Bunny in case you are unable to trap or procure a fresh one: DRIED EASTER BUNNY STEW WITH DUMPLINGS Ingredients: EASIER BUNNY HASENPFEFFER dried Easter Bunny 2 quarts water 1 Ingredients: IT. salt medium onion, chopped 2 stalks celery, chopped assorted other vegetables dumplings (redpe below) 1 approximately 4 lbs. cleaned Easter Bunny, cut into pieces 12 C red wine vinegar 12 C water 1 T. pickling spices 8 doves 1 T. lemon 1 C Cabernet Sauvignan 3 bay leaves 1 1 juice flour 2 medium onions, sliced 13 C butter dry mustard 2 L salt 12 peppercorns 1 1 L 1 - Undo forelegs from hind legs and wash "bunny" thoroughly. 2. Place "bunny" in a saucepan, cover with water, and simmer, covered, for thirty-fiv-e or forty minutes, or until tender. 3. Add salt; onion, celery, and other vegetables you like in a stew, and cook until tender. 4. Add dumplings, cover, and cook another ten minutes. 1. 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