| 1 | I knew if we were patient, this would become available. |
| 2 | For all of you who have been waiting patiently to make your fruit bats into fruit bat soup, here"s a recipe. |
| 3 | the following is a genuine recipe from micronesia. |
| 4 | Fruit bats, or flying foxes, are furry, fruit and nectar eating bats about the size of small rabbits. |
| 5 | The make very affectionate pets. |
| 6 | sea salt to taste, chopped scallions, soy sauce and/or coconut cream. |
| 7 | Place the bats in a large kettle and add water to cover, the ginger, onion, and salt. |
| 8 | Bring to the boil and cook for 40 minutes. |
| 9 | Strain broth into a second kettle. |
| 10 | Take the bats, skin them and discard the skin. |
| 11 | Remove meat from the bones and return meat, and any of the viscera you fancy, to the broth. |
| 12 | Heat. |
| 13 | Serve liberally sprinkled with scallions and further seasoned with soy sauce and/or coconut cream. |
| 14 | yield: 4 servings. |
| 15 | (from "the new york times natural foods cookbook" by jean hewitt (c) 1971, |
| 16 | quadrangle books, inc. |
| 17 | Ny. |
| 18 | note: a final word about the jean hewitt cookbook. |
| 19 | It is now out of print so i don"t feel too bad about swiping a recipe from it. |
| 20 | Despite the above it is an excellent cookbook made up from recipes sent in by readers to the new york times, and tested by ms hewitt herself. |
| 21 | It comes from the days when "natural foods" did not just mean salt free veggie fare, (although there are plenty of first rate, mostly simple vegetarian recipes included). |
| 22 | If you can get hold of a copy from a public library, say, i recommend it. |
| 23 | bill venables, dept. |
| 24 | Of statistics, univ. |
| 25 | Of adelaide, south australia. |
