European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                N thanksgiving Newport Tim a Merican cooking and ingredients now have a Pra Solge and acclaim Hal seemed almost unthinkable a decade ago. Young Chela and their kitchens have attained the serious stature end distinction that was formerly accorded by sophisticated palates and work travellers Only to those who were born abroad. One of the prime movers and first great champions of american cooking is a relatively Young new yorker Larry Forgione who was bom in Queens in 1952 and whose first restaurant an american place opened in Manhattan slightly More than three years ago. Us menu includes such native specialities Allol them prepared according to his own inventiveness As butterfish Montauk squid. Atlantic Salmon spoon bread griddle cakes Long Island Duck sausages and hash Brown potatoes As Tor desserts them Are Apple pan dowdy banana Gingersnap Betty and Strawberry Shortcake. Adventurous indeed Lor a new York restaurant going Public used to exotic foreign cuisines. Larry says hat although his training has been inner National he came by his admiration for native cooking naturally when growing up. The chief provi Jer of Amity ideals was his Irish grandmother he says who would get up in the morning put her apron on and Start baking pies shucking peas and making  for thanksgiving the Forgione Lam Lymeal was distinctly traditional roast Turkey with Sage and bread stuffing Brussels spro Sils Green Beans baked candied Sweet potatoes pan Gravy Cranberry sauce and pumpkin mincemeat Lemon meringue and Apple pies. There were never less than 24 people children mothers fathers. Grandfathers and so on Al that table he says. Because of his influence in establishing american cooking i recently asked him How he would go about preparing his own thanksgiving table. "01 course he said there must be roast Turkey the meal would be unthinkable without in. And Well build the real of the meal around thai. I think that one of the most american of food combinations is crab meal with oysters so let s have an appetizer of devised crab Plua oysters baked on the half  devised crab with oysters baked on the half Shell 1 Pound Lump crab meat 1v Tablespoon butter w Teaspoon finely minced garlic 1 Tablespoon finely chapped onion 2 Tablespoon finely diced Sweet red Pepper 2 Tablespoon finely diced Sweet Green Pepper 4 Teaspoons dry Mustard 1 Tablespoon finely chopped Green herbs Uch As Parsley Chervil and or chives i Teaspoon Cayenne Pepper 2w Tablespoons flour u cup heavy Cream Ink Tablespoons prepared spicy Brown Mustard 1 i Teaspoons freshly squeezed Lemon juice 2 pm Yolks Salt to taste hot tired freshly ground Pepper to taste 11 oysters shucked Tablespoon Oyster liquor 18 oy1r Shell Erma Bombeck _ 1 Eup fun fresh bread Crumb Taie Tulicki Aee recipe 1 pick Over the crab Msal. Removing and discarding any Shell or cartilage that May remain. 2. Heal the butter in a Large Skillet and add the garlic. Onion and diced peppers. Cook stirring until the mixture la willed. Add the dry Mustard chopped Green herbs and Cayenne Pepper. Stir to blend. 3. Sprinkle Ullh the hour and stir to blend. Add the Cream gradually ally ring rapidly with e wire whisk. Cook until thickened. Remove the pan from the heat. 4. Stir in the spicy Brown Mustard and when blended add the crab meat. Slur Gentry to blend. 5. Add the Lemon juice and egg Yolks Salt end Pepper la table and stir to blend. 6. Scrape the mixture into a mixing bowl and Lei stand until thoroughly Cool. The mixture May be refrigerated overnight ii desired. 7. Combine the oysters and Oyster liquor in a Saucepan and bring to simmer. Simmer about 30 seconds or until the edges of the oysters Start to curl. Line a dish with absorbent towering. Using a slotted spoon scoop the oysters Tom their cooking liquid and spoon Mem onto the paper. Discard the cooking liquid. B. Place the oysters in the refrigerator until thoroughly Cool. They May be coveted and refrigerated overnight. 9. Rinse the Oyster shells and Pat them dry. Divide the crab meat mixture into two portions. Fill the Oyster shells Wilh equal amounts of Hall of the crab mixture. Make a slight indentation in the Center of each bit of filling. Place one Oysler into each indentation. 10. Top each Oyster Wilh equal portions of the remaining crab mixture and smooth Over the lop rounding it As necessary. Pour the fresh bread crumbs into a dish. Press the crab and Oysler filled shells into the bread crumbs to Coal the tops thoroughly. Arrange the shells on a baking Sheet. 11. When ready to Cook preheat the oven to 375 degrees. 12. Place the baking Sheet in the oven and bake 15 minutes or More or until the filling is piping hot throughout and nicely browned on top. Serve with tartar sauce. Yield six Servings. Tartar sauce 1 red Ripe Tomato bout it Pound or lightly less a Teaspoon finely minced garlic 2 Tablespoons dry Wolta wine 1 cup Mayonnaise 3 Tablespoon bottled India relish 1 Tablespoon finely chopped fresh herbs Luchea Parsley tarragon and chive 1 hard cooked egg Salt to Laita if desired freshly ground Pepper to taste 1, Cut away and discard the Core of the Tomato. Cul the Tomato crosswise in half and squeeze gently to remove the seeds. Cut the Tomato into cubes and put it into the Container of a food processor. Blend thoroughly. You will need one Quarter cup. 2, put the pureed Tomato into a Saucepan and add the garlic and wine. Bring to the boil and Cook until reduced by Hall. Cool and then chill. 3. Put the Mayonnaise in a mixing bowl and add the Tomato mixture India relish and herbs 4. Put the egg through a Tine Sieve and add it. Add sail and Pepper to taste. Serve a halted. Yield about one and one Hall cups. Roast Turkey with Maple Cofty sauce 112 or 13-Pound tar feet who neck 1 onion about a Pound. Peeled and col into eighths 1 Tablespoon finery minced a he it Pound coarsely chopped Carat Salt to taste if desired freshly ground Pepper to Tatte 3 Tablespoon com Peanut or vegetable Oil 3 cups Rich Turkey w Chicken Broth it cup finely chopped onion 1 cups com kernels freshly scraped from the cob. Or us drained canned whole Kernel com 14 cup Bourbon Omsky 2 Tablespoons cider vinegar Ali cup Maple syrup w cup heavy in am 1 Teaspoon flour 1 Tablespoon water 1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. 2. Cul off and discard Iho Wing tips of the Turkey. Cut off and leave intact the main Wing Bone and the second Wing joint set aside. Cut the neck crosswise into Lour pieces of equal length. Set aside. 3. Lulf the cavity of the Turkey with the onion pieces garlic Carrol and sail and Pepper to Lasle. Sprinkle the outside of the Turkey with Salt and Pepper and rub the Turkey All Over Wilh two Tablespoons of the Oil. 4. Rub the Bottom of a Large roasting pan Wilh the remaining Oil. 5. Place the Turkey on one Side in the roasting pan. Scatter the neck pieces and the Cut off Wing portions around in. Place in Iho oven and roast about 40 minutes. Turn the Lurk Yonto its opposite Side. Place it the oven and roast another 45 minutes Basting often 6. Remove Iho Lurkey and set aside briefly. Pour off one Tablespoon of the fat from the pan and set in aside. Pour Oil and discard the remaining fal. 7. Return the Turkey to the pan breast Side up and pour iwo cups of the Broth around in. Bring to the boil on top of the Slove and return the Turkey to the oven. Bake about 30 minutes turning the pan laterally so that it Cooks evenly. Continue baking Basting occasionally about one hour and 15 minutes. Remove the Turkey from the pan and cover it loosely with aluminium foil. 6. Scoop out the vegetables from the cavity of the Turkey and add them to the liquid in the roasting pan add the remaining one cup of Broth and bring to the boil. Cook until the liquid is reduced to about one and two thirds cups. Strain this sauce discarding the solids. Set it aside. 9. Heat the reserved Tablespoon of Lal or. In desired you might substitute Corn Peanut or vegetable Oil in a Skillet. Add the Quarter cup of finely chopped onion and the Corn and Cook until the onions Are wilted. Add the Bourbon vinegar and Maple syrup and stir cooking about two minutes or until the liquid in the Skillet is reduced by half. 10. Add the reserved Turkey sauce to the Corn mixture and bring to the boil. Cook about one minute and add the Cream Salt and Pepper to taste. Cook stirring and skimming the surface often to remove any Loam or scum. Blend the hour with the Waler and add this to the sauce stirring. 11. Carve the Turkey and serve Trie sauce on Trie Side. Yield twelve to 16 Servings. The talk show glut in upon us and frankly i m worried sick. This season saw the Entrance of five new. Talk shows Joan rivets David Brenner Jimmy Bresli Robert Klein and Oprah Winfrey. Add hem to the existing Johnny Carson David Letterman Larry King Gary Collins Dick Cavatt and Phil Donahue plus two hours of guests on three networks every morning and we got a lot to talk about frankly i Don l think there s enough people to sustain All of this. Lei s talk logistics. Eleven hosts will need the services of Al Toast six guest Hoste a year. Thai takes away -86 of our world class talkers. Each of these shows has from or�b12quest8daily.thtecouwadduptoasmanya3 a Traweek la  Tes a the ame people. The How Are paced to entertain amuse or have to Shock How Irzarry broken marriages. Babies out of Wedlock sexual preferences or graduates of Getty Ford s Center in Rancho Mirage Are left roaming around out there. How Many authors Are there who reveal the sex life of superstars expose Momtle and daddy Dearest make you thin in two Days or Are fighting a lawsuit Over something they have written i think it s Only a matter of time before talk shows go the Way of newscasters and sportscasters and hosts Start interviewing one another. I first noticed it at the political conventions when Dan rather started to interview Walter Cronkite and Bill Moyers interviewed Eric Sevareid. To was Clear they Tiad run out of delegates with anything to say and had a that time to fill we see it All the time Ai olympic events and sports Arenas where commentators Are thrusting a microphone into one another s faces. Monday november 24, ism the stars and stripes colleges May have to offer a new major in Lal night conversation to keep up with the demand who knows. Dean Martin or Tony Oan a May endow a chair. Wave looking Al possibly comedy talk living reborn where hopefuls go to try out heir skills by interviewing people in the audience. It s not Loo crazy to anticipate mow to be a talk show quest where the author appears on aft 11 shows to lout the Book. I honestly Don l know where All the captivating guests Are coming from but i a aspect eventually when Twy run out of show business personalities athletes and authors Titley la have to dig Down into the private sector into the worm farm owners the paper Cli comptrollers the septic tank magnates arid husbands who speak Only three words a year. V they la need work but who said talk was easy