Rumaki

Rumaki

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Rumaki is an hors d'oeuvre of mock-Polynesian origin. It was most likely invented by Victor Bergeron, known as Trader Vic.^[1][2] Its ingredients and method of preparation vary, but usually it consists of water chestnuts and pieces of duck or chicken liver wrapped in bacon and marinated in soy sauce and either ginger or brown sugar.^[3] Pastrami is often substituted for bacon when rumaki is prepared for kosher diners who avoid eating bacon.^{[citation needed]}

The earliest known reference to it is on the 1941 menu of the Don the Beachcomber restaurant (Palm Springs).^[4]

The original wiki link on the subject can be found at:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumaki

Poster's comments:

1) About any kind of food wrapped in pork bacon is pretty good.

2) Consider wrapping other things, too. For example wrap pork bacon around mushrooms or broccoli heads.

3) Wrapping does not have to be with pork bacon. One can wrap with other meats and means, too.

4)  The important thing is that the flavor is delivered when being served, both to Family and guests, even at a super bowl party.

5) While Rumaki is usually considered to be an hors d'oeuvre cooking and serving method, it can also be used for a regular meal, too.

6) There are many recipe ideas on this subject, also.

7) Thin slicing about any wrapping is usually preferable to thick slicing of most wraps. I enjoy in the USA presently being able to buy thin sliced pork bacon at the local grocery store.  Some scissors and tooth picks come in handy, too. And most bacon is pork based, which is tasty.

8) I picked up the cooking and serving idea from my mother. We both used to live on the beach in Hawaii a long time ago. I suspect her husband benefited, while we kids just ate more primitive things, but don't really know these days in 2014. Either way, I suspect we were both happy. She died in 1997 and I have no bad memories in 2014.

9) Variety can be the spice of life. Hence the rumaki  idea of cooking and presenting food to eat is not a bad idea.