
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, November 17, 1993                   TAG: 9311190367
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: By ALMENA HUGHES STAFF WRITER
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

LET'S NOT TALK TURKEY

This time next week, Americans across the country will be hard at work preparing to consume a good portion of their share of 18 pounds per capita of turkey annually. Virginia, which ranks fifth among the country's top 10 turkey-producing states, yearly raises 21 million of those turkeys.

People who prefer an alternative or an addition to a traditional gobbler might enjoy a different bird or maybe even not a bird. Adventuresome appetites will appreciate the wild flavor of goose from "Colorado Cache," a cookbook by the Junior League of Denver. The 430-page, 700-recipe spiral-bound softback costs $18.95, including shipping. To order, call (303) 782-9244.

Closer to home and more tame, a chef from the Radisson Patrick Henry Hotel in Roanoke, during a recent fund-raising event, prepared a most elegant and impressive roast goose with cranberry walnut stuffing and poached pears. That recipe, plus a good selection of others, are in the 11-page "Puttin' on the Ritz" cook booklet from Blue Ridge Public Television at 344-0991. The booklet's $5 cost goes toward additional programming.

Orange flavor alone complements a succulent duckling or pairs with raspberries on glazed Cornish hens from Sauer's spices. And in a honey of a dish, nontraditional quail from two chefs at Fredericksburg's Kenmore Inn is filled with a traditional Virginia stuffing of corn bread and country ham.

Cervena is a bird of a different feather. The term is reserved for premium\ farmed venison of New Zealand that yields a tender, mild-tasting red meat.\ Retail prices are roughly comparable to those of veal. If you can't find it\ locally, call (800) 336-3844 extension 101; (800) 327-8246 or (800) 233-0193.

And not a bird at all is the festive, vegetarian-pleasing lentil cashew loaf from the Farm Animal Reform Movement, (301) 530-1737.

If you still want to talk turkey or need someone to talk you through preparing one, you'll get heaps of help from the Reynolds Turkey Information Line at (800) 745-4000, or the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line at (800) 323-4848; (800)TDD-3848, for hearing impaired.

\ Recipes for:\ WINDSOR CANADIAN GOOSE

ORANGE DUCK

HONEY ROASTED QUAIL

ORANGE-GLAZED CORNISH HENS WITH RASPBERRY SAUCE

VENISON CHOPS WITH PUREED VEGETABLES AND BERRY SAUCE

LENTIL CASHEW LOAF

by CNB