Since we recently went to Romania, I have kept my eyes open for Romanian recipes to try. I spotted one on 177MilkStreet.com which I tried with success. The unusual parts of this soup are that it is flavored with caraway seeds and vinegar, and garnished with Pickled Red Onions. This will Take about 2 hours Read More …
Looking at the blog, every few years I make another batch of pulled pork and write it up. This version was loosely based on Robb Walsh’s Texas Eats. Pulled pork is extremely simple, but is also hard because it takes so long. I have choir rehearsal on Thursday nights, which always means that I get Read More …
This recipe is adapted from Serious Eats and shows the variety of Mexican food. It came from Puebla and apparently from Middle Eastern immigrants who brought the shawarma technique with them and then adapted it to Mexican ingredients and tastes. This home version roasts the meat at a low temperature in a loaf pan and Read More …
This was the first dish which I cooked from Winson Presents: A Taiwanese-American Cookbook. It was described as the favorite dish of the father of one of the authors. This used several specialty ingredients, most of which I was able to find at the New Grand supermarket. (The one I could not find was Bull Read More …
When I used to go to Houston on business trips, one of my favorite meals was the Cajun sausage boudin with a wedge salad at Pappadeaux’s. Since boudin is hard to find in Richmond, when I visited Nick last week we made a large batch of boudin which we shared. We followed a recipe in Read More …
The NZ Herald had a few recipes from Philippa Cameron’s new book Winter Warmers: Recipes and stories from a New Zealand high country station. One of them involved pork sausages, and I decided to make it since I had 2 leftover Italian sausages in the refrigerator. (It would normally be made with bratwurst or Cumberland Read More …
I previously posted Pork Braised in Milk , which was an Argentine dish of Italian origins. I recently made a simpler version of this idea from www.mountainviewtoday.ca, an Alberta newspaper. I thought the idea was very good, but needed more cooking time than in the original recipe, which was 80 minutes at 325 degrees. I Read More …
This recipe is adapted from www.montanahappy.com. It takes about 15 minutes and is quite tasty. 1 lb. ham slices 2 Tbs. butter ½ cup water 2 Tbs. Dijon mustard ¼ cup brown sugar 1 tsp. paprika Over medium heat, brown the ham slices in the butter. When done, put them in a plate and add Read More …
This is an adaptation of an idea in bonappetit.com and it made an easy and tasty midweek dinner. I chose it because Carol likes Brussels Sprouts, which are a main ingredient. In the original recipe, 2.25 tsp. of five-spice powder was added at the end. Carol is not a big fan of five-spice powder, so Read More …
I have made and enjoyed many batches of Cottage Bacon using a simple cure of Morton TenderQuick curing salt and brown sugar. I recently made three variations of Cottage Bacon using spicing and sweetening ideas from Jake Levin’s Smokehouse Handbook. This version uses Thai red curry paste, honey and garlic for flavoring. This was very Read More …