Corn cheese is a popular Korean bar snack, and it is both easy and tasty. This version is adapted from Cook’s Illustrated. It takes less than 30 minutes and will serve 6. We served it last night with steak and a salad 2 Tbs. unsalted butter 2 (15-oz) cans of sweet corn, drained 1-1/2 tsp. Read More …
This is a very good and simple vegetable dish, which is adapted from Host: A Modern Guide to Eating, Drinking, and Feeding Your Friends by Eric Prum and Josh Williams. It makes 2 servings and takes up to a day in total, depending on how long the yogurt needs to drain to reach a good Read More …
Pickled onions are often useful as a garnish. This version makes 2 cups and is adapted from 177MilkStreet.com 1 cup white vinegar 2 tsp. white sugar 2 tsp. kosher salt 2 medium red onions, halved and thinly sliced 1 jalapeno chili, stemmed, halved and seeded In a small bowl, mix together the vinegar, sugar, and Read More …
I recently saw an article on “Cowboy Candy”, which referred to sweet pickled jalapenos. That inspired me to make a batch of pickled jalapenos follow the recipe for Bread and Butter Pickles . They turned out well. 1 lb. jalapenos, cut into ¼ inch slices 2 Tbs. salt ½ cup sugar ½ cup white vinegar Read More …
Curried rice is an old-fashioned American side dish. I most recently made it to accompany Mishkaki-Style Steak with Kachumber – Sous-Vide . It was tasty and mild. The next time I may increase the amount of curry powder. We usually cook rice in a rice cooker which has a measuring cup which is about ¾ Read More …
When I was a child, my mother had a large vegetable garden, and we grew and ate some vegetables that I was not fond of, such as beets and the tops (or greens) of the beets. Carol recently made a vegetable dish for herself and had leftover about a pound of greens from the beets. Read More …
Since we visited Turkey last month, I have been looking for Turkish recipes to try and I spotted one at www.177milkstreet.com which looked interesting. Essentially it is a form of grantinéed potatoes including yogurt, cheese, and garlic. This recipe will make 6-8 servings and will take about 2 hours to prepare. It was very good. Read More …
This easy and tasty way to cook Asian greens is adapted from Hsiao-Ching Chou’s book Chinese Soul Food. The key thing is to get the pan really hot so that the greens get a bit of char on them. 12 oz. bok choy, baby bok choi, etc., cut into small pieces 1 Tbs. vegetable oil Read More …
Ezme is a spicy tomato-based Turkish chopped salad or meze. This version was based on a YouTube channel “Meliz Cooks” which is run by a British woman of Turkish-Cypriot descent. In Richmond, the specialty ingredients are generally available at New Grand Mart. (I bought the Aleppo pepper from Amazon.) 15 oz. can diced tomatoes, drained Read More …
Slovak Halusky dumplings are a potato/flour mixture, rather like gnocchi except made with raw potato and as a thick batter. We made some last night to go with Pasticada, based on a recipe in The Spruce Eats. Since this was our first effort, we experimented a bit on the amount of flour to get the Read More …