Saturday, June 25, 2022
Marinade, roast, eat, repeat...
Charlie's first attempt to make Chinese barbecue pork-- char sui --was deliciously successful, but the piece of pork shrank to much smaller than expected. So we went back to the grocery store where, as it happened, pork shoulder was 2 for 1, and pork loin was also on sale. How fortuitous! The loin...
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Thursday, June 23, 2022
I hope it works!
Charlie is making char sui --Chinese barbecue pork--using a recipe from someone actually Chinese who has made it for his family for years. It involves a marinade of many more and less exotic ingredients and soaking for hours, but then takes only about an hour in the oven. I love this classic Chinese...
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Friday, June 17, 2022
Summer Fruits!
Trader Joe's has peaches right now. They have the usual yellow ones, and also donut peaches. They are flattish and round, with a small roundish seed in the center. It's a cling, the kind with the flesh clinging to the stone. A few years ago, I asked at the local grocery store whether their peaches...
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Chokes and Cheese!
I had four artichokes to cook. They were sitting in a grocery bag, drying out since they came home a few days ago. So, since I was awake so very early this morning, they got processed and into the oven by 6am, and were out again, all done, an hour later. Now they will get their little furry bits...
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Friday, June 10, 2022
beating the heating
As temperatures rise with summer, all my kitchen shenanigans are aimed towards coolness. For instance, I have iced coffee today instead of hot. I have never cared that much about coffee temperature. My dad liked it as hot as possible, and black. My mom often had a cup in her laundry/sewing room that...
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Thursday, June 9, 2022
In praise of purple food
Last night I steamed some purple asparagus. I've only ever had the common green variety before, and this stuff was pricey at the checkout, but every dollar spent at the grocery store is a discount at the gas pump, so I am willing to spend a bit more than I must. It was pretty good, too: Big, thick...
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Sunday, June 5, 2022
Loving summer treats!
https://flic.kr/p/2nq9YjT Anyone want a corn dog?
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Tuesday, May 31, 2022
cooking corn
I just found out that corn on the cob, with all its fiber, is within my range of carb consumption! So I brought home some fresh corn in the husks to cook the usual way I do: trimming the stem and silk ends, then roasting it in the husk for about an hour at 325. The moisture in the husk steams it,...
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Friday, May 13, 2022
...and Garden Shenanigans!
This wooden table base has been in the storage for quite a long time. I brought it out to get rid of it at the yardsale this past weekend, but I started to get ideas when I saw it again. Happily, it didn't sell. Instead, this all happened: https://flic.kr/ps/rhS1C At Lowes, I found this sturdy...
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Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Breakfast...
It used to be either eggs or hot cereal: My mom alternated them, and the cereal varied between corn meal mush, oatmeal, and wheatena mostly. Small glass of orange juice, tall glass of milk... that was breakfast on weekdays. She had a lot of different recipes for eggs besides the old standards. One...
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