Kitchen Shenanigans

By Ciel - About Me - E-mail this page - Add to My Favorites - Add to Blog List - See other blogs in Cooking, Food & Wine

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Landlords!

I put this here because this is about the guy who keeps my kitchen running properly! He has fixed the garbage disposal, a leaky faucet, an electrical outlet... And yesterday, replaced the circuit in the electrical box without which I have no microwave, no lights! For once, it's a story about a great... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Changes

Drinking tea this morning, not just because I have run out of almond milk, but because of a find at the thrift store the other day. It is, perhaps, intended to be a cookie jar, but I have put it through the dishwasher and now filled it with a collection of tea-bags given to me last Christmas in... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, June 30, 2022

Value for money: Ordering delivery

Last night I shelled out $50 for Chinese food: two entrees, two large soups, two little carry-out buckets of rice. Sounds extravagant, but consider that there were two dinners, one each for Charlie and me. Then two breakfasts from leftovers, and today I am making soups with my own additions--four... Sign in to see full entry.

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... Sign in to see full entry.

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... Sign in to see full entry.

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... Sign in to see full entry.

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... Sign in to see full entry.

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... Sign in to see full entry.

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... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, June 5, 2022

Loving summer treats!

https://flic.kr/p/2nq9YjT Anyone want a corn dog? Sign in to see full entry.

About this Blog

The Kitchen is always a place of warmth--sometimes too warm--and gratifications, of indulgences, clever solutions, and occasional disasters. It is a place of recipes and experimentation. This blog is going to be hanging out in the kitchen for a while.

People

Blogs

Headlines (What is this?)