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Tuesday, August 11,
2011
Bring Home Birthday
August 6, 2011
To celebrate my niece's ("I'm over a quarter century years old")
birthday, she asked if we could gather at Nana's house for
a meal. I purchased a half bushel of #1 crabs.
Unfortunately, I was beholden to the kitchen gadgets that I had
forgotten at home, so I availed myself to the pots and pans that
were within reach, at hand.
I had made the baked macaroni and (3) cheese the previous evening.
I even remembered to bring the shredded hardened curd to sprinkle
over the loaf during the reheat.
Getting the crabs from the basket to the boiling water took some
acrobatics, and some hunter-gatherer technique.
Once the crabs were cooked, they were joined on the kitchen
table with grandmom's 'falling off the
bone' beef ribs, her 'boulder' potato salad and cold chicken
wings, auntie's 'cute' couscous, her mommy's
avocado dip (not pictured) and 'double' baked beans--and cousin's
corn.
One chocolate and one lemon cake, accompanied with Neapolitan ice
cream--we had for dessert. There were not enough candles for both
cakes, so the chocolate was blazed, however both were devoured.
Presents were not necessary, a nice to do. I did not. Having
cooked over the past twelve hours, I took a snooze--budgeted.
An early evening--there was plenty of epicurean swag for everyone
to bring home a plate (or two), bladder baggies for ingestion during
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Friday, August 19, 2011
In House Insights
When
creating a recipe, I am uncertain as to whether or not I am
being influenced solely by cultural ethnocentrism(s), current event(s),
personal issue(s), moral dictate(s), fetishistic curiosity(ies),
opportunistic happenstance(s), latent discovery(ies)--or by alchemical
amalgamation.
Mushy Love
Olive Oil
Chopped Onion
Tomato Medley
-- grape
-- heirloom
-- globe
Lime Juice (fresh)
Beech Mushrooms
Long Hot Pepper (rings)
Couscous
Parsley (air-dried, minced)
Beaufort Cheese (blocks)
Sardines (plain water)
Inept empiricism is helpful. My
recipes are subconscious impulsions evolved from fancy--utilized
referential cravings.
Tartine Salad with Speckled Eyes
Shredded Chicken (steamed, chilled)
Chives (diced)
Tomato (diced)
Tamarind Sauce
Peanuts
Tiny Cheddar Cheese Wheel (wax removed)
Clementine (peel removed)
Sesame Seed Crispbread
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Coffee
I cannot say that I am a person who is big on food preparation or
presentation. I have more of an appetite for taste(s)--less for
appetizing treatment(s).
Marmorean Goulash
Pork Ribs
-- olive oil
-- sea salt
[sautéed thoroughly once sauced]
Frijoles Negros (from a can)
[cooked wet to dry]
Pine Nuts/Garlic (crushed/minced)
[pan-toasted lightly]
Tomato (diced)
Dried Mint (crumbled)
Coconut Cream (liquid)
Corn Tortilla Cheddar Cheese Melt (microwaved)
Picante Sauce
Iced Tea with Mineral Water
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Marmorean
Goulash
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By exposing my
recipe psyche, I celebrate the demographic challenge of maintaining
provincial provisions. |
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