tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20041475529792388662024-03-14T00:45:39.981-04:00 Tošaj & Co.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483574371172747802noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004147552979238866.post-13790606262161565172016-10-13T12:39:00.003-04:002016-10-26T15:41:52.822-04:00A Mixed Bag: Cooking with Venison Offal and a Recipe for Pineapple Marinated Moose Heart<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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With Thanksgiving just past and apple season petering off a
bit it might be tough to get excited for the next few months of cooking. However
right when my mind was wandering off to Christmas recipes and a running
catalogue of soups with which to occupy myself I was hit with a surprise
reminder that it’s still Autumn; a bloody grocery bag full of moose offal.</div>
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My dear
cousin Julie, great huntress that she is, recently picked a critter off up
North and hauled the beast down, in doing so she was kind enough to share some
bits of it with me in the process. This gooey sack of moose bits was a kind
reminder that Fall isn’t all harvesting apples and herbs or Thanksgiving
turkeys on buckling tables, it’s also traditionally a time to hunt. Now I’m not
unfamiliar with offal, I’ve cooked up veal sweetbreads and made liver pâté from
a wide range of critters, last Fall I even dealt with an offal emergency as we
searched for ways to cook and preserve a big fresh liver from the deer that my
brother Joe shot with his bow (the solution? Pâté, pâté and more pâté…oh and some
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But here we have a different situation; hunted offal is best
served fresh, storing it is seen by many as a sin as offal is said to lose its
flavour and texture at alarming rates. In my case I was faced with three
baggies of three very different kinds of organs that were all meant to be
consumed as fresh as possible…you might see why this put me in a bit of a
conundrum. To make things worse, these are not easy bits of meat to cook, so in
the name of stomach science I decided to experiment, with no promises that this
produced anything tasty I invite you to join me in a bit of an offal adventure.</div>
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<b>1. Heart</b> tends to
be feared for its toughness, braising it whole, long and at low temperature is
often described as the best solution to cooking it. Sounds simple enough right?
Well, in my case the heart was pre-sliced when it got to me…uh oh there goes
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My method: Considering that the meat is famously tough I
decided to take something of an obvious route; marinating. I started off with
the juice of a lime and a lemon, some salt and pepper but was a tad
hesitant…would this do the trick? I mean heart can be really tough, what if this
wasn’t enough? I couldn’t help but recall a time where I roasted some heart and
chewed on it until my jaw was sore… it didn’t take long before it became dog
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As I pondered the toughness issue
a bit of musing in front of an open fridge sparked a eureka moment as I spotted
some pineapple I had cut up earlier in the day. I remembered the aching tongue
that I’d experienced a time or two from overindulging in the prickly fruit and
how a few articles I had read described how the bromelain in pineapples breaks
down proteins, essentially allowing the pineapple to bite you right back as chew
on it. With this in mind and inspired by the thought of tacos al pastor, I
threw a few chunks of pineapple into the blender with a dried chili and some
vinegar and poured it over the bits of heart before letting it marinate.</div>
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Result: Tasty! Seared on the grill on high heat with some
more pineapple and then served with a fresh salsa I was surprised by how much I
enjoyed it, definitely a potential taco filling for the future!</div>
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<b>2. Kidney</b> Not
exactly the most appetizing organ, it is rather well-known for smelling (and
tasting!) mildly of pee, this is not at all coincidental as it plays a key role
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Approach: Soak it in milk, pray that is sucks out the pee
flavour. Backup plan? Smothering it in fresh horseradish and a cubic tonne of
mustard.</div>
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Result: Fried up, the kidney had a consistency reminiscent
of hotdog, of course hot dogs and sausages have long served as a home for offal
so I guess this wasn’t terribly surprising. It was a bit strange straight up so
I treated it as a hotdog by throwing it on a slice of homebaked sourdough and
adding some toppings. All things considered, not bad but I think this would
have been better off soaking a tad longer as some pieces tasted a tad funky. I
can see why this bit tends to find its way into pies and sausages, I think I’d
prefer it mixed, mind you the fresh moose kidney tasted substantially better
than what I’ve had in steak and kidney pie. </div>
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<b>3.</b> Finally we’re
left with <b>liver</b>, probably the
easiest to cook and most familiar of the trio. Now I’ve never been a huge liver
fan, lest it be in the pâté I won’t stop mentioning. Liver for those of you who
might not have come into contact with it at its worst, can be very metallic
tasting, kind of like dragging your tongue against a mixture of blood and iron
shavings. However, it can be made to be quite decent with some tender loving
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Approach: Determined not to take the easy way out (pâté) I
decided to cook it traditionally. I soaked it like the kidney then patted it
dry, dredged it in flour and fried it in browned butter. </div>
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Result: Did not taste terribly like iron but still was
strong enough to be a tad off-putting to me, I guess it could have used more
soaking. A liver loving friend enjoyed it enough that she had the leftovers
with eggs for breakfast, ultimately, not quite my cup of tea but tasty enough
for a connoisseur. In my case? I think I’ll stick to pâté…</div>
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Should you ever feel like giving heart a try, here’s a rough
outline of my recipe:</div>
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<b><u>Marinated Moose Heart with Pineapple Salsa</u></b></div>
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<b>Ingredients:</b></div>
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-A few slices of heart, maybe 200g or so?</div>
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-2 cloves garlic</div>
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-3-4 pieces pineapple</div>
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-Salt/pepper</div>
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-1 chilli pepper</div>
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Salsa:</div>
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-A few mint leaves, finely chopped, I would have preferred
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Fans spin lazily from the ceiling of the secondhand bookstore, successfully maintaining the illusion that it is possible to fend off the mid-afternoon heat. Our dysfunctional air conditioner back home at the apartment is a testament to the impossibility of this endeavour, its poor coils intermittently giving out as it fizzes and clanks. Back in the bookstore sweat pearls on the foreheads of the owner’s face, much as it does on my own.<br />
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The recycled wood shelves groan under the weight of foreign expectations, bearing countless copies of "Eat, Pray, Love" in English, providing insight into the soul-searching motives of Phnom Penh's average tourist. Did the original owners of the books ever succeed in finding themselves? We'll likely never know, but the stack of copies sits in interesting company alongside a hefty stack of "Fifty Shades of Grey" and books purporting to demistify the "secrets" of Thai ladyboys. <br />
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To this day Cambodia remains one of the poorer countries in Southeast Asia, particularly outside of Siem Reap where the national historical site of Angkor Wat is located. Though rapidly developing, it does have something of Wild West feel to it; the streets of Phnom Penh are dusty, personal gun ownership remains high despite government attempts to curtail it, and few people walk, preferring to ride. To the cowboys of Phnom Penh, motorcycles and mopeds are their steads, their carriages are tuktuks, carts with couches pulled by motorcycles.<br />
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As we walk the streets sound loudly with the voices of the tuktuk drivers which seem to summarize the last half century of Cambodia's history. Calls of "Tuktuk sir?" are endless in a city where few walk and tourism is eagerly encouraged. They're interspersed with queries such as "killing fields, want to go to the killing fields?" and every now and then a call of "Hey fellow, want to fire a rocket today? Or AK47?" the striking legacies of the Khmer Rouge and the government's attempts to boost tourism make strange bedfellows indeed.<br />
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Khmer cuisine is delicious, jasmine rice and fish amok abound. The latter is a rich coconut curry bound in a banana leaf which holds pride of place on the menus of many restaurants. Of these venues, the more upscale ones greet you with air conditioning and endless youtube playlists headlined by 90's boybands. Their inexpensive counterparts can simply be a short lunch counter with a single burner next to a spatter of brightly coloured plastic chairs across a crowded sidewalk or street corner in a flash of colour reminiscent of a Pollock painting. One of our finest meals was a delicious and addictive beef soup served for breakfast across from the Phnom Penh post office. The soup was defined by rich gristly beef submerged in a thick red sweet and sour broth with crisp counterpoints of fresh lime, bean sprouts and herbs. Redolent with the licorice scent of anise and Thai basil it was exceptionally good when washed down with the syrupy iced coffee famous in the region, a combination of condensed milk, instant coffee and an iceberg's worth of ice shavings. <br />
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Much like the post office we dined in front of, the vestiges of French colonialism are everywhere, from structures built in the early 20th century to art deco facades accompanied by French signs on government buildings and baguettes sold out of street carts.<br />
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This is why I'm here. As a food historian, the fusion of Khmer and French cuisine is intriguing. Unlike neighbouring Vietnam, Cambodia parted ways with French imperialism on relatively peaceful terms and France persists as an important trade partner. French food remains prevalent both in the form of ritzy haute-cuisine restaurants and in the day to day street food of the city. Baguette sandwiches stuffed with pork cooked in Khmer seasonings are offered on the street for 4,000 Cambodian riel or 1 US dollar (Cambodia use both currencies in tandem) while excellent pure butter croissants and viennoiserie cost just a touch more. <br />
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The Cambodian archives remain in their original home, a colonial structure dating from the 1920’s, which the archivist tells me with a wry grin served briefly as a pig sty under the Khmer Rouge. The archivists themselves are endlessly kind, tirelessly providing us with a constant stream of documents and rearranging the standing fans around us in the endless crusade against the heat because this building, like many others, is not air conditioned. The rustling of century old papers is accompanied by the murmurs of conversation among the archivists, the staccato of pages falling into the tray of the photocopier and the crowing of the rooster who resides in the parking lot. The holdings reveal much about the dining habits of the colonial period with many documents providing evidence that the regional love for condensed milk is far spanning.<br />
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Before we know it we find ourselves heading on to Siem Reap to visit the majestic temples of the area, carrying a sliver of Cambodian history in the hundreds of photocopies provided by the archive, new adventures as ever await.<br />
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thing that no one tells you when you get involved in Food Studies --</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">no matter where you go, no matter what you look at, Proust's madeleine will eventually
find you. Proust's</span><i> À la Recherche du Temps Perdu</i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">, aside from being a classic of French literature, is
based around the overarching theme of involuntary memory, which of course hinges
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and lightly browned crusts, madeleines are an elegant addition to any dessert
spread. Even better, their dense interiors and conveniently tapered bodies make them
an excellent pairing for dunking into coffee or tea.</span></div>
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specialized equipment required to make them - a madeleine pan.
However, don't fret quite yet. If you don't have a madeleine pan that you
bought on a whim during a vacation to France (which you subsequently buried in
storage upon arriving home) these pans are easily available on amazon and in
quite a few baking stores as well! I can guarantee that the investment is one
worth making. Madeleines, though tasty plain, can be made in a wide variety of
flavours for any occasion. As of yet, my favorite recipe has been the orange
cardamom ones that I'm listing here. This is the second flavour I've worked out, as my flatmates attempt to keep up with a seemingly endless deluge of multi-flavoured
tea cakes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hope you enjoy these little mouthfuls of buttery goodness. Who knows, maybe
they'll conjure up memories of your childhood...or plans of a future holiday in
the city of lights.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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rush? Make the recipe with 1tsp. of baking powder and preheat the oven to
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non-stick coating or with granular sugar for a darker, browner shell<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Dappled sun and brisk breezes, warm cups of tea and trees laden with fruit, so begin the wonderful couple of months before winter is once more upon us. As I dig out coarsely knit sweaters and scarves I can't help but be excited for these winds of change. This fall has found me foraging, much like the rotund squirrels of the neighborhood, for local edibles. This has been largely facilitated by the wonderful non-profit group here in Toronto, Not Far From the Tree (NFFT). Indeed, because of this lovely organization I've been spending some much needed time away from my musty books, finding myself instead among the branches of various fruit trees, gleaning to my heart's content in a city which I've discovered to be an urban orchard of sorts.<br />
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As tends to be the case with apple season though, the delicious can often become overwhelming. Even after we've contributed a third of our fruit to local charities and another third to the owners of the trees NFFT sends the volunteers home with the last third. While that might not sound like much, it has provided our home with plentiful dozen upon dozen pounds of apples which have manifested themselves in various forms. Uses have spanned from the obvious; pies, crisps, waffles salads to the unusual; such as cooked with sausage, onion and spinach, or mixed with into coleslaw. Future projects will likely include apple pickles, doughnuts and fritters but for now lets focusing on something a bit cozier, muffins.</div>
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More fruit than muffin, these moist, spiced bundles of joy are loaded with chunks of apples and brimming with rustic charm. While they might not be winning any beauty pageants, they are oh so good with a hot mug of tea or as a morning pick me up to spike the blood sugar a tad. While I've yet to try them with wholewheat flour I can't help but feel that they'd pull it off!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483574371172747802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004147552979238866.post-17175462324383545442015-07-15T22:30:00.002-04:002017-02-10T12:26:03.926-05:00Citrus and Almond Cake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Humid. These are all words that many a Canadian loves to drop in reference to
our sometimes overwhelming summers. As a people exposed to radical weather all
year long we've grown into proficient complainers (though perhaps not as the
global champions, the much acclaimed Parisians), ever longing for a milder
climate we tend to attack the mercury's verdict, when it's cold it's too cold
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on the other side. Our weather allows us to benefit from the best of both
worlds, where we gripe about weather, you rarely hear any complaints about the
wide range of delectable dishes which we dive into with relish all year long. While
our winters are perfect for warm bread, pot roasts and soup, our summers lend
themselves very well to leafy salads, grilled fare and light, sweet desserts. This
brings us to today's recipe, a delicate olive oil based cake devoid of wheat
flour which is inspired by the summery cuisine of North Africa. This wholesome
cake is somewhat custardy in consistency, relatively high in protein and an
easy gluten free option. In addition to this, the cake is amazingly moist, due
to the peculiar method of integrating the whole citrus to the batter so get your
blenders out folks!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483574371172747802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004147552979238866.post-11028097256044741132015-06-14T11:12:00.000-04:002015-06-14T11:12:53.927-04:00Double Chocolate and Zucchini Muffins<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
For those of us you who are familiar with the cooking of the 90's and early 2000's you've probably made your peace with the idea of eating vegetables and legumes for dessert. There was the carrot cake resurgence, the attack of the black bean brownie and the West's new fascination with traditional Asian red bean sweets (look at us, we're multicultural, we do yoga and eat beans for dessert!) so at this point, I'm pretty sure that no one really bats an eyelash at the idea of eating a zucchini muffin...certainly one that is saturated with chocolate. As pertains to healthiness, I'm not about to tell you that this recipe is some kind of athletic rocket fuel or weight loss miracle, what it is though is a wholewheat muffin which you have the option of sweetening naturally and which relies on apple sauce and eggs to guarantee a low fat content all the while remaining incredibly moist. Seriously, you'll have no trouble passing this off as a normal muffin or cupcake, certainly if you slap a dollop of nutella on it as icing (oops, so much for healthy!) This ain't your standard lump of industrial palm oil and glucose syrup that's certain...oh and aside from tasting as good as any less forgiving muffin, it's a fast recipe too!<br />
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Dry Ingredients<br />
2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour or white whole wheat flour<br />
2/3 cups unsweetened cocoa powder<br />
1.5 teaspoons baking soda<br />
3/4 teaspoon salt<br />
1 cup chocolate*<br />
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4 tablespoons olive oil<br />
1 cup honey or sugar<br />
1 teaspoon vanilla<br />
4 eggs<br />
2 cup shredded zucchini (about one large zucchini)<br />
1/2 cup applesauce<br />
1cup milk<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483574371172747802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004147552979238866.post-32615567806943631012015-03-13T12:27:00.001-04:002015-03-13T13:22:19.872-04:00Rehabilitating Custard: A How-to Guide to an Age-old Favourite<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Custard has been around for a long time. A quick glance at some of the earliest cookery books reveals it being used as a dessert or sauce, making use of two main ingredients in Western cooking, dairy and eggs. While custard was originally something of an upper class food or one reserved for celebrations, the improvement of general living conditions allowed for its consumption to gradually become democratized as it emerged as a convenient one pot dessert or sauce that was easy enough to make and accessible.<br />
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In recent years though, be it due to the rise of vanilla pudding or the strange British preoccupation with the canned and powdered variety, homemade custard has fallen from grace.While the most likely culprit of this is the arcing growth of post-WWII convenience consumption, it seems strange indeed that instant custard has remained en vogue this long. While a host of people move back to baking their own bread and making their own cheese, processes which are significantly more time consuming than custard making, this age-old dish remains largely neglected. A little while ago we hosted some friends and they were completely blown away when they had hot homemade custard on berries like the one pictured in this post, little did they know how fast and simple it was to make!<br />
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The first thing you need to know about custard is how incredibly versatile it is. Custard can be served drizzled over berries or on pie (as seen in the UK), poured straight and left to sit in the fridge to become American pudding. As pudding it can be flavoured with melted chocolate, jam or other flavours. Custard can sandwich cookies together, fill nanaimo bars or be frozen to make ice cream! It can be made thin to pour over waffles or thick to stand out on its own, it can even become a savoury sauce which can go oh so well on fish with some lemon zest, salt and dill or as a filling for a quiche!</div>
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Custard, adaptability is thy virtue and simplicity thy name. </div>
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So once you've wrapped your head around how awesome custard is. it's about time to give it a go!</div>
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Custard is necessarily composed of two ingredients: eggs and dairy, once these ingredients are whipped into a homogenous mass they are cooked at low heat which allows the eggs and milk to bind, thickening together to make custard.</div>
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<u>Eggs & Fat:</u> The more eggs and fat (ie cream over milk) that you add, the richer the custard. Similarly, the amount of eggs you add dictates how yellow your custard will be as the colour comes from the egg yolks. A very rich custard would be made using egg yolks and butter or cream, while a light custard might use whole eggs and milk. The custard pictured above was made with two eggs and a bit of milk, notice the rich yellow colour and thickness? It was high on egg content.</div>
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<u>Sweet:</u> For sweet custards sugar is very helpful as a thickener, a large quantity is not necessary as a touch is enough to bring out the flavour of the eggs and dairy.</div>
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<u>Savoury</u>: As savoury custards lack sugar, a higher fat content and/or a longer cooking time are necessary. Traditionally thickeners such as flour, gelatin or corn starch can also do the trick. Though I lean towards adding more fat to my custard to thicken it, using butter, cream, sour cream and even mixing some cheese it should it suit the mood. In some cases a spoonful of flour can help thicken the sauce but remember that the more thickener you add, the less flavour there is and the less rich the sauce tastes.</div>
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<u>Flavouring</u>: Lemon zest or vanilla (seed or extract) are two of my favorite flavourings for custard. Otherwise feel free to add a bit of jam or melted chocolate at the end but keep in mind that you don't want your additives to be too hot as that can lead to the biggest issue with custard...</div>
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<u>Curdling:</u> It is necessary to keep in mind when you make custard that the biggest risk is that your eggs curdle. This leads to a custard that is somewhat grainy as opposed to velvety and which will taste more "eggy". If you do overcook your custard, it isn't the end of the world, while it won't win any awards its still quite tasty so don't skip out on custard-making out of fear.</div>
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<u>How to avoid curdling:</u> A low, even heat and constant movement is key here. The best tools for making a smooth custard are a double-boiler and a whisk. The double-boiler allows for a low and evenly applied heat and the whisk keeps the custard in motion.</div>
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ever one to grumble about modernity, convenience society and fast food,
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cutting down on health benefits or flavour, often with the unfortunate
side-effect of leaving a cold hard pit of disappointment in the immediate
aftermath of one's hasty dining experience. So shedding my usual identity as an
irritable old codger, I've decided to roll out a recipe that is not only fast
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">For those of you not familiar with it, siopao
asado is a delicious Filipino dish,
simple as that. This soft steamed bun is
stuffed with mouthwatering pork which is coarsely chopped and cooked until tender
and still slightly chewy. Does this sound at all familiar? A tad like Char Su Bao
and a variety of other sweet and savoury buns that dot Asian cuisine perhaps? Siopao
asado finds its roots, despite its semi-Spanish name, in the convenient
handheld meals which have long travelled alongside Chinese merchants and
colonizers. The veneer of Europeanism which is lacquered onto the name situates
these buns at the crossroads of Chinese and Spanish cultures in the rich
melting pot of the Philippines.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> I
chose the title “Crossing Boundaries” for a variety of reasons. While siopao asado
is definitely an example of crossed boundaries, my take on the recipe has
changed it even further, putting a Korean spin on it by using gochujang and
integrating cabbage and onion to add my own little twist, as well as some veg.
A lot of these age old dishes exist in many a permutation and adding my own
touch to it I just throws another layer onto an endlessly adaptable dish. Feel
free to play with the filling and change it to match your tastes, it’s truly
the nature of the beast to do so! </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The title of the post is also relevant for
me in another way. This recipe was given to me by my fellow food scholar Adrian
whom I've had the privilege to work, laugh and procrastinate with this semester.
His knowledge of siopao’s historical roots are far more academic than this
little blurb was ever meant to be and I guess what I mean to say is that I've
officially caved, I have to acknowledge it; resistance is futile, my entire
life is coloured by academia...oh well!</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">For the dough I used the original recipe from http://www.panlasangpinoymeatrecipes.com/siopao-asado-recipe.htm with the minor modification that I cut the sugar by half a cup and boosted the rising times (often doubling them)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">-1kg of pork and vegetables. While the original recipe calls for only pork, I used about half pork, half cabbage, onion and green bean. For all of the vegetarians and vegans you can also use vegetables entirely, patted dry tofu would probably be a good addition!</span></span></div>
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Yesterday, life in Toronto changed. This was clear as the snow fell, caressing the warm pavement before melting flake by flake into oblivion. The beautiful bluster signalled the opening movement of yet another seasonal adagio, one which we know and which epitomizes the passing of yet another year. This year, though the accompanying dance is the same, the stage is different. Subtle cues are a constant reminder - the leaves still grasp tenaciously at their branches and the constant thrum of the city, its sirens and horns are the undercurrent to a life which though sounding wild is now distinctly urban. As I walk through my new-old apartment I am struck by my sense of familiarity with this place. The rusty nail head which projects from the wooden floor of the dining room, seems to exist for the sole purpose of plucking at my sock. This is now a common occurrence in a life displaced. As I ruminate on this and look out on the spectacle distanced from me by a single pane of dirty glass my mind gently slides towards old habits.<br />
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My mind has lingered on chutney for the last week or so. The fruit has sat patiently in the fridge, waiting for a moment which could not have been more appropriate. While outside a fine layer of powder fought a downhill battle, I unpacked jar upon jar, enjoying as I always do the quaint designs which ornament them. These pastoral cornucopia evoke as ever a rustic flair, one burdened with the reality that each of these jars, although hinting at an artisanal past, are yet another testament to seamless and perfect mass production revealing neither chip nor fragile bubble in their empty walls. This juxtaposition between the past and present is made more evident when these jars are filled, allowing us a glimpse at imperfect chunks of fruit suspended and viewed through a lens of forced perfection. <br />
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There is something tantalizing here, in this jar of chutney, which goes beyond a simple blend of complimentary flavours. Physically, it is as stated, contradictory. Emotionally it seems a perfect agent for signifying transition, from space to space and time to time. From the standpoint of memory, while this batch of chutney is fresh, the recipe itself is old, speaking volumes beyond what can be contained in an otherwise unremarkable jar.<br />
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On a personal level, this is the recipe of Shannon’s grandmother Eugénie, extracted from a forgotten newspaper thirty of forty years ago and existing within a family far beyond its flash of municipal fame. How many people have squirreled this yellowing strip of paper away, taking it from a publication which is by nature implicitly ephemeral? How many people have squirreled this yellowing strip of paper away, taking it from a publication which is by nature implicitly ephemeral? How many traditions is it at the root of? To whom are Christmas tables incomplete without this ruby-red jar acting as a prism for a dinner’s celebratory delight? <br />
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In this way, this chutney is special; it has taken places in memory both collective and personal, existing for individuals and families. How many, upon seeing this recipe in print, in one fleeting moment re-appropriated it for themselves? Making changes, altering it, fabricating a food which was squarely theirs, one which is unique in its own time and space, cementing individually the identity of a food which emerged from a collective. Beyond this, where does this chutney’s story extend to? Canadian apples and pears are enmeshed with cayenne and ginger. The name, the sweet and sour which grace your palate. These tie themselves together, pulling at their imperial roots. These roots are as ever, intertwined with colonialism, juggling subjugation with cultural inquiry in the greater framework of culinary exchange. <br />
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This jar of chutney is complex, in flavour and in history. It is a step in an evolving process, a story that remains to an extent inaccessible, locked in the privacy of the families which have made it their own and in the multiple permutations which it stems from. The contradictions that this chutney embodies, between its ingredients, sweet and sour, between the roughly cut fruit and the smooth walls that contain it, each extend to this food’s identity, made unique by its private life but which would have remained obscure if not for a fleeting moment in the public eye. Nothing better reflects the dichotomy between cold snow and warm pavement than this otherwise humble chutney. Winter’s beautiful first failure to take the lead in a dance which it will inevitably dominate, before itself fading from center-stage. This food, this space, this season, surfaced to me as the channel through which to re-define home away from home. <br />
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Regardless of what meaning this chutney does or does not have to you, here is the recipe. Perhaps you too will find your own meaning for this not so humble preserve!<br />
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-5lbs. (2270g.) pears sliced & peeled<br />
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While it is a general rule not to tinker with preserve recipes, I was short a few hundred grams of pears and apples, I replaced these with cranberries. Also, fair warning, the fruit must optimally sit in the vinegar for three hours before being cooked, this is the kind of recipe which requires a whole afternoon!<br />
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seasonal foods, but I guess I just had too many summery recipes for too short a
summer. No worries folks, though summery it may be, nothing should stop you
from making this tasty falafel. Not only are these little balls of happiness
tasty and fresh but they’re surprisingly healthy to boot! They fulfill a wide
variety of health niches too being vegan, gluten-free and everything in
between. Due to a baking method I use, they’re also low on fat and as I've
replaced the traditional breadcrumbs and chickpeas with lentils and green peas so
for all you fit people out there, it’s low-carb/high in protein as well! This
recipe attempts to bring the rich floral notes of herbs to the forefront of
this traditionally earthy and spicy favorite. I've found that these flavours
are best highlighted by a light relish of onions and peppers cooked in the
juice and zest of an orange. Topped with a vegan coconut curry sauce or some
garlic mayo and wrapped in a pita or mixed into a salad and you have one tasty
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<span lang="FR">-A dash of coriander and cumin as well as a pinch of cayenne pepper<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Some days are tough days, others are swell, finish with
liquor and evenings end well... to a certain extent anyway! We’ve all had some
evenings that may not have ended so well after a few drinks but really, for
those of us who might hit the bottle every now and then, what’s not to like
about finishing off a day with a good old fashioned libation? After a long day
spent buzzing around in an effort to submit some federal grant proposals of
epic proportion I decided to reward myself with a touch of something potent and
in this case something potent was none other than an elderflower bourbon sour. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As of yet, considering that I once trained as
a bartender, I’m actually quite surprised that I have abstained from posting
one of my cocktail recipes to this site for so long. Thankfully though, there
is a first for everything! This cocktail celebrates our lovely post-prohibition
era by adding new elements to an old favorite. The smooth base of elderflower
with the tang of fresh lemon and the woody char of bourbon, served up chilled
or on the rocks with a brown sugar rim <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>move
this sour beyond the traditional G&T/rum & coke spectrum of cocktails. This
drink makes a swell apéritif, or is good sipped for a cinq à sept alongside a
variety of salty morsels.
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-Half a lemon</div>
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-3/4 oz. Bourbon (I used Old Crow)</div>
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-1/2 oz. Elderflower Liqueur*</div>
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-A touch of elderflower syrup**</div>
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is St-Germain, otherwise the American ripoff St. Elder provides a tasty and
cheap alternative if available. In Quebec, Marie Brizard makes an elderflower
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** This cordial is homemade in Scandinavia and some of the
UK, however, some forms of elderflower are inedible so do make sure you have
the right kind! Alternatively, the syrup is available at IKEA or from the
British company “Bottle Green” (sold at Atwater Market and Aubut for you
Montrealers)</div>
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Squeeze lemon around the edge of your glass making sure it's applied liberally and evenly</div>
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Tis’ that time of year again! It’s fall, season of hot
beverages on instagram, facebook posts about pumpkin spice lattes permeated
with yuppie zealousness and ultimately, time to cozy on up. Fall is
traditionally the time to bring in the harvest. Here above the 49<sup>th</sup>
parallel we joyously stuff our mouths with all things pumpkin, apple, plum and
cranberry celebrating the beauty of our changing daily landscape all the while
muttering ominously that “winter is coming”. </div>
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Flannel shirts and wool socks
aside, this is the time where we can most feasibly excuse any decadent eating
(aside from you know, CHRISTMAS. It’s coming too!) under the great overarching
banner that with cold on the way we need our reserves. Fall is a time of great
beauty where sweaters, glorious large sweaters and tuques, simultaneously hide
any new curves as well as mussed up hair under a thin veneer of seasonal
fashion leaving us to enjoy the season to its fullest. So with the excuses
established and the stereotypes set, it’s time to hit the kitchen and make some
nice, rich, and even nearly-kind-of-healthy pumpkin spice loaf!</div>
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Let’s get to it! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Ingredients:</div>
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2/3 c. Pumpkin puree (canned or fresh, if fresh cook it down until very
thick)</div>
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2 Eggs</div>
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1 tsp. Vanilla Extract</div>
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½ tsp. salt</div>
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½ c. Olive Oil</div>
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1/3c. Milk, mixed with 1/2tsp vinegar</div>
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2c. Wholewheat Flour</div>
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1 ¼ tsp. Baking Soda</div>
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1 tsp. Cinnamon</div>
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¼ tsp each of ground ginger and allspice</div>
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1/8 tsp cloves<br />
-2/3 c. Sugar</div>
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~1/4c. honey for the glaze</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">While sweltering heat might no longer be so common at this
point in the season, mornings are still hot enough to merit a good cold
beverage. In our land of lengthy winters where hot beverages are the norm, and
where autumn leaves will soon find us collectively guzzling cappuccinos, we
have to prize these moments of summer bliss where we can sit out back and break
our fast on a perfectly chilled iced coffee and a bowl of fresh berries... or
on a less healthy note, a fresh pain au chocolat!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The latter became a bit of a ritual this summer for my dear
flatmate Tyson and I (and our many fantastic house guests) as we’d pack up our
coffees, teas and ice and walk to Montreal’s Lachine canal where we would pick
up fresh pain au chocolat before enjoying a lovely breakfast in good company
while soaking up the sun on one of Montreal’s finest vistas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A summer
of experimentation with iced coffee has provided me with a certain amount of
experience when it comes to making it. And subsequent thought on the matter,
and people’s pleasant surprise when trying our iced coffee has made me realize
something: many a person has no idea how to make a good iced coffee! This might
sound odd to some, I mean technically it's just ice...and coffee...right?
Wrong. Well, I mean, mostly wrong. Sure you can take some good old filter
coffee (ick) and mix it with ice and what not but I’ll guarantee you that in
most cases it’ll just end up tasting like watery sock juice. So how do we solve
this quandary? By tackling each attribute of a good iced coffee one by one.</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Common
Iced coffee issues:</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> 1)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Iced coffee often lacks flavour</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> 2)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Iced coffee is often not cold enough</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> 3)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Iced coffee is often watery</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For our
first issue, we have to tackle the fact that much iced coffee is made with bad
coffee and might taste like charcoal, or like the aforementioned sock juice.
While not the coffee connoisseur that some of my friends are, I do know enough
about it to state I like lightly roasted coffee and prefer an espresso or
French press to the filtered stuff. So tip number one, use good coffee and a
good method of extraction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From here
we move on to issue number two: temperature. Here we can do one of two things,
either chill coffee, or use a cold extraction process. As someone who likes my
little stovetop coffee maker, I tend to stick to espresso which I chill the
night before* or if I am with someone who has access to a fancy machine, we
draw some shots and pass them through ice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now we’re
faced with another issue, we can either cool coffee overnight whereupon it oxidizes
or cool it in ice, whereupon it gets watered down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alternatively,
you can whisk it in a cold water bath whereupon it chills without being
diluted. While this option might seem like a perfect solution, at 7am in the
morning a cold water bath and whisking treatment for my coffee is hardly an
exciting prospect (nor are all the dishes it creates). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This leaves
me with my two favorite solutions: making ice cubes out of coffee and cooling
my coffee with ice made of coffee or adding a coffee concentrate, such as a “good”
instant coffee (cue the horrified screams of coffee lovers everywhere) to my
espresso and then chilling it with ice. The second option tends to occur most
often with me as I </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a) often
lack the forethought of making coffee ice and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b) hate
doing the dishes required by a cold water bath</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Another
solution is to make a “cold-extract” coffee, which entertainingly enough I’ve seen
marketed as some kind of fancy shmancy new invention that is terribly difficult
to make. Well Montreal food trucks and hipster cafes move aside! Cold
extraction coffee is one of the easiest things you can make, no specialty tools
or expensive machines required! Simply mix water and coffee directly in a container
and let sit overnight in the fridge. As the water is cold, it’s more difficult for
the coffee to infuse so you’ll probably want something like a 1:2 ratio of coarsely
ground coffee to water. Combine it in an airtight container, leave the mix in
the fridge overnight and strain the next morning! Cold-extract coffee is
generally less acidic and has a strong concentrated almost espresso-ish taste
(in my opinion anyway, but hey I’m no barista.) Cold extract coffee, certainly
with coffee ice cubes thus solves all three of our coffee quandaries providing
a good tasting, cold coffee that is not watery! Though of course...this also
requires forethought, but cold-extract coffee is a great solution for a Sunday
brunch, certainly if like me you tend to spend your time chained to the stove,
coaxing coffees out of a stovetop espresso machine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Anyway: in
theory you have now made your cold-extract coffee, or have chilled some nice
espresso or what not, should you have gone the coffee ice cube route you can
now combine them all together for a proper punch of rich, chilled caffeine to
greet any morning stupor. If you’re into the black coffee thing, you’re good and
ready to go, however, if like me you prefer your coffee sinfully adulterated
feel free to play with it at this point.</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Coffee
Additives:</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My morning
usual is normally one of the aforementioned coffee bases mixed with cane sugar,
a bit of skimmed milk and some soy milk for added thickness. I also tend to add
a touch of vanilla either in the form of extract or infused into the
aforementioned cane sugar. While cream would otherwise be a favorite option, neither
my lactose-intolerance nor my waistline would be terribly grateful to me for
its daily addition to my summer diet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Other fun
additives can include hazelnut extract, vanilla syrup, melted dark chocolate (I’ve
also heard of people melting nutella into their coffee) or if you’re really
sinful, Irish cream, Grand Marnier of Frangelico.</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Transportation:</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On a final
note, I feel obliged to mention that should you take the coffee to go and
decide on not adding coffee ice cubes, I’d recommend transporting the ice in a
separate container and draining the melted water off before adding the ice to
your coffee. This prevents the water from melting into your coffee and makes
for a better drink when you arrive at your destination.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here’s
hoping that these few tips (which seem to have become a veritable wall of text)
can help contribute to providing you with a morning free of insipid iced coffee! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">*However
many claim that as it ages overnight the coffee oxidizes and tastes icky, I
tend to vacuum pack mine by putting it in a mason jar piping hot and capping it
so it seals...I like to think it helps.</span></div>
</div>
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You’ve all been bombarded a time or by my endless rants
about the importance of preserving, the joys of jam making etcetera, etcetera.
But one thing I feel like I haven’t quite focused on enough is the importance
of enjoying the bounty of summer in the moment.</div>
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Succulent peaches, tangy cherries and fresh berries are
often epitomized as the apex of summer produce they can be cooked, accentuating
cakes, cobblers or crisps. They can provide colour to nearly anything or can
simply grace the table plain (and really, that’s only if they manage to make it
there!) These fruits have carved a niche in my earliest memories taking a vivid
place in a way which only food can. I don’t only remember the juices of a
perfectly sweet Ontario peach running down my chin when we visited my
grandmother; I remember learning to forage for berries in the Saguenay where
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In addition to this though, there is a memory which might be
a bit less conventional; eating raw rhubarb. As I’ve shared my recollections of
rhubarb with people, I’ve been appalled to find that to most, rhubarb is only a
component used in making a strawberry pie less cloying...or at least less
boring. This leaves me flabbergasted as my first memory of rhubarb is most
certainly sitting down alongside my mom with a stick of freshly picked rhubarb,
peeling it and dunking the strange rhizome into granulated sugar before
chomping on it with relish. Indeed some people eat it with salt instead!
(granted, that one is perhaps a tad odd) Aside from eating it fresh from the
ground, we would savor it as the chief component in an upside down cake served
with a large dollop of ice cream (indeed this dessert, referred to as rhubarb
pudding, familiarized me with the British concept of pudding, quite different
from the flacid viscous puddings we refer to here!) With all this in mind, rhubarb’s
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These are only a few of the uses for rhubarb, that some
people complain that they have too much of they stuff leaves me totally
stumped! Why yes, you might get sick of eating it raw, in pies or puddings but
certainly you can’t have too much!? It is well suited to cakes and to muffins,
it freezes well and perhaps most surprisingly it makes a good cocktail!</div>
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Indeed, if you’re tired of chomping on this root and your
freezer is full to bursting what better to do than drink the stuff? To
make rhubarb cordial is easy enough. Remove the leaves, clean, cut, cover in
water and boil until soft. Add sugar to taste and let sit and strain when ready!
Voila, c’est fait, it’s done, you now have a delightful summer cordial! Care to
store it for awhile? Cook it down further with more sugar and make a syrup,
less space in the fridge and a good additive to add kick to water...or vodka...
or as a substitute to grenadine in any cocktail.</div>
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Play around with this one, drink, be merry, lift your a
glass and live in the moment!</div>
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With summer wrapping up, it’s best to remember that we still
have the finest of the season yet to go: the gorgeous days of August and early
September, and those cool evenings which accompany them are ideal for
entertaining. For me they are doubly prized as these moments precede the next
chapter of my life--my move to Toronto for my Ph. D. </div>
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While I love what I’ll be doing and am excited to get
started, these final days of freedom between degrees are bittersweet. Saying
goodbye to my beloved Montreal (and the wealth of French pastry it provides)
has made me treasure every moment of this second half of summer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t know about yours, but my summer has
been rich and bountiful: traveling to Europe for research, completing my MA
thesis, warm visits with friends from as far away as Calgary and England,
packing up my Montreal apartment, moving my belongings all in an epic overnight
venture to Toronto and of course lots of good eats! </div>
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In <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>an attempt to get
the best out of the season, I’ve decided to start this little series of posts
called “Summer Essentials,” some will contain recipes, others general pointers,
some just glorious photos...either way, I hope they help you keep a firm grasp on
the ever-fleeting days of this 2014 summer!</div>
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First on the list? I’ve decided to turn once again towards
Escoffier and encourage his age old mantra of “Faites simple,” loosely
translated as “keep it simple.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
mantra can apply to everything from dining to dressing. If one of the finest
chefs ever born believed in simplicity in food, why say different? Certainly in
summer where the freshest tastiest fruit and veg are readily available! Fortunately, this fresh tasting dish can be made in all seasons meaning that memories made under the August sun might manifest themselves later in the year at the tip of your fork. Enjoy it
hot or cold, as a main or side-dish, but most importantly? Enjoy it accompanied
by friends and a few bottles of chilled white or rosé.</div>
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Ingredients:</div>
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For the base:</div>
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Three sweet potatoes </div>
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-A large bunch of kale chips</div>
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-Olive oil for coating </div>
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-A large handful of coarsely crushed walnuts </div>
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-1/4 tsp. each of cayenne pepper and black pepper</div>
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-3tbsp. each of strong dijon and modena balsamic. </div>
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-2 cloves of garlic, peeled.</div>
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1) Preheat oven to 350, chop sweet potato into small cubes, coat with olive oil and cayenne, let bake until tender and penetrable with a fork, about 25 minutes</div>
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2) Chop kale, mist with olive oil or brush lightly, salt and pepper generously before adding to the oven for the last 5 minutes of cooking. When the sweet potatoes are ready, remove them from the oven, lower heat to 250 and continue baking kale until crispy</div>
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Combine crunchy kale with tender sweet potatoes, coat with dressing and dust with coriander and walnuts.</div>
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Jam, jelly, conserves, and frankly all other preserves hold
a special place in my heart. There is something about taking the flavours of the
season, boiling them down and bottling them that seems absolutely surreal to
me. Given that we live in an age of effortless modernity, where freezing is a
foot away and preservatives are ready to hand, old-fashioned preservation allows
us to harken back to a time where this labour-intensive process was not a hobby,
but a necessity. While jams are relatively recent, made possible only following
the mainstream adoption of sugar, preservation via fermentation, salting or
pickling has been around far far longer. Maybe because of this, making jam has
a deep fulfilling cachet for me, one which I know many people share. Beyond
this somewhat abstract historical narrative I see myself partaking in when I
make jam (oh-ho yes I just went there), and this notion of trapping seasons,
there is also on a far more immersive level to jam-making, one which I think
the most people relate to, nostalgia. We’re reminded of this on a personal
level, often when we think of family members. In my case, my mother makes jam,
my grandmother made it before her, the story is one you’ve surely heard before,
likely one you can even relate to in some form or another. Because of these
emotions, making jam and preserving foods feels natural, domestic and homey. As
I consider my upcoming move to Toronto I know that even once I’ve unpacked all
of my furniture and books and hung my prints on the wall, home won’t be home
until I’ve made preserves there.</div>
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Well to me, there is nothing more natural about this. Jam is
the smell of nana’s kitchen; it’s the taste of mom’s raspberry jam, which I’d
eat by the spoonful at the table in my Oma’s kitchen when I wasn’t even
knee-high. Simply? Jam is cozyness in a jar; it is a culture in itself,
something we all share in and can relate to (there’s a PHD essay topic in here
somewhere). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even beyond this saccharine nostalgia
making jam is not only a cue for past memories, it’s also the promise of new memories
to be made. Making jam in a new home, means new friends to share it with, a new
place to eat it in and sometimes even new recipes!</div>
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Ah, new recipes, right! That’s what this is about. Bellow I’ve
included a recipe for my newest preserve yet, mango rhubarb jam. Sounds
strange? Don’t knock it until you try it! I mean you’re clearly here because
your intrigued/perplexed/interested/terrified right? You clicked on this link,
you knew what you were getting yourself into! It might seem to be a bit of an odd
combination, but the flavours work fantastically (if-I-may-say-so-myself) and
it spreads oh so well! </div>
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Jam is a journey!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
recipe was the rebirth of a phoenix: while I at least knew the origins of the
two-day old rhubarb that sat impatiently on my counter (courtesy of my generous
friend Wanda), this cannot be said for the case of dubious quality mangos procured
from Montreal’s Jean Talon market—a cornucopia of produce ranging from fresh to
freighting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, hey, when life gives
you lemons (or in this case lumpy mangos), you make lemonade…or jam…ok, that
didn’t really work, did it? Hush you.</div>
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Some might ask where does this jam fit into my big ramble up
there? How does it fit into my narrative? Well, it’s a recipe I came up with
while living in my strange Montreal apartment and I think its quirky nature
just about fits with my quirky MA year! So on that note, I dedicate it to my
lovely roommates Elias and Tyson (in succession) and also to Sean, a dear
friend from out West, who happened to be floating about when I made.</div>
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-3cups Mango, cubed</div>
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-7cups Rhubarb, chopped into about 1.5 cm lengths</div>
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-5cups granulated sugar</div>
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-1 package of pectin (I used certo, it weighed in at 57 grams) </div>
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**As usual with preserving I begin this with a disclaimer: Please always sterilize everything and be careful when preserving. USDA guidelines can be found <a href="http://nchfp.uga.edu/publications/publications_usda.html">here</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Today we celebrate the one hundredth post on this blog and really, what better way to celebrate than with fire? D<span style="font-family: inherit;">on't be worried by this recipe's supposed technical refinement, I've prepared this dish for countless people whose eyes have gone wide as dinner plates when I explained that I was going to </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">flambé </span>something. The immediate reactions tend to vary from "isn't that really complicated!?" to "what if you set the house on fire!?" to "Ohhh! Fire!" all I can say in response to these exclamations is that it really, really, really isn't that hard to do. If you follow these simple steps you too can set dessert on fire!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Crêpes Suzette has, as far as we know, been kicking around the culinary world for over a century. Sometimes garnished with the unfortunate and unglamorous name "Pancakes, Casino Style". Crêpes Suzette exists in a myriad of different forms sometimes with the final </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">flambé</span>, sometimes without. Historically it is difficult to attribute to anyone, being claimed by a multitude of creators and dedicated to a veritable army of Suzies, Suzettes and Suzannes. While claims to the creation of the original recipe vary, we do know that it appears in a variety of Belle<span style="line-height: 115%;"> Époque cookbooks including one by the ever famous Auguste Escoffier, who was chef to the Savoy Hotel of London. Interestingly enough, Escoffier's first version of the recipe does not feature the </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">flambé</span> which most people have so fondly associated with this delicious, if perhaps slightly over the top dessert. While it is difficult to pinpoint exactly when people decided it was a good day to light pancakes on fire, one thing we can be certain of is that it is delicious!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">In writing my version of the recipe I appear to have contradicted the greats *insert self-flagellation here* Escoffier's recipe as published in his 1965 edition "Ma Cuisine" calls for curacao and tangerines, I prefer the fancier Grand Marnier and the more zestable orange in addition to a nice salted butter to give us the much sought after salted caramel flavour that is ever the rage at the moment.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Now, the easiest part is just making the crêpes, simple enough! Most </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">crêpe recipes will do in this case, here's the one that my family has used for as long as I can remember.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The sauce is really made to suit your tastes, the ingredients are: salted butter, sugar, orange juice, orange zest and an orange liquor for burning (in my case, Grand Marnier). </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Lighter Method: This is a tad trickier but not at all impossible just be ready to coordinate. Uncork your bottle and be ready to pour some into the pan. For the actual ignition I've found it easiest to fill a spoon or ladle with liquor </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">before heating the bottom with a lighter to warm it. Once warmed, let the flame crawl over the top into the liquor, catching fire.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> Immediately pour a dash of liquor from the bottle into the pan as it begins to evaporate, add your flaming spoonful of liquor to the pan where you see the largest accumulation of alcohol poured from the bottle. When it catches, as with the torch method, swish your </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">crêpe back an forth making sure it flares up.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483574371172747802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004147552979238866.post-84664652396173714332014-06-17T14:34:00.001-04:002014-06-17T14:34:25.214-04:00Wholesome Vegan Oat Scones<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Lets face it folks, you all know that I am not vegan, will not be a vegan
and do not plan on being vegan anytime soon. Its a well known fact that while I
may routinely torment myself with an overdose of academia and the occasional
bout of physical exercise, I'm far from perfect and enjoy life with a hefty
helping of epicureanism, one which sometimes traverses into the realm of nearly
bacchanalian hedonism. I take my toast and waffles buttered, my cheese on
everything, and have trouble looking at a pig without seeing adorable bacon
held up by ham. Lamb and foie gras are moral dilemmas which inexorably end in
favour of my stomach and no bottle of wine should go uncorked.<br />
<br />
Perhaps because of this, I view vegans and vegetarians with a mixture of
incredulity and admiration. Admiration for their nearly monastic dedication to
a clean, environmentally sensitive lifestyle, incredulity because I know that
if you wanted to take my brie from me you'd have to pry it from my cold, dead
fingers. <br />
Having vegan and vegetarian friends has catered to what I can only describe
as my Catholic guilt complex, on the one hand I long for the freedom and guilt
free lifestyle that comes from “eating clean” on the other hand, I can’t help
but think that I wouldn’t want to wake every morning to veganism as a bedfellow.
In an attempt to bridge the gap I've tried to limit my consumption of meat
and animal products. A close friendship with friends of cleaner dieting
persuasion has led me to pursue vegan recipes with renewed fervor as an endeavor
which I can only describe as both challenging and rewarding!<br />
<br />
Now on to the scones. Yesterday, I was invited to an interesting event: vegan
high tea. This lovely experience, celebrating my dear friend Mitchell’s return
from Africa was catered by his wife Kat who does an impressive job of making
veganism bearable. Her cashew sour cream cucumber sandwiches are legitimately
better than the real deal and veggie pate has delightful umami that fills an
otherwise substantial void in the British tea experience. My contribution to
this tasty meal was vegan scones with strawberry rhurbarb compote. The scone
is a surprisingly mutable baked good, and reacts well to veganification. I had
subbed butter for shortening or coconut oil before without breaking much of a
sweat. What makes these scones actually innovative is the choice of flour. Upon
returning home from the grocery, I found myself sadly lacking in white flour.
This lack of nutrient free fluffy goodness led me to pursue other more
wholesome options, with what I might say were rather tasty results! I grabbed
some wholewheat flour and introduced some oatmeal to my coffee grinder and this
recipe was the result. Flatter than the usual scone (something which could
likely have been countered with a few more solids and colder fat, my shortening
having been very warm) the scones remained a good vehicle for jammy goodness
and held their own on the tea table.<br />
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Without further ado, here are nearly healthy vegan scones!<br />
Ingredients:<br />
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-1 1/4c oat flour (oatmeal, meat coffee grinder, coffee
grinder meat oatmeal)</div>
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- 1 3/4c wholewheat flour</div>
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-nutmeg to taste</div>
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-5tsp baking powder</div>
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-2 tsp salt</div>
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-1/2c sugar+1tsbp</div>
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-½c vegetable shortening+1tbsp</div>
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-1.5c. soy milk</div>
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“La démarche” is simple enough:</div>
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Preheat oven to 400</div>
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Combine all dry ingredients, including the sugar into a
large bowl, mix well</div>
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Incorporate into the
dry ingredients with a fork or pastry knife until somewhat pebbly in appearance
with pea-sized lumps.</div>
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Add the soy milk, mix quickly until flour is just
integrated, drop in dollops onto a cookie sheet</div>
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Bake until golden brown, about 10 minutes</div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">The Michelin star system has achieved of
the status of being something of an institution in today’s culinary world. Those
who have heard of it no doubt know that the prestige of this much lauded system
even borders on the mythical. In North America, where Michelin stars are less
common, the system’s background is characteristically overblown, being known to
many as a largely European phenomenon which can make or break the career of a
chef. The stars are perhaps most infamous for being associated with the common trope
of the chef committing suicide upon losing a star. While such an occurrence is
not impossible, I can at least attempt to soothe any disquiet you by asserting
in all confidence that chefs are hardly throwing themselves on their tomato
knives left and right either. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">The realities of the Michelin world in
Europe are somewhat less dramatic than we tend to imagine them. While Michelin
stars are by no means easy to receive, they aren’t exactly impossible to earn
either. While the top of the category, restaurants having received three stars,
are generally associated with stodginess and insane pricing (something which I
have yet to have the chance to verify personally) my stay in Nice led me to
realize that the lower starred restaurants can be not only<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>affordable but also, quite surprisingly,
within the means of the traveling student.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Before truly diving into the restaurant we
went to in Nice, it is necessary make a slight sidenote and mention that the
Michelin system has itself lost quite a bit of prestige in recent decades. The
famed system born of the tire company (I advise you to google their old mascot
by the way, truly a creature that would haunt your nightmares) has fallen out
of favor for many known food writers such as Paul Levy, due to strange rules
and archaic classifications. For these people, the Michelin has been abandoned
or re-evaluated in favour of the more recent Gault-Millau guide and a handful
of others such smaller scale works such as Gilles Pudlowski <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Guide Pudlo</i>. However, in France it remains
to be said that in the majority of cases the Michelin guide, if not specific,
is seen as remaining at least somewhat reliable.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">It is with this context that, Shannon and I
decided to venture into a single starred Michelin establishment in Nice. Upon
setting foot into Chef Christian Plumail’s <i>L’Univers</i>, we were immediately met
by a disheartening décor which bordered on the kitsch, one which I’ve come to
associate with people who fill vases with glass balls and who favour black
melamine furniture. Thankfully the burning in our eyes was quickly offset by
the tantalizing aromas emanating from the kitchen which acted as a strict
reminder: we were there to eat.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Upon inquiring about our reservation,
Shannon and I received from the maitre d’hote the quick up and down look
accompanied by the scrunched nose that is the international sign language
signifier of contempt. If it was due to the Quebequois accent we spoke with,
the somewhat travel-wrinkled clothing we wore or simply our age (further
scrutiny revealed that the restaurant appeared to have more in common with a
senior’s residence than just its décor) we’ll never know, but we swallowed our
pride, greeted it all with a smile and boldly marched on to our much anticipated
meal.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">The meal in question was an especially
affordable seasonal set lunch menu whereby we were offered two courses for the
very reasonable fee of 23 euros, we accepted this with gusto and our dedication
to escaping a starred restaurant without taking a mortgage out on our meal no
doubt validated our dear Maitre d’Hote’s conceptions of us. Considering the horrors
of French Riviera tourist traps, we were only too glad to give <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">L’Univers</i> a go.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Our meal began with a surprising
complimentary amuse-gueule, which was quite delicious, it was a form of
monkfish quenelle floating in the aioli of the region and accompanied by a wide
selection of delightful artisanal sourdough buns. It was light and fresh,
giving us confidence in our choice of restaurant while fulfilling its purpose
by priming us for the appetizer.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Appetizers are often my favorite course.
However, in this case, although good, I was rather nonplussed. Shannon had a
stuffed eggplant which evoked the ratatouille of the region in a comforting if
not particularly marking way. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">My choice, the pickled veal tongue with roquette,
was tasty but nothing truly mind blowing, a sound foundation which led up to
the main dish which we knew would either make or break the meal.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">With some trepiditation we awaited the main
course, watching as the waiters circled around the restaurant like hawks,
catching glimpses of food as it floated by, wondering if it was what we had
ordered and attempting to do with our eyes what we wished to with our
teeth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finally, our dishes made their
appearance, in the hands of our waiter Shannon’s soy glazed local pork chop and
my Collin filet made their graceful descent from the heights of the kitchen to
our lowly table, landing softly by grace of the waiter right before us without
even a *thunk*.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"> It the dish’s landing was soft, its impact remained significant
as the delectable aroma floated towards us and our mouths started to water.
Like most people who really appreciate food, Shannon and I were incapable of
keeping our forks to ourselves diving into each others dishes as well as our
own. While Shannon’s pork with perfectly cooked green beans was very tasty, the
clear winner we decided was the Collin fillet. The otherwise humble white fish
had been garnished by a rich and simple buttery sauce similar to an hollandaise
and served with a delightful fried blossom which upon inquiring we discovered
to have belonged to a courgette.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"> The contrast in textures was remarkable,
merging the smooth velvety sauce with the melt in your mouth fish finished with
the surprising crunch provided by the squash flower. All this culminated in a
dish which somehow managed to straddle the line between being rich and light,
the courgette blossom in particular dispelled any shadows of doubts concerning
the quality of the main dish leading to it all being dispatched with alacrity.
This combination was suitably accompanied by delicate mashed cauliflower which
provided a sound base upon which the main dishes flavours could rest without
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were pleasantly surprised when upon requesting the bill we were each offered a
pair of sweets; a macaron and Madeleine which capped the meal delightfully. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Altogether, while it was perhaps not the
most eye opening culinary experience of my life, if it was only slightly
hindered by a sprinkling of snoot and bad décor, it was a great meal all the
same. To return to our Michelin stars, despite the sometimes dubious nature of
the system I must say in this case it did its job well. Though I must confess,
I did double check the Gault-Millau rating of the restaurant as well!</span></div>
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Well, that’s the general gist of this post. I normally seek
to excuse my tardy submissions by mentioning my overburdened schedule and my
swamping workload but this time it’s a bit different. Why you may ask? Because
not only am I working… I’ve been robbed of my kitchen! It’s rather hard to post
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Well actually, that’s not totally apt, the kitchen is still
mine but it appears that in reality it has been robbed of me. By what, by whom?
Well the simple answer yet again is: by work. Now now, I’m sure this all sounds
horrid, Nick without a kitchen, that’s like a pug without folds or the queen
without corgies but in reality it’s not so bad so hold onto that sympathy. I’m
not infiltrating North Korea, or perhaps worse, on a trip to Northern Ontario, I’m
simply on a research trip…to France. </div>
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More specifically, I’m in a region referred to as les Alpes
Maritimes in a sleepy village called Villeneuve-Loubet which for those of you
who may not have bothered with the French, is tellingly sandwiched between the
famed Côte d’Azur and the French Alps. Now now now, before the urge to wring my neck
like a gog-eyed turkey arises, let me remind you that I am, in all
technically, here to work. So sun, sand (or rather pebbles) and castles aren’t
the only thing on the agenda. This means that life is indeed slightly more
challenging than the usual morning dilemma of choosing if I want to eat a pain
au chocolat or croissant (the answer to that is inevitably an easy one, both). </div>
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For those of you
interested in the historical aspect, I am here to work at the Auguste Escoffier
museum, studying the menus, recipes and work of the famed chef of the same
name. Using material sources I hope to study how Escoffier affected the diffusion
of French cuisine in Britain, among other places, and how this tied to
different aspects of society. For more information on the topic, please feel
free to consult my yet unwritten MA thesis.</div>
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However this is a food blog, so here’s the scoop so far for anyone
who might be inclined to dine in the area, as we’re on a student budget price
is key.</div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Salade Niçoise is, predictably, really big here…like
it’s everywhere . Though the famed salad’s authenticity can be a touchy subject
(green beans or not? What about garlic? Vinegar? AHHHHH!!!!) most cheap
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Might not be authentic, but it does hit the
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</span><!--[endif]-->Also, you can have something similar to a Niçoise
but in a sandwich called a “Pan Bagnat”, this make a great lunch or dinner, and
ours are available at our delightful bakery in town here!</div>
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note that most restaurants seem more prone to serving lunch (déjeuner) over
supper (diner), actually in the wee villages out here sandwich boards sporting
menus tend to eclipse themselves around two in the afternoon and restaurants
then close their kitchens, generally only serving beverages such as coffee,
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this is much less of a problem in Nice central, the issue of eating out there
is far more complicated due to the treacherous swamp of touristy joints willing
to swindle you out of your hard earned euros (certainly with this exchange
rate, eek!) in exchange for mediocre seafood or steaks, limp fries and frozen
veg. Prices here are quite steep for a travelling student and quality/ price
ratios on sit down meals can be heartbreaking. Though do keep in mind, that tax
and tip is included in the cost of the meal (yay! No mental math!).</div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Never fear however! Nice, like apparently
everywhere in France, is loaded with cheap wine, cheese, bread, sausage and
pastry which is (mostly) absolutely delicious. The region is also laden with
delicious olives. So word of advice should you choose to venture down here? Opt
for the picnic.</div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->EXCEPT! When you feel inclined to sniff out a
relatively snazzier join and maybe splurging a tad, our splurge was the
delectable Michelin starred “L’Univers” of chef Christian Plumail who offers a
delicious lunch on weekdays for the equally tasty price of 23€…but that is a
story for the next post!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483574371172747802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004147552979238866.post-83179389325451941942014-04-17T01:13:00.002-04:002014-04-17T01:26:57.466-04:00Honey Mustard Lamb en Croûte<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Bipolar weather aside, one can arguably assert that spring has sprung in Eastern Canada. Various flower shoots have made themselves known (only to be buried again by snow) and what is perhaps our best meteorological indicator (facebook) has been alight with endless comments about the weather. With pastel colours and bunny-shaped everything coming to the forefront of our day to day existence we are faced by the inescapable fact that Easter is upon us. With this said, what is better than celebrating spring and the holiest of holy days than the slaughtering and eating of everyone's petting zoo favorite: the lovely lamb? Nothing, the answer is nothing. Now, I know I'm not sounding particularly encouraging here, certainly as I'm supposed to be convincing you to try this recipe but lets face it, the whole lamb thing is a bit chilling, moreso when you think of all of the Christian Easter parallels you could make.Unfortunately for the lamb though, it was born with one great misfortune, that of being both prized and delectable.<br />
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On this topic, it is my firm belief that lamb, like veal and other adorable animals is subject to the taste to cuteness ratio (should I have a trademark here or something?) whereby the overall taste of the animal is determined by how adorable it is. While science dictates that baby animals are delicious due to softness and lack of muscle development (leading to toughness), one could equally argue, with substantially less scientific backing, that these critters are made delicious as an internalized response to the fact that you feel extra bad about eating the wee thing. Who knows! What I can vouch for however, is that with all this being said and done, lamb is delicious, holding a special place in my heart and generating warm and fuzzy sensations that have nothing to do with its fluffy appearance. <br />
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As this was my first attempt at cooking lamb, I can, in retrospect modify (slightly) my recipe. The cut of lamb I had was one which I was unfamiliar with, not being someone who partakes in this sinful delight often. It was rather fatty and had a substantial bone in it. Faced with this fearsome beast, I must admit that I wasn't entirely sure how to dress it up (more like pork? more like beef? I've never cooked mutton or goat...hmmm). In this case, I chose to issue the animal the culinary equivalent of shirt and tails so to speak, being
classed up with a fine coating of crushed croutons, herbs mustard and garlic,
making a nice shell to keep all the yummy in one place and making for a
perfectly moist roast. Problem? This cut was richer than I had presumed, being thick with fat and bone, sealing it hermetically in a head to hoof coating of oiled croutons and creamy mustard gave us the equivalent of our aforementioned coat tail lamb presenting itself at a particularly casual summer barbecue, one perhaps hosted by nudists. As one could surmise from such a situation, the lamb and I were faced with considerable awkwardness and were both suitably embarrassed. While I have no idea how the overdressed lamb may have acted in the continuation of my metaphorical wanderings (it is late ok?) I do know that once I'd served it that the fat needed to be cut by something. Solution? A dry wine with some edge, some largely unadorned veg and a zingy lemon cranberry rice, BAM! the meal was saved.<br />
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Now, with this said and done, I must testify that in retrospect I should have prepared it with plain breadcrumbs, as the rich croutons were a tad too rich. HOWEVER (let me win back a wee bit of my ego, please?) had I instead had a leaner piece of lamb, one which was without bone to keep it moist, then by keeping the croutons we would have guaranteed a succulent roast from an otherwise dry cut. All this to say, live and learn folks, live and learn (on another note, will you shut up Nick? This is a food post not a collection of the works of Victor Hugo I'm obviously in essay writing mode)<br />
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Anyway, blah blah blah... lamb up!<br />
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Insert the fearsome beast into the oven for about 20 minutes to sear it, although apparently "sealing the juices in" is an old wive's tale, it still makes it nice and purty.</div>
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While the lamb is roasting, mince your garlic and prep your herbs, chopping them finely.</div>
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As the lack of updates may have made clear, the end of the semester has shown its ugly head. Writing, reading, presenting and lecturing has been as draining and time consuming as it has been rewarding. With PhD schools on the mind, a research trip to Europe which has yet to be planned, (but is less than three weeks away!?) time for anything else has been sparse indeed. Excuses aside though, spring appears to have finally sprung (fingers crossed!) and this needs to be celebrated! Now how do we celebrate spring? Well we do it by eating decadent delights (duh)! Why might you ask? Well first of all, for everyone weight conscious, we all know that as summer approaches we begin obsessing a bit more about our looks, the infamous concept of the "beach body" emerges on our radar and makes most people (though they may loathe to admit it) shift uncomfortably in their skins. Early Spring is the last part of the year where the idea of even wearing a bathing suit seems like a vague and remote speck on the horizon. On a less superficial note though? This recipe is heavy on the caramel and caramel, done right, means slaving over a hot stove, not exactly ideal for summer. In a badly influenced budget apartment in winter/late spring however? Heat is ALWAYS appreciated.<br />
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Oh...reading this, were you looking for a reason to make these? Really? Seriously now? You need me to provide a reason for you to make salted caramel squares with chocolate? Are you unwell? Ill? Broken? No? Then spoon to hand folks, get that oven fired up and lets get to work!<br />
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P.s. Apologies for the lack of step by step pictures this time, this was rush job! The recipe is rather straightforward though! The caramel is the only complicated part and David Lebowitz has a wonderful illustrated recipe for caramel on his website<a href="http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2008/01/how-to-make-the/"> here</a> which inspired my caramel!<br />
should you want to take a look at it<br />
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Crazy blizzard means a hot meal, or at least that's how I decide when to cook a roast! While at the moment, it's lamb that's on the menu for supper, no photos have been taken, no recipes have been written and I have no idea what it will taste like, it's experimental. So for lamb, looks like you'll just have to wait! Now now, I'm not going to leave you with a lamb shaped void in your soul, I'll just have to placate you with a recipe for the lovely roast chicken I made during our last snow storm! Ok, ok I know, chicken ain't no lamb. Even more than that, I know that a lot of people aren't too keen on roast chicken, I can assure you that I wasn't for the longest time! I used to think of roast chicken as bland, mostly dry and cardboard-like, served with a greasy, tasteless gravy, next to some less than appetizing potatoes, hardly something that evoked anything nearing culinary fantasy and certainly not something that got the saliva flowing. What changed? I had the chance of partaking in a few chicken dinners where lo' and behold, I realized that chicken didn't have to be dry, even moreso, they could taste...good or even...great!<br />
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So golly gee, my perceptions changed. Naturally, because I couldn't rely on other people as my only source of tasty chicken, I then spent a while pondering what to do with chicken to make it not ok, not good but even...dare I say it? Great! I hmmmm'd, I hawwww'd, flipped through some recipes and finding nothing satisfactory,decided to hatch up my own (see what I did there? Hatch? Hahahaha-...ok, ok that was bad, I'm tired ok?). Enter my Rosemary Lemon Chicken with Roasted Garlic Coulis, a kind of composite chicken recipe inspired by a multitude of different approaches to cooking our feathery friends (Mind you, I feel that this friendship might be a tad one-sided hmmm?). First up, I figured out a roast chicken recipe but I had a problem, I couldn't just give you a nice tasty chicken with some plain watery/greasy gravy, that's too...well...boring. Also, we had all that lovely lemony rosemary flavour, but what to do with it? The solution came out of the fact that I've been immersed in studying (and studying, and studying) French cooking for my MA and as we all know, the French do love their sauces, so eureka! Roast Garlic+Gravy= Garlic coulis. Anyway, fast forward to actual mealtime where I was almost trembling with anticipation (was it actually gonna be good!? How would people like it?) and the moment of truth came, as testified to by its picked clean carcass, the meal was a success!<br />
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In sum, this recipe is dedicated to those who have fed me good chicken (and made me see the light), to those who aren't afraid to experiment, to the chicken we ate (bless its little soul), and of course...to those who even now are looking at this recipe and saying "good chicken eh? No such thing!"...well you know what naysayers? Try me.<br />
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Ps. Did I mention that this recipe is a fast and simple? Well it is, there, I said it. Now whatcha waiting for!? <br />
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<u><b> Rosemary Lemon Chicken with Roasted Garlic Coulis </b></u><br />
Served on a bed of delicious veg!<br />
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Preheat Oven to 450 Fahrenheit<br />
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Cleave the bulb of garlic in half horizontally and chop the veggies into bite-sized chunks roughly the same size, strew them in a roasting pan/large dish.<br />
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Pick and clean your fresh herbs (or you know...take them out of their package)<br />
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Get intimate with Mr. Chicken (ie stuff the cavity with lemons and herbs, still have space? Throw in some of your onion too) </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483574371172747802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004147552979238866.post-11031175396715734622014-02-07T12:05:00.000-05:002014-02-07T12:25:38.120-05:00Hemingway's Hamburger<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
There comes a time in every cook's life where a recipe surfaces that is at once alluring and slightly revolting, for me, this was the case with Hemingway's hamburger recipe. On the one side, who doesn't like a good burger? Although I'm not the world's biggest fan of ground beef, anything with Hemingway's name attached to it is bound to be good. I mean, down to the basics, Hemingway was a man of great appetites! From delicious food to his more famous love of equally delicious alcohol, Hemingway was a first rate gourmet. This is confirmed by Hemingway's grocery orders for his estate in Cuba, part of a recent new discovery released by the Cuban government to the US. His grocery list, which featured lobster bisque, pheasant, sturgeon and guinea hen among other mouthwatering delicacies goes a long way to establishing the writer's food credentials. Snazzy food aside though, what better way to reflect someone's great tastes then a peek at the mundane? Hemingway's penchant for the best is reflected in this not so humble burger, featuring wine, capers and india relish this patty will happily take your tastebuds for a ride!<br />
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So ok ok ok all this good stuff, "But Nick! What was that about something revolting!?", well... there is an issue with Hemingway's burger. This recipe, which was researched by author Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan and published by <a href="http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2013/09/16/hemingways-hamburger/">the Paris Review</a> has provided us with a bit of a conundrum. While she has yielded a delicious burger recipe, she also revealed a dirty little secret contained in this otherwise delightful recipe: the presence of MSG in one of the spice mixes. You see, MSG, which straight tastes like some strange pork extract and delivers a huge punch of savoury/umami goodness, happens to be one of the main ingredients in a discontinued and awkwardly orientalist named spice mix which Hemingway used. Now, in recent years MSG has gotten a pretty horrid rap (as testified to by the countless labels screaming "DOES NOT CONTAIN MSG!" in Asian restaurants and grocery stores all over) but in its defense the stuff is found naturally in such things as soy sauce, generally as a result of fermentation.<br />
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So I was faced with a dilemma...make a historically innacurate Hemingway burger with MSG or leave the "evil" powder out? Well my inner historian seems to have won out, so I shamefully ran out and bought some of the little white crystals. It might be weird and nasty stuff but one thing I can say...is that these burgers are an explosion of flavour in your mouth. Maybe next time I'll try without MSG but honestly, I think I might be hooked! Though of course, it helps when the burger is served with homemade buns, pickles and fries!<br />
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Credit where credit is due: this recipe was researched by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan and posted for the Paris Review and brought to my attention by ever loveable blogger, scholar and documentarist <a href="http://the-ooze.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/from-rockies-to-solent.html">Thomas</a> Seal.<br />
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Ingredients:<br />
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Ingredients --<br />
-1 lb. lean ground beef<br />
-2 cloves, minced garlic<br />
-2 scallions, finely chopped<br />
-1 heaping teaspoon, India relish (I used chopped homemade mustard pickles)<br />
-2 tablespoons, capers (chopped)<br />
-1 heaping teaspoon, Spice Islands sage (I just used whatever sage was available)<br />
-Spice Islands Beau Monde Seasoning -- ½ teaspoon (Not available in Quebec as far as I can see so I had to leave it out until I can get my hands on some!)<br />
-Spice Islands Mei Yen Powder -- ½ teaspoon* <br />
-1 egg, beaten in a cup with a fork<br />
-About one third cup dry red or white wine.<br />
-1 tablespoon cooking oil<br />
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Here's the MSG! Lu-Lien Tan inquired over at Spice Island for the recipe
of this now discontinued product and it seems to be something around
these lines:<br />
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Combine <br />
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9 parts salt<br />
9 parts sugar<br />
2 parts MSG<br />
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Mix 2/3 of a tsp. of this mixture with 1/8 tsp. soy sauce and voila, reconstructed Mei Yen!<br />
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As for any burger recipe the approach is pretty simple:<br />
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Chop capers, onions, pickles and crush garlic <br />
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Combine chopped veg with some of the seasoning<br />
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Integrate it into the ground beef evenly (I went to a butcher for mine, it is Hemingway after all, can't just have plain grocery store ground beef!). Should you need filler, oats are always a good choice (not canon, a travesty! I promise I made the recipe without additions the first time!)<br />
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Add the egg<br />
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...and the wine<br />
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And fry up! Hemingway liked it done on a pan so go ahead!<br />
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Serve with whatever condiments you like, if you have mustard pickles, they are by far the best!<br />
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Perhaps another time I'll even add the recipe I use for burger buns! For now, hope some of you are tempted to have a delightful gourmet burger!<br />
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