Cook – Page 13 – Journeys 3.1

Minimizing Duplicate Pantry Ingredients

I read food labels, but try to avoid foods which have labels. I’m struck by how the same ingredients show up over and over again in different products. I looked up five McCormick spice mixes online for comparison: The mixes contain ingredients we already have in the kitchen, apart from outliers like Yellow #5 and…… Continue reading Minimizing Duplicate Pantry Ingredients

Seniors Tuesdays

On Tuesdays seniors get a 20% discount at Coastal Seafoods, probably the best seafood store in the Cities. I got to see their spiffy new digs for the first time and save on a nice piece of King Salmon which they deboned for me.

Desperate Dan

Made a chicken pot pie inspired by comic book character, Desperate Dan. He appeared in a weekly Scottish comic paper, the Dandy, when I was a kid. His favorite meal was cow pie, a steak pie which always featured a pair of cow horns sticking out of the crust.

Sausage and Cabbage on the Barbie

It’s Saturday. It’s sausage and cabbage. We always have sausage and cabbage on a Saturday. In colder months we do a braise

Beans and Beano

Hot-soaked a large pot of dried beans as it towered above our Beano supply. I’ll freeze most of the beans.

Tuna Salad Musubi

Mmm Mmm Mmm: tuna salad musubi for lunch. Dwight asked me to go easy on the nori.

Overthinking Polenta

Over-thought soft polenta, it’s been a slow day. I’ve been making it 1:3, cornmeal to water. Looked up the basic recipe in The Silver Spoon (1:2) and Joy of Cooking (1:4). Ultimately, split the difference and opted for 1:3, as before. I guess you just make it the way you like it.

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