jesse_the_k: Muppet's Swedish chef brandishes cleaver and spoon with rooster at side (grandiloquent cook is grandiloquent)
2021-01-27 04:49 pm
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Vegetarian Collards

I’ve finally got a reliable technique. Requires a very sharp chef's knife.

  • cut out and discard the ribs
  • chiffonade: stack up three to five half-leaves, fold over in half lengthwise, roll tightly, then cut into thin ribbons
  • parboil (in my 1000 watt nuke, that's 6 minutes covered)
  • add to sweated onions and caraway seeds cooked in copious oil
  • stir & cook for at least 20 minutes
  • finish with equal amounts of apple cider vinegar and apple juice

Last time I cooked up three bunches, which was two pots full, using 1/2 C each ACV and apple juice.

jesse_the_k: Six silver spoons with enamel handles (fancy ass spoons)
2020-05-16 12:37 pm
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Almond-Chickpea-Fava Shortbread Cookies

The May prompt at the [community profile] gluten_free community is "Nuts." I felt like whipping up some shortbead. My cupboard had a packet of Bob’s Red Mill Garbanzo-Fava Bean flour rapidly approaching its sell-by date. DuckDuckGo led me to some delicious cookies. If you have a free hour, you can make some!

jesse_the_k: Muppet's Swedish chef brandishes cleaver and spoon with rooster at side (grandiloquent cook is grandiloquent)
2020-02-02 02:58 pm

Recipe: Greek-style Hot Dish

Recipe: Greek-style Hot Dish

MyGuy and I have created a flexible casserole celebrating the tastes and textures of Greece. Potatoes, garbanzos, olives, sweet pepper, artichoke hearts, asparagus, tuna, lemon. Full details & vegan variations at the [community profile] gluten_free community, where the current monthly prompt is bread.

I'm posting to fulfill my pledge. Just 2882 days ago (in a locked post) we began experimenting with this recipe, and I did promise to post it when it was ready to roll.

jesse_the_k: Pixar's Dory, the adventurous fish with a brain injury (dain bramage)
2019-12-07 09:10 am

What Brain, Breakfast Edition

My breakfast routine includes a tall glass of oolong/green tea and a tall glass of bouillon. I drink the former as I make my breakfast soup, where I pour the latter around 10 minutes in to the process.

Can you see where this is leading? Yes, I had oolong fish soup this morning. Not bad, needed more salt.

What remarkable things have you done during your morning stupor?

jesse_the_k: Muppet's Swedish chef brandishes cleaver and spoon with rooster at side (grandiloquent cook is grandiloquent)
2019-12-06 04:17 pm
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recipe: Baked Acorn Cranberry Apple Squash

Thanks to [personal profile] forests_of_fire for pointing me at a great recipe, which I fiddled with because I’m incorrigible.

Four generous servings, one hour

  • 2 small acorn squash (or one medium kabocha)

Cut in half, place face down on parchment papered baking sheet, cook 35 minutes at 350°

Meanwhile, prepare filling

  • 1 cup fresh cranberries, sliced in half
  • 1 large granny smith apple, peeled and diced in half-inch bits
  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cardamom powder

stir and let sit until squash are ready.

After 35 minutes, pull pan, use spatula to turn squash on their backs then slash spatula into squash twice to make more transfer surface. Spoon cranberry-apple mix into cooked halves, return for 25 minutes more in 350° oven.

jesse_the_k: text: Be kinder than need be: everyone is fighting some kind of battle (Default)
2013-12-12 01:43 pm

Cooking for Engineers: Step 1

A common trope in Sherlock (BBC) fandom is that Sherlock knows how to cook, because he's a chemist, and cooking=chemistry (which I would debate as long as somebody's feeding me) but he just doesn't bother, because he's a jerk.

If he decides to unwind his unkindness, here's his perfect cookbook: Cooking for Engineers at the obvious URL.
Here's the minimal critical specification (aka overview) for one dessert as well as the lavishly illustrated step-by-step directions:

Cooking for Engineers: Pecan Coffee Cake







It's been hard to post lately, so I'm taking small steps.