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In Mol AraanIn Mol AraanA blog about food and words in Yiddish and English including but not limited to cooking, recipes, culinary lexicography, delights and curiosities of the plant world, and cookbooks Articles
Dinosaur Tibias (Delicata Squash Pakora)
2007-11-11 04:22:00 One thing you just gotta have around your kitchen, especially if you sometimes cook for the wee?ans, is chickpea flour. You need the chickpea flour, also called besan, or gram flour, because it is a miraculous protein-rich ingredient that will provide a base for your batters without making them starchy or floury. It will create meltingly crackling crisp crusts for pancakes like these zucchini latkes, and you will be able to make instant fritter batter, or pakora batter without wheat, eggs, gluten, or dairy products. I recently got some delicious delicata squashes from my CSA and, I could not but notice when I cut into them, that the cross section of a delicata squash looks exactly, but exactly, like the cross section of a dinosaur tibia, and we already know that some members of my family are much more likely to eat food if it looks like a dinosaur (or some part thereof). I remarked as well that the donut-shape is the universal ideal fritter shape and so I made these relatively... More About: Squash Warning: preg_replace() [function.preg-replace]: Compilation failed: nothing to repeat at offset 0 in /home/blogtop/public_html/blogdetails.php on line 149
Hemp Seed Tabouli (and a Belated Introduction to the Hemp Seed Project)
2007-11-06 23:56:00 So, what’s with all the hemp seeds, already? My enthusiasm for these rich little seeds has bewildered some of you, and I admit I did not know anything like this was going to happen when I began developing hemp seed recipes a little over a year ago. These guys are close to miraculous in their protein content, omega 3-6-9 profile, fiber and, of course, antioxidants. None of this would be of any interest to me at all if I could not also make them delicious. You can look up information on hemp seed nutrition at Manitoba Harvest, Nutiva, and Living Harvest. I wish I could refer you to site that did not also sell hemp seeds, but so far the otherwise comprehensive USDA nutrition reference site has taken no notice of hemp seeds. One very reasonable explanation for this is that hardly anyone eats them, and the reason for that is they just don’t have enough good recipes. This is what motivates the hemp seed project In Mol Araan. A few traditional hemp seed recipes come from Lithu... More About: Project , Introduction , Hemp , Seed
Flat-Bottomed Whisk
2007-11-05 05:11:00 The preparation of this vanilla pudding I made last week, and of the sauce Mornay for the purple potato gnocchi I am making this week were both rendered much easier that they have been in the past by my nifty little flat-bottomed spiral whisk. It leaves no corner unstirred. And I am not unaware that the season for hot cocoa and hot chocolate is right around the corner, am I now? I got mine at The Peppermill on 16th Avenue in Boro Park; they will dunk it for you right there in the store, if you like.The Peppermill5015 16th AvenueBrooklyn, NY 11204 More About: Flat
Lost and Found Banana Omelets Two Ways
2007-11-02 19:14:00 Something I loved to make around the time I was in college was a banana omelet with rice, or sometimes, banana fried rice with an omelet. I don?t know how I fell out of the habit, but you know, you get excited about new foods and they push some old staples out of the repertoire. I had just about completely forgotten banana omelets, but they popped back into my consciousness recently and I made them again just in time for Kanchana?s omelet edition of Weekend Breakfast Blogging. To make an omelet for one, I use one half of a Cavendish banana (a regular supermarket banana) but if they are available, one of those cute little lady finger bananas would be perfect for a single serving. Of course you can double the recipe for two. Every variety of rice goes well with banana omelets. This time I used basmati rice. You can emphasize the sweetness by using Thai black rice or other sweet rice, or you can use forbidden black rice for a sharper contrast. Short grain brown rice might be th... More About: Lost , Banana , Lost and Found , Mele
Choclate Bug Bites and the Utility of Names
2007-11-01 16:04:00 In general, I am not likely to observe the feast days of the Catholic calendar, but let me tell you about a little custom for the eve of the day of all souls: Children show up at your house, and you give them candy. Now there is just nothing not to like about that practice. Well, maybe one little thing. For many years there has been very narrow overlap between stuff kids actually want and foods I am willing to have in my house, even for a few hours. This year I made a big hit with organic chocolate bug bites. Each bug bite has a tiny bar of very good milk or dark chocolate and a collectible insect card with valuable bug-lore on the back. You can trade them like chocolate frog cards. Of that bombycid moth (top right) we learn that [s]howing beauty through simplicity of design, this male moth displays a fine pair of feathered antennae. The Zen-like design displays a peppered frosting of yellow scales towards the wing tips that ware mirrored in the yellow hairs that cover its... More About: Utility , Names , Bite
Garlic au Gratin
2007-10-31 20:52:00 During the intermediate days of sikes (The Feast of Tabernacles, whatever those are) the Wee?an, the Glaistig, and I visited the garlic festival in Saugerties, NY, and we had a very silly, happy good time, and learned some garlic related botany (see more pictures here). I brought home four pounds of garlic: one pound each Music, German red, Roja, and German white (seen right-to-left). The Music is the mildest and most complexly-flavored. I hope I will be able to get supplies of this amazing variety of garlic more often. The German red is by far the sharpest and hottest of the four. The Roja is similar to the Music in its bouquet of flavors, but sharper and with firmer cloves. The German white is the most common garlic in this area; it is medium hot and very flavorful. German red is a rocambole variety of garlic and all the others are porcelain. This useful site describes many garlic varieties with wonderful pictures. You will also want to look at Farmgirl's landmark post ... More About: Garlic Warning: preg_replace() [function.preg-replace]: Compilation failed: nothing to repeat at offset 0 in /home/blogtop/public_html/blogdetails.php on line 149
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Bostini Cream Pie for the Daring Bakers
2007-10-29 22:10:00 This is the first recipe I have prepared for the Daring Baker s , a blogging community devoted to the delight and edification of all bakers who dare, or would like to dare a bit more. This month?s recipe was selected by Mary of Alpineberry. Have a look at our blogroll, to see how everyone has interpreted this recipe. It is a deconstruction of the dessert commonly called Boston Cream Pie, another misleadingly-named food, along with Zuppa Inglese (neither English nor soup). Boston cream pie is not a pie, nor has it any historic connection to Boston, apocryphal claims of the Omni Hotel megalith to the contrary. I am grateful to have been challenged to make a recipe I would have been unlikely to select for myself, because of the prodigal amount of cream and yolks, and the use of cornstarch as a thickener. For many years I thought this was the only worthwhile use of cornstarch, but I have come around of late to appreciate this unfashionable ingredient (I also use a cornstarch slur...
Maple Sugar Cookies
2007-10-28 05:37:00 I have been extending my Canada sojourn virtually, first by attending the Ukranian Wave festival of the Center for Traditional Music and Dance here in New York, and now by making these cracking good maple sugar cookies in celebration of our dazzling local leafage. I looked at Maida Heatter?s sugar cookie recipe, and a few others, and then I used this very handy food blog search gadget to find this recipe over at The Old Foodie: Maple Sugar Cookie s One cup of sugar, one cup of crushed maple sugar, one cup of butter, two well beaten eggs, two tablespoons of water, two teaspoons of baking powder, and flour enough to roll out. Do not make too stiff. Bake in a quick oven.[The Good Housekeeping Woman's Home Cook Book; c1909.] This is very close to what I ended up doing. I substituted coconut oil for the butter since these are for a dairy-free event, and I added extra yolks to make up for the lost butteryness. I also added some vanilla and maple extracts, which you can certainly lea... Warning: preg_replace() [function.preg-replace]: Compilation failed: nothing to repeat at offset 0 in /home/blogtop/public_html/blogdetails.php on line 149
Language and Peas
2007-10-26 20:59:00 Don't miss this lovely story over at Language Hat; A parent has difficulty encouraging her young son to learn her native language:That all changed during a trip to India when Jai was 4. I was sitting with my mother on the floor, shelling peas. As we were laughing and talking, Jai wandered over, picked up a pea pod with great curiosity and asked what it was. It is mattar, my mother told him. Peas ? he wondered. Inside this? He loved the fact that he could open the pod and find a treasure. He opened one, then another and another. He sat still, which in itself was an achievement. He began to listen to us, to ask questions.
The Palate of the Court, As Well As Its Conscience
2007-10-26 03:57:00 According to a new book about the Supremes, Justice Souter had never seen or heard of diet Coke before he was nominated to the Supreme Court . Lucky devil he is. More About: Conscience , Well
Acorn Squash, Just So
2007-10-26 03:10:00 I made baked acorn squash recently, and enjoyed than more than I thought I might. Sugary sweet and conventionally pretty, this Ann Sheridan of squashes has never been in the first tier of my favorites and I wouldn’t normally pick it out for myself, but these acorn squashes came from my CSA and of course they are to ordinary acorn squash as the apple tree to the trees of the wood. I just baked them cut side down for about thrity minutes, and then flipped them over to add butter, salt and pepper. There is really nothing else you need to add. More About: Squash
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Uchiki Kuri Squash Soup with Lentils
2007-10-24 03:51:00 Holy cow! I like winter squash, in fact I like winter squash a whole lot, but I have never before been the least bit tempted to try it raw. Just before I left I got this smashing uchiki kuri squash from my CSA. As soon as I cut it open the fresh, sweet, fruity, and completely irresistible smell filled the kitchen and I just had to slice off a bit and have a bite. The dense flesh is juicy and sweet. I cooked them anyway, but these kuris present a whole new level of squash possibility, clear, pure, and beautiful. This Beverly Sills of squash will make you smile from ear to ear and fill your heart with sunshine. Sometimes these are orange all over, but look at those snazzy green speckles! The skin is tender, so you don?t need to peel them. Late October Lentil Soup with Uchiki Kuri Squash 1 dense-fleshed squash such as uchiki kuri or kabocha, about 1 ½ pounds after trimming 3 cups lentils olive oil 3 medium or largish onions, diced 1 tablespoon whole cumin seeds sev... More About: Cooking , Food , Lentils Warning: preg_replace() [function.preg-replace]: Compilation failed: nothing to repeat at offset 0 in /home/blogtop/public_html/blogdetails.php on line 149
Fresh Pistachios
2007-10-16 22:51:00 When I got this amazing dried cantaloupe at Sunflower Market in Queens, I also got these fresh pistachios, The husks are easily removed and the tender kernels taste just like pistachios, but more so. I had never seen anything like this before, and I betcha Sweetnicks hasn't either! More About: Fresh , Pistachios Warning: preg_replace() [function.preg-replace]: Compilation failed: nothing to repeat at offset 0 in /home/blogtop/public_html/blogdetails.php on line 149
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Artichokes and Dill, Doubly Delicious
2007-10-14 19:23:00 Yes, I am overwhelmed by the quantity of vegetables I am receiving every week from my miraculous CSA collective, and yes, I will be leaving shortly for Canada, or somewhere of that sort, for several days, but even so, I just had to bring home seven pounds, oh my gosh, seven pounds, of these amazing prickly artichokes from Muddy River Farm at Union Square last Friday. Not too many farmers in this part of the country grow artichokes, but when we get them they are the best thing in the world. A few weeks ago we had these tiny little guys and now they are huge! There are a number of reasons I am especially grateful to get artichokes (usually considered a spring vegetable on the west coast) in the late summer and fall. One reason is that it allows me to prepare Alfredo Viazzi?s Artichoke Pasta to accompany the exquisite late summer dish of carrots, beets, and zucchini as the maestro intended (I will be making every effort to post that vegetable recipe while you can still make it this... More About: Cooking , Food , Recipes , Delicious , Deli
Bumpy Pumpkins of Provence
2007-10-12 20:09:00 You have, it seems to me, two choices. You can buy a couple of pounds of peanuts and glue them to the surface of your pumpkin, or you can skip the middleman by getting a Poitron Brodé Galeux d?Eysine. More About: Provence , Pumpkins , Pump , Prove , Proven Warning: preg_replace() [function.preg-replace]: Compilation failed: nothing to repeat at offset 0 in /home/blogtop/public_html/blogdetails.php on line 149
Wooly Bear Prognostication 2007
2007-10-09 04:43:00 I thing this little fella is saying that this year will bring another moderate winter, milder at the beginning, but quite cold into the early spring. More About: Bear , Gnostic
Dried Cantaloupe
2007-10-08 19:17:00 It seems like months ago that I posted a photograph of some unidentified dried fruit. Now it can be told! This is dried cantaloupe from Sunflower Market in Rego Park Queens. Beautiful, huh? and wonderfully sweet and lush. In its dried form, cantaloupe is caramel-sweet with notes of chocolate, coffee and dates. At first, I couldn't believe it was cantaloupe, but then the fresh flavor of cantaloupiness blossoms out in the second wave of tasting. Here's the coolest part: when next I had fresh cantaloupe, I was able for the first time to perceive the subtle notes of the datey and chocolaty flavor that must have been there all along. Thanks so much to everyone for your excellent guesses. I think the clear winner is Always Write who saw the fabled "Shroud of Turin Kugel." Honorable mention goes to Miriam for this helpful comment on the origin of the phrase "have a shifty":the phrase "have a shifty" is from the anglo-arabic "have a shufti" - shufti means look (imperative) in a... More About: Cant
What Is This?
2007-09-24 23:26:00 Have a shifty at this latest and most extraordinarily delicious discovery. I will send one ounce of whatever it is for the most interesting guess, which may or may not be the closest.
The Beet that Ate Cincinnati (Borsht, ???????,, Barszcz)
2007-09-21 03:31:00 That is one really big beet I got this week. That is a smallish pumpkin, I will admit, but it is not one of those tiny little mini pumpkins. Big Red weighed almost two and a half pounds before peeling and trimming. Stoneledge farm also delivered carrots and cabbage, so it seems like a perfect time to make the first hot borsht of the season, especially now that I am inspired by this beautiful post by Pille at Nami Nami. I will double the recipe (because, you see, I have a very big beet).For now let me note that this is a regular garden-variety hybrid beet that happens to have some pale spots, and not a chioggia beet. I do not especially care for chioggia beets (I think there may be only one other vegetable that doesn't excite me. Can you guess which?); they are tooth-achingly sweet to me, but why should that be a problem when I love desserts that are unbearably sweet for many other people? More About: Cincinnati , ?????? , ???????
Transparent Things
2007-09-20 02:47:00 Viana La Place doesn?t like them, but I am close to the conclusion that everything that gets refrigerated needs to be in a transparent bag or container. If you are going to refrigerate an item in an opaque vessel, you might as well just skip the middleman and throw it on the compost heap right now, because you know that?s where it?s going. More About: Things , Transparent , Spar , Parent , Tran Warning: preg_replace() [function.preg-replace]: Compilation failed: nothing to repeat at offset 0 in /home/blogtop/public_html/blogdetails.php on line 149
New Year Honey Watch I: Coffee Flower Honey
More articles from this author:2007-09-12 23:28:00 This heady and fragrant honey was a gift from Marion the Librarian and Mine-Freyde. Coffee flower honey?three of my favorite words right there. This honey is dark and chocolaty, very floral, and yes, you can detect just a wonderful waft of coffee. More About: Watch , New Year , Honey , Flower 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
