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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
Fumitory Water
2007-05-30 20:38:00 There may be better blogs with prettier pictures, but who else is going to help you prepare your fumitory water? Fumitory water is an herb-scented water analogous to rose water and orange flower water made from fumitory (it is a noun), the common name for fumaria officinalis, or ???????? (feldroykh, or ?field-smoke?) in Yiddish. I found my fumitory water at the Sunflower Market in Queens, and by now you know I just wasn't about to leave without it. Mr. Mizrahi suggested making a refreshing summer drink by mixing the fumitory water with honey, water, and ice, adding that this potation is ?very good for the heart, blood, cholesterol, everything.? I have no doubt that it is.The flavor is a tiny bit smoky, with notes of dates, figs, and prune, and something like gum Arabic or gum mastic. It is very different from anything I have tasted before. I might try this instead of rose or orange blossom water next time I make a syrupy dessert, just to see what happens. Cooling Fumitory Wa... More About: Water , Mito , Tory Warning: preg_replace() [function.preg-replace]: Compilation failed: nothing to repeat at offset 0 in /home/blogtop/public_html/blogdetails.php on line 149
Cucumber Salad with Cilantro
2007-05-25 18:12:00 These sweet, juicy, and very crisp cucumbers from Yuno's Farm are in the market this week. You can put them in this salad, or make cucumber sandwiches (ideally with salt-rising bread). When I have extra cilantro around, I make this alternate salad.Cucumber Salad with Cilantro 4 large cucumbers, or six or seven kirbiesolive oilapple cider vinegarkosher saltcilantro, minced (about 12 sprigs, or whatever you need to use up)Peel the cucumbers, or don't. Slice them into quarters longitudinally, and slice the quarters into chunks about 1/3 of an inch thick. Put the cucumbers in a bowl and toss them with oil, vinegar, salt and cilantro.Have a look at a roundup of Weekend Herb Blogging, to be found this week at Kitchen Wench.Food and Drink, Recipes, Cooking, Food, Vegetarian, vegetables, , whb, vegan, Weekend Herb Blogging, antioxidant-rich foods
Hemp Seed and Tahini Salad (A Gesture Toward Hummus)
2007-05-18 20:38:00 This recipe is not substitute for khumes (hummus); it is its own little thing?a gesture toward hummus. Hemp Seed and Tahini Salad (Hemp Seed Hummus) 1 ½ cups hulled hemp seeds salt, about two teaspoons 3 cloves garlic (more or less) ½ - ¾ cup tahini (I used roasted tahini this time) ½ cup lemon juice (it is also nice to substitute brine from pickled hot peppers, if you happen to have some) several sprigs cilantro (about ¼ cup minced) optional 1 dried chicostle chile or other medium dried red chileSeveral tablespoons of your loveliest olive oilA dusting of sumac, and a dusting of paprika or Middle Eastern red pepper Put the hemp seeds and salt in a saucepan with 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil and simmer for ten minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool somewhat. Drop the peeled garlic cloves and dried chile into a processor or other device and grind or mince fine. Add the hemp seeds with their liquid, tahini and lemon juice. Blend everything well, and chill. Turn ... More About: Ward
Manhattan Circumnavigation and Home-Made Take-Out
2007-05-15 13:18:00 On my way up the West Side, I saw this bendy building, lilacs,the main plant of H&H bagels,and many gorgeous ruined piers and pile fields.The bicycle path is interrupted at 125th street, where you can see some very rare remaining trolley tracks. Look at fascinating historic subway photos here, including this postcard of this very spot.The greenway seems to come to a dead end here somewhere in the 160's, but if you go all the way over to the right, you can find the place to continue.Along the way I saw folks strolling, reading,eating, practicing music (with saxophonists in the majority for some reason), doing construction work,baton twirling,fishing, and just walking or riding.Just south of the George Washington Bridge there is this sweet little curve where you have water on three sides. This is where I took a little break and . . .Here's what I brought along: a whole-grain roll from Bread Alone with butter and salt, a piece of "swish" cheese (Swiss sheep cheese) from Valley Sheph... More About: Home , Made , Manhattan , Atta Warning: preg_replace() [function.preg-replace]: Compilation failed: nothing to repeat at offset 0 in /home/blogtop/public_html/blogdetails.php on line 149
Home of Sweet'n Low
2007-05-10 03:30:00 Flushing Avenue and Cumberland Street, Brooklyn, directly across the street from the ruins of the old Navy YardI would not have guessed that this building is still the home of Sweet'n Low, but it is.I would no more have guessed that President Nixon ever appeared on Sweet'n Low packets, but he did. More About: Home Warning: preg_replace() [function.preg-replace]: Compilation failed: nothing to repeat at offset 0 in /home/blogtop/public_html/blogdetails.php on line 149
So Learn Yiddish Already!
2007-04-30 23:10:00 Learn Yiddish in New York. This program is the jewel in the crown. It will change your life. You will be able to see colors and discern flavors you never sensed before.Learn Yiddish in Tel Aviv. This program, now in its second year, has some rave reviews. In the epoch of redemption we will all be speaking Yiddish in Israel. Get some practice this summer.Learn Yiddish in Vilnius. Was it Kaczerginski who said that Vilna is "the most Yiddish city on earth"? (Pack warm clothing).Learn Yiddish in Ottawa. Outstanding faculty.Yiddish More About: Youtube , Learn , Dish , Ready
Pineapple Sage
2007-04-29 21:58:00 From left to right: garden sage, purple sage, golden sage and pineapple sage Pineapple sage (salvia elegans) is a revelation. The leaves have the unmistakably vivid and heady aroma of pineapple. How do they do that? The flavor is very like that of garden sage, with just the tiniest bit of the fruitiness promised by the scent. I can think of a few things I would like to try with this new (to me) herb, and I am starting out with strawberries because they, like this sage, belong at once to so many anomalous categories. Sagacious Strawberries Strawberries Fresh pineapple sage leaves (or other sage) Sugar Balsamic vinegar Wash and hull the strawberries. You may slice them, halve them, or leave them whole. Sprinkle the berries lightly with sugar (or leave the sugar out, if you wish), and add a drop or two of vinegar. Wash a few sage leaves and cut them into a chiffonade. Toss the berries with the sage leaves and serve. This herb would also be ideal for sage tea and sage... More About: Sage
????? ??? (Key Challah)
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The Most Anarchic of Vegetables: Jerusalem Artichokes
2007-04-25 00:32:00 Get a load of these gnarly tubers. Gastropunk calls them ?the most anarchic of vegetables.? Jerusalem artichokes, also called sunchokes or topinambours, are in season just now. I hadn?t cooked any of these for about twenty years, when they had a brief burst of trendiness. I didn?t see what the big deal was at back then, no more could I discern any resemblance whatsoever to artichokes, but this time, I think I get it. I prepared them as I would artichokes?steamed with vinaigrette?and they had some real artichoky verve. Jerusalem artichokes vinaigrette 2 pounds Jerusalem artichokes (or as many as you have) ½ cup balsamic vinegar 1 ½ cups olive oil ½ bunch dill 2 or 3 cloves garlic salt Peel the Jerusalem artichokes. This will be tricky because of all the bumps, but it is necessary; the peels can be unpleasantly harsh. The peeled tubers will begin to darken very quickly, so drop them into a large bowl of acidulated water. Cut the vegetables to the desired size (about ... More About: Vegetables , Tabl , Most , Archi
Food and Music; Music About Food
2007-04-24 23:26:00 I just heard this show on the radio about the secret culinary lives of rock stars. I have not yet seen the book, but it sounds like it may be more interesting than your typical celebrity-compilation cookbook (and even the most wretched of these have amazing gems--that might be something to examine some day). This is from the Jessica's Biscuit website:Some recipes are inspired by a particular song in the band?s repertoire, others are taken from real-life experience. Each one bears the often quirky stamp of its source -- while these are thoroughly tested, cook-from-me recipes, Zuaro has left the musicians? wording and instructions intact, which makes for a collection that?s as much fun to read as it is to use. For example, from Devendra Banhart?s contribution: RIGHT ON!!!!!! here is my favorite recipe for: AFRICANAS RICAS! you shall require! I>many bananas! I>a box of graham crackers!!! I>two eggs!!! I>SOUR CREAM!! I>HONEY! More About: Music , Food
Fish & Quips: English Food is Not a Joke
2007-04-23 21:31:00 I had planned to observe St. George?s Day by writing about clotted cream and tea, the two most perfect foods on earth, but I see from Sam?s exhaustive roundup that this subject has been covered folks who know much more than I. Instead I will simply remind you that English food is not a joke because the English air is the perfect medium for making the world?s greatest cheeses, breads, preserves, pickles, and beers and ales. Oh, I wish I had some right now. And then there is this: If you were to stand on a hill during any Sunday afternoon in winter and listen carefully you would hear a low, rustling, crunching sound. It is the entire English nation, eating celery. --Adrian Bailey, quoting his father in The Cooking of the British Isles Happy St. George?s Day, and be kind to dragons. More About: Food , Joke , Fish Warning: preg_replace() [function.preg-replace]: Compilation failed: nothing to repeat at offset 0 in /home/blogtop/public_html/blogdetails.php on line 149
The Evil Inclination and his Computer
2007-04-13 22:10:00 The Wee'an and I never get tired of playing this card game, in which we pair up matching cards and try to avoid getting stuck with the yeytser hore. I only noticed today that it is from the computer he is toting, as much as his eyeball-spears and wheat-grass hair, that we can recognize he is up to no good. More About: Computer , English , Evil
The Chocolate Lady 2007 Vegetarian Peysekh Survival Guide
2007-04-06 22:31:00 Coconut ChipsThe Chocolate Lady 2007 Vegetarian Peysekh Survival Guide RecipesBananaless Walnut Banana Cake for Passover I frequently find myself with a surfeit of overripe bananas during Passover. I just always have this moment of panic the day before when I?m sure no amount of bananas will be enough. Last year I thought it would be pretty smart to make a Passover banana cake. I thought perhaps some ground toasted walnuts, orange or tangerine zest, and maybe chocolate were all things that would go very nicely with bananas. Humming gleefully to myself, I toasted and ground up the walnuts and the orange, beat the eggs, broke up the chocolate bars, and mixed the batter. A few minutes after I put the cakes in the oven, their dazzling baking aromas told me I had really hit the nail on the head with this one. It was at that moment that I noticed my bunch of overripe bananas, still sitting untouched on the table. I had forgotten to add them to the cake. It is possible that ... More About: Aria
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2007-04-02 04:27:00 You thought you could hide. ????, ??? Passover , Pesach, peysekh, hametz More About: ?????? , ???? ???? , ???????? , ??????? , ???? ???????
Seville Orange Marmalade with Bay Leaves and Chiles
2007-03-29 06:26:00 Here it is! I came dangerously close to not cooking my headily fragrant Seville orange. I had never made marmalade or any kind of preserves, and I wasn?t ready to bite into a whole new area of cookery, especially not one that involved straining anything through muslin, but then I read this comment from Lindy: We never see Seville oranges in Pittsburgh. I am jealous, jealous, jealous. In case you missed my answer: First, don't be jealous; Pittsburgh is the only place I ever saw a vegetable called Jew's mallow, so that's pretty cool.Second, this is for you. I was thinking I am so busy, and the holidays are so soon, and my writing project is so massive, that maybe it was enough just to get a few pots of orangeade out of Senora Sevilla, but having read your comment just a few minutes ago, I said, if they can't find Seville oranges in Pittsburgh, I just HAVE to make marmalade, so I fished my now thrice-poached orange out of the icebox, hacked it to gobbeties, mixed it with an... More About: With , Chile , Orange , Leave , Evil Warning: preg_replace() [function.preg-replace]: Compilation failed: nothing to repeat at offset 0 in /home/blogtop/public_html/blogdetails.php on line 149
Seville Oranges in the Enchanted Queendom
2007-03-27 07:04:00 This happens every time you go to Queen s. Someone will just walk up and hand you a rare and exquisite fruit you have been trying to find for years. Maybe we call this place Queens because it is where all the most deeply-felt wishes of our inner princesses are answered. I was not feeling entirely my usual fabulous self yesterday and would have skived off my class, if I hadn?t been the teacher, but I?m glad I made the trip. In the Sunflower International grocery store on Queens Boulevard, Mr. Mizrahi noticed I was sneezing and coughing and said ?here, take one of these. Put a slice in your tea or hot water.? Oh my, oh my. I had in my hands a lumpy, thick-skinned, powerfully fragrant Seville orange, or bitter orange (Citrus Aurantium). I had long hoped to get hold of one of these. Because they have thicker, bumpier skin, more pits, and a deeper, fuller flavor and aroma than edible varieties of orange, I am tempted to say that this thing is like the esrik of the orange wor... More About: Orange , Evil , Enchanted , Range
Hemp and Walnut Kneydlekh (Wheat-Free Matzo Balls)
2007-03-26 07:23:00 The biggest difference in preparation between these guys and regular matzo balls is that you will make the batter just a tiny bit stiffer?matzo will continue to absorb moisture as the batter sits, but nuts do not. You could probably make this with all walnuts or all hemp seeds. I will be trying some other nut-combinations once the holiday begins. These kneydlekh are different from matzo balls, but they are satisfyingly toothy nonetheless. I will certainly be making them again, and I eat wheat all the time. Hemp and Walnut Kneydlekh (Wheat -Free Matzo Balls )(This recipe appeared in Yiddish here, along with a recipe for miso-ginger broth, which will be showing up in English sometime after Passover) 2 eggs ½ cup (2 ounces) lightly toasted walnuts ½ cup (2 ounces) lightly toasted hemp seeds 2 tablespoons (1 ounce) butter or coconut oil salt, pepper, and paprika Grind the walnuts to a fine meal. Grind the hemp seeds just to break them up very slightly, or leave them whole. ... More About: Heat
Roses of Brooklyn (Passover Rosewater Extract)
2007-03-23 21:45:00 Wednesday I went to the Holon supermarket on King?s Highway in Brooklyn, where I found some teeny-tiny little ½-ounce jars of kosher-for-Passover rose water extract and orange flower water extract. The grocer explained that I should use just a drop of extract in a recipe that would call for a tablespoon of rose water. I have been hoping to find something like this for years. If I were to assess the effectiveness of my shopping trips on an ounce-per-mile basis, then today?s trip would be a very inefficient trip indeed. On a coolness-per-mile basis, however, I think I did pretty well. I first learned about Holon and the other grocery stores on King?s Highway from Ilana Goldberg?s amazing and very funny short movie Makolet. If your library has a copy and you have twenty-four minutes, you don?t want to miss what may be my very favorite food movie in the world.I am planning to use orange flower water extract in an orange almond cake, and the rose in a carrot and pistachio halva. More About: Roses , Water , Rose , Over
Something Out of Nothing II: Bottom of the Bag Langues de Chat
2007-03-21 06:12:00 Langues de cheval is more like it?these are much larger and thicker than classic langues de chat should be, but the flavor is just right and they are a perfect canvas for chocolate filling. Every year at about this time I try to use up my last bits of flour and other ingredients in an improvised bread or pastry. It?s sometimes hard to sense the perfect moment to empty the bags?if you act too soon you can be caught without a tablespoon of flour for your roux; if you wait too long, well, you really don?t want to wait too long. Since I had already cooked all my macaroni this year, I didn?t anticipate needing any roux in the next two weeks. Ingredients needing to move were: thirteen ounces of all-purpose flour, six ounces of egg whites, and about two cups each dark chocolate and orange buttercream. It seemed that the two buttercreams sandwiched between langues de chat-type cookies would be just the thing?sort of a rustic orange Milano. The proportion of flour to egg whites I use... More About: Chat , Hat , Methi , Nothing , Something Warning: preg_replace() [function.preg-replace]: Compilation failed: nothing to repeat at offset 0 in /home/blogtop/public_html/blogdetails.php on line 149
Alice Arndt?s Seasoning Savvy
2007-03-18 04:31:00 For this week?s herb blogging, I want just to excerpt some flavorful bits from the wonderful Alice Arndt?s Seas on ing Savvy : How to Cook with Herbs, Spices and Flavorings. This exhaustively-researched book is densely packed information historical, botanical, and culinary for the most curious herb-enthusiasts. On coconut:Try coconut chips! In the Caribbean, this easy-to make, satisfying snack food is a favorite with drinks. With a vegetable peeler or a food-processor, slice a piece of coconut meat, with or without the brown skin, into very thin strips, making them as long as possible. Bake the strips in a single layer [Oh, that sounds perfect for peysekh!] On dill:Dill is one of those generous plants that that supply us with both seed and leaf as seasonings, but when a recipe calls for just plain ?dill,? you can be quite sure it means the leaves. The feathery leaves are also called ?dillweed??a libelous label for a refined flavor. On rose water:Rose water is intended to ... More About: Seasoning
Real Time Oven Instruction Music
2007-03-15 04:01:00 In this movie, Sir Elton John composes a song in real time for an oven-instruction leaflet. The song is not about matzo, but you?ll want to see it even so. And, now that I think of it, it is entirely relevant to this season, when one can only be described as ?jumping in at the deep end? with one?s oven. Hat tip to The Amateur Gourmet for uncovering this gem. And see Sir Elton singing with the muppets here. I think I just remember seeing the original broadcast of this as a very wee bairn. More About: Music , Time , Real , Instruction , Real Time Warning: preg_replace() [function.preg-replace]: Compilation failed: nothing to repeat at offset 0 in /home/blogtop/public_html/blogdetails.php on line 149
Far From Môm
More articles from this author:2007-03-14 03:07:00 Last week The Girl of the Limberlost and I enjoyed some wonderfully puckery, tamarind-infused hot and sour soup at the Lan Café on east 6th Street. I am very excited about this soup, and normally I would be carrying on about the okra (soup with okra! Hot diggity!), but another vegetable neither one of us had ever seen before stole the show. The crescent-shaped slices had a crisp-tender, webby, honeycomb-like texture, and pale green skin. TGOTL thought it might be a variety of eggplant, and I was imagining it might be in the gourd family. Our waiter told us the vegetable is called ?Môm? (sounds like ?mome,? as in ?mome raths?), and he very kindly agreed to bring one out from the kitchen, after much urgent beseeching on my part (you see, I do this all for you, my heart?s cherished readers). It turns out to be the leaf-stalk, or petiole, of a very large plant, a couple of feet long, and about two inches wide with a crescent-shaped cross-section.The Multilingual Multiscript Plant ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
