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Thank you for blogging for us this week! Your potstickers look gorgeous, but I'm truly covetous of your kotatsu. I'm freezing in New Jersey!
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I once took paper napkins from somewhere on the turnpike during a road trip. We'd run out of road-use TP, and it was a long road trip. I still feel guilty about it, and I make amends by forcing myself to buy some mini Cinnabons at every outpost that I come across.
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...I'm just a homebaker,...
Ah, Ling, I aspire to being a 'just a home baker' of your caliber!
I make fantastic banana bread and waffles, I really don't eat either of those. Especially waffles. I think they're just a vehicle for strawberries and other toppings, and I simply go straight for the fruit and such. Now, if I put chocolate INTO the banana bread batter, that's a bread of a different color, and I eat it. A bit too avidly, so I try not to. Put in the chocolate, that is.
edited to add: I'm Syrian, we have lots of rose water scented confections, I hate them all, and I refuse to make them! They stink up your hands forever! Give me carnations, please.
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Thanks, for blogging for us! Christmase pudding sounds pretty good to me, but I'll eat any fruitcake that you put in front of me, go figure.
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It's true, you might not have true saffron, but it is just as likely that you just used a bit too much. Saffron DOES have a bitter, and somewhat metallic taste if you are too generous with it. Use it judiciously, though, and docsconz is correct, it has a floral, aromatic, sweet and completely sensual flavor. The first time my daughter cooked alone, she decided to use (ACK! I don't want to say what they cost!) a baggie of pistils in the rice (maybe 1/8 oz), and she remarked on the 'metallic' taste. Try it again, use just a bit. Your potatoes shouldn't become vividly orange, just lightly tinged with yellow. Also, you may find that using garlic along with the saffron enhances the flavor for you. I make a saffron pasta with at least a dozen pistils tossed in at the end, to a pound of pasta.I add 5 cloves of crushed garlic and a good sprinking of kosher salt as well. It's pretty good, but the use of fats and cheeses is also considerable.
edited because judicious was written when I was THINKING delicious and I spelled it accordingly!(Well, my white bean soup IS delicious, I used leftover barbecued beef ribs for flavoring)
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Shalmanese, such GREAT home cooking lessons! Your friend is very lucky, and I thank you for sharing with us the results of all of your work this past few week!. Also, those soups, wow.
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Raw flesh of cow, fish or lamb. I can resist raw poultry, unless it's ground and seasoned. It's a disease, I swear. I always buy a few ounces extra, for the cook.
Plus, if anyone brings sea urchin into my house, they're just asking for me to eat it, immediately, and without any preparation.
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Everything about Katrina is breaking my heart.
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I had a drink made with fresh ginger, bourbon, simple syrup and lime at a party a few years ago. The fellow giving the party was trying to infuse his Asian theme with some hard liquor of interest, and he also made the drinks with vodka, if you asked. I felt very flushed a few minutes after downing it. I guess ginger isn't for gulpers!
Do you get that kick of heat from your Gingered Gentleman?edited for poor grammar
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Carmen told me that he changed the name for his ego and that he hopes to franchise. He IS a natural and honest guy! BTW, I didn't think the sandwiches were small for the price, but I did want to ask him what he does with the butts of the bread that he removes from the loaves. I would have wanted mine! Yum!
And, BTW, I've PM'd Vadouvan, and I'll wait a day for a response before I will post a reply on the subject of "rude" and "pushy" opines.
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Kiddle and I have a friend staying with us for a week. we stayed home and I served the kids a 5 course meal, in long stages, while we played games and watched Donnie Darko.
First course- potato pancakes in a pool of garlic ginger soy glaze, topped with a layer of multiple bites of glazed and sauteed salmon belly, accented with sun dried tomato caps, filled with Neufchatel and covered in scallion.
Second course- small plates of a half dozen for each pan seared sea scallops and apple slices, drizzled with extra strong extra virgin oilive oil, and sprinkled with a grey sel de mer.
Third course- mixed greens, tossed with strawberries, pomegranate seeds and scallion, dressed with balsamic vinegar and fresh smashed garlic.
Fourth course- a duck(from Reading Terminal Market!) marinated with soy sauce, garlic, ginger and honey for a day, and then roasted, served with apricot preserves alongside. Crispy and gamey and the kids were thrilled!
Fifth course- at 11 I decided to bake a double layer chocolate cake (with applesauce instead of butter)instead of serving the cheese plate. I made a glaze out of chocolate and yogurt after soaking the layers with leftover hot chocolate from the day before. The hot chocolate was incredibly thick, we'd made it with whole milk and lots of Mexican chocolate.
The kids ate the cake at around 1:30 AM and passed out around 3:00.
I drank 4 glasses of water AND THEN I passed out. Happy Gregorian New Year!
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Please, tell us what kind of experience you're looking for. And, where are you staying in Fort Lauderdale? I'll add some places to the topic if I can, then.
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We are about to sit down to potato pancakes ... with fresh beyond fresh wild caught salmon sashimi! I can not wait to see kiddle's face when she sees how I've incorparated sashimi with potato pancakes! And, alongside, we're having an immense mixed greens salad with goat cheese, chick peas, gorgeous tomatoes and lots of fresh vegetables tossed in. Everyone promised to bring desserts. I'm hoping for a jelly donut. Her friends are walking in the door now, Shabbat Shalom!
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...the roast pork w/cheese and greens is everything you've heard, and definitely a don't-miss item if you're in town. Better (GASP) than a cheesesteak, imho!
Wait'll you try it with rabe instead of spinach at someplace other than Dinic's.
But that's just my personal preference.
Oh My Holy Oats, you're so right, rabe took the tuna hoagie at Rocco's (now Carmen's but the same family, so to speak!) from great to heavenly. The kiddle had never been willing to eat rabe before, she devoured her entire sandwich at Carmen's. I'll also second Rich Pawlak's opine of Carmen. Firstly, he is friendly beyond the pale. He is garrulous, and he knows it, he doesn't try to hide his open nature, and he truly means well! He hung around and chatted with me while the kiddles and I had our hoagies. We talked for at least ten minutes about the bread alone. We both prefer the same brand of Italian tinned tuna in olive oil, and he really is very dedicated to making a truly delicious sandwich. I can see how he might be a little much for what my dad would call 'quiet folk', but I really loved him for his open heart and his lack of pretension. He is planning on franchising, too. As for cheesesteaks, well, I don't know why, but Carmen's place just seemed more singular than a cheesesteak would be. Besides, we planned on eating AFTER lunch, too. A cheesesteak would have killed me.
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Hi! My friend's son is visiting us from Florida this week, and loves the idea of cooking, he wants to be a chef! He's always wanted to make a duck so today we drove down 65 miles to RTM for... a fresh duck! Why a duck? They're GOURMET, of course.
Well, it was my first visit to RTM, what fun!
The Amish booth folks were all so nice, and the kids enjoyed their ice cream cones immensely.
The sandwiches(um, from Rocco's) with sauteed rabe that we ate for shopping energy were great, and the kids had a lot of fun going from booth to booth only buying one item each(they had to make the tiny bits of money I supplied them with last, you know!).
We got a gorgeous ducky at Godshall's. The guy behind the counter was so dear, he even sold us lovely poultry sausages in groups of 3 (one for each diner, you know!)and a bit of beef bacon to try. And, most importantly, he was very patient with my young friend. The duck was just under 6# and cost about $18. And it is gorgeous! We will be roasting 'the Donald' for New Year's Eve!
I only had one bit of poor luck, the woman who runs the cook book shop wouldn't just charge me $10 for some magazines that kiddle wanted so that I could charge them to my card, and my total was a dollar under her minimum.
She is NOT in need of business, obviously. My kiddle was stunned after I asked the woman if she couldn't charge me extra for something, just to bring up the total. She told me that she wasn't using isdn's for ringing up, but that she couldn't accomodate me. I was mystified by her lack of friendliness and of service skills, especially after I left her shop. Another vendor informed me that Lady Bookseller sells post cards. Um, offer to add a few to my order next time? She also snubbed a woman in front of me who was looking at a $35 book. Still, Lady Bookseller has lovely skin. Kiddle was mollified by the nice boys at Kamal's Middle East place, who cheerfully sold her ONE of each item under the glass.
Finally, we bought some lovely seeds, produce and cheeses, from myriad vendors.
I got some amazing goat cheese with ash at Downtown Cheese, I CAN NOT wait to eat it!
And, we got sea scallops for only 12.99 a pound, at John Yi. Lovely things, I'm sure the scallop eaters will adore them.
I almost went evil and bought a cake at Termini's, but resisted, sadly.
Thanks once again RLIBKIND... you are a font of golden information.
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Gee, I think I know that guy!
This was GREAT! I've got someone pretty amazing dangling right now, myself.
Now we just have to decide if he's a keeper. 
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There isn't a fruitcake, tea cake or Christmas cake alive that I won't eat. Slice it thick or thin, spread it with an accompaniment or not, luridly colored fruit, alcohol, no alcohol, white, dark, nutty, dry, I don't care, I've never tasted a bad one. So, DaveA's got a wife who got him his, I'm all by myself. Send ME your fruitcake excess!
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I don't know which I've been more touched by, the obvious love you have for your life in Israel, or how you posted "my David
" under your husband's photo. I dunno, it just got me right in the heart when I saw that post. Milkys! I haven't had one in forever! Sweet potato tzimmes is something I haven't eaten in maybe 20 years, I've only got a recipe that's made with chicken broth, I feel a cooking lesson coming on for kiddle and me. -
Hey, M.X., WE braved the recipe, and I can sympathize with your sentiments! Although, I must admit, for a 'non fudge' fudge, it went over pretty well with the eaters last night. Honestly, I don't see the point. It was a waste of Velveeta, which kiddle and I have only eaten a few times in our lives. Better to make macaroni and Velveeta, that's MUCH more delicious.
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While there are 2 different decent delivery places here in Englishtown, one place for actually fresh sushi and Chinese,(American style, unless you ask!)named Sultan Wok, and a Kosher pizza place,(Levy's!)really there is only one place of note for take out. My sister's house. In Marlboro. And you have to have the secret password. This area is really dull for regional goodies, I must say. The popular thing here is Chicken Holiday and LaRosa roast chicken. Eh.
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I'm so excited to be reading your blog! Sufganyiot! And, really professionally baked ones! My kiddle would swoon, she gets home made, and they're not my specialty. This is the best year so far in armchair travels at eGullet. Thank you for taking the time to blog for us. During Channukah! And, BTW, weddings during Channukah? Brilliant!
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I promise to try to upload another batch of photos tomorrow, when kiddle is available to tweak things.
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1987, we got married on ten days notice (the future ex husband was very anxious to get married RIGHT NOW, PLEASE!)... so, only 150 or so guests, mostly friends of my in laws, because that was who was in town on such short notice. A local hotel closed their restaurant for us, and I do not remember one thing about the food. Well, my father and his wife flew in, and we had kosher meals brought in for them, and for some in laws of my future ex husband's father's future ex wife(got that?) but that is the extent of meal that I can recall. I can tell you this funny bit. As I got married on such short notice, and I was so skinny at the time I had to wear a bridesmaid's dress off the rack, got no invitations, had no wedding shower, etc.(boy was I irked by that! I mean, really, no bachelorette party even!) in compensation I ordered the most expensive cake that I could, at a local Coral Gables bakery, to the tune of $700 plus. I came home from shopping, and F.E.H. said "Darling, do whatever you girls want about anything for the wedding, but get me a cake from Publix, please!" I hastily changed my deposit at the bakery to cookies, and ran to Publix. I bought the most elaborate white pineapple layer cake that they could make me, with fresh flowers along each layer(thanks, cousin Laurie!), and after making a cake to feed hundreds still barely spent $200. The things that people remember about that wedding to this day are: the sun setting and the guitarist playing alongside the cantor while we were wed on the sand, the open bar, the cake and the open bar. I'd do it all the same, excepting the groom, if I ever do. Especially the open bar. VERY conducive to happiness, until your drunk FIL sees the bill at the end of the night, and decides it's wrong, because 150 people just could NOT drink THAT much. Well, Dad, those Miami Beach socialites not only could, they did! I mean it, the bar cost more than the rest of the wedding. I am not exaggerating, we could have bought a used car instead. And, BTW, getting married on short notice? Excellent idea. Everyone assumed we were in a family way(although no one said anything to us), and gifted us accordingly(yup, $$$). We got to buy what we needed, and had very few unneccessary gifties! Of course, I was embarrassed a few months later when my MIL's friends were all checking me out in my bikini at the club, it turned out I was expected to be showing!
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Do you all mean to tell me that someone actually hacked into that gorgeous gelatin art of Rachel's and ATE it!? I'm shocked. It was so beautiful that I would have cried. I don't eat gelatin myself (can't take the texture in my mouth), so maybe it's worth it and I don't know? Still, Rachel, that was so amazing, I can't believe it was 'just' food. I think it deserves a special commendation, it was simply SO GOOD to look at.
Ingredients you can't help devouring
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I like my dead animals raw, what can I say? Carpaccio, sashimi and tartare are the best excuses for me to indulge in public, but at home... well... there's no one watching, I can just eat it! I stopped eating cow for awhile, but I'm back at it recently, I just can't help it, it's like those dirt eaters, I swear, I just can't stop. I need a 12 step program, I can hear the voices now " Step away from the beef"...