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  1. Katie Meadow

    Corn Cob Stock

    @Shel_B Options above are worth trying, since we're talking little money and an easy experiment. But have you tried Berkeley Bowl for fresh corn? They have had fresh corn, presumably from Mexico, all winter, and usually it's been decent. We bought some just two weeks ago to make corn and mushroom quesadillas. Not as sweet as local summer corn, but worth using in various dishes.
  2. You're a woman of catholic tastes. Mostly I'm not fond of chile in chocolate, brownies or cookies. The exception for me would be pan forte, the sweetish concoction of fruit and nuts and cocoa with a hint of pepper. But just a hint. Peanuts and chile, by all means. Ice cream sundae with both, well, I might not even taste it.
  3. Looks yummy, but the recipe sounds more like a cross between a coffee cake and a crumble. I'm not really sure what defines a quick bread either. I know it doesn't involve yeast or rising time. I guess it can be sweet, like many loaf tea cakes and breads, or not sweet, as in some brown breads and soda breads. Maybe someone has clearer parameters?
  4. Yes, date and nut bread with a swipe of cream cheese! I'm fond of the KA recipe; the dates get soaked in hot coffee. Another current favorite is Yossy Arefi's Simple Sesame Cake, which I don't consider a cake, as it isn't terribly sweet and gets cooked in a loaf pan. Another favorite is Doris Greenspan's Poppy Seed Tea Cake, which is really a quick sweet bread, also baked in a loaf pan. All three of these are delicious toasted and buttered for breakfast. As you probably figured out from my lack of posts in the breakfast thread, most of my morning meals are toast. I only cook once a day. Not that anyone asked, but my least favorite sweet breads on Earth are banana bread and pumpkin bread. And by least favorite I mean really hate.
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    Fruit

    Checking out some menus for restaurants along our route to south Texas I came across one that offered two fruit options: fresh and canned! There must be plenty of people who grew up on canned fruit cocktail, but I wasn't one of them.
  6. Me neither. If I had any sense I would make them this week to take on my road trip to see the eclipse. We leave on Easter Sunday for south Texas. Packing alone is a chore, given my limited mobility healing from a hip fracture. But it does seem like a good idea for a car snack.
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    Dinner 2024

    @Shelby send Ronnie fishing and you can use your Bass-o-Matic!
  8. Katie Meadow

    Dinner 2024

    SO sorry @Shelby, that sounds miserable. Besides the usual blended soups and smoothies, what do you think of RG beans, refried a bit soupy, topped with hot sauce and creme fraiche? Will cold feel good? Vichyssoise! Root beer float! Panna Cotta! @blue_dolphin popsicle hotline!
  9. Where are you buying these Italian oreganos? At an East Bay spice store or on line? I've had Greek oregano, which usually does not seem special to mel, but not those. For general purposes I use Mexican oregano, which I get at Oaktown Spice. For special things I love Rancho Gordo's Indio Oregano. It's one-of-a-kind.
  10. Right you are. Buckwheat seems to be classified as a seed, neither grain nor grass. One of my favorite stores in Berkeley sells an enormous range of dried Japanese noodles. If you look closely, you can find one or two packets that are 100% buckwheat. so they do exist. I tried them once and they were pretty bad.
  11. I like buckwheat when mixed into wheat for pancakes and such for added rustic flavor. When it is on its own though, it isn't always easy to work with or to enjoy. I'm glad you mentioned that buckwheat noodles, or soba, usually have wheat as a good percentage, because it helps with structure. 100% buckwheat soba lacks toothiness and flavor. Buckwheat groats, which I believe are coarse cut and perhaps toasted, are awful. My opinion, but I am not alone! But yeah, buckwheat is a grass and is gluten-free.
  12. You're funny! Our main shopping trip is always at Berkeley Bowl, not that everything there is perfect. Sadly a few products I have relied on for years are no longer in stock. Their fish dept is good, but in the East Bay the best fish is at Tokyo Market.
  13. To be honest I have no idea. Some sources say never to eat raw mushrooms, period. I just don't. I find them creepy. YMMV.
  14. Just a guess, but perhaps The Local Butcher Shop in Berkeley offers beef cheeks. It's an amazing place, if you want meat. Maybe Berkeley Bowl has them? I've never looked for them.
  15. I had never heard of peposo so I googled it. From a brief survey it appears that most people use chuck. Like you, @Shel_B, I rarely eat beef any more so no expert. I don't see why short ribs wouldn't be very nice.
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