JoNorvelleWalker

Shamelessly I appropriated the grilled zucchini of @Margaret Pilgrim Momofuku ranch dressing and all. Good it was too.

Yes, but I did not have a copy of the old one. Pretty pictures.

Thanks, ordered. Should go well with Fuchsia Dunlop's new book, The Food of Sichuan, that arrived on my doorstep yesterday.

Food of the Italian South called out to me.

Last night's loaves were pretty good. I couldn't reproduce them if I tried.

Had to look them up in Magnus Nilsson's The Nordic Baking book. The recipe for æbleskivers does not appear too difficult.* Now if only I had an æbleskiver pan... *even the Icelandic version.

Even better... takoyaki.

I might add that my dishwasher has a light that tells when it has been run.

I shall never again add dirty dinner dishes to the freshly run clean dishwasher. Had a friend whose 107 year old mother would do this. Drove her crazy.

Cabot Jasper Hill cloth wrapped cheddar, mystery bread*, Honeycrisp organic apple. Methode rotuts. Were not that sufficient: salad of romaine, red, and green lettuces. Momofuku ramp ranch dressing. David Chang should be in jail. *http://tribade.org/Food/Bread10142019.png

These days pretty much I bake my bread on autopilot. This evening after I mixed my dough I realized I was working with a batter. Something* had been tragically miss measured. I added flour, mixed, added more flour. About then I knocked over my timer and broke it. Extracted spare timer from the box and carried on. Tonight's loaves may be a little strange. Hope springs eternal. *my guess is either flour or water.

I seem to have warped one of my Darto pans. But it was not easy.

Ramps are supposed to grow wild where I live. Until last week I had never seen one; and that was in a jar. Perhaps I am confusing them with skunk cabbage.

Thanks again for pointing me to Momofuku ranch! If you've tried both recipes how does the pickled ramp version compare to the variation using picked onions and green scallion? Shoprite had pickled onions on sale this week and if I can get up in time I'll check how many more jars they have on the shelf before I head for work. Pickled onions $2.49 a jar. Pickled ramps $18 a jar.

Tuna and cheese together. Interesting.

There's your problem. Last Word is not supposed to have Benedictine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Word_(cocktail)

Bit late, isn't it?

Last night I had a dream. Let's be honest, this past afternoon.* I had a craving for spareribs. It was dark (in the dream). I ran (something I used to do in my younger years) a long distance to the store. It was some fancy store; not sure which one. Since it was so late at night the store itself was closed but the prepared foods section was still open. There was every imaginable form of sparerib for takeout or for eating at the counter. I was served some ribs but I went looking for more sauce. When I got back my plate had been cleared away. The person next to me said I was fortunate I still had my seat. The selection by this time was pretty thin. The woman behind the counter showed me what they had. Most of the remaining meat looked less than appetizing. But there were some lovely large chops I ordered. She said she needed the manager's approval. The manager had just left for the night but she ran after and caught him. He was not entirely pleased. Turns out this particular meat had been stolen from an army base so I needed security clearance. After much hassle the manager told me I was good to go. But then I woke up. Left with little more than a craving for spareribs. Thankfully it was a beautiful fall day. I girded on my hiking boots and headed off to Shoprite. Shoprite had ribs for $2.49 a pound. Had to buy a full rack. Pulled off the silverskin, broke the rack down, and vacuum bagged most of it. Grilled the rest on the Philips... Did I mention I love my Philips? Served with baked potato and torn head of radicchio. Radicchio and meat dipped liberally in Momofuku ramp ranch dressing. Not having the courage of my convictions I made the ranch recipe from the alternative ingredients of scallions and pickled onions. Fearing to hazard my priceless two jars of pickled ramps. Momofuku ramp ranch dressing is adult candy. Served with radicchio it hits all the taste buds. Hard. By itself kewpie tastes like sweetened meat paste, not necessarily a bad thing. Add allium, lemon juice, and buttermilk and it is like crack. David Chang should be arrested. My arm is bleeding for no apparent reason. Hope it clots before bed. *left to my own devices I wake up about 3:00 pm.

Thanks, but the dish did not entirely please in the end. Even so arrowroot does not reheat well. Fortunately there was nothing to reheat.

I would have not bought brisket.

Last night: This might have been good. Cooks Illustrated braised eggplant with soy, garlic, and ginger. I followed the recipe except for substituting arrowroot for cornstarch. The liquid did not reduce down as it was supposed to. The resulting sauce should have been "just a few tablespoons". However on a positive note the CI eggplant braising technique worked well. The eggplant pieces remained intact. The eggplant was a little soft for my taste but that is just a quibble. I ended up fishing out the eggplant and reducing the sauce to where I thought it ought to be. The recipe calls for a non-stick pan so I employed my not so new Berndes with Pyrex lid for the first time. I was pleased with how the Berndes cast aluminum performed. Cleanup was easy. Sorry, I way overdid it with the scallions. Despite my complaints I finished the entire recipe along with a go of rice.

My comparison today: in the produce section everything I was interested in was significantly more expensive at Shoprite than at Whole Foods (at least for the on-line Whole Foods prices that I see on amazon). But the spareribs I came home with from Shoprite were $2.49 a pound vs. $6.49 a pound spareribs from Whole Foods.

The beans in my bedroom are like kudzu in a southern forest.

Methode rotuts and all the trimmings. More methode rotuts.

I've been reading Season from the library. It is definitively worth a purchase.