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Last night’s excellent dinner.
One whole cornish hen is a perfect portion.
Bon Appetit ! Life is Good ! 🙂
Ingredients:
Cornish hen, soy sauce, kosher salt, sriracha, onion pwd, garlic powder;
Method:
Roast in oven at 420F until internal temp on the thickest part on the bone reaches 160F.
Let it rest fo 10 minutes in a warm place. Do not cover or you will loose the crispness.
Carry over heat will take it to a safe 165 and it will still have all the juices.
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Tonight’s Pinoy Dinner : Arroz Caldo
Arroz Caldo (literally translated as warm rice) is a type of congee (or lugaw)
that in texture and apparence somehow resembles risotto. Though this dish
is of Chinese origin, the (new) name was actually given by the Spaniards
because of pronunciation issues.
Suggested condiments :
Safflower (wild saffron),toasted garlic, calamansi, scallions raw egg yolk,
hard boiled egg are added to enhance the flavor, color, and aroma of the dish.
I just love that stuff ! Live is Good !
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Here is some info / advise I’d like to share :
Hi Mark,
To answer your question for the recipe :
The ingredient’s (except most standard seasonings) are usually pictured in the first picture..
The idea is to have you add as much / little of one ingredient as you like :
Don’t like much garlic? Add less! Love garlic? Add more.
In savory cooking, recipes are usually just guidelines, which you should interprete
according to your taste and preferences (Don’t like butter? Use olive oil!
Don’t like butter nor olive oil? Use Canola oil or peanut oil or whatever fat you like !
Prefer your soup / sauce thicker or thinner ? Add more or less thickener !
Don’t want fat in your food? Leave it out!
Cooking is a labor of love.
Do what makes you happy, as long as you understand the guidelines. 
Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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No “Food Porn” here 😦
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(other than the stuff you can get anytime at home if you really want it )
– and that ‘s usually the best ” Stuff “, anyway.
Delicious, satisfying, exiting food. What else is there ?
Yeah, I can think of a few things, but let’s stick to food 🙂
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” Weisskraut Salat ” ( White Cabbage Slaw )
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Rotkohl Salat
This is so much better than the limp, tasteless coleslaw offered most of the time.
This is crispy, tangy, refreshing. In Germany (and many other european countries)
we use this for different occasions, as snack, side dish or appetizer. The ingredients
are cabbage, onions, salt, pepper, oil, vinegar, some folks (me) like to add a few drops
of maggi seasoning, others a dash of sugar (not me), and/or garlic (me).
Try it on your next BBQ. You will be happy you did 🙂
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Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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Indian, Italian, French, “CON-fusion” :- )
This was soo delicious !
Light, tasty, crispy; fun, easy and quick !
Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
Roast Pork Butt, Braised Veggies, Pork Jus & Applesauce
One of my beloved, hearty standby’s for a rainy day, spent at home with a good movie,
glass of wine or beer and a bunch of friend’s.
( And in case we are looking for Bella, we know to find her waiting in front
of the oven, enjoying the smell of good things to come.) 🙂
Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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Here is my reply to a fellow chef who asked ( jokingly, I assume ) for a ” secret ” sausage recipe :
Only if you don’t laugh at this Jeff. 🙂
I will not give you a recipe for any sausage because i have never made one following a recipe. You give me the meat, I get the seasoning and method,and off we go. Sausage making is, as i am sure you know, not about recipes, but about understanding the chemical reactions of the ingredients, temperature and time and the result you want to achieve.
However, I am sure you have heard of the German “Curry Wurst”. There are many variations, but the main ” secret ” is the “Curry Sauce”. I have surprised many a fellow chef who was not familiar with curry wurst ( mainly americans , since curry wurst is not usually served in this country ), by serving them a variety of different sausages as curry wurst, The sausages were usually pretty good, so nothing earth shaking here. However, the reaction to my ” Curry Sauce ” was usually and, surprisingly to me, very positive.
I alway’s give up my recipes if somebody is mercyfully interested in them, but this one is so tremendously simple I don’t even consider it to be a recipe :
Simmer a bit of water, add curry powder, a bit of worcester sauce and ketchup. Simmer for a few minutes, cool down. Done.
Anything off the grill or pan or fryer you dip into this sauce – excellent !
As I said, don’t laugh – as with all food, sometimes the simple stuff gives the most satisfaction.
Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
All about CURRY WURST
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I think I found the world’s smallest electric grill.
Perfect for one portion.
Now we have 4 grills in the house ! 🙂
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