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Skriven 2007-10-28 19:44:14 av Carol Shenkenberger (1:261/1466.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Daniel Prather
Ärende: Rice 329
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 -=> Quoting Daniel Prather to Carol Shenkenberger <=-

 > If I find a mail order place with reasonable prices, I'll pass it on.  For
 > now we are just going without it.  If you have any dried tyes ther than
 > nori (whole or shredded) let me know what they are and I'll see if they
 > match any ideas you may want to try.

 DP> I'd just be open to most any of them, I guess.  I'm okay giving just
 DP> about anything a taste.  Whether or not it gets a second taste, though,
 DP> I don't know until the first. :)  I'd appreciate any links you can
 DP> provide, though. 

Ok!  One thing about me growing up, was my Mom (lovely woman, still is) was not
much of a cook.  Oh we got fed healthy, but she didnt learn to spice foods much
until long after i moved out.  We ate a very repetitive baked/boiled set of
meats with frozen veggies and no sauces for most meals.  The meals were hot and
on time with plenty to eat and healthy so cant complain!  But I moved out from 
home not knowing how to do more than brown ground beef, dump a can in a pot and

heat it, or boil a frozen block of veggie.  My repitiore (sp?) of things I had
eaten was quite small.

I took to a trick.  Everytime i went to the store, 'get something new'.  It
didnt have to be expensive and at first, it was really simple things like I'd
never had honeydew melon so got one.  I'd never had split peas so looked at 
the bag and figured I could manage that and tried it.  Different things each
trip but within budget.  Radishes were new and I liked them.

That was in 1978.  As you can guess, I've tried lots of things now.  As I had
no ingrained cookery skills, I learned to match what 'felt right' and that 
honed down skill almost 30 yeas later is why I'm a pretty prolific 'new recipe'
adder here.  I'm not tryping something out of a book, but making up something
new 'off the cuff' more often than not.

Got something new today.  Fenugreek.  I'll have to look up ideas but it smells
lovely!  Greenly nutty if that makes sense?  I also got some Zatar which I
think is a blend and it seems to be a good component for a dry rub.
 
 > You dont have to get poor trying out the occasional 'something new' either.
 > They are commonly sold in small 'individual serving' pouches.  I think I
 > shipped
 > a few versions to CT Ruth in trade back forsome Jamacian curry (They only
 > sold Indian and such in Sasebo).

 DP> The kind I had I bought from Asian Food Grocer (I think that's it). 
 DP> It was pretty inexpensive, and I got way more than I intended.  My wife
 DP> and I were going to make onigiri, but kinda went wrong with it (too 
 DP> much salt) and haven't
 DP> tried since then. :)

Often I'd try 'something new' and not like it the first time and not go back
for years, but there were enough 'oh this is good' to keep me looking.  Many of
the things I didnt like first try, were due to not knowing what to do with the 
item <g>.

 DP> What's funny is that I have a co-worker who is homeschooling his
 DP> children (well, his wife is).  He said they had a lesson about Japan
 DP> and the Japanese, so I said, "Oh!  I've got some dried seaweed!  Want
 DP> some?"  So he agreed, took it home, and let his kids try it.  I think
 DP> they're around 5-6 years old.  He said they were all excited, tried a
 DP> little piece, and were... well, considerably less excited.  Funny
 DP> story, though! 

Cute!  And yes, nori isnt a straight eating item as you found.  Try crumbling
up about a 1x1 inch square into a pot of rice and water then cooking it with
the rice.  Fumi Furikake starter idea.  Add some sesame seeds and a tb or so 
of chopped up dried mushroom and see what you think of it.  Put all the stuff 
in the rice with the water and cook it together.


 > OH!  For all, got a tip on alt-cooking.food (think that was the one) for a
 > mail order spice company.  Check out www.penzeys.com.  If you need quite a
 > few things
 > at once, you can save a bundle there. They also have some of the harder to
 > find things we see posted here all the time like Galingal (got a little).
 > For 38$ (includes shipping) I got 18 basics that would have cost me from
 > 50-1.50$ more per item at the commisary.

 DP> I had a friend recommend them too for fresh, potent, salt-free
 DP> seasonings. We've yet to put an order in, but should be doing it soon.

I saw a large number of salt free versions of things and we were interested too
but skipped as we are getting basics still in stock.
             xxcarol


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