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Skriven 2011-01-21 18:24:00 av JIM WELLER (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JANIS KRACHT
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-=> Quoting Janis Kracht to Ruth Haffly <=-

 JK> Hope the weather is treating you better than it's treating me
 JK> up here... brrrr

It was -42 F here this morning. Feel better now?

That's hot soup weather. Tonight's batch started off by blending a
bunch of leftover stocks and broths: I had some moose backbone stock
which was a bit thin and a tad gamey, pan juices from that standing
rib roast that had a bit of a burned taste, crockpot stock from a
Jiggs Dinner that was way too salty and a carton of Campbell's beef
broth which lacked character. But together, they were magnificent!
Each individual defect was compensated for by one of the other
ingredients. I tarted it up with a bit of red wine, some tomato paste
and a half cup of homemade onion "marmalade".

Next I fried some yellow split peas in some beef tallow, then boiled
them in a mixture of stock and water. When they were cooked I added
the rest of the stock, sauteed diced onion, chopped celery, grated
carrot, ground coriander seed and dried thyme. The combination of
tastes was wonderful, so I stopped there and didn't add my usual
pea soup spices (pepper, marjoram, and savory) least too many
ingredients made it taste "murky".

The other thing I made, for future snacking upon, was a weird bean
dip loosely based on hummus, but I didn't have any tahini or sesame
seeds on hand. So I blended cooked garbanzos, bean juice, olive oil,
cumin, garlic, lemon juice, a wee bit of Asian dark sesame oil and
peanut butter! For the chile kick I added hot vinegar from a jar of
pickled jalapenos. That plus a few slivers of the pickled peppers.
Despite straying from the classical recipe and all the substitutions
it came out tasty, if not authentic.



Cheers

YK Jim
             
... But not as weird as Pizza ice cream

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