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Skriven 2014-07-30 00:14:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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 NB> Apple is far cheaper than blueberries or cherries or pears or
 NB> peaches... possibly more abundant, too...  Sometimes one sees pear
 NB> juice used for sweetening, being probably the next least expensive of
 NB> the bunch...  

But beet or cane juice is just as healthy. People are
pretty weird about food.

 NB> Maybe it has something to do with grapes' sugar content being more
 NB> variable between varieties, or at which part of the season...?

Assaying the sugar content of unripe fruit is not fair.

 ML> You can get black (or purple) rice in the store, no problem.
 NB> True... I've seen it, in largish bags, in the Asian stores...  But it
 NB> is more expensive than the brown rice I buy in pound bags at Wegmans...
 NB> and a larger quantity...  Not sure how long it stays good, either...?

In the freezer quite a long time, I dunno, a decade or so.

 NB> The King and I, a local Thai restaurant, has the regular sticky rice,
 NB> with usually a choice of custard or mango.  Never had it with onion
 NB> custard... that sounds interesting... how much of a facsimile to
 NB> durian does it end up being...?
 
Not bad. Add a teaspoon of garbage extract, and
the similarity will be even better

Lemon Butter Green Beans
cat: Singapore, side
servings: 2

2 lb baby green beans
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 Tb extra virgin olive oil
2 Tb butter
1 Tb grated lemon zest
1/2 c water
Salt to taste

1) Heat butter and olive oil until it shimmers.

2) Add garlic and fry until fragrant, about 30 sec.
 
3) Add green beans and fry 2 min. The garlic will
turn golden during this time, for a bolder crunch.

4) Add 1/2 c water for beans to cook through and
water evaporates, 4-5 min.

5) Sprinkle lemon zest and toss through.

6) Salt to taste before serving.

Variations:
- add a Tb pinenuts for extra crunch just before serving
- fry up a couple strips of streaky bacon until crisp,
remove but leave the bacon grease to flavour the beans
(reduce quantity of oil accordingly) and sprinkle bacon
cubes over the beans just before serving

thehungrybunnie.blogspot.sg

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