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Skriven 2015-10-09 20:41:17 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 31734 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: mediterranean 306
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Hi Michael,

 ML> > I've had Greek and Turkis food in Germany and the US, liked it in
 ML> both > places so I should like it if I ever get to Greece or Turkey.

 ML> I liked Turkish food better in the US than on its native
 ML> soil, mostly, probably because we were economizing when
 ML> over there (saving for some incredible blowout meals that
 ML> were more the food of the jet set and the nobility than
 ML> local), so we ate at places where the food, though good,
 ML> was of less exalted ingredients than one would tend to
 ML> get here.

Street food, holes in the wall, mom & pops? Some of them you might have
gotten a good meal at, others, debateable. But, saving for an incredible
blow out meal could be penny wise, pound foolish, especially if that
meal turns out to be disappointing.


 ML> >  ML> Preserved orange peel
 ML> >  ML> categories: mediterranean, oreserves
 ML> >  ML> Yield: 2 pt
 ML> > I've got some salt preserved lemons in the fridge; we did them a
 ML> while > ago. Every so often one will get pulled out, rinsed good and
 ML> chopped up > into something somewhat Middle Eastern-ish.

 ML> Adds an interesting dimension, and there are those who say
 ML> that it gets better with age - though I don't agree and think
 ML> that as with many things it should probably be used within a
 ML> year or two. Speaking of which, Ian and Jacquie gave us some

So far mie seem to be holding up pretty well. The weather is beginning
to have more of a chill to it now, so I'll be cooking things like
tagines, etc that will use the lemons.


 ML> jams for breakfast; Lilli and Swisher put them on various
 ML> starchy products, but as I am not a breakfast person, I took
 ML> spoonfuls straight from the jar. There was a lovely plum from
 ML> 2014 that I enjoyed very much, but the 2012 raspberry, though
 ML> quite edible, no longer really tasted like the fruit, more
 ML> like some kind of wine thing, though it had no alcohol.

I've got some older jams/preserves--I don't eat too many any more but
Steve still does. He's not mentioned any off or alcholic taste to any.
Hoepfully by this spring they will be pretty well used up and I'll make
more, but in very small batches.


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Ruth
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