Prep step 3: boterkoeken (large butter cookie, without the diminutive), a Dutch delicacy, about as much flour and granulated sugar as butter (each) and no rising agents, just a quarter egg and...
More food prep (and a rant on fancy bratwurst). Tomorrow I make what I learned in the Alsace as Leeks and three meats (typically beef sausage, chicken thighs, and bacon). The potato went without...
And so it begins ... Food prep. Irene made apple sauce and spaetzle while I had a massage. Then I spatchcocked the turkey and put it in nearly a gallon of buttermilk with just as nearly a cup of...
This is Strut's "I totally wasn't barking at the gardeners, running up to the all glass door of the office that opens up to the deck to jump up and stand full height (ed. over six foot tall!!!)...
Last night quick protein boost: two 10 oz. ground pork burgers. Koshering salt, fresh ground black pepper, leaf lard, and a cast iron skillet. A bit of Kerrygold butter and finishing salt. I ate only...
Full rack of ribs. Dry brined with a mix of two rubs on Worcestershire sauce to make it stick, wrapped in plastic, and in the fridge for about 60 hours. Smoked for 2 hours at 200F, wrapped in foil...
Quick lunch, well, technically breakfast as it's my first food since Sunday mid evening: salmon parcel topped with egg and salmon tartar stuffed with browned butter caramelized onion scrambled eggs...
Experiment two. There's an Indonesian dish of thin strips marinaded in tamarind pulp and quickly grilled. This is a breakfast variation. I took The thick piece I trimmed from the narrow end of the...