Intro
This blog is intended to be a repository of my more successful cooking endeavors. Right now, that's a pretty small number. I can make edible yeast bread, saute mushrooms, cut up pineapples, marinate some eggs and make the odd fresh pickle. I'm borrowing heavily from the local library so hopefully I'll have better recipes up pretty soon.
(I'm also able to make French donuts and rice crispy treats in very large batches. But that's our secret.)
posted by astrid @ 10:06 PM
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Oooh, another blog. Cool. I like to cook too, though I don't have the time I like to make things like homemade bread much anymore. My husband and I were just talking about that since he loves homemade bread.
I may just have give it another go. Do you have any good recipe books that you recommend for bread? I haven't made any in a couple of years so the technique is rusty.
Please let me know how your breadmaking goes.
If you have the time, I'd love to have you be a poster/administrator on this blog. I'm building it as a repository of recipes and food related inspirations. Hopefully, I can lure major foodies like skibum and Peter P to post their great restaurant recommendations here.
You know, I'd really love for your mom to participate. She's going on a real life adventure to Thailand, I would really love to hear about her food related experiences there.
You know, I'd really love for your mom to participate. She's going on a real life adventure to Thailand, I would really love to hear about her food related experiences there.
My mom's not much of a writer, but I could pass an anecdotes. My brother lives there too, and he probably wouldn't mind chiming in from time to time.
My mom told me from their last visit that in the smaller villages people just walk into eachother's houses and can expect a meal. One neighbor might be particularly good at making noodles, so they'll all go there are get to their noodles and go somewhere else for whatever strikes their fancy.
My brother's only difficulty is that they don't use flour, so he can't really get bread and he really misses tortillas.
That sounds yummy!
I've sent you an email inviting you to join this blog. You can see this this blog is very low key so I have no quantity or content expectations.
Having said that, I'd love to hear more about your mom's food adventures.
I know the Chinese make a hot breakfast food that resembles a breakfast tortilla. It have a relatively thick flour tortilla wrapped around a crispy piece of fried dough, to which you can add picked vegetables, meats and eggs. Maybe your brother can locate something similar in Thailand.
Do they make the tortilla's out of rice? If so that would be doable. In fact, right now they grow their own rice.
It's going to be interesting to see how my parents acclimate to living in Thailand and what western customs they try to keep. I'll let you know what happens.
I think the Thai food served in Thailand is even more spicy than what's served in restaurants here. My sister-in-law puts peppers into virtually everything. Though they tend to use sugar to balance out the heat.
My family loves spicy food. I love super hot Thai curry.
My family loves spicy food. I love super hot Thai curry.
I love spicy thai food with tons of lime juice and red onion.
When in South Marin, be sure to visit Robata Grill & Sushi. http://www.robatagrill.com/
And call me, my mobile is on my blog site somewhere, if you look.
Robata is the best value in South Marin, IMO. Not too pretentious (for Marin anyway), not too expensive (for Marin anyway), and 5-star. The only trouble I've had is on Wednesdays, when the apprentice chefs get their crack. Sake sashimi is usually a bit off on those nights.
Randy, thanks!
I may be in SF / S Marin this Saturday...
*unlurks*
Ah, excellent, a food blog with Astrid and Peter P posting on it!!! I might even stay unlurked here!
I'll probably have more rather than less to say since food is a pretty trans-state - transnational topic (unless we're talking restaurant reviews in the Bay Area)
I just heard that astrid is a fat flatulent hermaphrodite hermit, pass it on...
Sorry, can't help myself. SQT, thanks for watching my back. It was my own dumb mistake that started it. I've been through this sort of thing with LILLL before and I should have known better than to tempt fate.
No problem astrid. I felt the reaction was waaaay over the top.
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