THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2023
RECIPES / HISTORY / CHILI
Making a chili recipe from 1910, and an AWESOME lesson about the history of chili in the USA! This is MUST SEE TV!
TUESDAY, MAY 9, 2023
RECIPES / BURGERS / OLLIEBURGER
I'm old enough to remember the burgers served at Lum's, and as youngster, I loved their food! I'm going to have to try this recipe, and see if I can recreate it.
FRIDAY, MAY 5, 2023
RECIPES / MEXICAN / TACOS
The absolute king of Mexican food here in America is Rick Bayless, who has been studying Mexican cuisine his entire life.
In this video, Rick tackles what many people think are the king of tacos: the birria.
Birria has been having a moment for some time now, especially birria tacos with melted cheese, the ones called quesabirria. I have nothing against them, though I think they’ve started to eclipse the essentially perfect taco de birria, slightly obscuring that perfection with cheese. Those words, I know, are fighting words for some of you. So don’t get me wrong: I love melted cheese—I do! It’s just that sometimes birria wants to do a one man show—juicy-tender goat or lamb braised with red chile, browned a little, wrapped in a tortilla that’s rubbed with chile-infused fat and allowed to crisp a little on the griddle. The taco gets a splash of the braising juices, some onions and cilantro, maybe a little spicy arbol salsa. One bite of a perfectly made taco de birria and you’ve reached taco nirvana.
SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 2023
RECIPES / ASIAN / CHINESE / BEEF
The newest recipe from Mandy at "Souped up Recipes". As soon as I saw this, I had to make it myself, and did so. It really tastes wonderful!
I substituted regular button mushrooms for the fancy ones Mandy uses, sliced thin, and cut my onions into much smaller strips than the large "scoops" that Mandy uses, and cooked them both until the mushrooms and onions caramelized. For the beef, I used flank steak and prepped it and cooked it almost exactly as Mandy recommends.
The biggest difference: I used the carbon-steel wok that Mandy sells to prep everything! Her wok is fantastic! I've even purchased it for other friends and relatives. For an oil-fried dish like this, a wok is actually the better way to go.
After everything was cooked, I served it over Jasmine rice. It was really good! But I do recommend cutting the amount of pepper used by half.
SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 2023
RECIPES / CHICKEN / CHICKEN PARMESAN
Saw this recipe come across my YouTube feed, and I knew I had to make it. It was AMAZING. Really nice and crispy chicken. You don't even need the sauce and cheese, the breaded chicken cutlets would be fine all by themselves!
The simple sauce Ashley makes using canned tomatoes was very tasty. As a matter of fact, it was so good that I cooked up a batch of fresh linguine and used the sauce for the noodles. It was wonderful!
Highly recommended.
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
RECIPES / FLATBREAD / GARLIC NAAN
The things one finds on YouTube! How about bread, without yeast, that is almost as easy to make as pancakes? I really need to give this recipe a try!
RECEIPES / THAI / PAD KRA PAO
This recipe on on my list of things to try next.
RECIPES / CHINESE / BEEF
A wonderful beef & noodle stir fry from the Woks of Life website.
"Beef chow fun is a sleeping favorite among Chinese food lovers. The problem is, the traditional version isn’t widely available, and there aren’t many good recipes out there (until now!).
"Beef chow fun is a Cantonese dish made from stir-frying beef, wide rice noodles (he fen or huo fun), scallions, ginger, bean sprouts and dark soy sauce. "
Get the recipe here: Beef Chow Fun
RECIPES / MEXICAN / SALSA
If you REALLY want to taste really good salsa, you have to make it yourself. Any effort put into a home-made salsa is well worth the effort, as they taste 100x better than anything you can find in a jar in the store.
Here, Rick Bayless shows us how we can make our salsa at home.
RECIPES / ASIAN / CHINESE / FRIED RICE
"A comprehensive guide to classic Chinese takeout chicken fried rice at home! Fried rice is one of the most popular dishes at every Chinese takeaway! Today, I’ll break down all the tips, tricks and techniques so you’ll be able to make takeout fried rice at home even better than any takeaway restaurant you’ve ever been to! And for a fraction of the cost!"