I Thought It Might Be Fun To Just Yak About Cooking And Recipes Today

Since we've been hitting on the subject of food and the inevitable human activity of preparing it, I thought it might be fun to see if any of you would like to post recipes or procedures, that you enjoy.

 It takes a new adventure, or some new toy to get me very interested, but there are moments.  I like to transform things by fermentation.  All the usual stuff, but I have not made kimchee or hard cheese yet.  I did make a lot of tofu.  I am a grainola Boomer after all.

I also like to pickle things such as corned beef.  That's fun.  I bought equipment for making sausages, a grinder and sausage stuffer and casings, but have not actually done it yet.  Sounds messy, but I could control what went into the things.

Today I received in the mail a little bottle of a spice mixture called baharat from a sweet friend at MOTUS, Zephyr.  She and her brother have their own formula! It is a middle eastern spice mixture good for meats.  I used it on chicken thighs tonight and it was very nice. It seems related to curry, but different.

What Is Baharat Spice?

https://www.thespruceeats.com/what-is-baharat-spice-2355809

Baharat is to Middle Eastern cuisine as garam masala is to Indian food. It is a ubiquitous seasoning that can vary slightly in ingredients depending on where the spice blend is made. All of the spices are ground into a fine powder and then used in recipes or sprinkled over finished dishes as a condiment. The paprika, nutmeg, cumin, and cinnamon lend a rust hue to the spice blend.

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I believe I would like to get into grilling some.  That requires more equipment!  It would just be a small one.  

One of the funny things about my long life of cooking, starting sometime back in the early 60s, for my sibs after school, and going on to be a young adult, is that it's very hard to remember what in the world I must have been cooking back then.  Goodness knows.  Though I do seem to remember some rather fraught stir-fries!  I had an older lady art teacher friend who was a bit of a San Francisco type, of the old days.  She lived without refrigeration in her house!  I learned how good mushrooms simply sauteed in a lot of butter and served on brown rice could be, from Sally.  I still love that.  Simplicity itself.

Back then everybody was cooking lentils.  I got over them.  I don't like them anymore at all.  Still love pintos.  I got over herbal tea too.  lol. Coffe or black tea now.

So! Spin a yarn, tell a tale, what'cha got?  Spill it!