Serves 8 or more

Tzimmes is a general term for a sweet vegetable or meat dish… It is traditionally served  for Sukkot, the harvest festival, which celebrates farming and nature and fruit picking, when fruit is the theme of meals taken in the festive booths. I wondered about adding sugar when I cooked it, but the result was very good.

·         1 kg ( ( Read more... )

Rinse Peas and soak in water to cover overnight unless instructions on package say no soaking is necessary. Put in a 4 quart ot with 2 quarts water, using whatever is left of soaking water and adding additional amount if necessary. Add ham and/or bacon and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat and simmer 1 hour. Heat butter or bacon fat in skillet, ( Read more... )

Pumpkin, Corn, and Bell Pepper Chowder
Makes 6 to 8 servings
Serve this chowder with crisp Maryland Beaten Biscuits (page 312).
·         4 slices bacon, cut into small pieces
·         1 medium onion, finely diced
·         2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
·         6 cups chicken broth
·         One 12-ounce (340 grams, but most cans in Australia ( Read more... )

Pork chops with rhubarb
Serves 2

·         2*250 gram pork chops, 2.5 cm thick
·         ½ teaspoon fennel seeds
·         ½ teaspoon sea salt
·         Pinch of dried crushed chili
·         1 tablespoon sunflower oil
·         2 rashers bacon, chopped
·         1 leek, cut into thin rounds
·         Finely grated zest and juice of 1 orange
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For 6 person. Early in the morning in the morning prepare a dough from 1 ½ glasses warm water, 1 ½ zolotniki dry yeast diluted in a little warm water, and 2 glasses fine wheat flour. Let the dough rise, beat thoroughly with a spatula, ad add 1 teaspoon salt and 2 spoons poppy seed, sunflower seed, or olive oil beaten with ½ glass sugar. For ( Read more... )

Mushroom Noodle Soup with Vermicelli or Macaroni

·         1/8-1/4 pounds or 56-113 Grams mushrooms
·         1-2 onions
·         ¼ pounds macaroni or, 1  1/3 glasses flour for the noodles
·         (12 potatoes)
·         2-3 bay leaves
·         Greens
·         2 carrots
·         1 celery root
·         1 parsley root
·         1 leek
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1 spaghetti squash (around 3 pounds/1360 Grams)

Tropical Salsa Fresca:

1 cup chopped tomato ( ½ inch chunks)

I cup chopped pineapple, mango or papaya ( ½ inch chunks)

1 avocado, peeled, pitted, and cut into ½ inch chunks

¼ cup lightly packed chopped fresh coriander/cilantro

Juice of 1 lime

Bean mixture

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

1 medium sized yellow onion ( Read more... )

So I had my first “A Song of Ice and Fire” themed party on the 2nd of February. This is the first chance I have gotten to write about it. I bought the “A Game of Thrones: The Board Game” for my birthday (the funds to buy it on sale were the present from a friend), and the idea was to play the game for my birthday. However, none of us had played the ( Read more... )

·         680.4 grams/ 1 ½ pounds stewing beef, cut in 1”cubes
·         680.4 grams/ 1 ½ pounds stewing pork, cut in 1” cubes
·         1 teaspoons salt
·         ½ to 1 teaspoon pepper
·         3 tablespoons beef marrow butter or lard (preferably marrow)
·         1361 grams/ 3pounds old potatoes, peeled and cubed
·         1 large knob celery ( Read more... )