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Week Notes No. 41: Appetites

By Justin G. on 25FEB06THU

Random food notes from the week.

1. Cooked
   • Collards aren’t chard. Chard tastes like a spoon full of dirt, and not in a good way like beets. Beets taste like a sweet spoon full of dirt in a good way.
   • Basic pancakes, I made them from Ruhlman’s Ratio. But with buttermilk, and even though he said half buttermilk half milk, I used all buttermilk and a little extra buttermilk. And I was inspired by my memory of an episode of Chef Michael Smith, must be a decade ago. Shallow fried in oil, with bananas. They were so thick and good. Maybe even shallower fry next time though.
2. Recipes
   • These dumplings (slyt/nyt) look awesome.
   • I think a veganized version of this Tandoori chicken and garlic naan recipe is on the menu soon.
   • Both the braised beef and those rolls look fabulous.
   • Somasa potatoes. We don’t plan to put the filling in the wrapper. Just going to have it with rice and a veggie.
   • West Lake soup and turnip cakes sounded good to me.
   • Two words: taco soup.
3. Ordering out
   • Bonchon, I think you’ve changed since the last time I had you. Or maybe it’s me. Still deliciously crunchy outside, but what happened inside? And I don’t remember the coleslaw being like this. Weren’t pickled radish actually pickled? I might stick with Von’s.
4. Drinks
   • De La Calle Tepache sodas are pretty good. I got to have the Pineapple Spice and Prickly Pear flavors; I liked them both. It’s not too sweet either, nor very sour.
   • GT Dave’s ‘buch is still one of the best, imo, if not the best. Very sour, not very sweet, good flavors. Don’t mess with the best.
5. Links
   • Holy moly that’s a lot of snacks and many flavors that I’ve never seen before. Via DF.
   • Josey Baker Bread looks nice. Thanks L!

I see that Ooni has a new dough mixer. Maybe this’ll be great, or maybe make-pizza-at-home has jumped the shark. Time will tell. Via Kottke.

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