Roger's View of the World, Love and Seafood Gumbo!
Seize the Day! Put no trust in the morrow! — Horace
Without a family, one seldom thinks long term
Very pleased to find and pick up a great lamb for the spit! Superior Farms is always an excellent choice and worth the effort! Superior Farms produced our holiday lamb.
Opa!
Here’s a nice little video on YouTube that shows one way to barbecue a lamb:
[youtube width=”440″ height=”344″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJHJfJ2xnog[/youtube]
Click on this link or the picture above to see how we do it!
Although I will grind these for my Baklava, eating them like popcorn is a delicious experience!
Once you learn how to prepare grape leaves for the many dishes utilizing this relatively obscure ingredient, you will never go back to buying the bottled kind found in most stores! …. That is to say, IF you have your own grape vines.
There are many ways to prepare but they all involve soaking them in some sort of brine solution first… but if you don’t have your own vines, this may convince you to plant some!
How to prepare Grape leaves for Dolmades and other great dishes.
One of the things we do when we travel is to take a little of ‘Jenny Craig’s Cuisine” with us… so our search for great cultural dining experiences doesn’t hurt our scale to much. One by one , our favorite Jenny Craig items have been or are being discontinued. Hopefully, Jenny Craig won’t look too much like Weight Watchers when it is all done.
Nestle’ bought Jenny Craig some time ago, and they have certain expectations which is fine. But, I tend to think that what made Jenny Craig’s success was the food. Frankly, it’s just better than the other diet food out there. So, when we heard that ‘Complete Start’ cereal was being discontinued, we went in to buy cases and order more… but we also are looking at making our own based on the original formulation.
I wrote about deconstructing Complete Start some time ago.
Sometimes in acquisition, the parent companies forget what made another company memorable. In the meantime, we are studying what we like to use for ‘maintenance.’
Pastitsio (Pah-stoo-chio) is a popular Greek dish designed to feed an entire village! However, this s not to distract from the fact that it is a culinary delight! Using the traditional Greek noodles and cheese (Kefalotiri), you are transferred back in time.
There are some Greek Pastitsio that you will find drowned in a tomato sauce, but in deference to the meat eating Spartans and men everywhere, I make mine with a lot more meat… a lot more meat!
“Malon Labe!” or ‘Come and get them!