Easter eggs - before and after. Here are my humble contributions to the egg salad canon: 1. Use olive oil mayonnaise, it as a little more heft. Hellman's makes it now, among others. 2. Sliced pickled jalapenos, and plenty of salt and pepper. Therefore, if neurological professional viagra disorder is the cause for such … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2014
PAPER SHELL PECANS
Right before Thanksgiving the New York Times warned us that "Ill-timed rain, marauding animals and a growing love affair between the Chinese middle class and the pecan has resulted in the worst pecan supply in recent memory. As a result, grocery store prices are up by about 30 percent..." (No Pecans? Thank China, rain and pigs.) Which is how we found ourselves by the side of … [Read more...]
SALT LIBRARY
Flavored and specialty salts have been infiltrating the larder here for some time now. So much so that an inventory was in order. Here's what we found: SPANISH ROSEMARY SALT (The Filling Station) Nice rosemary aroma, nice rosemary taste, pleasing loose … [Read more...]
SPICED PICKLED PEPPERS with a Food Press
All the pickle and relish recipes here on Spectacularly Delicious are worthy in their own unique way. Still, like children, one always has one's favorites even though it's generally a good idea to hide it. With kids psyches get scarred; with recipes readers might think less of the other pickles and relishes if one is named the favorite. But it can't be helped. Spiced Pickled … [Read more...]
IN PRAISE OF PUDDING / DARK CHOCOLATE PUDDING RECIPE
I'm not exactly sure when it happened but quite some time ago chocolate pudding fell from favor. Could it have been the ascendancy of fancy French chocolate mousse that rang the death knell for chocolate pudding as we knew it? Or maybe it was misguided notions like Shake-a-Pudd'n. Yes we did that. The Sullivan boys were the envy of the lunchroom. Well, I think it was … [Read more...]