Oh, we are at the SILLY peak of the night. Everything after this is woe and lamentation.
How YOU doin', CoSo?
Any random questions for me?
Oh! Great question!
(And hello neighbour! I'd greet you in person if I could! 🤗)
One meal I haven't had in a dog's age is some form of bibimbap. It's a Korean peasant dish cooked in a hot metal bowl using fresh local fare. My favourite local equivalent is the cazuela paisa, which uses local ingredients in a hot bowl, too.
Whatever the equivalent "farm-fresh" fare would be near you, that would be a dish I'd love to sample from you!
What do you love to make most, for company?
@MLClark My Default is cuban picadillo. I can make it in my sleep and if I am in a real good mood i will make cheese filled naan for it to be spooned in.
We just started our early harvest. Mostly Ramps, Nettles, mixed greens, or overwintered items. Frittatas with whatever we have on hand.
but now my goto "Greens" recipe is Tambuli .. goes good with everything.
Glorious! And when not cooking for others, what does comfort food look like *for you*?
Oooo! I am a master at apple pie. Do you enjoy wedge cut or flat cut?
I'm also a Jan baby, so I'm guessing that with winter apple storage you're getting a wedge-cut apple experience. They're not as firm as the flat-cut pie varietals, but they have a filling texture that can't be beat! 😋
um.... wedge?
I peel, quarter, core, and then slice, getting quarter-circle slices. par bake the bottom crust, fill the pie, and lay a crust on top
my mom had the crust down to an art, and i never figured out her secret.
I have only know the more traditionally pie. Everything else just pales in comparison.
The best pie crusts are made with the simplest range of ingredients. It's all in the amount of time mixing, the frigidity of the water, and its quantity. :)
If your mum parboiled the bottom crust, you definitely did a wedge slice. The flat cut from the apples creates a pie slice that you can hold in your hand, but the melt-in-your-mouth wedge-slice filling is a treat without equal.
Glad you had such a high standard at home!
@MLClark
The one comfort food that will make me close my eyes in bliss when I have a spoonful in my mouth, is apple pie
My mom made it for me during any special occasion, and even would over winter apples to use in a pie for my Birthday in january.
still warm slice of pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. That is my happy place