As a child I occasionally visited relatives in rural Mississippi. They bought 50 lb bags of flour and sugar which might last 6 months to a year. The bags were coarsely woven cotton. The humidity was high so lumps were common. It also was very common to find mealy bugs in the flour. Less common ...
Halloween’s over, so we won’t be talking too much about the process of creating a Jack-o-Lantern. Now it’s time to plan our annual Thanksgiving feast – and what is just as symbolic of Thanksgiving as a turkey? Pumpkin Pie, that’s what. Pumpkins are a variety of winter squash native to the Americas. They can be ...
Today’s dip is the queen of hot and spicy sauces – a blend of sweet and fruity (mango and tomato) with killer heat. We’re serving ours alongside meat and sausages. Our sauce hails from Thai cuisine but there are many recipes for chili sauces around the world. The common ingredient is chili peppers infused in ...
Pineapples come from South America, but seafarers who’ve eaten them on shipboard and thrown the crowns overboard are responsible for propagation throughout the tropics. Pineapples must ripen before they are cut, so availability was limited until fast ships were able to bring them to markets in temperate zones. Yellow to orange skin means they are ...
To finish our feast of apples we present a tart! Made with apples (of course). Ir’s a Tarte Tatin! The apples are caramelized in sugar and butter, then covered with pastry and baked. The dish is turned upside down when removed from the oven and served. Because of the two step process, cooking apples cannot ...
The bitter herbs referred to in the Passover Seder refer to the horseradish root. Grated horseradish is an ingredient in the Bloody Mary cocktail. Silesians in Poland make horseradish soup. What’s more – it’s good for you! The root is known to have some diuretic properties and has been used to cure urinary tract infections, ...
Moving from the Americas to Asia, the people of Thailand consume a massive amount of “hot stuff”. Thailand is one of the few places in the world where a large percentage of the population actually has gastrointestinal issues simply because they have such an appetite for hot chilies. On the other hand they tend to ...
Mexican hot sauce – hot enough to sting the tongue. Most Mexican hot sauces (sauce is salsa in Spanish) – they come in all heats – from bell pepper mild to habenero hot – are made uncooked from fresh ingredients and must be refrigerated to reduce bacterial growth. The photo shows some of the ingredients ...
Today we are standing at the confection counter of our local Asian market trying to decide which sweets to buy and bring home. Our photograph shows daifuku from Japan, a small rice cake stuffed with a sweet filling. We also have hot sweet red olives and fried tofu rounds. The name “daifuku” literally means “good ...
Living in California we have access to fresh ingredients that are used in many Asian cuisines. This past weekend we visited one of our local Asian supermarkets and selected a few items not readily available in the typical neighborhood store. This is baby bok choy, which is tender and cooks in minutes. It’s a member ...
Welcome to Evil Auntie’s new website! Here at last is the proof – she’s not only funny but she...
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