I will happily give Russ full credit for this week’s unusual ingredient. When he told me he was bringing pig feet home, I shuddered. Pig’s feet? Really? We’ll call them “trotters” here because that sounds a bit more classy and less like what they really are, but they really are pig feet. I tried out […] Read more…
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Week 32: Passion Fruit
Passion fruit. It just sounds good (who doesn’t want some passion?). When I saw some of the deep purple fruits at the store, I knew what I’d be using this week as an unusual ingredient. Passion fruit has a surprisingly tangy and tart flavor. There are two varieties: a bright yellow fruit, which is smooth […] Read more…
Week 31: Juniper Berries
Before I saw juniper berries in the spice section, I only associated juniper as the flavoring behind gin. Turns out the berries, which are actually the female seed cone (a modified conifer cone, like a pine cone), can be used to flavor many hearty dishes. As you can see on the right, juniper berries look […] Read more…
Week 30: Fresh Lychees
About 6 months ago, we used canned lychees as the unusual ingredient for the 8th Kitchen Adventure and made a simple mango and lychee cake. I recently discovered fresh lychees in stock at the store and couldn’t resist revisiting them in a new way. Fresh lychees were surprisingly similar to canned, although the fruit is […] Read more…
Week 29: Teff Flour
I have to admit that this week’s unusual ingredient caught my eye because it could have been named after me. Working with small children and having a long name has caused me to accumulate a myriad of nicknames from little ones who can’t quite get out all 3 syllables of Stephanie. “Teff” was one of […] Read more…