Category Archives: Slow Food
Mexican Chorizo
from Charcuterie by Ruhlman and Polcyn, with additional commentary Mexican Chorizo is classically a free form sausage used loose as an ingredient in other dishes, rather than in links or in patties. But don’t feel bound by classic rules if … Continue reading
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Tagged ancho, Charcuterie, chiles, chipotle, Cook's 100, Mexican Chorizo, sausage, spicy
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Breakfast Sausage with Fresh Ginger and Sage
from Charcuterie, by Ruhlman and Polcyn, with additional commentary Ruhlman and Polcyn are not kidding when they refer to this as Da Bomb. This sausage has complex flavors that wake up your whole mouth. I don’t want to be without … Continue reading
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Tagged breakfast sausage, Charcuterie, Cook's 100, fresh ginger, sage, sausage
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Cured Meat Update – Guanciale
Remember the pictures of the pig jowls? Here’s how they looked after they dried. They lost about 30% of their weight in drying, as would be expected. And here’s what the cheek bacon looks like when it’s cut up in … Continue reading
Cured Meat Update – Bresaola
Remember the bresaola I was working on? It’s done. Unfortunately, my cross-section shot is not as sharp as I’d like it to be. I’ve already learned what I will do differently next time (not wrap it in cheese cloth, wipe … Continue reading
Charcuterie – Sausage Making
This weekend I made sausages with casings for the first time, with some help from DH. (Finally using my Christmas present from last year, the sausage stuffer!) The recipe here is from Ruhlman & Polcyn’s Charcuterie book, for breakfast sausage … Continue reading
Posted in Cook's 100, Cookbooks, Cured Meats, Food, Slow Food
Tagged Charcuterie, meats, sausages
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Gardening at Home
We finally got down to the business of planting our own plants today. I’ve been collecting vegetable, herb, and flower plants for a couple weeks, and in the extreme heat and humidity, we decided to not wait for Memorial Day … Continue reading
Posted in Earthboxes, Food, Gardening, Slow Food
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Third Annual EarthBox Extravaganza in Illinois
DH and I recently returned from an annual event. Each spring we visit his parents in central Illinois, and help them plant their EarthBox planter with tomatoes for the summer. This is tomato season #3 for them. Longer term readers … Continue reading
Morel Sauce with Roasted Asparagus
Now that I had the lovely morels from my foraging adventure, I decided to cook them as my contribution to a dinner party, where I was scheduled to bring an asparagus dish. I went searching the web for something seasonal … Continue reading
Foraging for Fungi
Connie and I had another adventure this weekend, this time near Rushford, MN, where we went foraging for wild food – the coveted morels. Neither of us had been foraging before, but morels are delicious, and hey, it’s free food, … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Slow Food
Tagged farm, morels, mushrooms, O'Neill Family Farms, Rushford, Sheep Improvement Company
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Meet Our Farmer
If there’s nothing else we’ve learned from movies like Food, Inc. and announcements like this in the New York Times last week, we’ve learned there’s a lot of value in knowing about where your food comes from, how it is … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Gardening, Slow Food
Tagged chicken, CSA, eggs, farm, free-range chicken, grass-fed beef, llamas, Suncrest Gardens, wood-fired pizza
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