Re: What's cooking?
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:33 am
Robin, were the limas fresh or frozen at the start. I like lima beans unlike a lot of people, and think these could easily find their way to my table.
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Bob Henrick wrote:Robin, were the limas fresh or frozen at the start. I like lima beans unlike a lot of people, and think these could easily find their way to my table.
Robin Garr wrote:Bob Henrick wrote:Robin, were the limas fresh or frozen at the start. I like lima beans unlike a lot of people, and think these could easily find their way to my table.
I used frozen, Bob. I like the low, slow braising period with a smallish amount of aromatic liquid, which seems to both improve the texture of frozen limas and enhance their flavor.
Rahsaan wrote:Robin Garr wrote:Bob Henrick wrote:Robin, were the limas fresh or frozen at the start. I like lima beans unlike a lot of people, and think these could easily find their way to my table.
I used frozen, Bob. I like the low, slow braising period with a smallish amount of aromatic liquid, which seems to both improve the texture of frozen limas and enhance their flavor.
What about dried?
Rahsaan wrote:What about dried?
Robin Garr wrote:Rahsaan wrote:What about dried?
I like dried limas, but to me the process makes them more like, well, dried beans. I would want to do this dish with either frozen or fresh, and while I like fresh, I'll say again that the long-and-slow braise seems not only to infuse the beans with flavor but to plump them up and impart a creamy texture ....
Rahsaan wrote:What is the objection to dried beans. Certainly not time? Because why couldn't you do a long and slow braise with dried limas?
Robin Garr wrote:And I'm not hating on dried limas at all, but to me they do have a different character, and no green left in them at all, so it just seems like a different dish to me.
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We made a big caldron of Ham and 12 Bean soup earlier this week, but since the photos didn't look all that appetizing, I decided not to post.
Robin Garr wrote:Limas braised in olive oil and butter with turnip dice, onions and garlic and a shot o' Dijon.
Jason Hagen wrote:We are having a dumpling party today. At this stage we just have a batch of ingredients so we'll see what comes out. Prolly tea smoke some fish too. Haven't got that yet.
On the menu:
Tofu - for soup.
Ground pork
scallop
shrimp
Chinese sausage
kimchi
ginger
napa
ground beef
mushrooms
And whatever else we find on the last trip to the market. Wish us luck!
Jason
Jason Hagen wrote:We are having a dumpling party today. At this stage we just have a batch of ingredients so we'll see what comes out. Prolly tea smoke some fish too. Haven't got that yet.
On the menu:
Tofu - for soup.
Ground pork
scallop
shrimp
Chinese sausage
kimchi
ginger
napa
ground beef
mushrooms
And whatever else we find on the last trip to the market. Wish us luck!
Jason
Jenise wrote:A close friend...
Jeff Grossman/NYC wrote:, a handful of teeny fingerlings,
Drew Hall wrote:Jeff Grossman/NYC wrote:, a handful of teeny fingerlings,
Teeny fingerlings? I love chicken cacciatore but I don't understand the fingerlings.
Jenise wrote:Love the idea of a dumpling party--is this for your family or an activity extendable to 10 or 18 guests? Will all be steamed or will you do a variety of finishes?
Could live on that kind of food 24/7.
Drew Hall wrote:Jeff Grossman/NYC wrote:, a handful of teeny fingerlings,
Teeny fingerlings? I love chicken cacciatore but I don't understand the fingerlings.
Cynthia Wenslow wrote:Teeny fingerlings? I love chicken cacciatore but I don't understand the fingerlings.
Robin Garr wrote:Cynthia Wenslow wrote:Teeny fingerlings? I love chicken cacciatore but I don't understand the fingerlings. Fingerlings are small potatoes that are shaped like fingers.
Was that what they were asking about? Dang, I could have told them that. I thought they were expressing concern about the propriety of potatoes in cacciatore.