Sunday Pancakes. Buckwheat. Hearty or Hardy?
Cold Butter on Hot Buckwheat
Tag: cooking
Annual Garlic Shipment from my Brother
Thanks David.
Wordless Wednesday
Wordless Wednesday
Batter Creature
From pancake making Sunday morning
Wordless Wednesday
Mushroom Risotto
The only risotto I’ve eaten was made in fine restaurants. Although I always loved eating it. I’d never made it myself.
I’ve been binge watching lots of cooking shows. One episode of Master Chef Junior had Joe Bastianich demonstrating how to make risotto. Then I found a video of his mother Lidia Bastianich at Harvard demonstrating the science behind the cooking of risotto at a public lecture on Science and Cooking. I watched them and felt confident but upon a second look I heard that you use 1/4 c of wine not the one cup I thought I heard. Good thing I watched again.
You need the Arborio rice to begin with so I bought the correct ingredients (except I did not have a hunk of Grana Padano cheese and used some Parmesan to finish it) cook with wine you would drink, no cooking wine.
The best 22 minutes I’ve spent in a long time, and standing at the stove stirring constantly wasn’t difficult. Can’t wait to make it again.
Sautéed mushrooms separately 
Spinach Pie Recipe – No Crust
This recipe is from a woman named Becky in 1980. It has been a family favorite since then. Somewhere I have the original recipe card.
Spinach Pie
Butter a 9″ glass pie plate. Preheat oven to 325 degrees
In a large bowl mix together:
2 10 oz packages Frozen Chopped Spinach, thawed, drained and squeeze out as much water as possible
4 Eggs
1 16 ounce container Cottage Cheese, (I like the small curd)
2 Cups of shredded Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese ( I have added a bit of shredded Gruyere or fresh Parmesan on occasion)
Salt and Pepper to taste. The cheese is salty to me so I don’t add much salt.
Pour into the buttered pie plate. Bake for 45 minutes or until knife in center comes out clean.
Let rest a bit before slicing so the wedge holds shape nicely.
Popcorn. Yes or No?
I had no idea that popcorn has been around as long as the following entry says–
“Archaeologists discovered that people have known about popcorn for thousands of years. In Mexico, for example, remnants of popcorn have been found that date circa 3600 BC. Fossil evidence from Peru suggests that corn was popped as early as 4700 BC.” Wikipedia
Popcorn. Yes or No?
Share Your Stained Pages
Stained Page News is the best name for a newsletter all about cookbooks. You can click the link to learn more about SPN but I subscribed when my friend Joanne told me about her daughter’s friend , Paula Forbes, writing all about cookbooks. She’s had a lot of experience critiquing cookbooks.
I love cookbooks. Reading them. Thinking about what you can cook or bake. Trying something new. I probably have too many of them. My sister sends me funny ones. Now we Google snd search online but it’s wonderful to have a cookbook in hand poring over the possibilities. Favorite recipes cooked often show signs of the cooking right on the page.
Hence Stained Page News.
I was baking from a favorite recipe today (spoiler alert cousin Chris) and saw this stained page. it’s that time of year -I thought it might be interesting to see other contributions of your stained page. Email me your favorite stained page and anything you want us to know about the recipe. Rutheh (at) gmail (dot)com and I’ll post a gallery.
I’m compiling family recipes as a Pandemic project snd hope to make a little book.
In the meantime head over to Stained Page News .
Pamela Hinckley: This was written out for me by my grandmother nearly 50 years ago”
Here are a couple of my stained pages.
1. This stained page is my recipe for making a gingerbread house. I’ve been making this recipe and pattern since the little girl in the photo was 4. I think I only missed one year. The recipe is faded and stained and I might need to re-type it. But I just sent a photocopy and the pattern pieces to my daughter, who is the little one in the photo. She is now 36 and it’s time for her to start making it with her own little ones.
2. Not sure if this qualified for a “stained page” but this is one of the first cookbooks (1973 ediiton) I bought in order to learn to cook. First lesson: don’t put your cookbook on the stove when following a recipe. Same goes for cutting
“Not sure if this qualified for a “stained page” but this is one of the first cookbooks (1973 edition) I bought in order to learn to cook.
First lesson: don’t put your cookbook on the stove when following a recipe.
Same goes for cutting board” from Joanne in Florida
