Favorite Recipes

[bonestrewn]

Hi everyone!

I personally love to cook and was wondering if anyone had a favorite recipe to share. I'm currently transitioning between job roles and will have about a week to drive my GF crazy with all the experiments I'll be conducting in the kitchen.

My contributions:

I just put strawberries in the fridge to macerate with sugar (1:1 by weight), and after the juice has been drawn out, I'll mix the resulting syrup with another equal part apple cider vinegar to make a strawberry shrub. That + muddled mint + gin or vodka + top with club soda = magnifique! Strawberries are also in season rn in the US, so quite cheap!

I also made a batch of what I think of as my "everything salsa." Charred tomatillos, onion, scallion, garlic cloves, and a jalapeņo or Serrano pepper, softened in the skillet with chicken stock, blended, and finished with a splash of white or apple cider vinegar. Also great as a marinade Or just to scoop with tortilla chips!

[c.d.]

Good Lord! Favorite recipes? What has Casebook become? What's next, sharing tips for getting whiter sheets?

c.d.

[bonestrewn]

Good Lord! Favorite recipes? What has Casebook become? What's next, sharing tips for getting whiter sheets?

c.d.

C.D.,

Nothing wrong with getting a little nourishment in between arguments over the Maybrick diary...

[Enigma]

OK, in for a penny, for what it's worth here is my contribution.

My grandmother's recipe for plum pudding.

The dry mixture can be made up in advance and kept indefinitely until needed.

I halve the ingredients which makes a pudding large enough for 4 or 5 servings.

PLUM PUDDING

2 cups flour
1 cup suet
1 cup raisins
1 cup currants
1 cup sultanas
2 cups bread crumbs
1 cup sugar
A little spice ( e,g, nutmeg, all spice, cinnamon etc.)
1 teaspoon Carb. Soda

Pour 2 small cups of boiling milk or water on Soda. Mix all together. Boil for 3 hours in a tightly tied cloth.