I have not tried these. I want to try these:
Ted Lasso Biscuits – Broma Bakery
Because what’s more fun than making dreams reality?
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Posts Tagged ‘food’
Fictional Cookies, Real Dreams
Posted in Food and..., tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, fictional food, food on May 20, 2025| Leave a Comment »
Expect Reckless Posting
Posted in Funny, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, food, free reads, short stories, Thoughts on January 16, 2025| Leave a Comment »
I’ll be working on a cake recipe this weekend, and I’m thinking about it now. As I mentally work my way through possible iterations and prepare to release this recipe into the world (or at least the personal archive that is this blog), I’m thinking of this funny piece:
Look, I get it. You thought what you posted was innocuous. Still, did you stop to think about everyone who has ever lived and how it could make them feel?
I mean, it’s cake and not chili, but no, no I did not.
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Sourdough Sandwich Bread, the Embiggening!
Posted in Food and..., tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, baking, bread, food, recipes, sourdough on August 10, 2024| Leave a Comment »
My favorite sandwich bread recipe makes two loaves. That’s just enough for Mr Man to eat most of a loaf the first day, and then polish off the second loaf over the next day or two. Making this bread isn’t hard but it does take up most of a morning, and it would be nice if the results lasted a bit longer.
Given that, I’ve adapted the recipe to make three loaves and include it here so I won’t misplace the random scrap of paper I used for my calculations. (Yes, that happens a lot!)
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Even More Sourdough Sandwich Bread
Ingredients
Levain
- 192g flour
- 192g water
- 66g sourdough starter
Dough
- 946g flour
- 75g sugar
- 22g salt
- 8.4g instant yeast
- 85g butter, softened
- 573g milk (70° to 80°F, I microwave for 63 seconds)
- the ripe levain
Instructions (abbreviated*)
- Mix the levain ingredients the night before and let rise
- The next morning, mix and then knead together all of the dough ingredients (~12 minutes)
- Let the dough rise for 1 to 2 hours, until ~doubled in size
- Divide the dough into three, shape into loaves, let rise in buttered 9″ loaf pans until ~1″ above rim
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes at 375F
* I’ve memorized this recipe by now, but for more details see the original post. And apologies for not converting these measurements back into cups etc. but my bread needs to be shaped!
Enjoy!
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A Spicy Rabbit Hole
Posted in Food and..., tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, food, history, Thoughts on June 10, 2024| Leave a Comment »
I stumbled across a spice mix yesterday and ended up going down a rabbit hole of seasoning mixes, chefs and surprises. Did I collect a list of Burlap & Barrel wants that will keep my wish list going for the foreseeable future? I did. And did I learn some interesting and fun facts about cooking with spices that are new to me? Also yes.
For example: I didn’t recognize hing at first, but it’s also called perungayam or asafoetida, which I have heard of but never cooked with. It’s used in Indian and other recipes and is good for people who can’t or don’t want to use onions and garlic. (B&B’s tasting notes equate 1/8 teaspoon of the spice to one whole onion plus six cloves garlic, so yeah, it packs a punch.) I happen to be a mite sensitive to alliums so I decided to explore more. Which led me to this in-depth article:
Asafoetida’s Lingering Legacy Goes Beyond Aroma — Whetstone Magazine
Devil’s dung. Seytan tersi. Merde du diable.
In English, Turkish, French and a whole host of other languages, the monikers for asafoetida are so deeply unflattering that you’d wonder why anyone would want to consume or cook with the spice at all. Its most commonly used English name is just as unambiguous. Derived from Farsi and Latin, asafoetida simply translates to “stinking resin.”
So what is asafoetida, and why is it so divisive?
If you aren’t one of the millions who already use this particular spice, read on for more, including an interesting detour through Afghanistan and Iran with Alexander the Great. Because even kings have to eat!
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Fiori di Sicilia Cookies
Posted in Food and..., tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, #thingsthatmakemegonom, cookies, food on June 8, 2024| Leave a Comment »
I have discovered a new cookie recipe, and liked it enough to want to share the recipe. I don’t usually like soft puffy cookies, but I really like these.
Here is the original recipe with detailed instructions over at Serious Eats: Fiori di Sicilia Cookies Recipe.
My version, slightly different and in metric.
Recipe Notes:
- Doubles well.
- Fiori di Sicilia: this brand has the best flavor I’ve found so far but in Canada it may be easier to find this version.
- Lemon oil: I like this brand but whichever you choose, look for an oil without added water or alcohol.
- I also broke down and bought a big pack of pre-cut parchment paper sheets. These were pricer than the industrial sized-rolls from Costco (there are also cheaper pre-cut options), but the increase in my parchment-related happiness was very much worth it.
Reviews:
- “Omg these are the best!!” (Mr Man)
- “You have crafted a cookie that managed to defeat COVID!“ (friend on the mend, happily!)
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Photo by Isabella Fischer on Unsplash
Wanted: Cookie Recipes
Posted in Food and..., tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, #distraction, cookies, food, Thoughts, work on February 12, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Wanted: recipes for cookies that go well with afternoon tea. Because how am I supposed to work when all I can think of are cookies?
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Yes, But No
Posted in Food and..., tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, cross-border living, food on November 22, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Oh, right, tomorrow is Thanksgiving. I tend to forget holidays because, paradoxically, I have two sets of them to track.
Thanksgiving? We’ve already done that, haven’t we? Yes, but no.
So today I am prepping a list of holiday-related food to make, along with a series of Plan Bs in case holiday-specific foods are not available.
Because why, Canadians might ask, would anyone look for fresh turkey or cranberries in November?
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Groundhog Day, Again
Posted in Food and..., tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, food on September 30, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Due to an upcoming event involving Mr Man and fifteen buddies, today was mushroom soup day. Imagine this day, only with twice as many mushrooms.
We did the slicing and duxelle-ing and at one point, had four of our biggest pans on the stove and two cookie sheets in the oven. The goal was to make mushroom soup and we are about 81% of the way there. Next, we just need to assemble 32 cups of stock and the roasted mushrooms and the rest, and then we have a double quadruple batch of soup. Half for us, half for Mr Man’s Manly Crew of Adventurers.
Won’t lie, I’m beat. And we didn’t make quite as much progress as we’d hoped.
Ask me what we’re having for dinner.
Indian food:)
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Food You Can Make So You Don’t Die
Posted in Food and..., tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, cooking, food, free on August 25, 2023| Leave a Comment »
I have not tested this cookbook, but it looks fun and it’s free and the illustrations are excellent and there are copious speculative fiction references, and I dig the vibe.
The title is funny but I submit that it is too reductive. One doesn’t need to be a sad bastard to enjoy quick, easy cooking. I’ve also spent a non-zero part of my life eating versions of many of these recipes, and know them for the lifesavers that they can be.
Are you newly parted from the parental homestead? Newly parenting? Only have half an hour before you have to log on for a Warcraft raid? Are you just really, really freaking tired?
This may be the cookbook for you.
The Sad Bastard Cookbook: Food you can make so you don’t die
By Rachel A. Rosen and Zilla Novikov
Illustrated by Marten Norr
This cookbook is all the recipes you already make, when you’ve worked a 16-hour day, when you can’t stop crying and you don’t know why, when the eldritch abomination you woke at the bottom of the ocean won’t go back to sleep. And hopefully, this cookbook gives you some new meal ideas. Even Sad Bastards have to eat.
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Surprise of the Day
Posted in Food and..., tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, food, guilty pleasures, Thoughts on August 22, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Wait, Fritos and Triscuits have about the same amount of sodium?
Triscuits: 170mg per 28g = 6/g
Fritos: 300mg per 50g = 6/g
Excuse me while I go get some more Fritos.
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