Saturday, October 17, 2009

Brooklyn Bachelor Blue Plate Special

The food porn here at the BB is of the amateur sort. Yes, the plate looks crowded, but didn't seem to be all that much going down the hatch. Clockwise from the top, or at least one o'clock, we have a Quorn patty. I find this mushroom-based frozen food thingie, one of the few prepared foods I buy, much better than other fake-meat products that go under the rubric of "vegetarian patties." Next is my latest CSA piccalilli, made with summer squash, red peppers, green beans, & black eyed peas. One cup cider vinegar with 1/4th cup sugar was the ratio I essayed for this sweet and sour mix-up -- it's also flavored with onion, garlic, mustard seed, a mild chili pepper, and the usual s&p -- and next time I might go a little lighter on the sugar (recipes I based this on had a 1 cup v. to 1/2 cup s. ratio; too sweet). Then we have the leftover scalloped potatoes, with peas and ham and a bit of cheddar on top. I made this with whole milk instead of the called-for cream, so it wasn't as unctuous as it could be. But if did suffice....

3 comments:

amarilla said...

Good call. I wish I had had the sense to use milk in the roasted garlic soup instead of heavy cream, it was just insane like the hot chocolate at the City Bakery. I'm still looking for a restorative garlic soup recipe if you know of one.

Matthew said...

Isn't garlic soup like stone soup?

amarilla said...

Placebo power? Not to be underestimated!