Salt pork is salt-cured pork. It is usually prepared from pork belly, or, more rarely, fastback. Salt pork typically resembles uncut side bacon, but is fattier, being made from the lowest part of the belly, saltier, as the cure is stronger and performed for longer, and never smoked. Along with hardtack, salt pork was a […]
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Sugar Cookies made famous by Ethel.
Now I had intentions of writing a long story about who Ethel was. First, though I went to Reddit because the instructions that were written out seemed a bit off. I wondered just what was meant by 3/4 cup soft shortening (part sugar). A few other people were confused and well, someone wrote the wrong […]
A vintage recipe for Peach Marlow
One of the things I have discovered about vintage recipes is that sometimes measurements can be optional. I wonder- just what sized marshmallows are intended for this recipe. I think it would be safe to assume that this recipe for Peach Marlow would use the traditional size of marshmallows (that we use for s’mores) and […]
Mushroom Canapés
A canapé (French: [kanape]) is a type of hors d’oeuvre, a small, prepared, and often decorative food, consisting of a small piece of bread (sometimes toasted), puff pastry, or a cracker wrapped or topped with some savoury food, held in the fingers and often eaten in one bite. via Wikipedia
A yummy recipe for Qoosa Mihshee/ Kousa Mahshi كوسا محشي
Stuffed squash, courgette, marrow, mahshi, or zucchini is a dish common in the region of the former Ottoman Empire from the Balkans to the Levant and Egypt, a kind of dolma. It consists of various kinds of squash or zucchini stuffed with rice and sometimes meat and cooked on the stovetop or in the oven. The meat version is served hot, as a main course. The meatless […]