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By: Food Gal » Blog Archiv » Food Gal Giveaway — Chef Gabrielle Hamilton’s New Book

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:26:51 +0000

[...] of the Other Contests: Last week, I held two Food Gal contests. In the first contest, I asked you to describe something you’ve eaten that was concocted of seemingly disparate flavors [...]

By: Shafe

Shafe — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:02:17 +0000

I served in the Peace Corps in a tiny country called Paraguay. My running water, no electricity, no phones, no stores… and no refrigerator!! My food options were slim: dried goods like pasta and rice, canned food, a few veggies from a garden and a few chickens running around in my pen. After a month or so I had exhausted every possible combination of food one could imagine. So I had to imagine more. Here are two of my creations:
After frying and sauteeing chicken every which way but loose I came on an idea: soak the chicken in a mixture of COCA COLA, honey, red pepper flakes and corn starch. I pan fried it as I basted and it came out black as night but deliciously sweet/spicy and crispy. I called it Black Sugar Chicken…
I would go into the capitol once a month to get supplies (a five hour bus ride) and towards the end of the month, when my supplies would run out, it would always get a little dicey around my kitchen. Sometimes i would just eat a half dozen eggs but when even that got tiring I would dip into the darkness of canned mortadella. Mortadella as you probably know is a type of spiced sausage. Like bologna it was supposed to be all of the undesirable leftovers of the slaughterhouse. It was also supposed to be pork too but in Paraguay it was horse meat. I owned a horse in Paraguay so it was a bit unnerving but when the supplies run low and you’ve tried everything in the last 28 days, that crazy itch starts to grow on the brain for something new… Hence my second creation:
Pan fried Mortadella with fresh pineapple, coconut and lemon. What I liked to call Riding the Tropical Horse. And what a dark, delirious ride it was. Pan-fried to extra crispy, the horse meat lost its gaminess to the smoky, blackened crust that was softened with the sweet fruits but not altogether forgotten with the tart citrus accent. Sounds nasty looking back on it but back then, when I was in the middle of the bush in my little hut, surrounding by wild animals, hungry after a day’s hard labor and desperate for new flavors, it really hit the spot! Sometimes I think my horse wouldn’t look me in the eye after one of these dark nights but that might have been the mortadella talking. Besides, I was serving my country. If I wanted luxury I would have stayed in the States!

By: Mrs. L

Mrs. L — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:58:42 +0000

Jack in the Box Tacos and a $50 bottle of Cab.
And yes I married the man who brought it to me

By: Sheryl D @ Breaking Bread Blog

Sheryl D @ Breaking Bread Blog — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 04:27:08 +0000

Butterscotch and basil. The word combination rolls off the tongue, but the taste combo came as a blessed surprise. I got that late night sweets craving and rummage around to find ingredients for a butterscotch sauce. But butterscotch and ice cream. How pedestrian is that? I glance up and see the basil in the window. Hmmmm…hey what is a late night stack if not daring, and I threw it in…I love late night experimentation – mmmm…rhubarb banana rose, pandan and peanut butter….

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:11:24 +0000

Your story about tuna and waffles reminded me of a sandwich that I made years ago, and have fond memories of. My husband had made cinnamon bread in the bread maker, and that was the only bread we had around the house. I had a craving for egg salad, so I slapped that egg salad on cinnamon bread, and YUM, it was good! It’s been years since the bread maker’s been out of the cupboard, but right now, I long for that sandwich so much! Thanks for offering this giveaway! I’d like to try Pinkberry again, and am glad they’re finally opening up shops in the south bay!