Cooking
While organizing a cabinet today I found I had two bottles of mirin. One open (on the left above), and presumably older, and a second unopened (on the right). The newer one has a paler color, but you'd think they'd be the same - right?
Wrong. Which begs the question, is this rice wine or not?
I have another (unrelated) question... are rice vinegar and rice wine vinegar the same thing?
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- Chinese Chicken Salad
Nice salad. Romaine, carrot & green onions, topped with (in our case) fried strips of wonton, drizzled with a dressing of peanut butter, brown sugar, sriracha, ginger, rice wine vinegar & sesame oil, over which cooked chicken is tossed. Fresh, crunchy...and...
- Smoky-hot Ginger Chicken Stir Fry
This recipe from Food & Wine caught my eye; doesn't that just sound good? Marinate the chicken (or for us these days, Quorn), heat your wok & fry up a bunch of chilies. Remove, get the wok hot & shiny again, then cook your chicken (or whatever...
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Cooking
Aha! (and a query)
While organizing a cabinet today I found I had two bottles of mirin. One open (on the left above), and presumably older, and a second unopened (on the right). The newer one has a paler color, but you'd think they'd be the same - right?
Wrong. Which begs the question, is this rice wine or not?
I have another (unrelated) question... are rice vinegar and rice wine vinegar the same thing?
- Quickie Pickled Radishes: Recipe
I'm sure you've read that women crave sweets while men crave salty foods. But I'm not sure I agree. Given the choice between a potato chip and a candy bar, I would definitely choose the chip, er, better make that chips. Whichever side of...
- Kalijira Rice:ingredient
Lee has asked for chicken for dinner so chicken it is! I got the new edition of Food & Wine magazine and it has a chicken with apricots and almonds recipe I will make tonight with baby basmati rice. Baby basmati rice is really Kalijira "The Prince...
- Chinese Chicken Salad
Nice salad. Romaine, carrot & green onions, topped with (in our case) fried strips of wonton, drizzled with a dressing of peanut butter, brown sugar, sriracha, ginger, rice wine vinegar & sesame oil, over which cooked chicken is tossed. Fresh, crunchy...and...
- Smoky-hot Ginger Chicken Stir Fry
This recipe from Food & Wine caught my eye; doesn't that just sound good? Marinate the chicken (or for us these days, Quorn), heat your wok & fry up a bunch of chilies. Remove, get the wok hot & shiny again, then cook your chicken (or whatever...
- Wtn: 1998 Nigl Gruner Veltliner, Sentfenberger Piri, Krepmstal, Austria
2003 Nigl Gruner Veltliner, Sentfenberger Piri, Krempstal, Austria When Melissa and I went to the 10-year anniversary tasting for The Age of Riesling, we bought roughly a case of wine. Bill Mayer used the event as a chance to sell off his older inventory,...