Today is the 111th anniversary of Thomas Edison's patent for th kinetoscope, forerunner of the motion picture film projector!
Our Movie Menu:
Mystic Pizza recipe here
Big Fish (Catfish)
Goodbye Pork Pie (New Zealand Style)
Forgotten Feasts
Making the world a tastier place one feast at a time...
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August 2008
August 31, 2008
A Feast A Day: In Pictures!
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August 30, 2008
A Feast A Day: It's Alive!
Happy Birthday, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley!
From Answers.com:
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) is best known for her novel
"Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" (1818), which has transcended
the Gothic and horror genres and is now recognized as a work of
philosophical and psychological resonance. In addition to
"Frankenstein", Shelley's literary works include several novels that
were mildly successful in their time but are little known today and an
edition of poetry by her husband, the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe
Shelley, which she issued with notes that are now regarded as
indispensable. Her reputation rests, however, on what she once called
her "hideous progeny," "Frankenstein".
To honor her, here is the scariest menu I could find:
From the Frankenstein Pub in Aberdeen Scotland, a Tex-Mex Scottish Menu! Run away!!!! But seriously, the second I get to Scotland I'm hitting a Frankenstein's Pub.
Frankenstein's Mini Bites:
Mini Thai Fish Cakes serves with fresh lime chilli dip
Hot Jalepenos filled with cream cheese
Mini Haggis Parcels served with whiskey sauce
Dipped & Dusted Sweet Chilli Chicken with sour cream and chive dip
Battered Mozzarella Sticks
Frankenstein's Caesar Salad
Frankenstein's Nachos
Franky's Monster Fajitas (Vegetable)
Penne & Chorizo Pasta
Chicken Burritos
Cauldron O' Chilli Beef
No desserts! Franky must have been watching his waistline.
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Pork Chops "Ras Al Ghul"
I called this Pork Chops "Ras Al Ghul" because naming it after a Batman super-villain is the only way I can remember what's in it.
The Ras Al Ghul is for the main spice "Ras Al Hanout" or "Ras El Hanout", literally "top of the shop" in Moroccan, or so I've been told. Every spice shop seems to make a different one and mine contains rose buds.
Ingredients:
4 Thick Center Cut (1 inch) Pork Chops––We get ours from Huntington Meats in Los Angeles. These guys have saved my bacon more than once! I got mine from Mr. Marcel's
2 Ounces Rose Hip Preserves
2 Teaspoons Ras Al Hanout I got mine from Mr. Marcel's
2 Large Shallots (Diced)
1/2 head of Garlic (Minced)
6 Ounces Baby Carrots
6 Ounces Baby White Carrots
1 Pound Baby Yukon Gold or Fingerling Potatoes
2 Ounces Raw Pistachios
6 Ounces Sage
4 Ounces Cognac
8 Ounces Salted Butter (Not a typo)
2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
Cracked Pepper
In the best of all possible worlds you'd have an hour before you started cooking to mix together the Ras Al Hanout and the Rose Hips--making a paste--coat the Pork Chops with it and then marinate for an hour. I usually don't have that kind of time but coating the Chops with the Hanout/Rose Hip mixture and setting aside while attacking the next step is usually enough.
Melt 2 ounces of butter in a large cast iron skillet and add shallots. Cook over low heat until soft and semi-translucent. Add garlic and continue over low heat until shallots are carmelized.
Remove shallots and garlic from skillet. Leave any remaining liquid.
Add 2 ounces more of the butter to the skillet! Add Pistachios and cook over low heat until butter starts to brown. Remove and set aside!
In a deep baking dish, drizzle olive oil, add carrots, potatoes, add shallots and garlic, chop half of the sage and add pistachios. Mix. Add 2 ounces of Cognac and pop in a 325 degree oven for 40 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
Wait 25 minutes and have a nice glass of Viognior. Add 2 more ounces of butter to your skillet. No, I'm not kidding. Heat your skillet until very hot and S&P your Pork Chops. Sear. Add the rest of the sage. Add the last of the Cognac. Flip. Top with last 2 ounces of butter. Now pop in a hot oven for 15 minutes or until the middle of the chop is a firm blush pink.
I've only just made this so any comments would help. I've considered adding bacon, white wine, less butter, more cognac, Brussels sprouts and actual rose hips.
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August 29, 2008
A Feast A Day: Is it Cold in Here Or Is It Just Me?
Happy Birthday Charles F. Kettering! Born on this day in 1858, this founder of DelCo was head of research for GM for over 27 years and patented over 300 inventions. He was also repsonsible for Freon.
Brrrrrr!
Sub-zero birthday menu:
To be served with Cold Duck
Iceberg Lettuce Wedges with Maytag Blue Cheese
Oysters in Cool Cucumber Mignonette Sauce
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A Feast A Day: Storm Watch 1884!
On August 28 1884, the first known photograph of a tornado is taken 22 miles southwest of Howard, South Dakota. Here's pic the courtesy of National Geographic:
To commemorate this event, we have a feast of atmospheric disturbances!
Serve with a Red Tornado , Classic Tornado (Warning: For the brave and/or stupid only! I have not tried these!) Tornado Cocktail or a White Tornado
Shrimp Tournedo with Lemongrass Broth
El Monterey Supreme Omelet Tornado
Salmon Tournados with Herb Sauce
Duck Tenderloin Tournedos with Foie Gras
Tournedos Rossini With Welsh Griddle Cakes
Texas Tornado Cake
Mango Tornado or Tangy Tornado
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August 28, 2008
A Feast A Day: Feasting On a Molecular Level!
August 27th is the Birthday of Antoine Lavoisier. Among other things he named hyrdrogen and oxygen, wrote the first modern chemistry textbook complete with a list of elements and basically helped drag chemistry into the modern age. He was beheaded during the French Revolution.
So, using the latest in Molecular Gastronomy, here's a birthday feast your the periodic table...
The Menu (From the a la carte menu at the Fat Duck restaurant March 2008)
NITRO-GREEN TEA AND
LIME MOUSSE
OYSTER, PASSION FRUIT JELLY, LAVENDER
POMMERY GRAIN MUSTARD ICE CREAM, RED CABBAGE GAZPACHO
JELLY OF QUAIL, LANGOUSTINE CREAM, PARFAIT OF FOIE GRAS
OAK MOSS AND TRUFFLE TOAST
SNAIL PORRIDGE
Joselito ham
ROAST FOIE GRAS "BENZALDEHYDE"
Almond fluid gel, cherry, chamomile
SALMON POACHED IN
LIQUORICE GEL
Artichokes, vanilla mayonnaise and “Manni” olive oil
BALLOTINE OF ANJOU
PIGEON
Black pudding, pickling brine and spiced juices
MANGO AND DOUGLAS FIR
PUREE
Bavarois of lychee and mango, blackcurrant sorbet,
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August 26, 2008
A Feast A Day: Faces Made For Radio
As Vin Scully would say "On this day in 1939, the first Major League Baseball game was telecast. It was doubleheader between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field, in Brooklyn, New York."
From MLB.com: "August 26, 1939. Station WXBS (NBC) televised a doubleheader between the Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Dodgers from Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Red Barber described the game, which was televised using two cameras set up near the baselines. (Larry MacPhail, president of the Dodgers, authorized the experimental telecasts of 10 or 12 home games in 1940 and 1941. He later became president of the New York Yankees and scored another first by selling television broadcasting rights of Yankees home games in 1946. He got $75,000 for the rights, although there were only 500 television sets in New York when the season started. Unlike radio, which met with skepticism and opposition in the early years, television was accepted with open arms by ball clubs and, in 1947, 11 of the 16 clubs televised some home games.)"
Baseball Stadium Food Roundup from the New York Times
Interleague Baseball Menu:
Serve with lots of Brooklyn Beer
Peanuts
Crackerjacks
Boardwalk Fries from behind home plate at Camden Yards, Baltimore
The Ichiroll (Spicy Tuna Roll) from SafeCo Field, Seattle
or
The Crab Cake Sandwich from Crazy Crab'z located behind the scoreboard in centerfield at AT&T Park San Francisco
The Cuban Sandwich from the Goya stand at Yankee Stadium
or
Pork & Provolone Sandwich with Broccoli Rabe from Tony Luke's at Citizen Bank Park, Philidelphia
or
Traditional Argentine Empanadas from Maggie's Emapanada Bistro at Dolphin Stadium, Miami
The Bratzel, Pretzel Wrapped Brat sold behind sections 139 & 152 sold at Busch Stadium St. Louis
or
Italian Sausage with Sweet and Hot Peppers at Wrigley Field, Chicago
The 'Famous Ball Tip Sandwich' from Kinder's at McAfee Coliseum, Oakland
or
The Pit Beef BBQ Sandwich at PNC Park, Pittsburgh
or
The Gyro from Leo's Coney Island, Comerica Park, Detroit
or
Beef Fajitas from Rose's Taqueria on the Main Concourse, Minute Maid Park, Houston
The Turkey Sandwich with stuffing and Cranberry from the stand under Section 7 at Fenway Park, Boston
Dodger Dogs, Grilled from Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Vanilla Frozen Custard Cone from Strickland's at Progressive Field, Cleveland
or
Mini Donuts from Coors Field, Denver
or
Dippin' Dots from Angels Stadium, Anaheim
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August 25, 2008
A Feast A Day: Hug A Penguin
Today marks the birthday of Linux in 1991 and the start of pocket protector anarchy!
Our Open Source Menu from OpenSourceFood.com
To be served with A LOT of Rockstar Energy Drink and Mountain Dew
Pizza de espárragos y huevos de codrorniz a la trufa
Batchelor's Pizza (correct spelling)
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A Feast A Day: Eat a Pear!
On August 24th in 1113 Geoffrey of Anjou or Geoffrey "The Handsome" was born in France. He'd go on the founder of the Plantagenet line, Plantagenet being a reference to the broom weed or "planta genista" to which he was partial.
Anjou will love this!
Geoffrey V's Menu:
Serve with Anjou Pear Wine, Pear Cider :) or Anjou Pear Mojito
Shredded Pear : "Pasta" with Kiwi Sauce and Pistachios
Roasted Celeriac and D'Anjou Pear Soup
Pineapple Curried Anjou Pears with Lamb Chops
Fresh Anjou Pear Tart or Red Wine Poached Anjou Pears Stuffed With Marscapone
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A Feast A Day: Flight Of the Condor!
On August 23rd, 1977 the Gossamer Condor won the Kremer prize for human powered flight. I bet that guy's arms were tired! (Sorry, couldn't help it.)
Wingman's Menu:
Sky High Cheese and Vegetable Tart (This is is basically a really nice spinach stuffing mix, so I made my one stuffing dry, cut the peppers and swapped tomatoes for sundried tomatoes.)
Nettle and Almond Stuffed Skate Wing
Chili-Lime Fried Chicken Wings
Barbecued Pig Wings ("Pig Wings are made from ham shanks that are trimmed leaving just a single bone surrounded with lean tender ham meat.") with Uncle Shels Big Sky Badlands Barbecue Sauce
Flourless Chocolate Cloud Cake Recipe or Norwegian Cloudberry Cream With Lavendar and Vanilla
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Forgotten Feasts Calendar
