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I hope you had fun last night, despite the melting mess ups with the microwave! But there are no such things as mistakes, just things we know don’t work! Remember the techniques we learned last night can be applied to dark and milk chocolate – we used white so we could have fun with colours...
My husband, Raymond, is an amazing cook! Observe the shrimp boil. (I swear he was a Southerner in his last life…he’s great at slow cooking ribs and pork on the BBQ). A shrimp boil is a basic, yet awesome, concept. I love communal eating – food, friends, and great conversation are a fantastic way to...
(As a note, I have no idea what is going on with the fonts in this post! Sorry about the mess!)Sorry for the chaos in the group today. I usually get there early, get organized, and gear up for a wonderful class. Because of my dead car battery, I didn’t have a chance to do...
So we made some dessert sushi on Thursday night (no pictures, sorry, they were eaten far too quickly!) SWEET NIGIRIGet some rice krispy squares (buy them or make them)Some gummy fishFruit by the foot (green, preferably, but we used tropical as I couldn’t find green and the tropical was on sale!)Cut the rice krispy square...
We’re making sushi tonight, so come hungry and interested in how to make your own maki, inari, and miso soup! MISO SOUPHow to make dashi (from about.com)Or use instant dashi to make your dashi broth. 5g dried wakame80g silken tofu (1/4 size standard block1 tbsp miso paste (red or white)300g dashichives to garnishmushrooms to garnish...