Category Archives: Mains

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Recipe: Hotel Room Salt Salmon

Posted on June 15, 2026 by Burnt My Fingers

Hotel Room Salt Salmon (Shiozaki in Japanese) is an easy, elegant and potentially fatal entrée you can prepare anywhere you have access to a mini-fridge, packets of salt and sugar, and a microwave. Why fatal? Because you do need to … Continue reading →

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Purefoods Filipino Corned Beef recipes

Posted on June 9, 2026 by Burnt My Fingers

We found ourselves in possession of a large quantity of Purefoods Corned Beef with Juices. (Not an affiliate link; Amazon doesn’t carry it but Walmart does.) We were prompted to try this Filipino corned beef by this article by Kitchn … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Cuban Roast Pork

Posted on May 20, 2026 by Burnt My Fingers

Local chef Ric Orlando makes this Cuban Roast Pork to serve in sandwiches but it’s so delicious you will want to eat it on its own or atop rice and beans to catch the savory juices. Do not skimp on … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Steamed Hams

Posted on May 6, 2026 by Burnt My Fingers

Unlike Principal Skinner’s deception on the legendary Simpsons episode*, our steamed hams actually are steamed, not grilled. We were inspired to create them when a friend posted a picture of the White Castle Vending Machine at Logan Airport. We had … Continue reading →

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Cooking with tendon

Posted on April 18, 2026 by Burnt My Fingers

I am a huge fan of beef tendon, as I’ve mentioned in the past. So when I ran across this Facebook post from a Hong Kong chef reminiscing about his impoverished early days living on the stuff, I knew it … Continue reading →

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Food for Thought: Made with Lau

Posted on April 7, 2026 by Burnt My Fingers

I had a large bag of carrots and googled “Chinese carrot recipe” hoping for a new way to prepare them.  Dad’s Stir Fry Carrots was the top hit. It’s on Made with Lau, a two-time James Beard Award winner which … Continue reading →

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Recipe: TikTok Doner Meat at Home

Posted on March 29, 2026 by Burnt My Fingers

There are many variations of the viral TikTok Doner meat recipe and I made my own from a consensus of likely ingredients. The result is a little lightly spiced for my taste (apparently doner is a regional variation of shawarma … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Variations on a Banana Sandwich

Posted on March 13, 2026 by Burnt My Fingers

The banana sandwich is a depression-era improvisation which is still popular down south, though we had never heard of it until reader Rob Smith gave us a heads up over in the comments on our Best Mayonnaise Taste Test post. … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Instant Pot Philly Italian Pork

Posted on March 1, 2026 by Burnt My Fingers

Philly Italian Pork is one of the tastiest things we have made in the Instant Pot. As soon as the natural release was done, I found myself slurping the gravy by the spoonful. This recipe begins with the journey by … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Strawberry Peanut Butter Sandwich

Posted on February 26, 2026 by Burnt My Fingers

A place in our former neighborhood (Castro/Lower Haight) in San Francisco made a nice strawberry peanut butter sandwich. Smooth or crunchy peanut butter and sliced ripe strawberries on toast are a lovely juxtaposition of tastes and textures. To get fancy, … Continue reading →

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