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Tag Archives: pandemic
Quarantining with the Colonel
Fried chicken is good food for times of self-isolation. It’s crunchy, greasy, bad for you and just as tasty (we think) cold as it is hot. That’s why a lot of folks are quarantining with the Colonel with a takeout … Continue reading
Highland Park Cafeteria is closed for good
We dreaded going on their website, because we feared we would find that Highland Park Cafeteria is closed for good. Their clientele, after all, is very close to the profile of nursing home residents who have been hard hit by … Continue reading
My first porchetta
A whole pork belly had been languishing in our downstairs freezer for way too long. With no big gatherings on the horizon, it was time to make my first porchetta. And it proved surprisingly easy and successful. Porchetta is a … Continue reading
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Tagged pandemic, pork, quarantine, Rolf's Pork Store, Taverna Novo
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Recipe: Sourdough Banana Bread
This isn’t banana bread with leftover starter added for flavor interest. It’s sourdough banana bread because sourdough is the only leavening agent and there is no aded sugar, either. It came out pretty good. It’s tart and tangy but with … Continue reading
Let’s have a pupusa party!
Looking for something fun to do with your COVID co-confinees? Have a pupusa party! Making a serviceable pupusa turns out to be quite a challenge. But, though your early attempts will be comically inept, you’ll get better with practice and … Continue reading
Comfort Classics: Texas potato salad
When you run across a bag of potatoes you bought in the early days of the pandemic, and they’re starting to sprout roots, it’s time to make Texas Potato Salad. This is a true comfort classic that goes with any … Continue reading
Recipe: Easiest Sourdough Bread
What makes this the easiest sourdough bread? First, it has a lower ratio of water to flour so it’s easier to handle and less likely to deflate in the oven if you let it proof too long. Second, it relies … Continue reading
Baking sourdough bread during the pandemic
Lots of new folks are finding their way to Burnt My Fingers these days, and many head straight for our post on how to make sourdough bread in your Instant Pot. But it’s a bit of an (intentional) misdirection because … Continue reading
Comfort Classics: Better-than-Mounds-Bars
Our Cashew Nut Clusters really are better than Mounds Bars! You get the same holy trinity of dark chocolate/coconut/nuts but without the corn syrup and preservatives, and we up the game by using high quality dark chocolate, cashews instead of … Continue reading
Let’s make Chinese takeout at home!
In upstate New York, almost all Chinese takeout places are currently closed. A local paper surveyed them* and found that most were unable to get standard ingredients, like egg roll wrappers, that are shipped from the NYC area. Hopefully that … Continue reading