Mango Archar

So I was talking to a friend who is from India and he mentioned Archar which is a very difficult to make pickle recipe.I saw it as a challenge and proceed to make the stuff which takes 3 months to ferment.

I do not have a photo of the final product but it was excellent.

Pernil

ThanksGiving for Twp

It is so fucking hard to just find a nice turkey breast for Thanksgiving it took 10 stores to get this thing!
I should have just got the full bird it would have been easier to cook and cheaper.
You win some you loss some it was good but such a bitch I hated the thing.
My what a lovely dinner for two

Throwing shit together

Had a few pepper left from the garden and sometime on my hand to throw some shit together

Miso Soup

I love Miso soup and being able to make it at home is the bomb considering I would eat it for breakfast everyday if I could.

Uncured Bacon

Do not buy thisI spiced it up and made it into jerky and its a bitch and so not worth the effort!

Curry

I really like India food and I have been trying to get better at making some dishes like Phall
Super hot chicken curry

Short crappy season to grow 2009 so I moved them to the basement

Who would think that you could keep a pepper plant alive through December in your basement with standard florescent lights.I was able to pepper my Thai Chilles, Jalapenos, Chocolate Habaneros and orange Hab's alive 4 more months!

Not Hot Not Spicy and Not Worth It

Cucumber Vinegar Mix-Wife post

We got a few Bobby Flay books from the library yesterday and we came across a recipe that 

reminded me of a cucumber salad that my mom used to make so I called her up and got the

 basics and then I added on top of that it goes something like this...

cucumber sliced and put in a bowl cover in salt, I prefer see salt but salt works just as well, set aside for an hour and then drain the water, this allows for a dried out but crunch cuc.

add chopped tomatoes

add chopped green beans

add slicely cut onion of your choice

for a variation add kidney beans or another type of bean 

add a teaspoon of sugar

add roses sweetened lime juice (to preference)

add vinegar (to preference)

salt and pepper to taste

stir and put in refridgerator for a couple of hours before you serve stirring occassionally.

 

 

 

Vegetarian Chili

Big ol tomatoe from garden made into bacon and tomato sandwhiches

Fresh vegetables from garden-wife post

Pork Chops

Smoked Brisket

Lemon Dill Salmon