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For this challenge, I wanted to do a balanced meal, balanced only in the sense that I would do two or three "courses", one from my family and one from his. The first is less an inherited recipe than a fond childhood memory shared with my family sitting on the floor of the living room in front of the TV, rolling and eating temaki sushi. Despite growing up on an island literally surrounded by the bounty of the ocean, I hated and continue to hate most seafood, and thus would turn my nose up at the more traditional sashimi. My parents thankfully figured that I would accept flaked tinned tuna as long as there were a couple sticks of cucumber stuck in, which I loving loved. Drain the tuna, rough chop your capers, and add enough mayo that it's spreadable but not gloppy. Looks like tuna salad, alright. Tempt the fickleness of your gods. Layer it on and roll it up. This second one is passed down from my He and my dad call these Shred your potatoes, salt liberally, and leave to drain in a colander. Aaaw yeah. So satisfying. But so gross. Dice the onion, squeeze out as much liquid from the potatoes as you can, and throw everything together. Throw that hot mess in a pan and burn it up. Plate it and eat it smothered in ketchup because that's how we do. Dessert is actually one of the first things my husband's grandmother requested of me as soon as she found out I worked at a bakery. I didn't find out until after we were married (my husband and I, not me and her) that pineapple upside down cake was one of her favorite foods and something her deceased husband made all the time for her. She was born in New York sometime during WWII and has that slight Brooklyn accent that only makes her more adorable. She raved about that cake for days. No pics of the progress because it's unremarkable and my stomach was clamoring for the end result anyway. I regret not putting any glaze on the finished product. Let me tell you about this cake stand. Shortly after we moved into our current place, his grandmother sent us a huge package. Inside were several quality springform cake pans, a glass pie plate, and this beautiful stand. After her husband died, she shut down emotionally and put away most of the things that reminded her of him. She couldn't even cook. Several months later, while getting ready to move from New York, she came across the cookware and thought of me. The fact that she even considered me, someone she had only met in person once, to be the recipient of such sentiment-laden items is something that will stick with me forever. I thought of her the entire time I made this. Teach your families to cook and do it with them just about any day you can. They'll appreciate it. kinmik fucked around with this message at 01:32 on Nov 19, 2014 |
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That is a bomb-rear end cakestand. And a bomb-rear end cake. But why not fresh pineapple? No longer in the land of bros (bromeliads)?
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Thanks! I'm a long way from home on the east coast with primary access to a military commissary, neither of which are renowned for a good fresh pineapple. At least their fall produce selection will be good now.
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That's awesome, brings back some memories from the other side of my family (my mother's side has some Hawaii history). Pineapple was a thing we could almost never have, because my mother's mother lived with us for a while and she worked at a Dole factory processing pineapple for like a thousand years, so she ever after banished the fruit from her presence. Your cake looks great, though, and so do your hashbrowns.
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Those hash browns, holy poo poo... I bet if you made them slightly thinner and really crisped the hell out of them, maybe by super-shallow frying them, that they'd be amazing on a burger.
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Thanks to you both!Mr. Wiggles posted:That's awesome, brings back some memories from the other side of my family (my mother's side has some Hawaii history). Pineapple was a thing we could almost never have, because my mother's mother lived with us for a while and she worked at a Dole factory processing pineapple for like a thousand years, so she ever after banished the fruit from her presence. Your cake looks great, though, and so do your hashbrowns. The Midniter posted:Those hash browns, holy poo poo...
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I want to make those hash browns. What spices did you add there? I was thinking cracked pepper and not much else - maybe some Spike, maybe some fresh thyme.
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kinmik posted:Thanks to you both! Yep, on Oahu, in the 50s and 60s.
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^^Aw that's about when my mom was born. That's still cool. Right guys here's the thing. I FLUBBED UP I just got off the phone with my dad (with The Midniter's pitch; he loved it), telling him all about how I entered an internet cooking competition with his "hash browns" and without thinking, what came out of my mouth was "corn beef hash". That's what it's actually called. I lied to you all. However, a bit of good news that came as a pleasant surprise: That recipe goes back farther than I originally thought, one generation in fact. My great-grandmother came to Hawaii as a picture bride and despite limited resources and money, she cobbled together a meal that somehow her kids and and grandchildren came to love. I was so happy to learn this! So yeah, it's actually corn beef hash. SymmetryrtemmyS posted:I want to make those hash browns. What spices did you add there? I was thinking cracked pepper and not much else - maybe some Spike, maybe some fresh thyme. kinmik fucked around with this message at 01:29 on Nov 19, 2014 |
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I have never done hash done quite like that, so regardless of name, it'll be a novel experience. I'll definitely give it a try - maybe with a poached egg and some gravy.
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SymmetryrtemmyS posted:I have never done hash done quite like that, so regardless of name, it'll be a novel experience. I'll definitely give it a try - maybe with a poached egg and some gravy. I wanted to make them before, but now I definitely want to make them.
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