Simple Solution to Today’s Tasteless Bananas
Everything You Need to Know about 21st Century Bananas
Bananas
What’s the best way to pick the tastiest Bananas in the store? And what’s the best way to keep them?
It seems that Bananas in the supermarket are either too green and flavorless, or ready to go bad. If you buy Continue reading
A Drive to Kahuku Point
Stingrays, Squid and Starfish
Asian Eggplants
This is a method he Kamai’ina or old-time Hawaiians used to fix vegetables for grilling at barbecues.
“Let’s drive out to around Kahuku Point, out past Waiale’e. It’s one of my favorite beaches,” Cousin Hank said. “The road’s poor, but when you get Continue reading
Far East and Latin Fusion Dish
A Triple Ginger Formula
“It’s the combination – Far Eastern Ginger and Latin Flan – that makes this dish Fusion. And I love it!” –Tenley Clemente
Crystallized Ginger
Flan is a Custard baked with its own caramelized Sugar sauce. It originated in Spain, then spread to Latin America and Mexico. Ginger arrived in Latin America and the Caribbean during the great period of Spanish outreach and exploration.
This easily made recipe for Ginger Flan combines the Ginger and the Flan in a delicious version which will provide a dessert for about 6. If you are serving a larger group, you may want to make two Flans. Continue reading
Clarified Butter
The Best Cooking Fat
Ghee or Clarified Butter, commonly known by its Hindi name Ghee घी, is known by various names in a wide swatch of South Asia and beyond.
Ghee is one of the most important cooking fats in South Asia — India, Pakistan, Sir Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. In the opinion of many cooks in the area it is the best of all cooking fats. Continue reading
Memmi
Memmi sauce is a concentrated Japanese soup base used to intensify the flavor of hot and cold noodle dishes.
Memmi also has other uses and is used by Japanese cooks to enhance the flavor of a variety of cooked dishes, such as soups and stews.
The name Memmi comes from the Japanese characters for “noodle” and “flavor,” so the meaning is something like “noodle flavoring” or “noodle flavor enhancer.” Continue reading
A Simple Dessert for a Picnic
Ideal for Hibachi
Bananas
This is a simple dessert for an outdoor cooked meal.
Baked Bananas
Hawaiian
Ingredients:
1 cooking Banana per person
Butter
Method:
Wrap the Bananas in foil together and lay on a hibachi grill over hot coals. Turn frequently, so Continue reading
Good for Burgers
Memmi is the Secret
Bean Sprouts are an important vegetable in Japanese as well as a number of other Pacific Rim cuisines.
Here’s a recipe for a crunchy Bean Sprout Relish using Memmi that works well with Burgers. Next time you grill burgers outdoors on charcoal, you might like to gry it. The recipe was suggested by Japanese cooking maven Joan Itoh Burk, now a resident of Ontario, Canada.
Bean Sprouts
The Burgers don’t need to be Meat either. Ms. Burk says, :”The burgers don’t have to be meat. Fish on the grill really take to the spicy Soy Bean Wasabi dressing.” Or it could be served with the recent Continue reading
Galangal, Lemongrass and Fish Sauce
Duck and Sticky Rice
Lemongrass
Land of a Million Elephants: Laos has been called the Land of a Million Elephants. Elephants are still there, but modern Laos may now be the the .Land of a Million Motorbikes.
Laos is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia and is home to a Continue reading
A Cooling Drink at Meal Time
Lassi लस्सी is a popular refreshing drink commonly served with meals in many parts of India. It is basically Yogurt thinned with water and with spices such as Salt and Pepper added.
Lassi has its origins in the Punjab region, but is widely served in other regions of South Asia as well as the Indian Diaspora overseas. Together with Tea, it is probably the most popular beverage in Indian Cuisine. Continue reading
Another Version – This Time with Soy Sauce
In Chinese cooking, Watercress often appears with other things, like Bean Curd or in soup. Watercress is also often stir-fried just by itself without Soy Sauce, but you can also stir-fry it with Soy Sauce, as in the following:
Watercress
Stir-Fried Watercress – with Soy Sauce
Chinese