We love Bread
We love French Baguettes
(But we are learning not to love White Bread)
So we try to bake a good Whole Grain Loaf
And avoid a think dense flat dead loaf that doesn’t raise
The Secret is to add water
If the dough feels like a lump of clay, ready to ‘throw-a-pot”
Then add more water
Use Quick Yeast
Add some White Flour when you add the yeast
You won’t need the machine to wait through two rising cycle
Opt for the Rapid Whole Wheat
There are always Onions in the Pantry
Almost always, Onions are preped by:
-Slicing Off the Top
-Slicing Off the Bottom
-Making a shallow cut into the skin and removing the outer layers of the onion, along the axis
(then half the onion along the axis, and thinly sliced the onion along the axis for a pile of slivered onions)
Everything removed (Top, Bottom and Outer Layer of Mostly the Onion Skin)
We save all this in a Zip-Lock (“Onion Scrap Bag”) into the Freezer
We bring it out and empty all Onion Scrap Bags when Poaching Chickens and making Chicken Stock, in a stock pot full of boiling water
We will empty these Onion Scrap Bags into the Instant Pot when we cook our Boston Butt under high pressure and steam
It will fall apart but retain some integrity and hopefully a gelatinous glace will result as a by-product
Clarification:
Slicing Along the Axis is a cut which extends from the South pole to the North Pole of the Onion (longitude: running North to South)
(this produces curved matchsticks)
Slicing Against the Axis is a cross-cut in the same direction as the equator,
(this produces Onion Rings)
Instant Pot Garage Curry Log
Fourth Attempt (#4) Friday, December 6th
Started with tons of Kale Stems
Bought bulk Kale, cleaned and bagged, and loaded Instant Pot with Kale Stems
Didn’t have much Jalepenos (they are good to add for a deep but palatable heat
Had Lots of Ginger, so used all of it
Added Lots of Garlic
Used 2 quarter squares of curry, because it cooks out
Used Two Onions
Two Measures of Rice
One Can of Tomatos
Three Pints of Water
Short Rice Cycle on Instant Pot
Third Attempt (#3) Thursday, November 14th
May have discovered an essential ingredient
COCONUT MILK
Onions, Jalapeno Peppers, Ginger, Garlic, Greens, Curry Block
Rice, Amaranth, Quinoa
I had excluded it, but the fat seems to carry the curry flavors
(exclude the COCONUT MILK and the spice and the heat practically disappear)
Make the Curry Base in the Instant Pot, set for short Rice Setting
Freeze in Zip Lock Portions
To Finish
1) Start with the Curry Base, add a starch and frozen items which need to be thawed
2) Finish with Mushrooms, Meat, Seafood, Frozen Vegetables
3) Top with Tofu and Tomato Sauce
Second Attempt (#2) Monday, November 11th
-Keep the Quarter Portion of Hot Japanese Curry
-Retain the 4 Pints of Water
Add Grains to the measure of Rice
– 2 oz Amaranth
– 2 oz Quinoa
(on the rice setting)
Added the backbone portion of the lamb forequarter and hope to sauce and grill it
This is your hot flavorful curry base
Add most other things later to keep them fresh
Meat (Chicken, Pork)
Mushrooms
Frozen Vegetables
Tofu
Tomato Sauce
(that time that I added SPAM – Oh, so good)
First Attempt (#1) Tuesday, November 5th
Cut back on the Japanese Curry Square
-so hot first day (although, that is good flavor)
-maybe it becomes milder the second day
Cut back on Water
-instead of 4 pint measures of water
-try 3 pint measures of water
Try with Pork
-Chicken Breast get so try and tough
-Maybe Try Pork (or Spam)
Adding Late was very successful . . .
-We reteieve the vessel from the car-park after it warms for over three hours
-Add Mushrooms, Pork Glace and Shrimp, stir and sit for 15 minutes
-Bag Up Remainder in Zip Locks of 2 Small Can measures
Delicious the Second Day:
Open a can of SpaM and Cook hard in Pan
Place Portion of Curry on Top
Finish with Frozen Veg (Corn and Peas)
What would happen if you ate a can of spam every day?
It’s November and instead of cooking-up an onion for curry
We are doing an Instant Pot Curry in the Garage
Save the smell of food on your clothes and the apartment
Load the Instant Pot:
1 finely sliced Onion
4 Chopped Jalepenos
Zip Lock of Kale
Zip Lock of Frozen Cooked Beans
A Quarter Square of Curry
Half-a-Can of Coconut Milk
A frozen packet of meat (Chicken)
One-Half Sliced Sweet Potato
Measure of Brown Rice
8 Cups of Water (Too Much)
Rice Setting (12 Minutes Low)
(and then let it set)
Finish with:
Shrimp
Pork Glaze
Tomato Sauce
Frozen Peas
Inclined to think I used too much water
Chez Bob Traiteur 