Posts by garlicginger

Have heard that the easiest way to clean the fiddleheads is to shake them in a paper bag. The brown fuzzies are supposed to just rub off in the bag. I like them steamed, then tossed in some wasabi mayonnaise............or...

And I did (enjoy)!!! Thank you very much.

I can't resist people who can resist!!!

Since I'm not a family member and have an aversion to being locked in small spaces, alas, I have no recipe for you. However, if you'll give me an address in S.F. I promise to go and taste until I come up with one. The crabs swimming...

They read books in the Midwest????? Sorry , couldn't resist. Just jealous he hasn't made it to the west Coast. And I read the book, too!

Never heard of the restaurant. Where are you? In the U.S.? Why not describe the dish you're talking about. Maybe the rest of us call it cometing else. Maybe it's not just the secret of that one restaurant.

Put individual sheet in hot water for a few seconds, shake off. Put on a plate with a little bit hanging over the edge- so you have something to grab onto to roll it up. Put anything you darn well please in it- shrimp, bean sprouts,...

I'm making Timpano Alla Big NIght for ten people. This calls for a 6 quart pan with sides which slant toward the open top. You line it with pastry, then make layers of pasta, ragu, meatballs, cheese, etc. then repeat, then repeat,...

I, too, am troubled by smells which don't bother other people. The nose knows!!

Sounds to me as though the lamb was slaughtered incorrectly. There is a musk gland near the tail. If it is inadvertantly ruptured in the course of slaughtering, the meat of the whole animal gets this horrible smell. This is most...