Posts by Neeps

Most of their salads seem to be dressed with mayo. The Ukrainians that I know refer to salat olivier as diced boiled potatoes with pickles, peas, boiled eggs, and sausage or boiled meat and mayonnaise garnished with dill or parsley....

I have the best thing for that: a kitchen island with 2 bar stools on the other side. If people offer help I sit them down with a drink and give them prep. Or they can just sit and watch, I actually love the company, they can chatter...

Well, before the Ukrainian better half creates a profile just to correct this: For Ukrainians, there is no pierogi, there is pelmeni (filling wrapped in dough), Pirozhki (baked or fried filled buns). :) Anyways, tradition goes that...

It's been pointed out to me that this post could be taken funny by someone who doesn't know where I'm coming from or has a different sense of humor. So voila! Gone. :smoking:

That's exactly how I view these meals--a tasting, not a feeding. It's what I tell friends who bi*&% incessantly about how little and expensive the food was at one place or another, that sometimes it's just about tasting.

I'll always remember how a coq au vin actually made my husband hurl :D I think we were on a series of bad luck for food when we went to France, and that that infamous coq au vin was just the last straw for him. I think he's suspicious...

Thanks to both of you! The thread has been up for a week, I was starting to wonder if anyone ate pho at all :) I'll be trying with pork, steamed, and processed while slightly frozen. I've got the broth down so good, it would be a shame...

So I went on a pho making escapade, which is the type of thing that happens when you move to the cow-subarb from the heart of Vancouver--you gotta learn how to make all the Asian specialties you've grown to love. The broth turned out...

First things first, the absolute bare bones would be things that are multi-functional and the must haves if you are a)time restricted till proper shopping b)between paychecks c)moving and half-packed/unpacked d)a minimalist....

thanks for the info, ended up making salsa and then chile sauce instead fo hotsauce for a safer acid/sweet content. The chile sauce turned out sooooo goooood...