Author Archives: Joe
Flambé
We have been making this for years (probably like 1982-83). It came from one of those little recipe leaflets on the Spice Islands brand spice rack. We tried it and obviously liked it. Of course, there are Joe ramifications. I don’t add tomatoes, and use more beef bouillon (actually, I use Beef Better Than Bouillon) …
Better with Bacon
Isn’t everything? Saw this on my RSS feed. Here’s the original article, titled Roasted Cabbage with Bacon. Prepped for the oven. Out of the oven: Final plating. Maryann REALLY enjoyed this. I guess I will be making this again.
Brocolli di Rabe With Sausage and Polenta
We had some Hot Italian Sausage from Paulina Market. So, I devised the following. First, browned up the sausages. Made polenta, using Bob’s Red Mill. Added butter and Parmesan. Cooked Brocolli di Rabe by blanching, and them cooking in olive oil, sausage drippings, red pepper and garlic. Deglazed with some white wine for good measure. …
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I See Things Differently
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A Polish Dinner
From the last trip to the venerable Paulina Market, we had some fresh (unsmoked) Polish Sausage. So, I felt that an Old time polish dinner was indicated. I started with a base of Franks Kraut. I rinsed, and added it to sauteed onions in butter, along with additional caraway seeds (because that is the way …
New Years Day 2015
For New Years Day, I made Traditional Hoppin’ John. According to Wikipedia, eating Hoppin’ John on New Years day: eating Hoppin’ John on New Year’s Day is thought to bring a prosperous year filled with luck I used this recipe from Simply Recipes: Mom always said you had to have seafood at New years. I …
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Bacon and Eggs Brinner
Bacon Using the bacon I made Eggs And then… Brinner happened Served on a torta roll with arugula salad. This was a really great dinner.
Beef Vegetable Soup
Over time, I’ve been asked about Beef Vegetable Soup. In particular, John recently asked me if I had Mom’s recipe. As far as I know, Mom never made this from a recipe – she just made it. So, what follows is my version/interpretation, certainly inspired by Mom. Beef I used a hunk of round steak. …