Summer 2024

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A wide-ranging summer: a quick pizza sauce that turned out great, a vindaloo paste built from whole spices, a broiled burger method dialed in (6 minutes a side at 288°C), and a teriyaki sauce ratio locked in for the rice-bowl rotation, alongside travel-inspired ideas from Atlanta and a growing retro-dishes wishlist.

Undated.

Retro dishes

(from a reddit thread)

Red beans and rice
Meatloaf
Midwest stroganoff
Shepherds pie
Baked custard
Potato gratin
Rice pudding
Flan
Chicken divan
Chili (Texas Red)
Curried sausage

Pizza dogs

Small portion of pizza sauce → Quick pizza sauce
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste (tube of 2x paste)
- 3-4 tablespoons of water
- Salt, pepper
- Oregano, thyme
- Olive oil
- Wine (splash)
- Sugar (if needed)
- (this works quite well!)
  - A bit sweet
  - A bit thick
  - Very deep tomato flavour
  - (I think this recipe could be great)

Frozo drinks

Blended fruit drink
- 225ml Vodka
- 75ml peach schnapps
- 500ml fruit
- 250ml ice
- 50ml lime juice
- (too tart, think, decent ratio overall)

Mexican food ideas

Vindaloo

Vindaloo paste (for the meat) → Vindaloo paste
- 2" fresh ginger, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, chopped
- 10 dried red chilies
- 2 tsp coriander seeds
- 1 tsp fenugreek seeds
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 6 green cardamom pods
- 6 cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1/4 tsp black peppercorns
- 3 tbsp lemon juice (see notes)

End of July food

Fajitas + salads
- Pan cooked chicken
- Pan cooked veg (peppers, onion)
Broiled burgers (using all-beef frozen burgs, 170g/6oz)
- 6 minutes per side on a wire rack, 288C/550F
  - Salt/pepper/msg
  - Chez
- Order (top, down)
  - bun, mayo + tomato + mustard + dots of ketchup + pickle +
  - chez + burger +
  - mustard, onion, mayo, bun

Back home

New to me (Japanese food site)
Platz → German platz
Korean rice bowls (Bibimbop)
- Serious Eats bibimbap
Rice bowls, need fucking real food
- Teriyaki chicken
  - Also: Chicken Teriyaki Burgers (slaw, tomato?, onion?)
  - Make a large batch of sauce
- Veg
- Shredded carrot
- Asian style slaw
  - Vaguely Asian dressing
- Rice
  - 1 cup basmati rice, 1 inch grated fresh ginger, 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil, and a pinch of salt.
Teriyaki (ratio recipe) → Teriyaki sauce

Atlanta inspirations

Teriyaki (from Kenji’s new series)
Pasta and spinach bean red sauce
- Sausage/beef → sauté
- Add spinach
- Add tortellinis
- Add red sauce (canned or make ahead)
Muesli + frozos + oat milk (Bob’s redmill was especially good)
Recreate Tiny Lou’s micro wedge salads