How to Make Hoshigaki (Japanese Dried Persimmons) December 14, 2012 4 Comments Persimmons are delicious, but dried persimmons are divine. Totally divine!! Let me qualify that though. There are small, hard, dried out dried persimmons (in Japan they are ‘Made in China’) and then there ...
Well folks, not only I grow jade plants but I grow “things” to eat in my garden. I am bless with a big garden. What I grow in the garden-I grow strawberry,blueberry, raspberry,apricot,apples, Asian pears, regular pear, peaches, plums,big cherry tree that produces bing, red and R...
“Really? Welcome to America!” he laughed as I walked away. I’m constantly amazed at the ability of food to bring people together. We were totally engaged and enthralled with the conversation as NY bustled around us. Here’s to the power of food (now I’m going to go eat a persim...
During years when Japanese beetles are abundant, they will do some leaf damage to our trees, but not enough for us to bother intervening. The beetles seem to much prefer our grape leaves and anything in the stone fruit family. (Read:How to control Japanese beetles organically.) Please grow ...
Upon disembarking, we found an aproned Pierre Magnani cutting into deep orange-red persimmons he’d just taken off a tree. He handed slices to some of us with a gleam in his eye that seemed to anticipate our delighted reactions once we bit into the intensely flavored fruit. Others in the...
This tutorial is about stripping wine making down to the absolute bare minimum. Start a batch of wine in under a minute and with just 5$ in equipment!
I have to admit I don’t make meat stocks very often, because we eat meat so rarely. A simple googling will reveal many detailed recipes, but the following will give you the basics. Again, don’t be nervous about making any type of stock. Just boil some stuff up and you’ll have ...
Apricots– on a cool counter to room temperature or fridge if fully ripe Cherries-store in an airtight container. Don’t wash cherries until ready to eat, any added moisture encourages mold. Berries-Don’t forget, they’re fragile. When storing be careful not to stack too many high, a si...
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Thesmooth red bean pasteis a bit of a hassle to make and normally can just be purchased from a Chinese or Japanese market. For smooth paste, the azuki beans are boiled and mashed without adding sugar. The mashed beans are diluted into a slurry, then strained to remove the husk. To make...