Raw Ingredient and Mise en Place Appreciation thread.

[ama]

When are Sumos coming out? IIRC it was around this time last year.

edit: Found it - 2013 Sumo will be available the second weekend in February

http://www.sumocitrus.com/sumo_in_stores.aspx

 

[mgm9128]

 

[mgm9128]

 

[braised]

NOBD - who is the manufacturer of that pot? It looks solid. Braised

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[NOBD]

^
Hackman, now Iittala.

https://www.iittala.com/Cookware/Ca...ucepans?q=:name-asc:designers:Bjorn+Dahlstrom

 

[mgm9128]

Snowed in. Messing around:

 

[b1os]

A little unusual tarte tatin recipe, I think. http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/tartetatin_80584
Apples and quinces

 

[edmorel]



Snowed in. Messing around:

wouldn't this look more appetizing without the feet/claws? Or do you eat those.

 

[mgm9128]



wouldn't this look more appetizing without the feet/claws? Or do you eat those.

I'm not sure that it would. I did trim the nails and the "thumb", but I liked the look of it.

 

[itsstillmatt]

I think the classic way is to leave only one finger, no nails. I like it because it looks like a bird is flipping the bird, but those legs do look great as they are.

 

[shibbel]

One finger is what I had planned to do with the ambroisie recipe I did a while back- could only find frozen chickens with feet though.

 

[mgm9128]



I think the classic way is to leave only one finger, no nails. I like it because it looks like a bird is flipping the bird, but those legs do look great as they are.

I see. I'll just leave one next time. They were pretty nifty. I'm not sure if the thighs would have stayed together as well had I kept the skin on and just tried wrapping them up like that, instead of using the skin to roll them up, but I was quite happy with how well they kept their shape.

 

[mgm9128]

 

[ama]

^ getting ready for Passover early

 

[mgm9128]



^ getting ready for Passover early

Sumo mandarins aren't nearly as delicious as Satsumas.