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Georgia On My Mind: Georgian Ajapsandali

The recipes at Georgia About are all so interesting!  I just happened to have the right amount of eggplant in the fridge to make Georgia About’s eggplant stew, ajapsandali  https://georgiaabout.wordpress.com/2012/06/27/about-food-ajapsandali-georgian-eggplant-stew/, Texas style.  Since Stuttgart can’t seem to make up it’s … Continue reading

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Doing Georgian Ojakhuri – Part 2

When I woke up this morning I was momentarily “pris de panique”.  The problem with cooking in parts is that if you screw it up, you can’t just not post, something has to be said.  That’s almost like pressure!  We … Continue reading

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Le Vrai Gumbo

Back in the day in Haute Volta (now Burkina Faso) in the early 80s, we met a couple, Pim Zwaan from Holland and Clara from French speaking Cameroons.  Even though we moved on, we kept in touch, visiting them in … Continue reading

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Winter Ham Stew with Steamed Cabbage

As I said to Cecilia  http://thekitchensgarden.com/ the other day, “wine is medicine”, but I also find food preparation a type of restorative.  As I removed leftover Christmas ham from the freezer, emptied the refrigerator of fading celery and leeks, added onion … Continue reading

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German Geschnetzeltes Chili

When we were looking for cars, we were interested in the Volkswagen Touran.  It had everything; automatic parking, rain sensor, GPS, rear parking sensors, start/stop at traffic lights, a warning sensor for drowsy drivers, dual temperature controls and heated seats.  What … Continue reading

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Faux Gumbo

I had a whole chicken and shrimp in the freezer and that, along with refrigerated odds and ends, sounded like gumbo to me.  Problem is, my file gumbo powder is in Sens and I have never made gumbo with okra, … Continue reading

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Grilled Chicken and Vegetable Stew

Taking a passing fancy to frugality, I decided to recycle some leftover vegetable salad with it’s dressing from the other day http://cookinginsens.wordpress.com/2012/07/27/fresh-market-salad/.  I used the leftover dressing to marinate some chicken thighs. I sauteed a couple of leeks, and added some … Continue reading

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Fabada My Way: Chorizo, Mouro, Grillaudes and Bean Stew

My inspiration for this recipe comes from Marcus at Country Wood Smoke http://countrywoodsmoke.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/smoked-morcilla-and-chorizo-fabada/. I saw this recipe in March and started my search for morcilla or Spanish blood sausage immediately.  I didn’t find it but I did find a Portuguese blood … Continue reading

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Irish Beef Stew with Colcannon

Other than Christmas, I haven’t really been blogging the holidays.  I guess I just couldn’t be bothered  But today, because this is my husband’s favorite holiday (He’s Irish American on both sides and owns an Irish passport) and he’s living … Continue reading

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Navajo Venison Stew and Flatbread

M. Parret gave me a shoulder of chevreuil or roe deer that he received from one of his hunting buddies.  It was smaller than the boar shoulder and for that I was grateful, but stilled puzzled as to how I … Continue reading

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