ghbrooklyn's Profile
Best milkshakes in NYC?
I agree that shopsin's is the best. they have the most flavors, and although they do not advertise this fact, they make their own ice cream.
Real Roti Canai
I second this. and overseas were very good the last time I went, but it has been a while...
I Miss the College Bakery!
I agree sincerely. My favorite former pre-matinee snack source.
ISO your favorite freezable food recipes (and ideas)
dumplings freeze exceptionally well.
What 's the wierdest recipe you have found and would you attempt it?
Strangest I have seen is a hedgehog, covered in clay and baked in a fire. When the hedgehog is done, you crack the baked clay open and rmove it, which removes the spines. My sister had pet hedgehogs, so I can never bring it up around her.
Mom's Mayer Lemons/What do I do with them ALL!!!
candy the peel and make lemon curd, lemon cake, lemon granita, etc from the juice. The candied peel is fantastic. I made some last week and laid strips of it on some poached seabass with fennel pollen.
Ba Xuyen
The bahn mi dac biet and bahn mi ga at the place on Mott(saigon bakery, in the back of the jewelry store) are fantastic. They have the best barbecued pork in the city. But Ba Xuyen is my local favorite. And the people there are incredibly nice.
How did your Christmas feast(s) go??
Christmas eve was the challenging meal this year, as my brother and sister-in-law were with her family for Christmas night.
Christmas Eve:
sesame-cornmeal-crusted fried squid with mizuna, beets, candied pistachios and sherry-urfa biber-vinegarette
celeriac soup with greek yogurt, vietnamese cilantro, sea salt and white balsamic
forest honey-glazed quail with roasted turnips with nutmeg, roasted cipoline onions and microgreens
pan-cooked sea bass with leek puree, candied meyer lemon peel, and fennel pollen
West County hard cider
Las Rocas Garnacha 2004
Christmas was much simpler:
cut-up chicken roasted over red potatoes, carrots, parsnips, onions and prunes with white wine, thyme and shallots
new zealand spinach and green bean salad
no-knead bread with nigella seeds
Guest brought amazing cranberry-apple-nut relish
Chateau Ste Michelle Reisling 2005
Okay to roast red potatoes?
Cooking Vidalia onions this much turns them flavorless. Use a regular onion, which will turn sweet from roasting.
Sweet onions do not retain their sweetness if cooked more than a few minutes.
real vs. fake foods
yes, but mayonnaise tastes good and miracle whip does not. And can you make miracle whip at home(without having a collection of chemistry lab equipment)?
real vs. fake foods
Try Grade B maple if you've never had it. Has a depth and intensity that is lacking in A and premium syrups, which to me just taste sweet.
What to put in bread pudding besides/instead of raisins - currants? Something else?
I second crystallized ginger, and add dates. good ricotta is also a good addition. sliced almonds and hazelnuts are also pretty nice.
Cooked down apple cider is a good sweetener.
Brooklyn Egg Creams
I get it with no whipped cream and less syrup. But I'd still rather make it at home.
Bacon Brittle
this is the best method. Also known as billionaire's bacon(when made without nuts). was a bar snack at the four seasons at one point.
Assigned brunch potluck item, have tons of eggs, bored with quiche -- any ideas?
I third the strata. made a really good one with caramelized leeks and sausage for a post-wedding brunch recently, which was delicious and disappeared quickly.
chestnuts, any ideas?
chocolate chestnut cream. Also, I have thought about whole roasted chestnuts in the bottom of a chocolate custard, or in a chocolate terrine.
chestnuts and pumpkin are good together too. chestnut and pumpkin custard?
Brooklyn Egg Creams
Tom's Restaurant on Washington Ave in Prospect Heights also makes an excellent egg cream(I have had Hinsch's as well). I am an egg cream snob, and find their's to be my favorite around, though gem spa is still pretty good. But I still make better ones at home, just like grandma did.
any good places to get a quick meal by brooklyn law school?
second justin's. doubles and ginger beer for me, please.
Good or Great Butcher Shops, hartford or new haven areas
Looking for a quality butcher who carries gamebirds(squab, quail). Would rather not go to WholeFoods or the like, as I prefer to support independents. Any help is much appreciated.
What's Your Favorite Domestic Beer and Why?
Cherry Wheat tastes like soda - it's more like an emulation of the style than the true style, like most of Sam Adam's beers.
What's Your Favorite Domestic Beer and Why?
Get over to Waterfront Ale House on Atlantic in Brooklyn Heights right now for Dale's from a cask! Holy crap it's good!
What's Your Favorite Domestic Beer and Why?
old thumper is good, just had it for the first time recently.
Spicey Pumpkin Enchilada recipe--opinions?
sounds delicious to me. I've made pumpkin filled enchiladas before. I am a huge pumpkin fan, though, so it may be skewing my opinion. Sprinkle some pumpkin seeds on top.
OK, it's turkey/chicken leftover time! What's your favorite recipé?
turkey molé poblano.
call for Thanksgiving debriefing: the good, the bad & the ugly. Please share your greatest successes and also any duds to learn by
no complaints.
smoked turkey with a thyme and maple syrup brine.
intense smoked gravy with applejack and reduced apple cider.
my mom's squash rolls.
cornbread stuffing with mushrooms, fried sage and dried cranberries.
roasted brussels sprouts with carmelized shallots, anar dana, mace, white balsamic and maple syrup.
sweet potato souffle with parmesan, hazelnuts and ancho chili.
my sister-in-law's potato gratin.
great organic teenage greens(mustards, some fall lettuces) with pomegranate anils, frizzled leeks, and apple cider-mustard vinegarette.
three cranberry sauces(homemade gelled, raw, and a cooked with mustard seeds).
chestnut puree.
2 of Dorie Greenspan's Twofer pies(pumpkin-pecan)
and a guest brought an amazing cranberry-key lime pie. almost painfully tart but so delicious.
NEED SWANKY CHRISTMAS EVE MENU SUGGESTIONS
definitely a game bird of some kind - duck, quail, grouse, pheasant
a fish course, maybe cod or stuffed squid
