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best recipes that include raw eggs
Uncle Bob's Rich Mashed Potatoes (with SECRET ingredient).
I love mashed potatoes using a food processor. Uncle Bob likes to add 1-2 eggs right after he has added butter. Usually, the heat from the mashed potatoes will cook the eggs, but not always. People will RAVE about these potatoes.
Personally, I have been eating/drinking raw eggs ever since I was three. And during these forty-six years, I have yet to come down with salmonella or shigella infections.
Anchorage AK gift ideas
The chocolate-covered wild berry jellies are divine... and VERY Alaskan. These are wonderful pectin-gelled berry gems -- milk or dark -- which are my all-time favorite! For being a confection, they are the least damaging to any diet and are far more substantial than you would imagine. And there are a few flavors you must try: high-bush cranberry and salmonberry. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful... You'll find the assortments in most gift shops, however, I like going to their home store in Homer where I can pick out the exact flavors I want...
Anchorage Korean/asian grocery
Ditto on that! Oh! Go to the BIG ONE!!! I drive 3.5 hours from Kenai just to go there. And don't forget to take home pre-marinaded Kalbi just waiting to jump onto your grill or dive under your broiler!!
Anchorage, Seward or Homer sushi?
Really? Well, I was impressed with the Japanese restaurant next to New Sagaya. I was impressed. Little spent on atmosphere, but a lot of time spent with their food. It's just a joy to walk in and look at what everyone else is eating and thinking... so much wonderful food, so little stomach space. No wonder the Romans were fond of their vomitoriums...
Oh! And to those from the DA's office who go there to eat? KEEP YOUR VOICES DOWN! I definitely heard an ear-ful of all the interesting cases going on when I was last there. Very, highly entertaining, I should say...
Good eats in Alaska near Seward, Healy and Denali?
Ah... I guess I'm REALLY late on this one...
The best place to eat in Healy has definitely have to be Rosie's. Well, it is the only game in town. But they are renown for the BEST and BIGGEST hamburger I've ever eaten.
It's called the Grizzly Burger. Comes super-duper stacked with all kinds of things -- including a fried egg which is SO Australian (but without the pickled beets which is also SO Australian) and a huge pile of home fries. If you can eat this, you get your face and burger (photo taken before you start digging in), on the "Wall of Shame." My husband and I had just finished the tour into Denali ALL THE WAY BACK to the Lodge, and it was 9 pm and we were STARVING. Yep! I demolished mine -- which I was really surprised but I was hungry as a bear. As for my husband, Bill, I'm surprised he didn't ask for seconds. It was a wonderful time at this diner, and I still have the photos to share and look at as my husband died only three months afterwards. (Sudden. Please, no pity.) I'll still go back.
Now... towards the entrance of Denali Park, there are quite a few little restaurants there as well as the big pricey one at the Princess Lodge. We went to the halibut and chips place, and you MUST try the corn fritters with the honey butter on them. I was so stunned! And the fish was very, very good.
As for the Princess Lodge? Nah... way too expensive for what you get. I'd rather go back to Rosie's or to the Fish and Chips place and eat there. Simple, good food that gets you through the day. We're looking at comfort food, folks. If you want to be impressed, go to Girdwood which is just outside of Anchorage at the local ski resort, and do the menu tasting dinner there. I really enjoyed this with Uncle Bob, and funny enough, we both thought the guacamole for the salmon poke was probably the best. Oh! And they make fresh raspberry sorbet there, too!!
What is Your Favorite Omelet?
OOOHHH!!! I need to try this! And I won't forget the Lime!!
What happened to Alaska?
I was looking at posting sites by location. Hawaii has one. The Mountain States mention nothing about Alaska.
Can I start the Alaskan talk site? There's way too much fun foodies up here, and I can certainly keep up with the slack with interviews with the local micro-breweries -- it's more than a hobby of here. And we have fantastic meaderies throughout that will ship "down South".
Dim Sum Honolulu Chinatown (moved from Elsewhere in America)
Well, I'm going there next week. I'll take pictures and let all of you know!
