A continuation of the gallery from yesterday, in a way. This is all the stuff that I could carry in my checked-in luggage from that same trip back in 2011. Besides being deterred by my gaudily bright-pink-patterned suitcase set, I'm pretty sure that any would-be thief who peeked inside said suitcases and saw the cumbersome [...]
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This post is dedicated to Keva, who hates eggs. She made a fuss about my previous post regarding fake (seaweed-based) caviar a while back, so I thought it was only fair that I share with her the real stuff :-) It showed up in my local grocer’s fish refrigerator last month and I had to [...] Continued from my last set of food diary pictures, a week ago. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 25%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } They’re like Cheetos… but not! I couldn’t tell the difference between French butter and the kind I’m used to, but these were definitely tasty. Another quality lunch from our dear Moonlight Cafe. Dependably questionable, that place was. This is supposed a steak pie, if you were wondering. Yes, I ordered it mostly out of curiosity and to see what I would get. I might be guilty of buying an entire package of fried chicken just so I could have the four drumsticks. Some lovely blackberry vinegar that Jam brought back from a food festival. “Crayfish are known by a few different names – crawfish and crawdads are just two. All we know is this small, succulent freshwater crustacean tastes fantastic balanced with fresh peppery rocket and creamy lemon mayo.” The girls ordered pizza by the meter. It was indeed a large pizza. During my layover in Sweden, I decided the best way to say “welcome back to the Nordic countries” was with a bit of lax. Okay, I lied — there’s one sweet thing in this set. Who doesn’t love a good carrot cake? This came from _Street Food_, Top Chef Masters winner Marcus-Samuelsson’s chain, btw. Couldn’t just walk past! Pheasant and pâté — two great tastes that taste great together! Also, really pretty presentation. There was an entire shelf full of different varieties and flavors of hummus. Nom. This reminds me — really must buy some chickpeas and start making my own blends. “Scottish Shellfish select only the finest quality mussels, exclusively rope-grown in the clear, pure waters around Scotland’s beautiful coastline and islands. Our grit-free mussels come direct from the grower and are renowned for their succulent flavour…” Everything’s better in Scotland, apparently. Didn’t have time to go to the farmers’ market and pick up fresh shellfish due to my extended work hours, but these pre-cooked mussels in garlic butter were pretty darn good. Croissants that were prepared in France, then shipped over and baked in the UK. It’s still trippy sometimes to think about how close together the countries are over here. Is it weird that I like taking random pictures of food? Because I totally do. Partly to share with T but also so I can remember whether nor not I should get something again at a later date. And sometimes just because it’s an item that makes me happy… or sad… or scared. #gallery-2 { [...] Anybody who has been around me for the past several months has probably heard me bemoan at some point or another the scarcity of shellfish in our vicinity. There’s nothing fresh and alive, most certainly — which has made it difficult to continue with my “Food That Moves” column for the foreseeable future. However, more [...] Like almost everybody else who has had to shop for their own groceries throughout their university years, I’m on very friendly terms with instant ramen noodles. Living in Southern California, however, we had a wider selection in this category than the rest of the country. The Japanese, Chinese, and Southeast Asian stores would all import [...] In mid-September, Rauma really takes on the port city role and has a weekend seafood festival called the Baltic Herring Market. There are other tents selling local crafts and freshly canned produce, of course, but the main attractions are the several large fish booths set up smack in the middle of the event. We went [...] Have been trying to catch up with the huge piles of emails, RSS feeds, and comments from the past month or so’s online inactivity. It’s a bit daunting ! Just finished up the gardening folder late last night, and that was clocking in at 4000 individual posts or so. I felt very accomplished, being able [...] A couple of weeks ago, I impulse-bought a pretty little glazed ceramic strawberry pot at the new general goods store. I had absolutely nothing to plant in it, since my strawberries were wrapping it up for the season and my herbs were all comfortable in their own little hanging pots in the kitchen. But it [...] I was first introduced to juustoleipä (juusto = cheese, leipä = bread) a little over three years ago, my first summer out here. It had been cut into ordinary-looking cubes, so I thought it was mozzarella at first glance. Then I was instructed to eat the cubes with jam, which was a bit different, but [...] |
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