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04-19-2007, 01:23 PM
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Unusual ingredients which are common in your cooking
Tanqueray has started running ads for their new Rangpur lime gin. I grow Rangpur limes and frequently use them in my cooking, though I've never seen them anywhere else. (Note: the add shows them as green. They are very, very orange, both peel and flesh as they as a sour Mandarin, not a true lime.)
As such, I was wondering what can be found in the various TLDR kitchens, pantries and gardens and the uses you have for the various items. The Rangpur limes have an almost pithless peel, and is an excellent candidate to be used dried. The juice is very tart and is an excellent addition to many sauces. I frequently add thinly sliced Rangpur limes to a pot of black beans. Other unusual citrus I grow and use in cooking include: Kalamansi, varigated pink lemons, Kaffir limes and Chinotto sour oranges. 
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04-19-2007, 01:30 PM
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Re: Unusual ingredients which are common in your cooking
Terrific thread.
I use Worcester Sauce (pronounced Woh-stir) in pasta sauces now and again, and sometimes in veg-rice stir-fries. I also use HP or Daddies Sauce with meat-onion/offal-onion fry ups. Do you non-Brits know of these?
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04-19-2007, 01:52 PM
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Re: Unusual ingredients which are common in your cooking
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We have Worcestershire sauce over here (WUH-stir-sher), is that the same thing? The other sauces I've never heard of. [/ QUOTE ] Yes that's it. It's also good as a few splashes on cheese on toast.
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04-19-2007, 02:44 PM
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Re: Unusual ingredients which are common in your cooking
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[ QUOTE ] We have Worcestershire sauce over here (WUH-stir-sher), is that the same thing? The other sauces I've never heard of. [/ QUOTE ] Yes that's it. It's also good as a few splashes on cheese on toast. [/ QUOTE ] Also very good when added to Clamato Juice, Vodka, Olives (spilling in a little olive juice), a few dashes of Tabasco sauce and then some celery salt or Lawreys Seasoned Salt on top! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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04-19-2007, 02:47 PM
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Re: Unusual ingredients which are common in your cooking
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] We have Worcestershire sauce over here (WUH-stir-sher), is that the same thing? The other sauces I've never heard of. [/ QUOTE ] Yes that's it. It's also good as a few splashes on cheese on toast. [/ QUOTE ] Also very good when added to Clamato Juice, Vodka, Olives (spilling in a little olive juice), a few dashes of Tabasco sauce and then some celery salt or Lawreys Seasoned Salt on top! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] i've seen it used in marinades as well.
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04-19-2007, 05:07 PM
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Re: Unusual ingredients which are common in your cooking
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[ QUOTE ] We have Worcestershire sauce over here (WUH-stir-sher), is that the same thing? The other sauces I've never heard of. [/ QUOTE ] Yes that's it. It's also good as a few splashes on cheese on toast. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, I've tried telling Felicia that it's good on toasted cheese, but she always gives this look and shakes like "no way" :-& Who knows, maybe it's cause i pretty well drown it with the Worcestershire, LOL [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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04-19-2007, 07:00 PM
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Re: Unusual ingredients which are common in your cooking
Happy Birthday!
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#9
04-19-2007, 07:18 PM
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Re: Unusual ingredients which are common in your cooking
Black mustard seeds and curry leaves. I use these to sautee fresh vegetables in a South Indian style. The key to using black mustard seeds is heating up the oil with the seeds until they start popping and turn gray. Some chefs I have seen (even Bobby Flay on Food Network) have shown recipes where they just add the mustard seeds as a whole spice to simmering stew or whatever. I'm not sure, but I think this would result in a bitter taste and reck the dish. The oil has to be very hot to pop the seeds to give their unique nutty flavor and aroma to the oil. If you fry vegetables in oil without popping the seeds, the result is bitter and bad.
Curry leaves you can now buy fresh at some grocery stores and add another flavor dimension to vegetables. I sautee many vegetables for side dishes (beans, okra, cauliflower, broccoli, spinach, collard greens, cabbage, potatoes, etc.) the following way: Heat 1-3 tblespoons of olive oil in a pan. Add 1-2 tsp black mustard seeds. Cover with lid. Keep an eye on heat, when seeds start to pop, reduce heat, let continue to pop until they are mostly gray, reduce heat, add ginger root and garlic, whole red chilis, curry leaves, 1 tsp cumin seeds and/or 1/2 tsp turmeric (opt), let saute for 1 minute, add vegetable, sautee, add salt and pepper, add water if necessary to steam, cover, steam 5-10 minutes, uncover, turn heat up, refry, add fresh herbs (cilantro, parsley) serve. -J
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04-19-2007, 01:42 PM
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Re: Unusual ingredients which are common in your cooking
I like to add thin slices of dried mangoes to my cooking.
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