Dont let the farmer know

Italians have many sayings involving food and atleast two of them start with .'dont let the armer know...'. Francine Segan's dolci book has a saying accompanied with each recipe.
Ciao italia
chickpea fritters using flour.
Pastelle, Onion fritters are made by the author by boiling the onions and then mashing them into the batter. Indian pakoras are made using raw onions.
Butcher's pepper
Using fresh and dried cheese in a recipe. In 'Holiday dinners with Bradley Ogden', Ogden used Fuyu persimmons for garnish and hachiya persimmons for base dessert.
Paccheri pasta
Italian Wedding soup
ziti groom
strawberry risotto
rice omelet
Involtini - fish are rolled around a stuffing.

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Leidenfrost effect

I was thinking about how water drops evaporate and came across Leidenfrost effect . A line in that article about dipping wet hands into molten lead made me ask if this is the effect that lets some people dip into boiling vat of oil for picking out pakoras with bare hands . Sure enough

Coconut ravani

preview Authors site Authors article medcookingalaska In this book I liked coconut ravani . Baking semolina. Caramel pudding and Kytheran pudding.

Banana pudding

I went over the roasted banana pudding recipe from yesterday and found it too consuming (shopping time, dishes, baking time), I finally decided on caramelized banana pudding . And meringue making is merry. Flour is used in making the custard. all purpose flour plays the corn starch role of thickening the custard. I used Parle G instead of vanilla wafers.

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