Imagine with your Nose

While Menu Del Dia by Rohan Daft is a Spanish cookbook with no pictures but simple very doable recipes, Cook Espana Drink Espana is on the other end of the spectrum with pictures that make you wonder what the constituents of the plate are. Take Paparajotes for example - Lemon leaves deep-fried with eggs and cinnamon. So all the times that I smelled the lemon leaves in gardens, they were just eggs and cinnamon away from an exotic dessert. But its not that simple, a retinue of things and procedures go into it. But thats where the fun is.
Each section offers a mention of local specialities and details on wines.

Oct 6, 2010

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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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