2017 Experiments

Reading back over my old recipes, I've come a long way, but I think I still also have a long way to go. For example, I need to reorganize this whole section of the site! But for now, I am just going to post the recipes I made last summer and call it good. All of these were a hit. I took them out wandering in a small cooler (in ziplock bags) with ice. In my backpack I had a garbage bag, and small paper plates and plastic spoons. Worked great. 

------------------------Recipes---------------------

-------The no-grain section (proteins and veg dishes)----------

<> Salted fish (FISHY FISHY FISHY)

Or, what's a girl to do when she leaves for an event REALLY soon, is broke, and NEEDS some preserved fish? Oh, and doesn't have a smoker

:P

I bought some thin fillets of cod and a big box of salt. I used a plastic bin. As soon as I got home from the store, I patted the fish dry, then rubbed liquid smoke all over the fillets. I put about an inch of salt in the plastic bin, then laid a bit of fish flat on it, covered in tons of salt, and repeated. I kept that in the fridge for 48 hours. It is quite delicious, though you might want to rinse it, or even soak it a bit and then cook it, it is VERY salty

:)

<> Toasted barley.

I took RAW barley (pearled), and put it into a hot pan with oil/butter/bacon fat. I stirred it every few minutes, until the barley was dark golden with brown bits but no black bits.

Then I added water and boiled it until done.

<> PEAS.

I cooked dried peas in water with sauted onions and garlic and smoked salt. These are really THICK, like, you can eat it like foo-foo in little patted finger-fulls.

<> Pulled pork.

I sauted an onion, added dried cherries, whole mustard seed, and water, then a big chunk of pork. Cooked until pullable, added salt, and processed mustard until delicious. I used bacon fat to start, and there were chunks of bacon in the finished product, that was really good

:)

<> VEGETABLES. This was soooooooooo good, OMG.

I sauted: lots of onions, some garlic, pre-boiled turnips, carrots, oyster mushrooms, button mushrooms (bug off, I'm part Baltic!), kale, and tons of fine shredded cabbage. I added some sour cream and shredded montery jack cheese.

------The Grain "Salads" (so many)----------

Savory:

To non-toasted, cooked barley, I added sour cream, feta, chopped parsley, salt. Top with smoked fish bits. This is one of the crowd

favorites, I make this one alllll the time. We had this as a side with steaks one night.

To non-toasted barley cooked in vegi broth, I added the vegi mix (see above), skyr and sour cream, shredded monteray jack cheese, and salt. I also made this into fritters.

I also did the above with the toasted barley.

Sweet:

Non-toasted barley with skyr, fresh cherries, and chopped dried cherries, also some fine ground hazelnuts.

Toasted barley with skyr. I grilled peaches, then stewed them with a little smoked salt and honey.

-------------------Fritters---------------

>To the toasted mush with veg, and the plain mush with veg, I added egg and a little flour and fried in bacon fat.

Same with the peach mush.

>I also added egg and fried the pea mush into fritters instead of the flour, that didn't stick together as well

;) Still working on this one!

----------------the combo of fail---------

I tried to put a bunch of these together in one pot, and it wasn't good. I cooked pork, then added barley, then peas. Even with all the right seasonings, this is just not delicious. Meh. Maybe better as soup? Whatevah, fail.