#EdenCooks - Beef Stew OR Pho Bo - Mon. Jan 16 at 8pm EST

Contributor: biancajames biancajames
Sorry I missed this! Had some friends over, but will check out the recipes after.
01/16/2012
Contributor: darlingnikki5502 darlingnikki5502
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Originally posted by Antipova
Welcome to the January Meeting of Eden Cooks! Eden Cooks is a cooking club for any interested members of the Eden community. We will meet on the forum to discuss everything from tips and pointers for less well-equipped kitchens, explanations of ... more
I would love to be apart of this forum. Food is my favorite! And learning how to create something new and enjoying it will make my day!
01/16/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by darlingnikki5502
I would love to be apart of this forum. Food is my favorite! And learning how to create something new and enjoying it will make my day!
Well come on in! The forum is active all the time, and our next monthly meeting will feature truffles!
01/16/2012
Contributor: Teacookie Teacookie
Pork and lotus soup, A warming broth for the cold, flavor to taste...
Boneless pork ribs marinade in soy sauce for 30 mins.
Brown in pepper, minced garlic, ginger powder, sasmee oil is tastey but olive oil is better for browning. So I mix the two.

Add boiling water or hot water. Add pork and vegatable bullion/broth. add chopped carrots or dried wolf berries.

Rince lotus roots with water then soak for 10 mins in vinger water. NEVER use the white vingar for cooking stick to vinagars that have a food item in their name like rice vinger, apple vinager, grape vinager. that is the most common mistake people make that are new to asian cooking. Add

Season to taste white pepper powder (yes it is differnt then normal black pepper makes me cough when I taste it plain kind of burns), chinese five spice, garlic powder, ginger powder. If you want it to be a bit more sweet and earth try some cinnamon. Soy sauce.

I have Pho soup base it is differnt from normal bullion or broths it has a white fatty substance as the bullion and they can come with season packets.
I don't cook Pho often it has a strong flovor and it needs the fresh ingrediants for the best taste.

My favorite soup is just beef stew toss in veggies. Noodle soups I love to add kimichi stuff.
01/17/2012
Contributor: biancajames biancajames
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Originally posted by Teacookie
Pork and lotus soup, A warming broth for the cold, flavor to taste...
Boneless pork ribs marinade in soy sauce for 30 mins.
Brown in pepper, minced garlic, ginger powder, sasmee oil is tastey but olive oil is better for browning. So I mix the ... more
Oh that's sounds good! I love lotus root, I used to eat it in Japan, but kind of hard to find here!
01/17/2012
Contributor: wrmbreze wrmbreze
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Originally posted by BuckeyeGal04
Shoot! Sorry I missed the e-meeting tonight! I'll have to catch up!
Me too, I felt bad yesterday and totally forgot about the meeting. I enjoyed reading everything though.
01/17/2012
Contributor: Cookie Monster Mike Cookie Monster Mike
Arg I'm a big fat poop head. I was off from work and had all day yesterday to lounge around and attend the meeting. I totally spaced it out, after doing 4 reviews and some other things I jumped in the shower and forgot about the meeting. Sorry I missed it, reading over it though it looks like it was fun
01/17/2012
Contributor: Teacookie Teacookie
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Originally posted by biancajames
Oh that's sounds good! I love lotus root, I used to eat it in Japan, but kind of hard to find here!
Freezer section in the asian stores. I just bug the Asian resturants in new areas tell the tell i find one that tells me or has asian customers to tell me the locations of asain supplies. Otherwise I've seen lotus root in the health stores and farmer markets it is slowly coming out to americans.

most asain are excited by people that are intreasted in their culture and food to the point that they will drop items into my shopping cart. I wish yucca root was easier to get a hold of.
01/20/2012
Contributor: biancajames biancajames
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Originally posted by Teacookie
Freezer section in the asian stores. I just bug the Asian resturants in new areas tell the tell i find one that tells me or has asian customers to tell me the locations of asain supplies. Otherwise I've seen lotus root in the health stores and ... more
Oh, i'm sure I could find renkon at the Japanese grocery stores here, maybe the Korean one too...

The funniest thing is Yucca is SUPER easy to find in Chicago. There's a huge Latin American and Puerto Rican demographic here so it's everywhere. I'm terrible at cooking it but I do adore it with garlic and lime butter....mmmmm
01/20/2012