Welcome to the April 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 cooking terms, and important techniques. There will be a featured recipe each meeting, with pictures taken as I prepare it for you. I will cover some ingredient substitutions to make each recipe more friendly to people with dietary restrictions.
As we kick full swing into spring, homegrown vegetables start showing up on our plates, and we're inspired to cook healthily. I, also, don't have air conditioning, so I want to find ways to cook delicious healthy meals without making the kitchen unbearably hot for the rest of the night.
Steaming is a perfect solution to this---the method I'll be showing you was developed by Chinese home cooks who needed to supply even heat on open-topped cooking stoves, when they didn't want to dilute their meal's flavors by boiling. Letting the vapor from boiling water cook your meal can make a simple fish and some scallions into a delicacy because the texture will be perfect. And once you learn how to steam a fish, you'll be able to steam anything else you can think of! This is a really versatile technique, and one I almost wouldn't eat without in the hot summers.
So as an introduction to steaming---Chinese Steamed Whole Fish with Ginger and Scallions. I can't wait to share it with you!
During the meeting, two $25 gift cards to EF will be awarded to the winner of a trivia contest from information that I will provide during the meeting, and to the first person to guess a lesser-known kitchen implement from pictures I'll show.
The meeting will take place on the EdenFantasys forum in this very thread at 8 pm EST on Monday, May 21st. I'm really excited to be making some fresh, delicious, healthy simple food with you all, so I can't wait to see you there!
As we kick full swing into spring, homegrown vegetables start showing up on our plates, and we're inspired to cook healthily. I, also, don't have air conditioning, so I want to find ways to cook delicious healthy meals without making the kitchen unbearably hot for the rest of the night.
Steaming is a perfect solution to this---the method I'll be showing you was developed by Chinese home cooks who needed to supply even heat on open-topped cooking stoves, when they didn't want to dilute their meal's flavors by boiling. Letting the vapor from boiling water cook your meal can make a simple fish and some scallions into a delicacy because the texture will be perfect. And once you learn how to steam a fish, you'll be able to steam anything else you can think of! This is a really versatile technique, and one I almost wouldn't eat without in the hot summers.
So as an introduction to steaming---Chinese Steamed Whole Fish with Ginger and Scallions. I can't wait to share it with you!
During the meeting, two $25 gift cards to EF will be awarded to the winner of a trivia contest from information that I will provide during the meeting, and to the first person to guess a lesser-known kitchen implement from pictures I'll show.
The meeting will take place on the EdenFantasys forum in this very thread at 8 pm EST on Monday, May 21st. I'm really excited to be making some fresh, delicious, healthy simple food with you all, so I can't wait to see you there!
