Lentils
are the “poor man’s meat,” I just read in a cookbook. I plan to say that, at
least to myself, every single time I eat them from now on. I already say or
think that avocado is the “poor man’s butter” every time I enjoy one.
This
lentil news came from Susie Fishbein’s book “Kosher by Design Brings it Home:
Picture Perfect Food Inspired by my Travels.” Even the raw food on the cover
looks tempting, featuring measuring decorative measuring spoons full of spices
with herbs, fruits and grains at the ready. The book was 15 years in the
making, and I’m paused on the carrot salad recipe. A visit to France yields
readers a recipe for strawberry mascarpone bread pudding the lentil and tuna
salad, we are told, is a Tuscan picnic treat. Here’s how she handles the
carrots:
Spicy
Pickled Carrots
4
carrots, peeled, cut on the diagonal into one-fourth inch slices
1
cup apple cier vinegar
two
thirds cup of water
one
fourth cup plus two teaspoons of sugar
two
and one half tablespoons mustard seeds
1
tablespoon dill seeds
two
dried bay leaves
5
springs fresh dill
1
clove garlic, sliced
Place
the carrots into a one-quart container orjar. Heat the vinegar, water, sugar,
mustard seeds, dill seeds and bay leaves in a small pot, stirring to dissolve
the sugar; do not allow to boil. Remove from heat; cool.
Pour
the vinegar mixture over the carrots. Add the dill and garlic. Chill, covered,
in the refrigerator at least overnight. The carrots will keep in this container
for up to three weeks.
Sounds
Good Books:
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Gelato in Italy and caviar in Russia? I’d share with my Plamobil friends.
Richard Unglik compiled “Journey Around the World,” a child’s picture book with
plenty of grown-up references. It’s a postcard/journal style batch of fun with
30 stops, based on those round-faced plastic figures that are probably
somewhere in your home. Was my favorite the figurines in the style of the
Beatles crossing Abbey Road? Yes, Paul was sans shoes. Or was it the Pope? What
a fun way to learn about Van Gogh, Pre-Columbian civilization and bonsai.
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