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m a s t i c a t e
chewing on things. in maine, mostly.
two hot tips
1. If you are making a teff rendition of Bittman’s Easy Whole-Grain Flatbread, and you follow his instruction to preheat the pan in the hot oven, but you lack a 12” ovenproof skillet or pizza pan, so you substitute a 10” vintage glass pie plate that you have treasured for years, and you pour the room-temp teff batter into the hot glass dish, you will cause an explosion and it will take you half an hour to get all the teff goo out of the burners, your hair, etc.
No injuries (thank goodness) except for the pie plate (R.I.P.)
2. If you’re shivering and complaining about how cold it is, drinking a ginger ale straight from the cooler case won’t help.
where is the ground. here is the ground.
Sometimes the best thing to eat is a slice of bread. Untoasted, unadorned, lacking nothing.
yankee humidifier
Not a recipe as much as DIY home/apartment-maintenance, but it does involve spices, so, on the food tumblr it goes.
You have:
- A chilly (or “freezing”) home/apartment
- Dry skin, chapped lips, static electricity
- Yankee pride that prevents you from a) turning up the thermostat and b) purchasing one of them newfangled plastic humidity-generating appliances
You need:
- A large pot (pasta, lobster, whatever)
- Enough water to fill the pot
- A heaping teaspoon or so of cinnamon
- A heaping teaspoon or so of allspice
- A pinch or two of black pepper and/or cloves and/or ginger
Directions:
This isn’t rocket science. Pour the water in the pot, add the spices, put the pot on your stove — do not put a lid on it, this defeats the purpose — and bring it up to a full, rolling boil. Arrange your workspace so you can sit in the general vicinity of the pot while it throws off steam. The true Yankee method would involve a number of pots, placed on radiators throughout your home, but my current apartment has those low floor-level things so this is the best I can do.
Serve as often as necessary, until spring.
combo platter:Festival Mexicano
nymag.com/listings/restaurant/festival-mexicano-restaurant/
I was seated across from this section of the table; my place contained a giant bowl of sopa ranchera (chicken soup with cilantro, rice, onions, and avocado bits that I ate around), ordered spicy. Also the sangria special ($4/glass, a fair amount of fruit). Elsewhere around the table were other people who ate other things covered in cheese.
Good tip for lactards: you can always do Mexican restaurants if they have chicken soup. I don’t know that it will be as good as Festival Mexicano’s chicken soup but it is always worth a try.
helen’s diner strawberry pie:day 1
Road-food destination Helen’s, in Machias, is famous for its pies. You don’t go there unless you know that. What you may not realize is that it’s the strawberry pie, not the blueberry, that put the place on the map — even though Machias is blueberry country.
There’s your “insider tip” of the day.
