A Brand New Book Of Days

Category: Cooking

  • The Fake Wine Attempts Continue

    The Fake Wine Attempts Continue

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    Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been trying a mix of cranberry and grape juice, equal parts of each, or on their own, or diluted in a lot of water to help me drink more of it. So far so good, but it does not taste remotely like wine. On its own it’s way…

  • Sandwich Spread

    Sandwich Spread

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    This was an experiment to try to replicate the flavor of the mayonnaise I tried in Japan. On that front it was wildly unsuccessful. However it did improve my turkey sandwich. Here’s the recipe: 1/8 cup (2 tbsp) mayonnaise, I used a vegan brand 1 pinch of sugar 1 tsp grated apple, I used a…

  • Fizzy Ginger Tea

    Fizzy Ginger Tea

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    On a hunch, I added some ginger ale to this pitcher of iced tea. It’s better than I thought. Ratio is about 2 parts iced tea to 1 part ginger ale. This pitcher happened to be half-sweetened half-unsweetened iced tea, which probably equates to 4 tablespoons sugar per 7 cups of iced tea, but if…

  • Fail

    Fail

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    Ah yes, an auspicious start to the New Year. My husband brought me a glass of orange juice with this inch-high froth on it. Apparently he’s been shaking each bottle of orange juice up like crazy before pouring it ever since he was a kid since it amuses him. I thought it meddled with the…

  • Beans

    Beans

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    Beans, or as I see them, the sadist of the kitchen. Superfood, really good for you, and absolute nightmare to cook. I had this idea of combining all the softening methods for beans I’d heard of into one and it worked to make the total cook time 1 hour, including the time it took to…

  • Dried Orange Peel In August

    Dried Orange Peel In August

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    Hey, it dried! Look at it! Doesn’t happen in any other month in Texas for us because of the weather patterns, so I think I’ll be restricting my herb-drying endeavors to just this month in the future. I’m not really sure what I’ll do with it, but in my experience this is good stuff in…

  • Orange Pineapple Juice Ice Cubes

    Orange Pineapple Juice Ice Cubes

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    Here’s what I did. I added some pineapple juice then orange juice to this ice cube tray after taking out the electrolyte cubes in there and rinsing it out. Chopped the top and bottom off an orange, put shallow slits down the side of it and peeled off the peel without the watery parts using…

  • Simple Cheese Plate

    Simple Cheese Plate

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    This is an affordable and tasty cheese plate that’s doable if you can do the following things: 1. Open packages and get out a cutting board and knife 2. Wash off vegetables and fruits under running water, cleaning off any dirt with one (washed) hand while holding the item with the other 3. Shake off…

  • Electrolyte Drink Ice Cubes

    Electrolyte Drink Ice Cubes

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    This was a bit of an experiment. I mixed the usual electrolyte mix that I shake up with water with a little bit of bottled lemon juice and poured it into an ice cube tray to freeze. Several hours later, the cubes are in the glass of water at my elbow. And it’s spectacularly good.…

  • Microwaved Vegan Cheese Sandwich

    Microwaved Vegan Cheese Sandwich

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    This is what a microwaved vegan cheese sandwich looks like. The cheese is a brand I choose not to name, as I suspect many will behave like this one. As you can see, it’s melted. I’ve had experience with vegan cheeses in just about everything else, and they often refuse to melt, particularly in a…