Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Photo Journal of Holiday Cooking Adventure

Homemade UME SHU - 4 years in the making.

Beautiful taste.

Home grown Avocado.  It last so much longer than the store bought Avocado.

This is not the best thing to do, but just to prove that Tajin with lime flakes can really preserver the half cut avocado wrapped in plastic for a few days without turning dark.  (This one is sadly 1 week old - no, I didn't eat it.)
Even though the skin looks quite shrivelled, the home grown avocado's meat is fresh.
Home grown Limes left on the tree to use as needed turns yellow by late winter.  To save them, make zest, then, squeeze them into ice cube tray.  Make simple syrup (water + sugar), then, drop 4 or 5 cubes into the cup to make Limeaid.



HOLIDAY TAMALES ADVENTURE
 Thank goodness for the pressure cooker.  A time saver.
Steam in Chinese stainless steel steamer for an hour and half.  Rotating the trays at 35 min interval.
 Time for delivery!
Testing  TAKOYAKI
My brother's Green Onion Pancakes - Thick and Thin types
FURIKAKE CHEX MIX  - very creative!
Mexican wedding cookies
 Chocolate Chip cookies
 Christmas party menu:  TAKOYAKI, YAKISOBA, CHIRASHI SUSHI, BRAISED CHICKEN, OKONOMIYAKI, 7 LAYER SUSHI...maybe 5 layers.
 TAKOYAKI without toppings
 Braised chicken

 7 Layer Sushi
CHIRASHI ZUSHI

 OKONOMIYAKI ( better job next time.)
TAKOYAKI Making Style - IMPORTANT - start with well season'd iron TAKOYAKI skillet.



Try a few times and get the hang of rolling the dough over.

 Making Holiday Biscotti







 Wow, this time, this portable Convection oven is for real.  It's fast.  I don't know why my red one (same brand by Oster) with the convection does not work since I purchased it.





 Time to tan the other side.







 Time for chocolate dip (glacage)

 Try with Chili Flakes.  Yum!   delicious.
 Didn't have the time to bake the 2018 Holiday Yule log because of the sink and garbage disposer fiasco, but had a great times with family.



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