tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1736158478689457949.post5912005127661397247..comments2023-05-31T03:54:24.488-07:00Comments on Seasonality:Embracing Change : WHERE DID WE GO WRONG?Hill Country Hippiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08723660054417859671noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1736158478689457949.post-35175903584390680162009-06-30T14:00:26.085-07:002009-06-30T14:00:26.085-07:00I'll make sure he sees this!I'll make sure he sees this!Hill Country Hippiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08723660054417859671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1736158478689457949.post-35971387216943377502009-06-30T13:22:07.453-07:002009-06-30T13:22:07.453-07:00I adore kimchi and recently found this recipe for ...I adore kimchi and recently found this recipe for homemade. I bet Austin would love this!<br /><br />http://closetcooking.blogspot.com/2008/03/kimchi.htmlmusingegrethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10000667855500413032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1736158478689457949.post-15270072081564042232009-06-30T05:11:50.954-07:002009-06-30T05:11:50.954-07:00OOPS! I mean "throw" in!OOPS! I mean "throw" in!Hill Country Hippiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08723660054417859671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1736158478689457949.post-68736204849952411422009-06-30T05:09:42.939-07:002009-06-30T05:09:42.939-07:00Yes, it's strange. My mom had given up cooking...Yes, it's strange. My mom had given up cooking by the time my kids came along, so they were never exposed to her foods, and they hated what they called "chunky meat" - pot roast, steak, pork chops - which is the only thing my in-laws cooked. To them Asian, Tex-Mex and Italian were "normal." When we moved back from Indonesia, our next door neighbors were Korean, and their son was Austin's best friend, so Austin eats Kim Chee like most kids eat pickles! My only regret about not hiring a cook in Indonesia, like everyone else did, was not being exposed to more of their native dishes. All we had was a part-time housekeeper, but she did teach me to make Nasi Goreng and Mie Goreng (fried rice and fried noodles). We go to Singaporean/Malaysian/Indonesian restaurants every chance we get. My son and husband also adore Pho, and we go to Thai restaurants a lot, too, thanks to Houston's bountiful Asian population!<br /><br />By the way - Judie and ME, you have both been added to the drawing for our mystery book, and I am still "musing" over what else I might through in to go with it!Hill Country Hippiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08723660054417859671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1736158478689457949.post-70298169916121814742009-06-29T23:09:18.984-07:002009-06-29T23:09:18.984-07:00Hmmmm, provocative topic. A first reaction was &qu...Hmmmm, provocative topic. A first reaction was "Oh, american food is what both of my grandmothers fixed, you know, just regular southern food. Lots of vegetables (greens, peas, beans, squash, tomatoes,sweet potatoes, mashed white potatoes), cornbread or biscuits or yeast rolls (as a special treat), and fried chicken, fried fish (bream, bass, crappie--pronounced 'croppie'), fried pork chops, pot roast.<br /><br />Then I realized, as Judie observed so cogently, that 'american food' covers all the spectra of the immigrants to this country and their contribution to regional cuisine. Many times the regional has gone national (Tex-Mex, Cajun, Southwestern). Our uniquely 'american food' is always evolving. Here's a great article about the Vietnamese sandwich Banh Mi and its evolution in Southern California.<br /><br />http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dailydish/2009/06/nom-nom-vietnamese-taco-truck-coming-to-a-street-corner-near-you.html<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/me69k7<br /><br />And from the NY Times, over in Brooklyn:<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/lzrhp2<br /><br />Beck, do you ever cook Indonesian food? Now that my crop of basil is growing 'great guns' I've been googling recipes for that wonderful Vietnamese noodle soup, pho, that is served at the 888 restaurant over on east Oltorf. <br /><br />http://www.yelp.com/biz/888-pan-asian-restaurant-austin<br /><br />Healthy and deee-licious! Next I intend to tackle homemade spring rolls! My dear departed grandmas never ate those dishes! I wish I could introduce them to them.musingegrethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10000667855500413032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1736158478689457949.post-43907190266986495412009-06-29T15:24:59.738-07:002009-06-29T15:24:59.738-07:00You know, you're right. Our heritage is differ...You know, you're right. Our heritage is different for everyone. Maybe because our ancestors moved around quite a bit. My grandmother's recipes were a mix of mid-west and west coast with a helping of WWII money and basic food supply savings. Others have old recipes from other countries. I wonder how many histories through recipes have simply been lost. <br />JudieJJudiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708730830391571469noreply@blogger.com