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Made Soegogi-muguk (Beef & Radish Soup) after I found a Daikon radish at the grocery store.

It was kind of a bust, turned out pretty bland.

Didn't have green onions so used a regular cooking onion. Used a mix of soy and Worcestershire sauce instead of fish sauce.

Added a small amount of vermicelli noodles and two cups of water because I thought the broth had reduced too much in relation to the bulk of Daikon left over.
 
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I made a Sage, Garlic, and Rosemary stuffed pork loin with broccoli and pea puree.
Was fucking amazing.
Nice plating. I suck at plating. I thought the puree was guacamole at first though.
Didn't have green onions so used a regular cooking onion. Used a mix of soy and Worcestershire sauce instead of fish sauce.
I would seriously blame those two choices. Green onions really can't be replaced even though you'd think they could as an allium. I think Worcestershire could do the job of fish sauce, especially if you added something like anchovy paste, but I haven't tried that. I'm generally more likely to sub in fish sauce for Worcestershire than the other way, though. It might have worked with a dark soy.

I currently have a Vietnamese fish sauce that is ridiculously thick and fishy, even with visible bits of fish in it, and I am using in everything. It smells like Satan's asshole when cooking but is delicious when actually eating.

Also, in aspirational things, next time I see ahi tuna, I want to make horseradish crusted tuna steaks.
 
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I would seriously blame those two choices.

Certainly possible.

I haven't bought green onions in years. Every daikon recipe I looked up though called for them.

I was worried the whole thing would lack flavor from the outset.

Very basic recipe: radish, beef, 7 cups of water, garlic, salt, fish sauce, green onions.

There's not a whole lot of aromatics there unless the radish itself is providing taste. The recipe only called for adding the green onions for the last 5 mins of simmering after 40 minutes of boiling everything else.

The funny thing is that the whole house smells great but the broth itself needs tons of extra salt to taste anything.
 
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As a designated Guido, I wanna try it.
It's probably like a calzone.
Or a rolled up pizzas.
I made a dozen pickled eggs for the first time a couple days ago. They're starting to take on color.

I hope they make creating an egg salad on toast for lunch an even simpler affair.
I remember adding curry powder to egg/tuna salad. It's p gud
 
Steaming some rice to make a yumm bowl right now. It has been so long since I have eaten food made at home I am honestly drooling while smelling the rice and beans cooking. I picked up a rotisserie chicken, some yumm sauce, a can of beans, a tomato , some olives, and an avocado from the supermarket on the drive home last night. Shit is going to be so dank.
 
I made these doughnuts called Bánh Tiêu, and damn they are good.
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It’s a hollow doughnut from Vietnam, and they are super easy to make. The sesame seeds go shockingly well with a doughnut, like I never considered that really but they add this nice mellow nutty savor to a slightly sweet, slightly vanilla, almost bready dough.
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My dudes, I implore you to make these things. You literally just make a dough, let it proof, roll it in sesame seeds and fry it up.
Traditionally, you can also add fillings but even on their own they are delicious.
 
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A New York strip steak, air fried and then finished on the stove top in a Dutch oven lid with grill to give it grill lines. I just got a new digital meat thermometer and found out the one I'd been using was off by as much as 20 degrees. No wonder I haven't been able to do medium-rare right. This time it was perfect. And now I know the proper time for the air fryer. Topped with caramelized onions.
 
While making some mac n cheese I threw a couple eggs into the sauce and blended them in and it turned out pretty good.
 
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What I have dubbed "Crack Cookies". It's a bog-standard oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipe, but with half of the chocolate chips subbed for organic peanut butter chips, and with a light sprinkle of sea salt just before baking. Absolutely addictive.
 
if you add a dash of cinnamon and honey to the cookies when you add the vanilla it would be pretty authentic aside from the nutella,.
Bugger. Well, I made them now. I'm not sure the intended audience would appreciate the cinnamon. The recipe has golden syrup in it; would the honey bugger up the structure of the dough if added on top?
 
Bugger. Well, I made them now. I'm not sure the intended audience would appreciate the cinnamon. The recipe has golden syrup in it; would the honey bugger up the structure of the dough if added on top?
idunno, just the graham cracker taste has cinnamon, honey and vanilla. If they're already made theyre probably fine. maybe mix a little cinnamon into honey and lightly brush it on top of the cookie?
 
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