Salt Cellar And Pepper Pot

Roastbeef

2006-07-12T21:03:00.000+02:00

I know someone like Roastbeef a lot. So anyway I never tried to do one before. So maybe next week its practice time. Therefor I bought something. Wasnt really expensive and its really usefull.

Indonesian Cooking

2006-07-02T09:35:00.000+02:00

Bought a nice book about Indonesian cooking. Going to try later this week. Seems a lot of nice stuff to be inside. Writing more later.

Brown Sauce

2006-06-27T16:14:00.000+02:00

Just found out how u can make the sauce more brown. Take concentrated tomato puree and stir it in the pan. Just take care it dont get black. If its not stirred enough the sauce gets red and looks like tomato sauce. Do that after u stirred the meat, mushrooms or anything like that before. Then put a bit wine inside, season it and at last cream and herbs. Thats it ....

oh by the way .. I forgot to take a photo this time ... kekekekeke ... So I show the next time how it looks

Fasten

2006-06-11T01:01:00.000+02:00

Yeah, I am fasten right now. So no need to write anything here. Only drink vegetable juice and water. In one week I start eating again. So then I will write more. Maybe also what kind of feeling it was.

Running Dinner

2006-05-30T09:20:00.000+02:00

Just before I went to Taiwan we had an event called "Rudi Rockt". Its something you meet 12 totally new people and cook for them.

The fun thing is you either in charge of the starter, main course or the dessert. Then 4 people are coming and visit you for the dish you made. After that you going to two other couples and see what they have cooked. When all is done there is a After-Dinner party.

So my friend Lester and me made some hand-made Japanese Ramen noodles. You can see them soon here when I prepared the pictures at home. So we were in charge of the starter. After that we had a Chinese vegetables with noodles was also pretty good especially the vegetables werent over cooked. (Thx for you both who did that) The last course we had at a Russian Mathematics who did a very good cake with his friend.

The only bad thing was, that I forgot my camera at the peoples house who made the main course so I couldnt take pictures of the cake.

Sorry for not writing right now ...

2006-05-14T20:17:00.000+02:00

Sorry I am in Taiwan right now for holidays and friends. I will write soon more when I am back home. Got already some new cookbooks ...

Nico

Salmon Noodles

2006-04-06T09:15:00.000+02:00

Recently I made some Salmon Noodles also typical food for busy study time because just cost you a few minutes to do.

· Fresh Salmon
· Leek
· Dry white wine
· Cream
· Salt n Pepper
· Red Pepper
· Noodles

I recommand u to use green ribbon noodles. It taste better with them then with spagetti.

Just stir the salmon in olive oil, when done add the leek stir for a few minutes and put salt and pepper over it. Add the wine and wait until reduce a bit. Then mix the cream under it. Put the noodles inside and stir all up.
After put on the plate strew the red (whole) pepper seeds over it.

Red pepper or Rose Pepper have an almost sweet, but not hot, unique taste character. I can even eat it pure.

It's Fish, no chicken

2006-03-30T10:51:00.000+02:00

That was fish with coriander-seeds. Coriander fits very well to fresh-water fish. Just fry crushed garlic in very less oil, then add the shredded coriander and stir. Then put the fish inside and cook over low heat from both sides so that the fish is covered with the coriander. Squezze some lemon over it, add salt and pepper, done.
I served with rice, pees and tomatoes.

Sliced Steak

2006-03-28T11:10:00.000+02:00

Yeah long time I didnt wrote anything, but I found my cable. So the food I post right now I done a few days ago.

The Steak is quite simple, I dont think need to say anything about it. The Sauce is a red wine sauce. And the salad is a very famous German Salad (Nuessle) u get normally in the end of winter. For the dressing just use oil, vinegar, salt and pepper. There is no need for herbs or anything like that.

Heaven Returns

2006-03-12T02:53:00.000+01:00

No one will be believe me that. But I found the ultimate perfect food here. I am missing already for about 1.5 years (since I am back from Taiwan). I found:
Stinky Tofu
I couldnt believe it but I bought it right away and cooked it for dinner. And guess what happen all complained I stinked the kitchen. But I couldnt smell anything.

Nothing Changed

2006-03-12T02:47:00.000+01:00

Yeah sorry for everyone looking here. Still no new pictures. But I didnt found my cable yet, so I thought I will just write and post the pictures later.

I got a new book 2 days ago. Yeah right a cook book. Its about modern Japanese daily cooking. So its kind of usfull and u dont need to eat all the time sushi. The recipies are perfect for here because besides the original stuff they also write inside what u can buy instead here in Germany for to get the same taste.

As all can imagine I just did something right away out of it. A carrot salad with tuna. That was really easy and is done in about 5min. Just slice the carrots into sticks. But oil, garlic and onions and mix well. Put covered in the microwave for about 2min. Mix together with tuna and make a sauce from vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper. Let it rest and imbibe for a few minutes thats it.

Allah and the vinegar

2006-03-08T06:01:00.000+01:00

I got asked before if vinegar is always made of wine. Ok sure not everyone is made of wine, but everyone is made from alcohol.

So no wonder you cant find any kind of vinegar sauce for salad in the arabic kitchen. As I wrote before in the "Fattousch Article". But who cares, the arabic food got a very good spice called "SUMAC" its also a bit sour and goes very well with lemon.

After talking with my Indonesian friend today about the possibility for muslims to eat food that is cooked in wine. I got the clear answer it wouldnt be aloud, even so the wine would be cooked so long that no alcohol will be inside anymore. So that would mean vinegar maybe also forbidden for muslims. So if anyone out there will have muslim friends for dinner. Respect culture and use lemon instead, then u wont do a mistake.

For those who wanna know more about vinegar check at "Wikipedia".

Damn my camera

2006-03-08T03:13:00.000+01:00

or better my camera USB-Cable. I cant find it. So it will take some time I will upload new food pictures. Even so I cooked a lot recently.

Java Curry ... really?

2006-03-04T12:35:00.000+01:00

After I've been at my friends place. I went to the city and bought some Curry. I used that one before and its really easy and fast to be done.

You just fry:

· Meat
· Carrots
· Potatoes
· Onions

Add water and simmer for about 20min. Then you add that seasoning and keep it for 20min more.

I ate with rice. The Curry was delicious but the rice taste like shit. Was just a really cheap one from the store. That comes inside a bag so its really easy to cook. Just throw the bag in water. But it also tasted like that.

Berry Cake

2006-03-04T12:28:00.000+01:00

The day before yesterday I stayed in a friends house for to study.

He explained me some stuff about mechanics. Was really effective. So I thought I will make him and his wife a cake,

Honestly I know nobody who doesnt like this one. The bottom is made of fresh bitter chocolate and can be done a day before. Just before you eat, but the mascarpone cream on top and decorate with berries.

Fattousch

2006-03-02T08:54:00.000+01:00

Comes from Syria and can be called a "Bread Salad".

The most Arabian salads I know use lemon instead of vinegar. Maybe because vinegar is made of wine. For days like now fresh lemon is really good to get the missing vitamins.

The bread will be fried with oil in a pan. Then after cool down and put it inside let it soak up the salad sauce for a few minutes to give it a better taste.

Just make sure you will use pita. Other bread wont work on it.

Salata Mischwiya

2006-02-28T15:35:00.000+01:00

This salat is made of fresh pepper and tomato. Its also quite simple and quick to do. Put the red pepper, one spicy chilli, an onion and tomatos in the oven for about 30min. After done cut away the strunks and seeds.

Put all into a blender. Just blend it for a second it shouldnt get too smooth. Cut garlic inside and caraway seeds. Then put it on a plate.

Squezze lemon over it and olive oil. Decorate with tuna, egg and olives. Bring it along with bread. (Work time 10min + 30min oven)

P.S.: If u wanna let it taste even better, peel the skin of the tomatoes and the pepper aftern taking out of the oven.

Young Salted Herring

2006-02-27T12:55:00.000+01:00

Today I made a Herring salad with pumpernickel.

Its quite easy to do and very good when u are in a rush. 10min work time. The main ingredients are apple, cucumber and of course herring. You should squeeze some lemon over the apple otherwise it will turn dark. Not nice for to look at.

For the sauce I used yogurt, a spoon cream, Olive Oil and Apple vinegar.

So all in all its a light and healthy food. Enjoy at hot summerdays or when u dont wanna get stuffed.

Soul Food ... Music

2006-02-26T22:44:00.000+01:00

Yesterday I was on my friends CD-Release Concert. If any one of you would like to listen. You can hear his song in the background of my Blog. Or just check here.

Under A Killing Moon
Its all in German so I should tell u when the side is open just click on the band name.

Red'n'White

2006-02-26T22:31:00.000+01:00

Didnt wrote for my last food so I will catch up to. The upper picture is coal fish with Aioli and zucchini. The fish will be prepared in the oven together with White wine. The Aioli is a kind of garlic mayonnaise.

This one is a vegetarian pepper steak together with zucchini, as u can guess the rest from the former one, with an Red Wine Mushroom sauce. On the red wine sauce I need to work on. It tasted delicious but look too purple. Its not something u can give to people only to friends.

The thick noodles are quite easy to do. Cook lasagne sheets and just cut it when they soft. Then finish to cook them.

The zucchinis are hold simple. Fried slowly in olive oil and flavoured with pepper and salt.

Look'n'Taste .. Taste'n'Look

2006-02-25T00:40:00.000+01:00

Honestly today I think that I didnt got the point. The food didnt look good but tasted great. At least it was this way and not arround.

· Salad

We started with salad. Nothing special about this one. Just check before. Almost the same just no meat inside.

· Lasagne

This was a typical Italian dinner. You can put almost everything inside. Here was just with spinach, ground meat, tomato sauce and Bechamel.

· Poppy Pudding

Thas was a vanilla pudding mixed with poppies and apricots. Was first try. The Apricot sauce was not syrupy enough. So next time I need cool longer.

Arabic Coffee

2006-02-23T05:22:00.000+01:00

Arabic coffee is a sweet and almost creamy littel shot. It is getting its flavour from grinded cardamom seeds.

It is very nice for to finish a good meal. Just grind the cardamom seeds and mix it with very fine grinded coffee beans and 2 tbsp sugar.

Cook until the water raise. Do that 3 times. Wait until the powder set down.

Then pour in a small cup. Serve very hot.

Goes good with pastry, e.g. Baklava.

If you dont like coffee take a tea.

Dijaj 'ala Timman

2006-02-23T00:02:00.000+01:00

Today I made a Arabic chicken. Was really easy. Worktime 15min. Cooking time 1h. So wasnt too long to prepare. The chicken was stuffed with a delicious rice.

· Basmati rice
· Pines
· Walnuts
· Raisins
· Onion

For the flavour you take a so called Baharat-Mix. That is a mix of 8 different kinds of spices.

Like cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, coriander and nutmegs.

When u put into the oven take care that u pour during cooking time always a bit of the chicken stock over the chicken to get it very soft. Otherwise it dries out!

Cockburn's

2006-02-21T01:51:00.000+01:00

This post is dedicated to Xtina. My Besta who try to explain me how much she love COCKBURN. Anybody of u know what that is? ... no? ... me either.

But hey Besta next time dont mix the company name with the product name. Maybe I wont get Cockburn for u but Porto should be ok as long its another label.

Take care .... your besto

Mousse Au Chocolat

2006-02-20T19:33:00.000+01:00

Today I did it the first time a Mousse Au Chocolat. Never thought it will be so easy. But it was. And its so yummy and light. It took be just 20min to do and I am happy there is still so much. U just need some

· Eggs
· Chocco
· Espresso
· Cream
· Sugar
· Vanilla

The only thing I worry about is, there are raw eggs inside. So at least I did it now before the bird flu reach here. Right now the flu is still in North East Germany so I give a shit and let it relish.

Thats all ... for today.

Salad

2006-02-19T17:44:00.000+01:00

Had just ate my dinner. Or whatever didnt eat lunch so how to call it. I recommand u to put cold sesame meat over ur salad really delicious and easy to be done. Mix small pieces of meat together with white sesame seeds and fry it. Put cold and done.

Creme Au Caramel

2006-02-19T07:39:00.000+01:00

Couldnt Sleep tonight so I cooked. Its quite easy to do that and I just had everything at home.

· 8 tbsp sugar
· 0.5 liter milk
· 4 eggs
· Vanilla

Put 4 tbsp sugar with 2 tbsp water in a pot an make Caramel until brown. Put into a cup. Heat the oven to 225C and put a waterbath inside the oven. Bring the Milk with the vanilla, a bit salt and the rest sugar to cook. Mix the eggs and stir the hot milk under it. Put over the Caramel and then put it in the oven into the water bath for about 40min.

P.S.: I burned my damn finger for that food. But it was worth it.

Bad Chef

2006-02-19T00:53:00.000+01:00

Today I went to a new style Thai restaurant with my sister and our parents. Dont know what they did today. I ate there already 4 times and it was perfect, but today I was so disapointed it was so tame.

· no spicy (even so she said it is)
· no taste
· didnt look nice

Did they use another meat? No idea. Doesnt matter it was anyway cool because we all were together and could talk. So that counts.

The day I also got two new cook books. One about daily cooking (left side) and another one about Arabian food (right side). The Arabian one I had before (gave it away) and it taste amazing so I am really happy I got it again. Will tell u more when I cook my first stuff from it.

By they way the left one teach how to do "Mousse au chocolat". It sucks that I am able to cook international food but even dont know to do a simple European dessert. But that will change now.

Present's

2006-02-18T01:00:00.000+01:00

It's already after 12PM so I should say yesterday evening my mom came to visit me and brought me some nice gifts. I am really happy about that because it's always good to have a good bootle of wine and home. Just dont know with who should I drink it.
She also gave me an Olive oil and a Balsamico vinegar, so my salad for the weekend is save.

Dressing:

· 3 tbsp olive oil
· 2 tbsp vinegar
· 1 tsp Sweet Mustard

· 1 Red onion rings
· 1 sliced garlic

· Pepper + Salt
· Fresh Herbs

Mixed all and put over the Salad you like ... Enjoy

Sushi Party

2006-02-17T03:58:00.000+01:00

We had a really funny Sushi Party yesterday.

What should I say. Did anyone ever prepare Sushi for 12 people? All in all I had to do arround 200 pices of Sushi. So I was really happy that I got some support of 3 of my friends. Only bad thing was we had just 1 "Sushi-Prepare-Set" but it helps aready a lot when u got someone who prepare the stuff for you. All in all we used:

· 3kg rice
· 30 Nori-Sheets
· 1 box of Wasabi
· 1 Soya sauce
· 1 glass mayonnaise
· 1 box of ginger
· Carrots, Cucumber
· Meat, Fish ....

"Wasabi-Mayonnaise"

· 3 tsp Wasabi (or more)
· 1 glass mayonnaise

Mix all and smooth.