Showing posts with label comfort food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label comfort food. Show all posts

Saturday, September 7, 2024

Food Blurb: Much Ado About Mushrooms

If you have been following this foodie blog then you know that my love affair with mushrooms began the same time that I started dating my late husband, I shared those details in this blog post:
This short post (or food blurb) is just an add-on to tell you more things I have discovered about this wonderful fungi!  Did you know that there is such a thing as a Mushroom of Immortality?


“Reishi/lingzhi has been referenced as far back as 100 B.C. as a supplement used to improve human health.” It is called a Mushroom of Immortality and you can grow it on your own. They're quite tasty. Just don't believe for one minute that they will make you live forever.  




Here is a wonderful veggie soup will get you through the winter months. Totally comfort food!  It includes a variety of mushrooms:  cremini, shiitake, and reishi. 


Also, if you love Asian noodles, you'll love this Reishi Mushroom Ramen Bowl.





SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL MUSHROOM MONTH!

Thursday, November 30, 2023

Which Clam Chowder is on Your Menu?

Do you like clam chowder? New York OR New England? Manhattan or Boston?  Red OR White?

I prefer the white or New England clam chowder. But I'll eat either one that's served to me.

New York vs. New England: Who has the better clam chowder?

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Quick Manhattan Clam Chowder Recipe | Allrecipes

~ https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/256170/quick-manhattan-clam-chowder/


New England Clam Chowder - Spend With Pennies

~ https://www.spendwithpennies.com/new-england-clam-chowder/


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NOTES:

Sometimes people call New England clam chowder Boston clam chowder. So if you hear somebody say Boston clam chowder, it's just New England clam chowder by a different name. But I've never called it Boston chowder.  Also, I have never called Manhattan clam chowder, New York chowder.  Come to find out there is a Long Island clam chowder which combines "two types of clam chowder: New England and Manhattan" and results in a "creamy, tomato-based clam chowder".  

Some recipes don't add corn. But I add corn to mine.  I thought I was being clever.  Plus I knew my kids liked corn.  However, a little food history research revealed that earlier chowder recipes also added corn.

If you don't have clams, you can make it vegetarian (and then you'll really appreciate the addition of corn to the recipe).

  • "Chowder is a type of soup or stew often prepared with milk or cream and thickened with broken crackers, crushed ship biscuit, or a roux. Variations of chowder can be seafood or vegetable."  (Wikipedia)
  • "The word chowder is a corruption of the French chaudière (“cauldron”), and chowder may have originated among Breton fishermen who brought the custom to Newfoundland, whence it spread to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and New England."  (Brittanica)
  • " ... a soup is usually made with stock or broth and can have vegetables, meat or fish as ingredients and is generally not very thick. A chowder may have the same ingredients, but is more chunky, creamy and thick, much like a stew." (Soup vs Chowder)




Which clam chowder is on your menu?





Sunday, June 18, 2023

Food Blog Spotlight: Hungry Couple's Soups, Stews and Chowders

One of the main reasons I started publishing this foodie blog was to shine a spotlight on all of the awesome food blogs that are already out there.  Many scientists make fantastic discoveries and the majority of them have two things in common.  
  • Number 1, the discovery is usually accidental, i.e. they stumbled upon it.  
  • Number 2, whatever they discovered, it's been there all along!  

That's how I find awesome food blogs and I am not ashamed to say that I accidentally found the wonderful food blog called Hungry Couple.  


I got so excited at having found it that totally I forgot what my initial blog search was for.  LOL.  The blog posts archives go all the way to 2008 and they have recipes for drinks, desserts, breakfast, dinner ideas, and my favorite comfort food ... soups, stews, or chowders.  January may be the official soup month but I can eat soup all year round.  Soups, stews, and chowders are my comfort food.

I would have been happy to spend the entire day perusing the Recipe Index.  But I was anxious to share these wonderful comfort food recipes with my blog visitors.  Why keep all the fun to myself?  Enjoy!

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