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Taco Tuesday

Taco Tuesday

So from the DenverPost Business 5/17.. who owns the rhyme? well riddle me this – it appears that it will be sorted out in court. Taco Bell is asking U.S.Regulators to force Taco Johs’s to abandon its long standing claim to the trademark .. Taco […]

Closed.

Closed.

I shall have to expand the 5/13 story. Not only Denver closing of restaurants as part of the tableau story. restaurants in todays DenverPost’s .. Data expands to Boulder owner of 108 Hardee’s filing for Chapter 11. Thirty Nine Hardees are closing. 2,350 people across […]

Closings.

Closings.

Denver restaurants closing is part of the tableau story that i have in my mind’s eye. It is a bit of a continuous covid restaurant closing hangover. The posted eulogy is from Wednesday 03 from Life & Culture. The closing is Denver Teds Cheesesteak as of April 18 closed. No immediate plan to reopen. Initially opened on Cap Hill 2004 and new location 2018, made it 18 years with no immediate plans to reopen.

Denver Teds Cheesesteak – may the road rise up to meet you.

Practical Method of Cookery. Oven Temperature

Practical Method of Cookery. Oven Temperature

Inspired from CSN, Just a note before I go todayTo whom it may concernCooking twice the speed of soundIt’s easy to get burned … so I thought oven temperatures would be a good thing to write down. My thoughts to the culinary thread. Oven Temperatures […]

Practical Cookery. Basic Bechamel Sauce

Practical Cookery. Basic Bechamel Sauce

Basic Sauce for one quart

Basic Sauce Bechamel

Chef Francis Xavier
basic sauces: Bechamel, Velout'e, Espagnole, demiglace, sauce tomate, sauce hollandaise
Course Sauce
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • sauce pot
  • proper whisk
  • wooden spoon
  • strainer (#prefered conical)

Ingredients
  

  • 1 quart milk
  • 4 ounces margarine
  • 4 ounces flour
  • 1 cloved studded onion

Instructions
 

  • melt the margarine in a thick bottomed sauce pan (larger that one quart).
  • add the flour and stir with a wooden spoon
  • cook the roux on medium heat but with out coloring
  • gradually add the warmed milk and whisk until smooth.
  • add the onion and cook for 20 minutes.
  • remove the onion and pass the sauce through a strainer
Keyword Sauces
Awakening a (#wet) Spring

Awakening a (#wet) Spring

It has been raining for 3 days – seems like raining straight for 3 days. A bit unusual. How ever with the river rising and God willing the tunnel did not flood … it is time for comfort food. Spring Vegetables are still out a […]

Pickle

Pickle

Curiosities unfold as a different trend emerges. Life & Culture Wednesday May 10 speaks to Chicken N’ Pickle opening two Colorado locations next year. Pickle Ball is a fast growing sport and not a stretch is trending it to food. looking forward to seeing the […]

Cinco

Cinco

Re-reading my favorite Diana Kennedy book seemed appropriate last Friday. I was looking to tart up store bought tamales and looking to The Cuisines of Mexico for inspiration.

Interensante Sencillas tomate verde ‘ green tomato ‘ Sauce

Interestingly Simple Green Sauce
Course Main Course
Cuisine Mexican

Equipment

  • blender

Ingredients
  

The

  • 3 cups tomate verde blend with the rest of the ingredients
  • 3 serranos chiles
  • 2 small cloves garlic pealed
  • 2 tea brunoise onion diced
  • 2 tablespoons safflower oil

Tomate Verde

  • 6 Mexican Green Tomatoes remove papery husk

Instructions
 

Tomate Verde Base

  • remove the papery husks
  • rinse well
  • chopped raw
  • simmer in water until soft.

Notes

Blend the ingredients.
Heat the oil and cook the sauce for about 10 minutes.
Keyword Sauces
Awakening Spring

Awakening Spring

Still raining. It has been a cold winter and the snows still flying in Summit County. Out side i am looking forward to the vegetables from the farmers markets. At this point – due to climate we are sticking with salads – fresh but store […]