Food Ingredient Superlatives
I'm wondering who out there has one or two food ingredients in their arsenal (available in NYC) that they can't live without. Like the best ingredient you own that has changed your life. Mine probably is Dean & Deluca's Truffle Salt.
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17 Comments:
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nightowl at 6:57PM on 07/29/09
Raw cultured butter from pastured cows. Makes everything delicious!
producestories at 8:00PM on 07/29/09
Salt preserved lemons! Wow!
Not Yukio at 8:36PM on 07/29/09
fruit concentrates from the health food store, i love putting them in a glass of water or seltzer -- or in a vodka cocktail... sometimes i'll add them to salad dressing (esp. pomegranate) ... right now my flavors are cherry and blueberry.... i also add them to my homemade fruit sorbets.... they pack a lot of flavor, and not a lot of sugar...
pooch at 9:10PM on 07/29/09
Sherry vinegar, soy sauce and red pepper flakes.
Amandarama at 10:05AM on 07/30/09
Pedro Ximenez balsamic vinegar and nam prik pao
SqueezeBottle at 10:12AM on 07/30/09
Oatmeal. You can make into plain oatmeal for breakfast/lunch/dinner/snack, use it for filling meatballs out, or meatloaf for that matter, use it for yeast and quick breads, biscuits, pie crusts, oatmeal cookies (with raisins!) and all kinds of other things. I have even added it to stews and soups to make them thicker and have more filling.
Is there anything that oatmeal can't do? :)
Traveller at 11:23AM on 07/30/09
Garlic, onions and miso paste. The miso paste is a new addition to my kitchen and I can't believe how I lived without it.
finsbigfan at 3:51PM on 07/30/09
Sriracha...I haven't found anything yet that doesn't taste good with it.
erinlovestoeat at 4:01PM on 07/30/09
Ditto on the Siracha
flavacrisp at 4:11PM on 07/30/09
Castillo De Canena Olive Oil, made from Picual olives. Available from Despana.
Windfall farms Araucuna eggs ( Union Square Greenmarket).
Ortolan at 4:19PM on 07/30/09
Grade B pure maple syrup
SavtaShayna at 2:17PM on 07/31/09
@Ortolan: are those different/taste better than the ones at Yuno's? That's if you've had Yuno's.
@Traveller: have you seen this website? http://www.katheats.com/kaths-tribute-to-oatmeal/
@prodcestories: Do you get yours from a farm or a store?
QueenAlli at 3:21PM on 08/01/09
@QueenAlli - I've had both, and Yuno's are my favorite. As for the butter, I have my sources, and that's all I can really say about that.
producestories at 8:16PM on 08/02/09
Love that grade B maple syrup. On the other hand, I couldn't live without garlic and pepper flakes. And salt. And butter. And dried porcini mushrooms. Also white truffle oil. I think I'd better stop because the list is getting too long!
Teachertalk at 8:46PM on 08/02/09
I didn't know Yuno's know carries araucana eggs, QueenAlli. Thanks! I was so broken hearted when they stopped selling at Lincoln Center on Saturdays last year.
Producestories, I tried to get access to raw milk and butter through the Weston Ford foundation but it was so mysterious and difficult I gave up.
Ortolan at 2:01PM on 08/03/09
@Ortolan: I wasn't saying that Yuno's sells araucana eggs I was just asking if they taste better than the ones mentioned by another poster. I'm a little clueless when it comes to this stuff so I wouldn't know an araucana egg if I saw one. I just want the best tasting egg.
If someone else can verify whether or not Yuno's sells araucana eggs....?
QueenAlli at 2:46PM on 08/03/09