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The Crisper Whisperer: Zucchini and Corn Fritters Rule the World. For Reals

This fritter technique can be used with nearly any kind of shredable vegetable--squash, parsnip, rutabega, potato, carrot, &c, &c. The most important thing is the egg and flour to hold everything together--the rest is just seasoning. Also, if you don't like frying, you can make the batter a little looser and cook it on a griddle like a pancake. Also, skordalia makes an excellent accompaniment aside from sour cream or yogurt.

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The Crisper Whisperer: Zucchini and Corn Fritters Rule the World. For Reals

This fritter technique can be used with nearly any kind of shredable vegetable--squash, parsnip, rutabega, potato, carrot, &c, &c. The most important thing is the egg and flour to hold everything together--the rest is just seasoning. Also, if you don't like frying, you can make the batter a little looser and cook it on a griddle like a pancake. Also, skordalia makes an excellent accompaniment aside from sour cream or yogurt.

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Having a gin & soda at this very moment. Bring back the Gin Ricky!

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The Secret Ingredient: Rose Water

I was just about to jump in here to say how much I like to make pistachio rosewater ice cream, but it looks like simon beat me too it!

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I was looking for one in St Louis, but then I remembered we don't have street vendors here in St Louis. *sigh*

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Bacon grease

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I can attest that Keller's chicken roasting method is far superior to everything and anything else. These accoutrement sound like a great pairing.

And yeah, I pay over $20 a bird too, but that's for the pasture-raised good stuff. I try not to bother with grocery store chicken any more than I have to...

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(Sort of) embarrasing things in your shopping cart

Frozen burritos. I love 'em.

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Does Topping Order Matter?

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Do you make your own stock or do you cheat a little?

I'm a huge fan of homemade stock and plan on trying Ruhlman's veal stock recipe as soon as I can source the bones cheaply and conveniently. For chicken stock, I don't really use a recipe, but generally stick with 2-3 lbs of bones and .25 tsp salt per gallon of starting liquid, then a healthy amount of carrot/celery/onion/parsley in the last hour or so. A few tips?
• Start with cold water
• Keep it at a simmer or below (I like 180-190'F)
• Skim early and often until the grease and scum is completely gone
• The longer the simmer, the better--a minimum of 6 hours, up to 10 or longer
• Strain well, especially if you're concerned about clarity

When cheating and using store-bought stock, I like Swanson too, though do find it a bit lacking. Julia Child recommends simmering store-bought stock with a bouquet garni, which I've found works well. Also, if I have the time, I'll reduce store-bought stock with a vigorous boil to concentrate the flavors before using.

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Veal bones, where art thou?

Yeah, I've tried the local Asian and Bosnian grocers in the area. I've also tried calling the local mom-n-pops places and even an organic farmer. It seems nobody touches veal these days. I've been trying to work some restaurant connections too, but that's a little more slow going.

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Almost immediate gratification artisan bread

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Regarding St. Louis style, I have to agree with foobar and ajthronton. Provel is an abomination; to call it cheese is indeed a misnomer. I liken it in flavor and quality to Velveeta, except when provel cools, it coagulates and takes on a tacky, gelatinous texture that sticks in a lump to the roof of the mouth. When ordering a pizza in a new neighborhood restaurant last week, I triple-checked with the waitress that it did not have any provel, to which she responded, "you're not from around here, are you?"

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Our business name is Hot Dog'n. Twitter: scas38. City: Melbourne, FL, Brevard County.
We serve all beef hot dogs, Italian sausages and can do meatball subs. Items served single, or with chips and drinks.

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Sunday Brunch: The Greatest Waffle Recipe Ever

The recipe sounds great. Can't wait to try it with the kids.

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Sunday Brunch: The Greatest Waffle Recipe Ever

Really good recipe, liked crispness and light consistency. However found it lacked flavour, added vanilla extract. What a difference, with vanilla extract, this recipe is requested over and over. Also, great to reheat, in toaster at work. Will make again and again

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Hi, we'll be soon launching a new restaurant/meal place service to help you advertise your daily specials: please visit us at www.onmeal.com
and follow us at @onmeal

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Please add us ;-)

Baltimore / Mid Atlantic:

The Kooper's Chowhound Burger Wagon

URL: http://www.kooperschowhound.com
Twitter: @BRGRwagon

Charm City Best Burgers on Wheels with a choice of Angus Beef, Bison, Free Range Turkey and Black Bean Burgers.

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Serious Cocktails: 'The Bartender's Gin Compendium' by Gaz Regan

Markjacks,

Actually, Gary "Gaz" Regan is a "San Francisco writer" residing in upstate New York via England.
You should look up his and Mardee's other books! Excellent all!

My Gin Compendium is on it's way and I'm looking forward to it!

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The Crisper Whisperer: Zucchini and Corn Fritters Rule the World. For Reals

Love the bowling idea, and my husband used to play baseball with zucchini bats as a kid in real life. Next week's post will indeed be about kohlrabi!

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The Crisper Whisperer: Zucchini and Corn Fritters Rule the World. For Reals

Yes, please...further suggestions as to uses for kohlrabi! I only planted 6, ate two raw when young, gave two medium-sized away and now have two giant ones left languishing in the garden. A friend suggested I drill three holes in them and use them as bowling balls to knock down an array of "zucchini pins"!

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The Crisper Whisperer: Zucchini and Corn Fritters Rule the World. For Reals

This look delicious and I LOVE the column. I adore zucchini and am, I think, the only one enjoying the surplus of it in my basket. Baked Zucchini & tomatoes anyone? Or, even better, Chocolate-Zucchini bundt cake!

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The Crisper Whisperer: Zucchini and Corn Fritters Rule the World. For Reals

AMAZING RECIPE! I love these fritters I made them sans cilantro (i'm not a fan) and substituted some garlic for the onion (missed it in the store) but they were wonderful! The salted zucchini with the sweet corn and a healthy dollop of some Fage yogurt sent me to heaven! Thanks for sharing,

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The Crisper Whisperer: Zucchini and Corn Fritters Rule the World. For Reals

Made these last night and served with mixed greens and balsamic vinaigrette. Perfect light dinner!
The only change I would have made is adding some salt to the mixture before cooking the fritters - the salt from the zucchini doesn't really come through in the mixture.

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The Crisper Whisperer: Zucchini and Corn Fritters Rule the World. For Reals

I've had zucchini fritters before but I just love the idea of adding corn, too. What a great summer dish. Yum!

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The Crisper Whisperer: Zucchini and Corn Fritters Rule the World. For Reals

@ JethroSpanks

To bake the batter heat a cake pan with some oil in the over then, after a few minutes, poru the batter in and let it bake for about 15-20 minutes or until the bottom is browned and bubbling (you'll be able to see it on the sides). You may want to put it under the grill if the top didn't get enough color.
I gave up frying the batter when oil exploded all over my kitchen and, consequently, on me. Fresh corn is very hard to come by in France and I resorted to drained canned corn... too much water... not such a good idea.
the batter is still tasty when baked!

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The Crisper Whisperer: Zucchini and Corn Fritters Rule the World. For Reals

Wow, after reading more comments, I learned some more. I didnt know you could cook kohlrabi. I thought all you would do was eat it raw. Well, if my six are still good, we will be trying something new this evening. Thank you and yes, we need more on kohlrabi. We need to spread the word. When I mention it, people look at me and say "What?'.

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The Crisper Whisperer: Zucchini and Corn Fritters Rule the World. For Reals

LOL, OMG, I am LMA off here. Thanks for telling us what CSA meant, I was wondering also. I had seen that before but couldnt remember.
As for the "Sneak a Kohlrabi into your neighbor's crisper" Day. I have my own, tyvm, about 6 of them harvested about 6 weeks ago. They are starting to look a little mangy but I dont have the heart to throw them out yet.
As for the zucchini, we harvest every day and hubs always manages to miss a couple so you all know what happens to them. It is attack of the killer zucchini the next day. I think he has hurt his shoulder tossing them. We do a lot of things with them - SHARE THEM, make zucchini fritters with corn and without, eat them raw, shake with Bisquick and fry, but the best is sauteeing them up with leftover cut off corn on the cob. Saute in olive oil to begin with and then add a pat of butter at the end so it coats and makes everything look glossy and yummy.
Long live the zucchini gods!

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The Crisper Whisperer: Zucchini and Corn Fritters Rule the World. For Reals

I never seem to find enough ways to use summer squash. Recently I've taken to chips, sautees, and luscious pasta toppers. But the best thus far, using the extra bits as you've done here, was in a crispy cake.

http://www.biggirlssmallkitchen.com/2009/06/recipe-flash-zucchini-tofu-croquettes.html

I can't wait to try your recipe and use another one of summer's greatest spoils, corn. In place of yogurt, I used tofu since I'm lactose intolerant, but I can see how this would add a really excellent element of moisture to the fritter.

bravo!!

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The Crisper Whisperer: Zucchini and Corn Fritters Rule the World. For Reals

Great new feature! Welcome Carolyn! This will make a fabulous supper using the spoils from the morning trip to the farmer's market.

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The Crisper Whisperer: Zucchini and Corn Fritters Rule the World. For Reals

My Mutter's Kohlrabi recipe: Peel the kohrabi, cutting off all the woody bits too. Slice or cube, boil just covered in salted water for about 10 minutes, set aside some of the cooking water and the kohlrabi and make a roux with butter and flour in the bottom of your kohlrabi pot. Whisk it into a white sauce with some of the cooking water. Add kohlrabi, add freshly ground white pepper and salt to taste. I think of it as 'kohrabi farmstyle', so that goes with the CSA share, right.

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The Crisper Whisperer: Zucchini and Corn Fritters Rule the World. For Reals

@Willow Toth CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture, where a farm or group of farms sells shares in its crops at the beginning of a growing season and then delivers those shares to its members throughout the season, usually weekly. There are CSAs for all sorts of foods including veggies, fruit, meat and dairy, but veggies are the most common.

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The Crisper Whisperer: Zucchini and Corn Fritters Rule the World. For Reals


Sorry, looked everywhere but could not find what CSA stands for. Probably right in front of my NOSE. The world is acronym crazy anymore. Thanks.

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The Crisper Whisperer: Zucchini and Corn Fritters Rule the World. For Reals

I can SO use some help with The Veg overflow from my CSA. Great idea for a column Carolyn!
J. Bastien

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The Crisper Whisperer: Zucchini and Corn Fritters Rule the World. For Reals

Back on track...

I made these last night; instead of cilantro, I added basil (seemed more ''in season'', add a ton more scalions (because I didn't have corn), added Parmasian cheese and curry powder to the mix! I also cooked them a bit longer than they recommend, they go crispier and darker, MMMMM!

Thanks for the recipe.

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The Crisper Whisperer: Zucchini and Corn Fritters Rule the World. For Reals

Welcome, Carolyn. I'm looking forward to more veggie tales, straight from the source. I'm sorry you were welcomed with chapters from "True Stories of Kohlrabi Neglect."

I had no idea there is such rampant kohlrabi neglect and abuse in our midst. Oh, the shame, the shame. Think of all the starving people who'd be happy just to have a sliver of. . .ooops. Sorry about that. Sometimes I can't put a lid on my inner mom. Along with Sneak a Zucchini on Your Neighbor's Porch Night, maybe we should have Sneak a Kohlrabi into a Friend's Crisper Day.

Yum: Kohlrabi (or zucchini, for that matter), raw, dipped into lemony mayo or creamy garlic dressing. Sliced like bamboo shoots and used in stir fries. Sliced into matchsticks for slaw. Sliced, again, like bamboo shoots, for chicken-kohlrabi soup, omitting the noodles. Used whole, halved or quartered in New England boiled dinners or with corned beef and cabbage. Stuffed cabbage, with finely chopped kohlrabi added to the ground-beef-rice-tomato-onion filling. I'm sure you could use it as a substitute for the zucchini in this fritter recipe.

I have a confession to make. (Voice of Sideshow Bob) I, too, was a kohlrabi neglector. It began gradually, first with leafy greens, but I quickly graduated to the hard stuff---zucchini (who knew that one plant could produce 50 or more squash?), then kohlrabi. Sure, I tried to hide it, using opaque plastic grocery bags to store them in the back of the vegetable bin, but someone always found out, usually my husband, holding up a beige plastic bag with neon green slime and grey-green water oozing from it and politely announcing, "Hon, I think I found the source of that smell." Slowly, with help from a next-door neighbor who grew kohlrabi and with the support of a vegan friend, I saw the wastefulness of my ways. If I can do it, anyone can. I'm finally free of vegetable-induced guilt and terror. Not having to disinfect the vegetable crisper is good, but unshriveled kohlrabi is better.

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