Comments on: Improvised Faux Indian http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/27/improvised-faux-indian/ faults | sins | abuses Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:11:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: bonnie kyburz http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/27/improvised-faux-indian/#comment-91971 bonnie kyburz Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:02:43 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/27/improvised-faux-indian/#comment-91971 oh, one more thing. *when* i actually cook, i usually make a lot, so we can eat it for a few days, so my recipes are rarely for one. moving on . . . oh, one more thing. *when* i actually cook, i usually make a lot, so we can eat it for a few days, so my recipes are rarely for one.

moving on . . .

]]> By: bonnie kyburz http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/27/improvised-faux-indian/#comment-91970 bonnie kyburz Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:01:38 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/27/improvised-faux-indian/#comment-91970 that's funny. still, i don't think i've ever used a 1/2 teaspoon of anything, except in baking recipes. i really should try *following* a recipe some times, but i always want to mix it up for myself (like my writing, i think; Peter Elbow might be proud, and i dare imagine him approving). i actually need to lay off the spices, so i'm limping along w/ my Lean Cuisine Southerwestern Chicken paninis (they are pretty good for microwave food!). happy cooking! that’s funny. still, i don’t think i’ve ever used a 1/2 teaspoon of anything, except in baking recipes. i really should try *following* a recipe some times, but i always want to mix it up for myself (like my writing, i think; Peter Elbow might be proud, and i dare imagine him approving).

i actually need to lay off the spices, so i’m limping along w/ my Lean Cuisine Southerwestern Chicken paninis (they are pretty good for microwave food!).

happy cooking!

]]> By: mike http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/27/improvised-faux-indian/#comment-91899 mike Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:15:00 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/27/improvised-faux-indian/#comment-91899 Well, I didn't actually measure, so maybe I misunderguesstimated -- maybe more like .5 teaspoon? It's also a pretty small recipe. . . But yeah, I have a bad habit of going overboard with the spices, too. But the most egregious instance I've had of over-spicing was actually an honest mistake -- I was making gazpacho and the recipe called for x teaspoons of cayenne and I misread it as x tablespoons. That was some seriously spicy gazpacho. Well, I didn’t actually measure, so maybe I misunderguesstimated — maybe more like .5 teaspoon? It’s also a pretty small recipe. . . But yeah, I have a bad habit of going overboard with the spices, too.

But the most egregious instance I’ve had of over-spicing was actually an honest mistake — I was making gazpacho and the recipe called for x teaspoons of cayenne and I misread it as x tablespoons.

That was some seriously spicy gazpacho.

]]> By: bonnie kyburz http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/27/improvised-faux-indian/#comment-91811 bonnie kyburz Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:28:56 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/07/27/improvised-faux-indian/#comment-91811 how do you keep yourself to using .25 teaspoons of a spice?! i usually throw in somewhere between 2-4 tablespoons. ha. and i aspire to a minimalist aesthetic! how do you keep yourself to using .25 teaspoons of a spice?! i usually throw in somewhere between 2-4 tablespoons.

ha. and i aspire to a minimalist aesthetic!

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