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October 17th, 2022

Pasta e Fagioli from Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

An easy and delicious soup. I used lardons for the meat. We were thinking that chicken sausages would be good, saucisse de volaille or merguez de volaille, cut in quarters lenghtwise, then into little... read more >


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Country Egg, City Egg

By Gayle Pirie, John Clark
Artisan - 2000

18th April 2021

Manny's Lemon "Pancake" : page 85

This is a plain Dutch baby, topped with lemon juice. We didn't feel it needed preserves to be extremely tasty.
Might be a trifle too much butter. It was really swimming. I'll try 2-1/2tbl next time. Definitely a keeper.

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27th August 2010

Scrambled Egg Burrito : page 53

This is supposed to be a camping recipe, so I guess that's the excuse for it being a bit, um, under-elaborated. A good idea, but it could use a bit more interesting flavor. Of course, everything cooked outside tastes better, so maybe I'm being over-critical.
It is an interesting idea to warm the tortillas right on top of the eggs.
I think it's probably better to consider this recipe as a starting point. You could add all kinds of bits of veg to the onion and tomato, e.g., bell pepper, cooked potatoes, etc., and lots of spices to give it a bit of zing.

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