Tuesday 1 September 2020

In My Kitchen - September 2020

September, and Spring is here.  I can see those luscious lime-green leaves starting to appear at the ends of the branches outside my window already.  And oh boy, what a year this has been.  I hope everyone is well and safe, and coping with the buffeting we have all received lately.  For those readers in the 'other' hemisphere, I hope your summer has been restful, and that you're looking forward to Autumn/Fall.

    Not much has gone on in my kitchen this month.  Well, a fair bit of cooking and baking and eating, but nothing very blog-worthy.  So join me in a quick squizz, and please do hop on the IMK bandwagon.  Looking forward to your posts, be they about the stuff you grow, or buy, or cook or eat ... 


Here in my kitchen:


I bought this!

    I love salt, to the extent that I was dipping my licked finger into the fleur de sel jar the other day.  And I have this in my pantry, as well as a jar of Greek salt, and some pink Murray River salt and Maldon sea salt - well, you get the salty picture, my friends.  I adore smoked salt (my arteries are starting to have a tideline now), and since I can't get my fave Yakima applewood salt at the moment, I went for this one.  I hope it's good. 


and this ...

    Mr P. and I dropped into a bulk shop the other day.  Not sure what they're called these days, but you know the shop where they have tubs of nuts and grains and so on, and you grab your scoop and pour it into the brown paper bags ...  Yep, that one.  I saw this, and even though I had to pawn my firstborn (non-existent) child to buy it, I thought - yep, I'm going all out here.  Heck, it's Covid; I need a treat:-)  The mixture looks like specks of gold in the jar, and tastes like very strong stock powder.  I may have to pawn back (is that a word?) the non-existent child.


a gnocchi cum chopping board

    This board was made by an old friend (long-term friend), who retired many years ago after selling off his law publishing company at the ripe old age of forty-three.  He managed to chop off quite a few fingers a few years back, (a rogue knot in the wood made the saw bounce back onto his left hand) but he still manages to make many beautiful things.


and chicken with sauerkraut hotpot

    I made a large hotpot of chicken, pineapple and (homemade) sauerkraut topped with potato.   Sooooo delish, my friends.  Our nonagenarian neighbour loved it too!  Sounds odd, you say?  Yep, but it's so tasty.  Sautéed chicken and onion, plus a tin of pineapple and a jar of sauerkraut, topped with baked potato slices and heaps of cream and cheese.  Heart attack in a bowl, but worth it :-)


what is this, you ask?

    See the ingredients?  Don't we all love enzymatically decomposed yolk?  Go on, of course you do.


golden sesame dressing, I hope!

    I'm hoping that this is what I think it is - golden sesame dressing.  There is not much English on this bottle, except the label above with the decomposed yolk, etc.


a new spoon rest

    Here we have a new spoon rest made by the delicious Ms B., down in Northern Rivers territory.  Sadly we haven't been able to visit her for months, due to the nasty C-word.  It is over the border, and over the border we must not go.


Ms P. the poet

    And to finish off, here in our toasty Brisbane kitchen, we had a visit from the wonderful and clever poet Ms P. who is currently getting her second volume of poems together.  She helped us chop and eat dinner, before flying back to cold and snowy Tasmania the next day for fourteen days of self-isolation.


Well, that's it for me this month.  Hurry up you lot, and get your posts in :-)  Just a quick reminder about In My Kitchen, since I've had a few spurious posts coming my way lately.  This link is about sharing what is in our kitchens, or gardens for that matter.  You can tell us about your herbs and veg. gardens, your kitchen gadgets and goodies, your produce, your preserves, your meals ...  I don't even mind the occasional sneaky peek at other stuff but hopefully somewhat pertinent to the theme.  You know I throw in my arty purchases sometimes.


The link is open from the first to the thirteenth of the month, but being the kind soul I am (tee hee), I can add a late post manually - but Tell me about it!  I get no magic feedback when you've done a post - it has to be done by you via the linky, or by me manually.  I've come across IMK posts by sheer accident sometimes.  Indeed I discovered that one foodie blogger had done six months of them, without telling me:(  So after that mild scolding, please join in!  And here's how:


1. Add via the Add Link button at the bottom of this post.  Instructions can be found on the sidebar of this page, under   the  Add your IMK link  OR:

2. Comment on this post, providing a link to your post so I can add it  manually to the list below OR:

3. Email me: sherrym1au@gmail.com, with your link or any queries about the link process 


UPDATE:


Blogger has gone mad, and won't let me add the links anymore.  Grrrr!  Therefore I will need to add your posts manually.  I'll try to work it out for next month!  So please just advise me of your posts in the comments or via email, and I will see what I can do.  Thanks muchly!


NEW UPDATE:


Hopefully all is fixed now, and everyone can add their own IMK posts!!


IN MY KITCHEN:


1. Mae's Food Blog

2. Allotment2Kitchen

3. Spades Spatulas & Spoons

4. Lavender and Lime

5. Let's Curry

6. Happy Retirees Kitchen



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64 comments:

  1. Hi Sherry,
    The INLinks HTML code is interesting, but as far as I can see doesn’t actually give access to the software. I’m sure you will fix it soon, making this comment a bit irrelevant.

    My IMK post is:
    https://maefood.blogspot.com/2020/08/in-my-pantry.html

    I’m glad you are policing the out-of-bounds self advertisers. Sad that it’s necessary.

    Be safe! ... mae

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    1. Sorry about that Mae. So much for the Blogger improvements!! It just seems even more difficult to do anything but ... I digress. Thanks heaps for joining in again as no. 1!

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    2. Evidently you figured out how to please the Great God Blogger! Jeanie at Marmelade Gypsy posted a compilation of reactions to the new interface -- most of them negative, but all acknowledging that it's free so how can we complain?

      mae

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    3. ooh yes i must check out jeanie's blog for the reactions. it's been driving me nuts but i think i'm finally working out the new blogger. but is it worth it? what have they actually improved? not much i reckon.

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  2. I LOVE smoked salt :-) bought some together with smoked black pepper last month. So good on the steak :-) I love that gnocchi board and need to buy one too. Thanks for sharing, Sherry. Enjoy your spring!

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    1. hi angie,
      thanks for dropping by my post. yep i adore smoked salt - the smokier the better:) Take care, S

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  3. Gah! It's September and I still haven't joined the IMK party. In my defence, 2020 is a proper write off, I promise to do better next year! That chicken bake sounds delish - are you going to post the recipe? I think it totally merits a post of it's own, don't you?!

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    1. hi sammie
      hope to see you here for IMK some day:) the chicken bake is a fave here, but i never thought it the right thing for the blog. maybe i should do it one day?...

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  4. Hi Sherry, Here is my IMK blog link, also struggling to add it.
    https://allotment2kitchen.blogspot.com/2020/08/harvest-monday-in-my-kitchen.html

    Also the spoon rest and the board with your name on it are both very cool. As always thank you so much for hosting IMK. I always look forward to joining in.

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    1. thanks Shaheen for joining us. Yes Blogger is a total pain atm. Sooo hard to do anything. cheers S

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  5. Hi Sherry, so how how many spoon rest do you have?? I love both funky spoon rest and wooden spoons and what a fantastic gnocchi board your friend made for you. Why I think four people could roll gnocchi at one time on that board.
    Now about that hotpot you showed us, is the recipe on your site? I want to make that one.

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    1. hi ron
      that's only my second spoon rest! Maybe i should add a post for that hotpot? i've been making it for years but never blogged it. cheers S

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  6. Blogger is getting a bit difficult to use. Hate the new interface -- when using the post editor, the old version is much easier. Anyway, we really like flavored salt, too. But it's your hotpot that I'm really eyeing -- our cold weather is on the horizon, so I'll be making similar dishes soon. :-)

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    1. hi KR
      the new blogger is driving me crazy. it's so much harder to use, and for what purpose? they didn't fix the many things that need fixing and have just made it harder. Grrrrr!!

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    2. Sherry,
      I am using the new blogger interface too. It helps in deleting the unwanted blank lines as the html editor is numbered,so if you happen to spot a blank line,you can delete this. Other than that I didn't find anything useful and the new editor seems to work well with my theme,so fingers crossed. And your new spoon rest is handsome. Loved reading your post today.

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    3. thanks hasin. people keep talking about the html code thingy but i only ever write my posts in 'compose view'! not sure what everyone is talking about?:)

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    4. Morning Sherry,
      I don't blame you for keeoing things simple using the blogger's compose view and I must say you have done and are doing pretty good. I have bought myself some headache trying to tweak through HTML though. Anyways, this is the first time I'm supplying my IMK link to you. Thanks for the generous move.
      https://www.letscurry.co.uk/2020/07/beetroot-raita.html

      Hasin

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    5. i've been using blogger for 7 years and i've never even thought of using the html view. I didn't even know you could:) thanks for joining in, tho your post is not strictly an IMK. it needs to showcase your previous month in the kitchen. I will let it go thru for this month!

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    6. Thanks Sherry for excusing me. Happy to be connected!

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    7. that's great Hasin. Nice to have a newbie.

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    8. Sherry,
      I came here to say a big thank you to you for sharing my post link in your IMK, I have had several people visiting my website through you, thank you and I love your generosity. Stay blessed! Happy to be connected!

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  7. I have that sesame dressing too! and that is so addictive, have you tried it in cold rice noodles? If not I suggest doing it, they are really nice and simple. Just thick rice noodles, cucumber and shredded scrambled eggs with that sauce can blow your socks off.

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    1. hi raymund
      no have never tried it with noodles but we do use it for salads. your dish sounds great!

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  8. All of this looks delicious! And I love the gnocci board! That's super special, made by a friend. Those salts look good too. I really keep thinking I need to get into my kitchen so I can join your party!

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    1. hi jeanie
      yes do join us one day. always great to have newbies.

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  9. Hi Sherry, that bone broth concentrate looks interesting and I find I can never have enough spoon rests. I take a look for that sesame dressing, it sounds delicious.

    Also, I never got an email regarding your post this month...something is definitely off. Here is my post, hopefully you can resolve the problem:
    https://spadesspatulasandspoons.com/2020/09/01/in-my-kitchen-september-2020/

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    1. oh yes liz that dressing is fab. darn darn bloody blogger. it just gets worse!! I will add your post soon. cheers S

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  10. Sherry, Your chicken hotpot has me intrigued. Who would put those flavours together except you, and sauerkraut makes it healthy doesn't it. Looks great. Might try to throw that one together, I know my other half would love it. I love your spoon rest, I think I could collect them, it used to be teapots. Anyway loved reading your post, so many interesting things, will try and have mine in by the 13th this time but no promises, next week is a write off.Enjoy that beautiful Brisvegas Spring. Best wishes, Pauline

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    1. tee hee thanks pauline. yep definitely healthy with all that sauerkraut. I will blog it next week. Would love to see you here for IMK. Yep the weather is fine - in every way.:) cheers S x

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  11. It looks fixed Sherry, thank you.

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    1. hooray! at last. it took a bit of doing, and a bit of yelling at the computer...

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  12. You always have an interesting collection of new items. I love salt too and have a variety but my blood pressure does not like it!

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    1. thanks judi. i do love adding new and crazy things to my kitchen:) why do i love salt so much?...

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  13. I really enjoy seeing what's in your kitchen, Sherry. Even when you say there is nothing there, you have a beautiful board, fun salt (I love my Murray River pink salt), bone broth powder (which I have never seen), a cool poet in your kitchen, and then - the ultimate - enzymatically decomposed yolk! So much fun to read about.

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    1. thanks david. so you can get murray river salt over there? how wonderful. yep definitely a cool poet in the kitchen is a wondrous thing. and that egg yolk - hilarious!

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  14. I am indeed looking forward to fall, although we’ve had a relatively pleasant spring and summer. And even lots of rain. But spring is fun, too, and lightens the spirit. You definitely need a treat, and all of these goodies look fun. Love the salt.

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    1. hi mimi
      thanks for dropping by! yep we are definitely hoping for some spring rain. winter is very dry over here in QLD.

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  15. I would love bone broth stock powder! But I am not so sure about the golden sesame dressing and its ingredients. Be well!

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    1. the golden sesame dressing is rather delicious tho!

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  16. The Hubs is going for Bahn Mi sandwiches today and is also going to stop in one of our only Asian markets. I wonder what kind of things he will bring back (with little English on the packaging)? I think your chicken dish sounds amazing. Stay well!

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    1. thanks so much debra. i am blogging my chicken dish next week! we are both doing well, thank you. keep safe!

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  17. Hi, Sherry! Finally finished my post and it seemed to upload fine. Sorry you had troubles before this with everything you've got going on. Loved your spoon rest and gnocchi board -- just picked up a wooden board in the shape of Oklahoma today for this weekend's charcuterie -- gotta love woodworking craftsmen. What a treat to see Ms. P, your smoked salt, and innovative hot pot, too. Take care and thank you!

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    1. thanks so much kim. great to have you here! keep well.

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  18. I liked the idea of sharing IMK. Currently there is nothing much happening IMK. I have a presentation for MBA to be completed by Tuesday. So my long weekend is all gone :(. Loved the tasty chicken, pineapple, sauerkraut idea. Sounds easy to make for my busy long weekend..

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    1. hi rahul
      everyone is welcome to join IMK. good luck with your presentation on tuesday.

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  19. Happy September! The picture of that chicken with sauerkraut hotpot looks delish!!

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  20. Hi Sherry and happy September! For us it of course means that autumn is coming and not spring like for you, but I'm quite happy about it. I'm also very fond of salt, sometimes a bit too much...

    I managed to add my link, so I guess it's fixed in the meanwhile.

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    1. hi veg hog
      thanks for joining us. i'm so glad you could add your post. goodness knows what's going on with the link!

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  21. Thanks for hosting Sherry, love looking through people's kitchens and my own food pics to decide which to post!! I love Japanese sesame dressing, but with that label... makes one not want to know what is inside :)

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    1. you are so right DoS. that label kinda puts me off but i do love golden sesame dressing. thanks for joining us!

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  22. What a fun post, Sherry! I always love seeing the "behind the scenes" in your kitchen. Like you, I love salt, so that smoked salt definitely caught my attention. Laura always jokes that she should just get me a salt lick (like the one's horses have) for the backyard. Also, that wooden board is incredible!!

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    1. thanks david. yep a saltlick sounds like a great idea:) yes our mate is very clever; he has made a lovely board for me. and he is currently making me a plinth for a new artwork that i bought recently.

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  23. Sorry you have had problems with Blogger and your IMK posts. Your Wordpress friends have thought Blogger was mad for a very long time. I think I have found a way to be able to comment, we will see if it goes through. You pineapple and a jar of sauerkraut combination with your chicken and potatoes sounds so interesting.

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    1. Blogger drives me nuts but i don't have the strength of mind to start all over again with wordpress or square space or whatever...

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  24. I love the sound of smoked salt and must find this product online.

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    1. ooh yes i love smoked salt even tho my arteries probably don't :-)

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  25. Finally got my IMK done last night and linked - love all your kitchen peeks! That smoked salt looks great and your friend who makes chopping boards is very talented - even if he gets carried away with chopping! Having friends visit from interstate sounds like a great treat. Good luck with staying safe up in Queensland.

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    1. i adore smoked salt! yes he is a talented fellow for sure, even with half his fingers missing:) thanks johanna. our friend had to quarantine twice - once here in QLD, and when she went back home. Eek!

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  26. Hi Sherry, I am so glad to have found your blog, excited to join this host in my kitchen.
    https://www.prepbowls.com/recipes/best-homemade-flour-tortillas-recipe/

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    1. hi aarthi
      thanks for your comment. sadly your post is not suitable for an IMK post. so i won't be able to add it this month, especially as the link ended a couple of days ago. i can add manual links but obviously they need to be on the theme of in my kitchen, which is about what happens in our kitchens the month prior to the link going up. hopefully we can see you another time with an appropriate link.
      cheers
      sherry

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