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A simple stir-fry

March 23, 2008 Food No comments , ,

I previously got a wok – a nice cast iron one.  Cast iron requires ‘seasoning’.  With some lard or other saturated fat and heating the iron forms a bond with the fat to make a permeant non-stick surface.  It looks ‘dirty’ or like teflon, but quite a bit more natural.

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Peppers, Bamboo and Beef

March 10, 2008 Food No comments , ,

I had pulled out the beef the last night and poured a little bit of teriyaki sauce in the bag and put it in the refrigerator to thaw.  Its nice having the meat marinated, adds more flavor.

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A layer of white onions (using the last of them, back to red onions).  Then the beef, and then a bit of red pepper flakes on top of that.  Those peppers were very noticeable in the ultimate flavor.  Then the second half of the can of bamboo, a few pearl onions (well, more than a few, the rest of them), and then a small red pepper on top of that.  The teriyaki sauce that I had was then poured over to it and then a little bit of ginger.  I couldn’t quite pick out the ginger in the flavor.  Next time, I’ll try it with no red peppers and instead just ginger to see if I can detect that flavor.