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17.2.2004

===Fried potatoes with white beans===
*[[Class]]: main course
*[[Preparation]]: 30-40 minutes
*[[Skill requirements]]: low
*[[Hardware]]: [[knife]], [[stove]], [[frying pan]], [[pot]]
*[[Clean up]]: 8 minutes
*[[Cost]]: low to medium
*[[Groups]]: [[halal]], [[kosher]], [[vegan]], [[vegetarian]]
*[[Main season]]: Any season
*[[Performance]]: Fills bellies efficiently and quite yummy too

I was just the other day making something for my vegetarian friends and this is what we munched on.

*Boil the [[potato]]es almost ready, but not fully cooked. Pour out water and put aside to cool a bit to enable slicing them without burning your fingers
*Chop plenty of [[onion]]s
*Chop an agreeable amount of [[garlic]]
*Heat the frying pan and put the onions in plenty of oil. The rest of the oil will be soaked into the sliced potatoes once they go in giving them a nice brown crunchy surface.
*Don't fry the onions, just cook them untill they turn soft and yellow
*Slice potatoes in the pan
*Spice with [[salt]], [[black pepper]] and [[cajun seasoning]]
*Get some [[white beans]] in [[tomato sauce]]. Remember to [[recycle]] the can in with metals
*Pour the beans into the pot and heat. Throw in the crushed or chopped garlic
*Serve on plates so that the beans are next to the crunchy potatoes, not on top of them which would make them mushy.

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19.12.2003
===Fried zucchini with rucola===
*[[Class]]: starter or main courseish
*[[Preparation]]: 20 minutes
*[[Skill requirements]]: very low
*[[Hardware]]: [[knife]], [[stove]], [[frying pan]]
*[[Clean up]]: 4 minutes
*[[Cost]]: medium to high (very seasonal)
*[[Groups]]: [[halal]], [[kosher]], [[vegan]], [[vegetarian]]
*[[Main season]]: Growing season
*[[Performance]]: '''spicy''', crunchy, soft, sorta aesthetic, vodka-able for vegans and stuff


Now this is really a [[summer]] thingy so if you in the northern hemisphere you'll have to wait some time '''or''' [[import]] the stuff

*Get [[zucchini]] and [[rucola]] salad. Assume you have [[oil]], [[black pepper]], [[salt]]
*Fire up the stove. Make it hot.
*Slice the zucchini into almost 1cm slices
*Fry the slices with little oil untill brown spots appear. Flip over add little salt. Add black pepper, finely ground but not too finely. Adding the pepper after taking the zucchini off the frying pan and stacking them on a plate might work and that way you don't have to worry about the pepper getting scorched
*Arrange the slices onto a plate or bowl or something
*Rip enough rucola to cover the slices
*Serve with plenty of [[bread]] and [[water]]


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15.12.2003

===Air-cured ham with melon===
*[[Class]]: starter, general knock-your-tongue-out
*[[Preparation]]: 10 minutes
*[[Skill requirements]]: very low
*[[Hardware]]: [[knife]], [[spoon]], [[board]], [[plate]]
*[[Clean up]]: 2 minutes
*[[Cost]]: High
*[[Groups]]: [[non-halal]], [[non-kosher]], [[non-vegetarian]] (non-vegan implied)
*[[Performance]]: Ultra-yummy if you can afford it. Air-cured ham is quite different from say "normal" ham so it doesn't perform that well for everybody.

*Get half a [[melon]], preferably a very sweet, orange one. A watermelon will not work otherwise it's your fancy.
*Remove seeds with a spoon
*Use the spoon to carve nice sub-mouthful sized pieces of the melon
*Get 100g or so [[air-cured ham]]  that is sliced ultra-thin. Italians will insist on using [[Parma]] naturally 'cause they have this EU protection thingy that only air-cured ham from Parma can be called "Parman ham".
*Cut each slice into two narrower slices. A whole slice would ruin the balance
*Wrap each melon piece in ham

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14.12.2003

I'm not actually making this now but I often do and it's such a excellent sidekick to many salads and stuff that I just gotta share this with you.

===Cool Spanish tortilla with Balsamic vinegar===
*[[Class]]: Side dish (yummy with salads)
*[[Preparation]]: varies much. 10 minutes with precooked potato-onion mix, 30 minutes with raw ingredients + 30 minutes for cooling the dish for serving (depending on weather of course)
*[[Skill requirements]]: Low (if you have the right equipment handy)
*[[Hardware]]: [[Stove]] (any kind), [[Frying pan]] or two or more if you want to streamline production of catering quantities, Something for cooking potatoes, like what's it called. and most necessarily a [[plate]] big enough to cover the frying pan (or just the second frying pan mentioned before)
*[[Clean up]]: 4 minutes
*[[Cost]]: Low
*[[Groups]]: [[Halal]], [[Kosher]], [[Lacto-ovo vegetarian]], [[prepare-store-serve]]
*[[Performance]]: excellent for the buck, hunger removal very effective, very suitable for catering type of situation as well as a [[solo]] kitchen where this treat will stay yummy and healthy in your fridge for a long time.

Here goes...
*[[Potatoes]]. Cook 'em
*[[Onions]]. Gently heat with plenty of [[oil]]
**'''Or''' use a [[frozen]] [[bag]] of  potato-onion mix if in a hurry
*Slightly cooked (fullly cooking isn't really required, you should leave them a little hard) potatoes sliced go in the pan with the onions
*Make it hot, try not to squash the potato slices
*Add [[salt]]. Make it plenty since much of it will be absorbed into the eggs.
*Throw in [[free-range|free-ranging]] [[egg]]s. Break the egg shell into two pieces by hitting on a solid, sharp corner and pry with your hands so that you can pour the contents so that you use the sharp edges of the shell to pierce the yolk (yellow thingy). Repeat untill the potato-onion mixture is almost covered with the eggs.
*Drop the heat a little and cover the frying pan with something such as the plate, though you should remember that the plate becomes incredibly hot and due to the quick release of heat from porcelain you'll burn your fingers in the next step. Wear protective clothing.
*Think carefully how you will accomplish the next step '''taking into consideration your joints and and muscles in your hands and around your shoulders'''. Meditate and when you've got a working theory, proceed.
*Once the surface of the mixture is solid in such a way that it doesn't stick to things much you take the plate place it over the pan. Holding the pan and the plate together with two hands (remember to wear protective clothing) you flip the whole thing over. Slide the tortilla back to the pan and fry gently. When doing these things in an assembly line fashion you naturally use the other hot pan instead of a plate thus working two stowes in a serial manner.
*Once it's slightly brown and slightly crispy or whatever you prefer take it to a cool place to cool down before serving. Please don't stick straight into the fridge cause that will consume a hell of a lot of energy.
*Slice into sectors for serving and please do serve a '''bottle of [[balsamic vinegar]]''' with it so that everyone can moisten it with vinegar to taste.

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5.12.2003

I just had breakfast:

===Brie-Apple hot sandwich===

*[[Class]]: Hot sandwich
*[[Preparation]]: 2 minutes
*[[Skill requirements]]: Low
*[[Hardware]]: Heating (conduction or radiation) 
*[[Clean up]]: 1 minute
*[[Cost]]: low/medium
*[[Groups]]: [[Halal]], [[Kosher]], [[Vegetarian]]
*[[Performance]]: yummy

*Bread, any bread should do, though i used rye
*Toast the bread, to make it a little cruchy
*Butter it
*Chop half of a small apple into slices of any size
*Slice some onions as fine as possible
*Apples go to the bottom, put the onion slices atop the apples
*Plenty of Brie cheese to top it off. I used danish [[organic]] low fat version
*And to keep you healthy and vamipire free, you really should try trowing in some crushed or chopped garlic glowes.
*Also a pinch of white pepper isn't such a bad idea

*Microwaveving will do just great, but you can ofcourse use whatever heating equipment you like
*Keep in mind that Brie will turn quite liquid quite quickly, so keep an aye on things
*If any brie gets to touch the plate, you should know it's quite sticky, so wash up soon

Enjoy.