Haha, I was vegan for three years. Around 2019-2021. I believe in the cholesterol myth! I got sort of lean which was nice, but started to have health issues pop up that were resolved with MEAT.
I love this post. I was raised by Danish grandparents and we ended up eating lots of odd food. Mayonnaise sandwiches with one of them and a piece of regular white bread spread with butter and sprinkled with brown sugar with another sometimes for dinner we would have rice pudding cooked on top of the stove in a double boiler with just milk rice And then a big powder of butter in the metal and cinnamon and sugar on top. I also scramble to find things to cook a lot of times I just make up something and then of course, if people like it, I cannot duplicate it because I can’t remember what I put in it Anyway I just wanted to let you know that I thought your post was awesome. Thank you for sharing.
I loved that article! I’ve had to ‘reinvent’ my food traditions each time I moved to a new country. When I lived in France and travelled a lot, I would make myself a roast chicken with herbs and lemon every time I came back from travelling so my house smelled like home. I made lava cakes for breakfast and cooked 2 quiches every Sunday that would be my food for the week. In the Czech republic I survived mostly on Corny bars and prayer. When I first moved to Italy, I cooked risotto every weekend for my weekly food supply and I ate that every night for just over 2 years. In my “birth” country, what I ate was completely different but when I moved the ingredients no longer existed or were too expensive! I find if you eat what the locals eat, it’s much cheaper and you can actually find it without going insane in the grocery store. All the changes kind of deprived me of a sense of a culinary ‘home’ however, so it’s good that someone else feels that too.
That roasted chicken with lemon and herbs sounds perfectly homey to me. Yes you are right, we are deprived of the sense of a culinary home. I've moved around a bit and my home of origin is highly dysfunctional. So, I've always been blending in with whereever I am and trying on different "homes." Thanks for reading and commenting Helen!
Andrew Zimmern is a miserable little troll. There is nothing unique about his culinary insights, or his predictable leftist leanings, given his dysfunctional upbringing.
He’s never had a successful restaurant of his own, and is mostly known for being willing to consume the nastiest crap any Asian can come up with.
Anthony Bourdain was a whack job too, but at least he could cook.
Thank you for reading and commenting Patricia. Same here. I need to start my writing down recipes.❤️
Okay, your menu sounds amazing, Amber. I love simple meals made with real, whole foods, generously sprinkled with sea salt.
i had meatloaf too
https://open.spotify.com/track/391CwgcBxvUHmEKda2b5In?si=91d3fe4dda5f48ec
Your writing is really enjoyable. When you become famous please remember that we're friends.
Also...you had a collection of vegan cookbooks? Did you also worship satan? Come on!
:-)
No offense to the vegan readers. Have a grain bowl, on me.
Haha, I was vegan for three years. Around 2019-2021. I believe in the cholesterol myth! I got sort of lean which was nice, but started to have health issues pop up that were resolved with MEAT.
I love this post. I was raised by Danish grandparents and we ended up eating lots of odd food. Mayonnaise sandwiches with one of them and a piece of regular white bread spread with butter and sprinkled with brown sugar with another sometimes for dinner we would have rice pudding cooked on top of the stove in a double boiler with just milk rice And then a big powder of butter in the metal and cinnamon and sugar on top. I also scramble to find things to cook a lot of times I just make up something and then of course, if people like it, I cannot duplicate it because I can’t remember what I put in it Anyway I just wanted to let you know that I thought your post was awesome. Thank you for sharing.
I loved that article! I’ve had to ‘reinvent’ my food traditions each time I moved to a new country. When I lived in France and travelled a lot, I would make myself a roast chicken with herbs and lemon every time I came back from travelling so my house smelled like home. I made lava cakes for breakfast and cooked 2 quiches every Sunday that would be my food for the week. In the Czech republic I survived mostly on Corny bars and prayer. When I first moved to Italy, I cooked risotto every weekend for my weekly food supply and I ate that every night for just over 2 years. In my “birth” country, what I ate was completely different but when I moved the ingredients no longer existed or were too expensive! I find if you eat what the locals eat, it’s much cheaper and you can actually find it without going insane in the grocery store. All the changes kind of deprived me of a sense of a culinary ‘home’ however, so it’s good that someone else feels that too.
That roasted chicken with lemon and herbs sounds perfectly homey to me. Yes you are right, we are deprived of the sense of a culinary home. I've moved around a bit and my home of origin is highly dysfunctional. So, I've always been blending in with whereever I am and trying on different "homes." Thanks for reading and commenting Helen!
Andrew Zimmern is a miserable little troll. There is nothing unique about his culinary insights, or his predictable leftist leanings, given his dysfunctional upbringing.
He’s never had a successful restaurant of his own, and is mostly known for being willing to consume the nastiest crap any Asian can come up with.
Anthony Bourdain was a whack job too, but at least he could cook.
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