Comments on: Playing with Perfection: Cilantro Latkes with Cranberry Miso Dip http://www.endlesssimmer.com/2009/12/14/playing-with-perfection-cilantro-latkes-with-cranberry-miso-dip/ - recipes, restaurants, food travel and everything edible Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:02:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BShttp://www.endlesssimmer.com/2009/12/14/playing-with-perfection-cilantro-latkes-with-cranberry-miso-dip/comment-page-1/#comment-57010 BS Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:19:56 +0000 http://www.endlesssimmer.com/?p=9388#comment-57010 this is such a good idea. The obvious next question to me seems to be, how about a blend? cranberry-apple sauce? this is such a good idea. The obvious next question to me seems to be, how about a blend? cranberry-apple sauce?

]]> By: Maidshttp://www.endlesssimmer.com/2009/12/14/playing-with-perfection-cilantro-latkes-with-cranberry-miso-dip/comment-page-1/#comment-57008 Maids Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:02:22 +0000 http://www.endlesssimmer.com/?p=9388#comment-57008 NeeNee! You better patent that idea ASAP! NeeNee! You better patent that idea ASAP!

]]> By: Nee Neehttp://www.endlesssimmer.com/2009/12/14/playing-with-perfection-cilantro-latkes-with-cranberry-miso-dip/comment-page-1/#comment-57007 Nee Nee Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:58:32 +0000 http://www.endlesssimmer.com/?p=9388#comment-57007 Sounds excellent! What a way to reinvent a Thanksgiving ingredient, a la your last post. This reminds me...is there ANY other way to wring moisture out of vegetables besides using cheese cloth or your towel method? I never have cheese cloth on hand and my towels smell like detergent. I had this issue when making Greek/Turkish-style zucchini pancakes during the great zucchini boom of summer '09. I have a contraption in mind, but no tools to make it. I'm thinking a cookie sheet-sized sturdy screen with nice ergonomic handles on which you would lay out the veggies. Then you would squish it down with a pan or screen that fits into the base and pushes the liquid out the bottom. I'd make these delicious treats more often if it didn't require so much manual labor. Sounds excellent! What a way to reinvent a Thanksgiving ingredient, a la your last post.

This reminds me…is there ANY other way to wring moisture out of vegetables besides using cheese cloth or your towel method? I never have cheese cloth on hand and my towels smell like detergent. I had this issue when making Greek/Turkish-style zucchini pancakes during the great zucchini boom of summer ’09. I have a contraption in mind, but no tools to make it. I’m thinking a cookie sheet-sized sturdy screen with nice ergonomic handles on which you would lay out the veggies. Then you would squish it down with a pan or screen that fits into the base and pushes the liquid out the bottom. I’d make these delicious treats more often if it didn’t require so much manual labor.

]]> By: Maidshttp://www.endlesssimmer.com/2009/12/14/playing-with-perfection-cilantro-latkes-with-cranberry-miso-dip/comment-page-1/#comment-57006 Maids Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:42:32 +0000 http://www.endlesssimmer.com/?p=9388#comment-57006 Red miso paste is available at any asian food store, at yes organic market, and at whole foods. It's stronger than yellow miso and white miso and a bit saltier and yeastier taste, fuller in flavor. People use it in soups and stir fries. I think it adds a nice rich taste to sauces. 2 pounds of potatoes yield about 20 latkes... maybe more. You'll notice I left out bread crumbs and flour. This means the latkes tend toward the crisper side. It's well known that the oil lasting eight days was either manufactured or otherwise sexed-up by rabbis who wanted to make the story more about miracles and less about a struggle against oppression. I'm not a fan of David Brooks' take on the lore.... Peronally I believe the Hanukkah story doesn't appeal to him because it doesn't correspond with his political leanings. He's a status quo, Hellinizer kinda guy. I'm much more into this explanation which frames Hanukkah as the first national liberation struggle in recorded history: http://www.tikkun.org/fmd/files/chanukah_2009.pdf Red miso paste is available at any asian food store, at yes organic market, and at whole foods. It’s stronger than yellow miso and white miso and a bit saltier and yeastier taste, fuller in flavor. People use it in soups and stir fries. I think it adds a nice rich taste to sauces. 2 pounds of potatoes yield about 20 latkes… maybe more. You’ll notice I left out bread crumbs and flour. This means the latkes tend toward the crisper side.

It’s well known that the oil lasting eight days was either manufactured or otherwise sexed-up by rabbis who wanted to make the story more about miracles and less about a struggle against oppression. I’m not a fan of David Brooks’ take on the lore…. Peronally I believe the Hanukkah story doesn’t appeal to him because it doesn’t correspond with his political leanings. He’s a status quo, Hellinizer kinda guy.
I’m much more into this explanation which frames Hanukkah as the first national liberation struggle in recorded history: http://www.tikkun.org/fmd/files/chanukah_2009.pdf

]]> By: gansiehttp://www.endlesssimmer.com/2009/12/14/playing-with-perfection-cilantro-latkes-with-cranberry-miso-dip/comment-page-1/#comment-57005 gansie Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:26:22 +0000 http://www.endlesssimmer.com/?p=9388#comment-57005 this sounds tremendous! thanks for taking the sauce to a new level. questions: how many latkes did 2lbs of potatoes yield? what is red miso paste? is it like regular miso? what does it taste like? what else can you do with it? did you read david brooks NYT op-ed on the true origins of chanukah? he's said the oil lasting for 8 days miracle is bullshit from rabbis. thoughts? this sounds tremendous! thanks for taking the sauce to a new level.

questions:
how many latkes did 2lbs of potatoes yield?
what is red miso paste? is it like regular miso? what does it taste like? what else can you do with it?
did you read david brooks NYT op-ed on the true origins of chanukah? he’s said the oil lasting for 8 days miracle is bullshit from rabbis. thoughts?

]]> By: Alixhttp://www.endlesssimmer.com/2009/12/14/playing-with-perfection-cilantro-latkes-with-cranberry-miso-dip/comment-page-1/#comment-57004 Alix Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:15:59 +0000 http://www.endlesssimmer.com/?p=9388#comment-57004 Proud to be part of the masterpiece... and to eat it mmm. I'm recreating the latkes today (I'll try more cilantro this time), and I must say, however blasphemous, that cranberry sauce was just beyond yum. I think I'm gonna have to vote applesauce off the island for all future latke endeavors because mmm mm mmm! It was batamt, as they say in yiddish Proud to be part of the masterpiece… and to eat it mmm. I’m recreating the latkes today (I’ll try more cilantro this time), and I must say, however blasphemous, that cranberry sauce was just beyond yum. I think I’m gonna have to vote applesauce off the island for all future latke endeavors because mmm mm mmm! It was batamt, as they say in yiddish

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