I'm King of the Juice !

(just bought myself an automatic juice extractor)

Keeping Pesach 2010

First seder evening at Wagamama, second at St. Matthew Passion and I don't know yet what I'll be doing for Chol HaMoed.

I am so anti pasta!

Just the thought of spaghetti, macaroni, lasagna and/or other slithery slimy snotty gooey dough stuff makes me shiver.

Shabbes Treat (2)

Fried grasshoppers (aperitif)
Preparation time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:
3 grasshoppers per person (size: L - XL)
2 cloves garlic, crushed
olive oil
fresh lemon juice
1 peanut per grasshopper
salt, pepper
chili (optional)

- Put living grasshoppers in fridge for half an hour.
- Remove legs, head, wings, and guts.
- Put the peanuts in the bodies (one each)
- Pan-roast the bodies over a high heat for ± 10 minutes or until they turn red.
- Add the lemon juice, salt and garlic and serve immediately.

Beteavon!

God must be anti-Semitic...

...making oyster and lobster treife.

Paradoxical pride diet

In times of poverty, pride has a negative nutritious value.
But if you don't want to loose weight you better swallow a lot of it.



To the next post in the "Accident" sequence.

Shabbes treat

Crusted oysters for four persons
Preparation time: 90 minutes

Ingredients:
24 fresh oysters
1 leek
1 tablespoon oil
1 dl Champagne
1 dl whipped cream
300 grams grated cheese


- Open the shells and take the oysters out. Collect and sift the moisture and separate the deeper half of the shells.
- Cut the leek in small rectangles, wash them and let them drain.
- Rinse the deeper halfs of the shells and pat them dry.
- Sauté the leek in the oil and add the whipped cream, the collected oyster-moisture, the Champagne and some grated cheese.
- Boil this down to a third and season to taste.
- Fill the deeper half of the shells with a bed of the leek substance and put an oyster on top.
- Sprinkle some grated cheese on top of this and place under a grill till the cheese is melted and slightly crusted.

Serve with Champagne.

As my mother (may she rest in peace) used to say: “You couldn’t teach a goy how to appreciate this.”