Sunday 5 July 2009

Naval Cookery. Thai-Style Fish Cakes. The Environmental Benefits of Cast Iron Cookware.



Blog Post: Green Iron: The Environmental Benefits of Cast Iron Cookware


... you may or may not have ever thought about the environmental benefits of cast iron. These benefits can be divided into at least three main areas: (1) Toxicity (or lack thereof), (2) production, and (3) longevity and recyclability.


Blog Post: The Weirdest Shit You’ve Probably Never Seen


Mingled amongst all the flea market detritus, I found this 1961 edition of the Royal Canadian Navy’s Instructional Manual Of Naval Cookery [...] it contains instructions and tips for cooking with rations, ways to bolster morale through food, and other hilarious nuggets of wisdom.


Blog Post & Recipe: Thai-Style Fish Cakes


The springiness of the cooked fishcakes comes from pounding the fish into a paste, so I did some limbering up and set about to work. The fish was chopped into small chunks and pounded around the mortar with a little cornflour.

Thai-Style Fish Cakes with Cucumber & Peanut Dip



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