Comments on: 12 Intimidating Foods I Want to Learn to Make http://www.momfoodproject.com/2010/07/21/12-intimidating-foods-i-want-to-learn-to-make/ Food isn't love. Feeding people is love. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:38:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Efe http://www.momfoodproject.com/2010/07/21/12-intimidating-foods-i-want-to-learn-to-make/comment-page-1/#comment-3359 Efe Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:13:30 +0000 http://www.momfoodproject.com/?p=199#comment-3359 Good thing it’s lunch time, beuscae now I’m really hungry! Truffles are ez-pz. I got a Martha Stewart recipe from the newspaper years ago. Let me know if you want it. These make great gifts!I’ve made gnocchi, not so ez. Also, crackers, pitas, Beef Wellington, and souffles. I confess, I did not know what a croquembouche was. Beautiful photo, but too pretty to eat! While I’ve made a lattice-work pie, I’m not sure I’ve made 26 pies in my life. Ambition, thy name is the Mom Food Project! I’m over from the challenge. Take care. Good thing it’s lunch time, beuscae now I’m really hungry! Truffles are ez-pz. I got a Martha Stewart recipe from the newspaper years ago. Let me know if you want it. These make great gifts!I’ve made gnocchi, not so ez. Also, crackers, pitas, Beef Wellington, and souffles. I confess, I did not know what a croquembouche was. Beautiful photo, but too pretty to eat! While I’ve made a lattice-work pie, I’m not sure I’ve made 26 pies in my life. Ambition, thy name is the Mom Food Project! I’m over from the challenge. Take care.

]]> By: Rossella http://www.momfoodproject.com/2010/07/21/12-intimidating-foods-i-want-to-learn-to-make/comment-page-1/#comment-2447 Rossella Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:54:07 +0000 http://www.momfoodproject.com/?p=199#comment-2447 Great list. I read it just now. Did you really do cheese?!?! Wow. You let me discover Croquembouche. I did of the list just gnocchi and some bread, even if no pita. If you need a help with gnocchi let me know. Great list. I read it just now.
Did you really do cheese?!?! Wow.
You let me discover Croquembouche. I did of the list just gnocchi and some bread, even if no pita. If you need a help with gnocchi let me know.
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]]> By: Ketutar http://www.momfoodproject.com/2010/07/21/12-intimidating-foods-i-want-to-learn-to-make/comment-page-1/#comment-850 Ketutar Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:42:06 +0000 http://www.momfoodproject.com/?p=199#comment-850 Now, I don't think any of these things are difficult. Puff pastry can be a little problematic, but if you do it right, and steady, you shouldn't have any problems. Still, it's ok to buy it ready-made. Croissants are really easy and delicious, and in my mind quite worth the effort (which, I think, is nothing much at all :-D A bit like baking cinnamon rolls.) Pita is really easy too :-D Yorkshire pudding... is like making thick pancakes in oven. Here "pancake" IS baked in oven, on a swiss roll pan :-D Croquembouche is really easy too. Like making gingerbread houses. You do know how to make those? Truffles are so easy you probably will regret daring to make them :-D Cheese is not a problem, curd is not a problem, clotted cream, yogurt... dairy is actually quite easy. What did I have problems with? I had real problems with Danish rye, but when I saw someone make it and had a recipe, I managed to bake it too. I just can't get my Karelian pirogs right. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A852842) But I'm from Eastern Finland, and there they know how to make the real things... and if you have ever eaten the Real Thing, you wouldn't be pleased with the soft and bland half-wheat thingies either. I didn't have problems in making soy milk and okara, and tofu. I have problems with my swiss rolls. I suppose I bake them too long. (And Karelian pirogs too short...) Mayonnaise and Hollandaise might be something to try. Not too difficult either. You could try charlottes :-D They are usually considered very fancy, and I think they are pretty easy (and delicious :-D). Would be a great treat for potlucks and picnics :-) Now, I don’t think any of these things are difficult.
Puff pastry can be a little problematic, but if you do it right, and steady, you shouldn’t have any problems. Still, it’s ok to buy it ready-made.

Croissants are really easy and delicious, and in my mind quite worth the effort (which, I think, is nothing much at all :-D A bit like baking cinnamon rolls.)
Pita is really easy too :-D
Yorkshire pudding… is like making thick pancakes in oven. Here “pancake” IS baked in oven, on a swiss roll pan :-D
Croquembouche is really easy too. Like making gingerbread houses. You do know how to make those?
Truffles are so easy you probably will regret daring to make them :-D
Cheese is not a problem, curd is not a problem, clotted cream, yogurt… dairy is actually quite easy.

What did I have problems with?
I had real problems with Danish rye, but when I saw someone make it and had a recipe, I managed to bake it too.
I just can’t get my Karelian pirogs right. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A852842) But I’m from Eastern Finland, and there they know how to make the real things… and if you have ever eaten the Real Thing, you wouldn’t be pleased with the soft and bland half-wheat thingies either.
I didn’t have problems in making soy milk and okara, and tofu.
I have problems with my swiss rolls. I suppose I bake them too long. (And Karelian pirogs too short…)
Mayonnaise and Hollandaise might be something to try. Not too difficult either.
You could try charlottes :-D They are usually considered very fancy, and I think they are pretty easy (and delicious :-D). Would be a great treat for potlucks and picnics :-)
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]]> By: Serene http://www.momfoodproject.com/2010/07/21/12-intimidating-foods-i-want-to-learn-to-make/comment-page-1/#comment-621 Serene Thu, 07 Oct 2010 21:37:11 +0000 http://www.momfoodproject.com/?p=199#comment-621 Thank you! The souffle was my kid's favorite. She said she liked it more than steak, and that's saying a LOT. :-) Thank you! The souffle was my kid’s favorite. She said she liked it more than steak, and that’s saying a LOT. :-)

]]> By: Miranda Merten http://www.momfoodproject.com/2010/07/21/12-intimidating-foods-i-want-to-learn-to-make/comment-page-1/#comment-605 Miranda Merten Wed, 06 Oct 2010 02:14:47 +0000 http://www.momfoodproject.com/?p=199#comment-605 What a great list! I love how you have updated the ones you have accomplished. I would love to make a souffle. That is probably at the top of my list. I'll make sure to check out your post and see how you did it. What a great list! I love how you have updated the ones you have accomplished. I would love to make a souffle. That is probably at the top of my list. I’ll make sure to check out your post and see how you did it.
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]]> By: Serene http://www.momfoodproject.com/2010/07/21/12-intimidating-foods-i-want-to-learn-to-make/comment-page-1/#comment-227 Serene Tue, 17 Aug 2010 06:16:51 +0000 http://www.momfoodproject.com/?p=199#comment-227 Oh, cool. I am going to try those! Oh, cool. I am going to try those!

]]> By: Jeliza http://www.momfoodproject.com/2010/07/21/12-intimidating-foods-i-want-to-learn-to-make/comment-page-1/#comment-226 Jeliza Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:44:28 +0000 http://www.momfoodproject.com/?p=199#comment-226 I found a cracker recipe that actually looks pretty easy (well, if I can think of it on a day that isn't terrible hot like today) on <a HREF="http://www.foodinjars.com/" rel="nofollow">my favorite canning blog, Food in Jars:</A> <a HREF="http://www.foodinjars.com/2009/12/gift-in-a-jar-homemade-crackers/" rel="nofollow">Homemade Crackers</A> I found a cracker recipe that actually looks pretty easy (well, if I can think of it on a day that isn’t terrible hot like today) on my favorite canning blog, Food in Jars:

Homemade Crackers

]]> By: Serene http://www.momfoodproject.com/2010/07/21/12-intimidating-foods-i-want-to-learn-to-make/comment-page-1/#comment-146 Serene Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:44:53 +0000 http://www.momfoodproject.com/?p=199#comment-146 Oh, aunts are super special (the kid I'm raising came out of my sister, not me). :-) I love love love your gnocchi-making tradition! My kid's a holiday baby, and our foodie birthday tradition is that she gets to pick any restaurant she wants for her birthday. Last year we did sushi; the year before was Ethiopian, I think. I love having an adventurous eater to go eat out with. I'm really going to try gnocchi soon. Maybe tonight. I need something for Meatless Monday this week anyway. Thanks for the encouragement! Oh, aunts are super special (the kid I’m raising came out of my sister, not me). :-)

I love love love your gnocchi-making tradition! My kid’s a holiday baby, and our foodie birthday tradition is that she gets to pick any restaurant she wants for her birthday. Last year we did sushi; the year before was Ethiopian, I think. I love having an adventurous eater to go eat out with.

I’m really going to try gnocchi soon. Maybe tonight. I need something for Meatless Monday this week anyway. Thanks for the encouragement!

]]> By: style maniac http://www.momfoodproject.com/2010/07/21/12-intimidating-foods-i-want-to-learn-to-make/comment-page-1/#comment-136 style maniac Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:54:00 +0000 http://www.momfoodproject.com/?p=199#comment-136 My nieces and I have a New Year's Eve Gnochhi-making tradition that began when they were ages 5 & 10, and the results are so superior to anything you can buy or eat out, it's like a food category all its own. We use a recipe from The Rose Pistola Cookbook (one of my faves). It's just Yukon Gold Potatoes, flour, egg, a little olive oil and salt; combined, pressed through a ricer, then rolled and cut. Very simple, but also time consuming as the finishing step is to hand-roll each bit of the dough over the tine of a fork ... thus the fact I only do this when I have company in the kitchen. I would say the delight our family has in eating the homemade Gnocchi equals the fun making it, but that's not true. Delicious as the finished dish is, cooking with two of my favorite people in the world is the truly magical part. Glad The Mom Food Project extends to Aunts as well. My nieces and I have a New Year’s Eve Gnochhi-making tradition that began when they were ages 5 & 10, and the results are so superior to anything you can buy or eat out, it’s like a food category all its own. We use a recipe from The Rose Pistola Cookbook (one of my faves). It’s just Yukon Gold Potatoes, flour, egg, a little olive oil and salt; combined, pressed through a ricer, then rolled and cut. Very simple, but also time consuming as the finishing step is to hand-roll each bit of the dough over the tine of a fork … thus the fact I only do this when I have company in the kitchen.

I would say the delight our family has in eating the homemade Gnocchi equals the fun making it, but that’s not true. Delicious as the finished dish is, cooking with two of my favorite people in the world is the truly magical part.

Glad The Mom Food Project extends to Aunts as well.

]]> By: Serene http://www.momfoodproject.com/2010/07/21/12-intimidating-foods-i-want-to-learn-to-make/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Serene Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:38:52 +0000 http://www.momfoodproject.com/?p=199#comment-134 Hmph. Mommmmmm, Nicole won't let me be silllllly!! Hmph.

Mommmmmm, Nicole won’t let me be silllllly!!

]]> By: Nicole Kramer http://www.momfoodproject.com/2010/07/21/12-intimidating-foods-i-want-to-learn-to-make/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Nicole Kramer Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:20:42 +0000 http://www.momfoodproject.com/?p=199#comment-133 130 but don't be silly! :-) 130 but don’t be silly! :-)

]]> By: Serene http://www.momfoodproject.com/2010/07/21/12-intimidating-foods-i-want-to-learn-to-make/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Serene Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:09:36 +0000 http://www.momfoodproject.com/?p=199#comment-132 Ooh, pretty pie! And thanks for the encouragement. Ooh, pretty pie! And thanks for the encouragement.

]]> By: Serene http://www.momfoodproject.com/2010/07/21/12-intimidating-foods-i-want-to-learn-to-make/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Serene Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:08:33 +0000 http://www.momfoodproject.com/?p=199#comment-131 Hmmmmmmm... How many people will be at your wedding? :-) Hmmmmmmm… How many people will be at your wedding? :-)

]]> By: Serene http://www.momfoodproject.com/2010/07/21/12-intimidating-foods-i-want-to-learn-to-make/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Serene Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:07:24 +0000 http://www.momfoodproject.com/?p=199#comment-130 I'm a little intimidated by it, too, but I gotta say, getting good at bread was a much more worthwhile goal. Now that I can make all our bread, all the other stuff is just frosting on the cake. Have you tried the NYT no-knead bread? It's kick-ass, and sooooooo easy! I can get you the recipe and maybe even the great video if I can still find it online. For a while, NYT had it off their free site. I’m a little intimidated by it, too, but I gotta say, getting good at bread was a much more worthwhile goal. Now that I can make all our bread, all the other stuff is just frosting on the cake. Have you tried the NYT no-knead bread? It’s kick-ass, and sooooooo easy! I can get you the recipe and maybe even the great video if I can still find it online. For a while, NYT had it off their free site.

]]> By: Carolyn http://www.momfoodproject.com/2010/07/21/12-intimidating-foods-i-want-to-learn-to-make/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Carolyn Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:53:28 +0000 http://www.momfoodproject.com/?p=199#comment-127 Great List! You sound like you can accomplish any of it... go for it and if it flops, you've got a great story, right? The only one's I've made from your list are lattice topped pie (have a look: http://rhyminggame.blogspot.com/2009/09/life-in-pits-and-others.html ), and yorkshire pudding... they don't always turn out as good as my Grandma's were, though. Great List! You sound like you can accomplish any of it… go for it and if it flops, you’ve got a great story, right?

The only one’s I’ve made from your list are lattice topped pie (have a look: http://rhyminggame.blogspot.com/2009/09/life-in-pits-and-others.html ), and yorkshire pudding… they don’t always turn out as good as my Grandma’s were, though.

]]> By: Nicole Kramer http://www.momfoodproject.com/2010/07/21/12-intimidating-foods-i-want-to-learn-to-make/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Nicole Kramer Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:21:10 +0000 http://www.momfoodproject.com/?p=199#comment-126 Serene, I love this list! I think we all secretly have this sort of list locked away up there in our brains. I keep waiting for someone to offer to make croquembouche for my wedding next May. I made mozzarella recently for the first time and it was easier than I thought (I cheated and used a kit). Then I was feeling all puffed up and tried the goat cheese kit and "udderly" failed - not to mention that I wasted a gallon of goat milk (that would have been better in soup!). You win some, you lose some. Serene, I love this list! I think we all secretly have this sort of list locked away up there in our brains. I keep waiting for someone to offer to make croquembouche for my wedding next May.

I made mozzarella recently for the first time and it was easier than I thought (I cheated and used a kit). Then I was feeling all puffed up and tried the goat cheese kit and “udderly” failed – not to mention that I wasted a gallon of goat milk (that would have been better in soup!).

You win some, you lose some.

]]> By: Jen at Lita's World http://www.momfoodproject.com/2010/07/21/12-intimidating-foods-i-want-to-learn-to-make/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Jen at Lita's World Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:45:36 +0000 http://www.momfoodproject.com/?p=199#comment-125 WOW what an admirable and for myself intimidating list! All I've been dreaming of getting good at is making bread. Phew, I feel like a wimp now! Best of Luck..hope you'll keep us updated on your progress! ~Jen WOW what an admirable and for myself intimidating list! All I’ve been dreaming of getting good at is making bread. Phew, I feel like a wimp now! Best of Luck..hope you’ll keep us updated on your progress! ~Jen

]]> By: Serene http://www.momfoodproject.com/2010/07/21/12-intimidating-foods-i-want-to-learn-to-make/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Serene Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:26:26 +0000 http://www.momfoodproject.com/?p=199#comment-123 Oh, thank you, and likewise! Oh, thank you, and likewise!

]]> By: Serene http://www.momfoodproject.com/2010/07/21/12-intimidating-foods-i-want-to-learn-to-make/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Serene Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:26:15 +0000 http://www.momfoodproject.com/?p=199#comment-122 Oh, I'd love the Martha Stewart recipe, if it's no trouble! Thanks! Oh, I’d love the Martha Stewart recipe, if it’s no trouble! Thanks!

]]> By: dawn http://www.momfoodproject.com/2010/07/21/12-intimidating-foods-i-want-to-learn-to-make/comment-page-1/#comment-121 dawn Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:18:25 +0000 http://www.momfoodproject.com/?p=199#comment-121 What a wonderful blog! So glad I found you! Thanks for stopping by & commenting mine! I am feeling so inspired just by reading your posts. (and hungry!) I can't wait to get to know you better :) What a wonderful blog! So glad I found you! Thanks for stopping by & commenting mine! I am feeling so inspired just by reading your posts. (and hungry!) I can’t wait to get to know you better :)

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