name : wesage : 24
location : hoboken, nj
occupation : food
explain yourself:
i love to eat food.
i love the thought of eating food.
i love reading about people who are eating food.
this blog is to document every chew, gulp, sautee, and taste i encounter. there's plenty of food out there, and i want to experience all of it.
[featured photos and video were captured on my iphone 3gs. others will be fairly and rightfully credited to their proper owners.]
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My Take on Nan Young’s Famous Potato Puffs
Holidays are good for two things: gifts and leftovers. Yeah, I said it. Materialistic? Maybe. I’m not completely downplaying the whole “family and friends” angle, or that small “good will toward your fellow man” bit. I’m just saying presents and food are the two factors that get us kid-on-Christmas-morning giddy around this time of year. One dish that Sam has ranted and raved about since we started dating is her famous grandmother’s potato puffs, made from very specific mashed potato leftovers. When she was little, her family ate Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners early, and her Nan would make these puffs as a late evening snack with the leftowards. The trick here, according to this love of mine, is to pressure cook the potatoes, using powdered milk instead of regular, and allowing the starchy goodness to sit overnight.
All of that did help when forming the potato patties. The spuds stuck together with minimal crumble, and held both the egg wash and panko bread crumbs extremely well. I heated a small pot of vegetable oil, and dropped them in the hot bath. The oil swallowed the puffs with just a small section of the top popping out. Giving it about 6 minutes each side, flipping over once, take them out and let them dry on a paper towel.
I have to say, Sam was on point! The puffs had a delicious crust, both added from the panko and natural from the inside layer of potato. The insides were smooth and creamy, almost more than from where they started the day before. I made a ham and mozzarella sandwich to accompany. Try CPR-thrusting the bread before toasting to get a really nice thin crisp in each bite!
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Thanksgiving in All its Picture Glory
Traditionally, Thanksgiving has always been an untraditional dining experience in my family. There’s always meats that make cameo appearances, a couple sides that you wouldn’t find in your old holiday picture book. Insert cliche Forrest Gump quote here.
What we have instead is an open buffet filled of assorted goodness, which highlights some year-round favorites like my mom’s bow tie pasta and spinach, to the new feature Vietnamese summer roll brought over by a second cousin’s roomate’s sister’s best friends’ babysitter. And like Thanksgivings of the past, the food was placed, I stuffed my face, and nearly had to roll myself out the door to travel the dangerous, tryptophan-drunk ride home. Pictures and captions only, as talking about the food at the time meant missing out on seconds. What follows is only a portion of what was devoured this Thanksgiving. Enjoy!
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Dan Delaney over at Vendr TV sent us a Happy Thanksgiving video, featuring the delicious baked goods of the Street Sweets truck.
Contrary to his belief that there is definitive Thanksgiving smell, I think pumpkins, cinnamon, and apples fit the ticket. These aromas capture the autumn season, and truly culminate on the greatest Thursday of the year.
