You can find many sources for Southern recipes on the web. However, unfortunately, many are written by people that have never been South of the Mason-Dixon line. Here are a few tips to help you know if your Southern recipes are truly authentic Southern.
Want to keep your mind sharp, lower your cholesterol, keep your bones strong and prevent hardening of your arteries? Then blueberries are for you! They’re sweet taste may make you pop them like candy, only they won’t enlarge your waistline.
The Cornish Pasty has been re-invented over the ages and the Cornish Bakeries are getting bent out of shape as time goes on! The size, shape, content and manufacturing process has been adapted from region to region but the name has remained…Cornish Pasty. An application has been submitted to Europe to protect the origins of the Cornish Pasty, it’s shape, it’s size and more importantly where it is made.
French fries, ironically, are one of America’s most treasured foods. Americans eat them with just about any main course. In many situations, such as snack bars and sporting events, they are a meal in and of themselves. Unfortunately this favorite finger food can be dangerous to human health, but not for the typical reasons one might think.
Becoming familiar with wine and food pairing – Many of us are not even vaguely familiar with the different varieties of wine that are available for purchase. In fact, some of us probably thought red wine and white wine were the only ones in existence. Most of us don’t have any idea of the number of varieties of wine that are in existence.
Salmon roe are the eggs of salmon. Usually they are cured and used like other roe products such as caviar, which is derived from sturgeon roe and is enjoyed as a delicacy in Russian and in Eastern Europe. Salmon roe can be found in many seafood markets and Asian food stores, stocked in the chilled foods section; it is also available canned.
Pacific Pollock, which is also known as Alaska Pollock, is a white fish, recognizable by two silvery stripes running down the sides of its body. The under belly is usually white, while its upper body is a greenish black color. The fish can grow to some three feet long and can weigh up to 46 pounds; however, most that are used in commercial fisheries weigh less than three pounds.
Crabs have been enjoyed by cultures around the world for centuries. The Moche people of ancient Peru worshipped the sea and crabs are depicted in many of their works of art. The constellation Cancer is part of the zodiac. Recently, with the rise of reality TV shows, crab fishing in Alaska has come into the spotlight.
The topic of seafood is a rather sensitive subject when it is discussed amongst environmentalists and seafood enthusiasts. Being one does not exclude a person from being the other; it just means that they put a little more thought into what kinds of seafood they enjoy.
Flour is graded in different countries by the gluten content of their flour and Canadian flour has a high gluten content, somewhere around 17%. There is also a difference in how the flour is ground and so the texture can be course, or fine.