it's a hot, humid night - jerry

[Guest guest]

thanks for sharing your concoction. i noticed an

ingredient that interested me...the pickled thai red

chiles....where do you find this item? are they whole

pickled peppers? sounds great.

thanks,

susie

 

--- thirstyfish66 <woodwardc1 wrote:

 

> Hi,

> It's a hot, humid night and I want to do a minimum

> of cooking on the stove. So this is what

> I've just made -- it's marinating for a bit as I'm

> writing this. I guess I have to give it a

> name, so I'll call it Jerry's artichoke and bean

> salad. It was improvised, so the

> measurements -- if you can call it that -- are

> approximate, to say the least.

>

> Jerry's artichoke and bead salad

>

> *I had a can of fava beans handy so in it went. You

> can use any beans you want. I'm

> partial to fava and black beans.

> * a can of artichoke hearts, quartered.

> * my only gesture at cooking: a bunch of baby

> portobellos, sliced thickly, and quickly

> sauted in PAM with just a touch of garlic salt and

> pepper, maybe two or three minutes.

> * a handfull of parsley, chopped

> * 4 or 5 scallions, sliced.

> * I had some grape tomatos around so in they went --

> great for color

> * I have a jar of Thai pickled red bird chilis,

> which I am never without (they're great with

> peanut butter). I chopped two of them into the

> salad.

> *At this point I looked at my creation and realized

> it was naked for garlic. I deliberated for

> a moment and considered leaving garlic out. The idea

> seemed obscene. So I chopped 2

> garlic cloves and tossed them in.

> * a little salt (very optional)

> * dressed with some olive oil and a few generous

> pinches of cumin and coriander.

> Finished, I thought, but my wife just got home and

> she bought some spinach. I'll probably

> add that -- I mean, just look at the poor spinach,

> just begging to be tossed in -- not to

> would be culinarily criminal -- don't you agree?

> * If you have anything else in your fridge or

> cupboard begging to join the fun, please jump

> right in. But whatever you do, please, please, no

> mayonnaisse, I beg you!

> Jerry

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

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