Chris and Hiroko’s wedding was lovely and a lot of fun. We had the pleasure of spending a bunch of time with them and a group of their close friends. It was a quick but excellent trip. We arrived in Vancouver on Thursday and spent Friday and Saturday afternoon prepping for the reception meal.
We planned [...]
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Chris and Hiroko’s Yakiniku Extraveganza
Soy Based Dipping Sauces Overview
This is a summary of japanese soy based dipping sauces. I’m summarizing from Makkiko’s most excellent justhungry.com japanese food blog. Go there…its phenomenal and much more indepth.
Qasabi Jo-yu: Wasabi and soy sauce – raw fish, sushi
Sho-ga Jo-yu: Ginger and soy sauce – used for oily raw fish like mackerel, and bonito.
Ninniku Jo-yu: Garlic + soy [...]
Yakiniku Sauce Recipes
These are the Yakiniku sauce recipes I used for Chris and Hiroko’s Yakiniku extravaganza. The apple miso sauce is not at all a trad Yakiniku sauce but we used it on chicken and as a dipping sauce. It was very good. You really want to vary the ingredients to taste so use these just as [...]
Soy Based Dipping Sauce Recipes
These are the dipping sauce recipes used for Chris and Hiroko’s Yakiniku extravaganza. You really want to vary the ingredients to taste so use this just as a guide.
Ponzu Sauce
1/3 Cup Soy Sauce
3 tbsp Yuzu Crush (or use lemon juice)
3 tbsp Lemon Juice
1/3 cup Dashi
2 tbsp mirin
Chili vinegar soy sauce
4 tbsp chili paste (i used [...]
Kombu and Katsuo Dashi Recipe
This is the Dashi recipe used for Chris and Hiroko’s Yakiniku extravaganza.
Kombu and Katsuo Dashi
8 inch kombu (dried kelp)
2/3 oz. (I just used a small handful) katsuobushi (dried bonito) flakes
4 and cups water
Bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes. Strain and use as a soup base or sauce ingredient.
Yakiniku
Mr. Duess will love this one, its all about cooking things quickly…again as a way of emphasizing the freshness and quality of the ingredient.
I have been invited to cook the dinner for my brother, Chris’s, wedding. It’s a casual affair with 30 or so people attending. He requested that the meal be relaxed and easy [...]
The bacon fry
Last night, after a delicious mushroom risotto, Mr. Stephenson and myself decided that it was time for some bacon. Our wives chose ice cream for desert instead, but we fired up a small cast iron pan and started frying. The bacon was from the first trial run of the cold smoker, and whilst slightly over-smoked [...]
Bacon Craze
I think that the bacon craze is a good thing. Who could not benefit from the pleasure of a nice slice of homemade or artesian made bacon?
I do, however, think that it gets quite ridiculous at times. A colleague brought me in a bacon chocolate bar the other day. It was adorned with the image [...]
International Bacon Day!
Mark your calendars and lock up your pigs! This is a new Stephenson and Duess favorite. It’s International Bacon Day!
http://internationalbaconday.blogspot.com/
Its like a birthday or Christmas or Thanksgiving…or Valentine’s day for that special smoky salty bacon sweety… Saturday, September 7th.
We are proud to say that we were planning a bbq that day and it is certainly [...]
Home Cured Bacon and a Harley Davidson
Like Mr. Duess, I grew up in the country. Unlike Mr. Duess I grew up in the woods in northern northern northern Canada: The Yukon to be exact. I grew up with a secret swimming hole, fishing and hunting trips, a nice big dog, lots of motorcycles and fixing motorcycles. I would say, however, that [...]