This is my first recipe ever to have a name. I first made this soup when Miriam was a small child. More than once she would toddle up and ask for “Papa’s fine soup” for dinner.
Papa’s Fine Soup
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Karl’s Veracruz-style Fish Tacos
Two weeks ago, Chris asked for Veracruz-style Fish Tacos. He had had these at a restaurant and they claimed that they were just like the ones sold on the beaches of Veracruz, Mexico.
Karl’s Veracruz-style Fish Tacos
I looked on-line and what my search brought up was many recipes for Fish Veracruz (a baked whole fish smothered in a salsa of tomatoes, onions, green olives and capers. This could be a problem. Myr doesn’t like capers, and none of the girls think green olives belong in a tomato sauce.
Filed under Main Dishes, Sauces and Spices, Seafood
Karl’s Casamiento Veracruz (Black Beans and Rice) with Grilled Mexican Green Onions
I wanted a side dish to go with my Veracruz Fish Tacos and the marriage [casamiento] of black beans and rice seems a natural. In reading about the cuisine of Veracruz black beans are a must.
Karl’s Casamiento Veracruz
(Black Beans and Rice)
Veracruz being as first port of call on the east coast of Mexico had more contact with Europe than other parts of the Mexican interior. The joining together of the Old World rice with the New World beans is almost symbolic of Veracruz’s historic position as the place where European, black slave and indigenous native cultures combined to form something new.
Filed under Side Dishes, Starches, Vegetables
Karl’s Salsa Fresca
Topping for the fish tacos. This salsa may be used with any Mexican meal. Indian Chili power is a favorite of mine. It includes the whole chili (seeds and all) and has a lot more flavor than Cayenne pepper.
Karl’s Salsa Fresca
Filed under Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables
Karl’s Cal Col Roja en Escabeche (Pickled Red Cabbage)
Filed under Pickles, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables
Karl’s Celeriac Potato Soup with Kale
Eilene is still on her vegetarian diet. I am bored with potato and leek soup, so I wanted to try something new. I found a BurpRecipes and adapted it to my family’s tastes.
Karl’s Celeriac Potato Soup with Kale
Filed under Main Dishes, Soups, Vegetarian MD
Karl’s Tofu Strada
Eilene has been studying animal cruelty and how animals are used in the American food chain in her sociology class. As a result, she has wanted a lot of vegetarian meals lately. I could not spot anything online that really appealed to me. Most of the dishes were variations of noodles in sauce or salads. I wanted something different.
Karl’s Tofu Strada
((someone must be hungry)
Filed under Main Dishes, Vegetarian MD
Karl’s Banana Beer Bread
After last Sunday’s meal, the question remained about what to do with the Voodoo beer. This was an undrinkable concoction that tasted of peanuts, chocolate and an unfortunate and overpowering taste of banana. Jan suggested that it would make good banana beer bread. I have adapted my Guinness Beer Bread to include these new ingredients.
Karl’s Banana Beer Bread
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Filed under bread, Breakfast, Side Dishes
Karl’s Anniversary Carrot Salad
This week is our 30th anniversary. This weekend Jan mentioned that her favorite salad was carrot. We were at the farmer’s market and she wanted to buy some heirloom carrots for her favorite salad. We thought through how I could possibly not know this after all this time. Jan, apparently, has always loved carrot salad. She buys carrot salad to eat for lunch whenever she has a chance, except when I am with her. If she is at a business dinner and there is carrot salad in the buffet she will take a big scoop, except if I am with her. This, it seems, has been going on behind my back for 35 years.
Karl’s Anniversary Carrot Salad
Filed under Salads, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables
The Inverted Peanut Butter Cup of the Lueck Ladies
[Back hand, stage whisper] “The secret is the chocolate is on the inside!”
The [trademarked chocolate and peanut butter confection] Challenge. This entire meal resulted from Myr having made peanut butter cookies from an Alton Brown recipe. Myr followed the recipe fairly closely, except that she did not have chunky peanut butter. She made do with smooth PB and added fresh chopped peanuts. Even after she had made dozens of large cookies, she still had a quarter of the cookie dough left over. When she told her mother about this, Jan said, “That would make a good pie crust and we could fill it with Claudia’s Chocolate Mousse. I also just bought a bottle of “Voodoo,” a chocolate and peanut stout. Karl, make a dinner with chocolate and peanuts!”
The Inverted Peanut Butter Cup of the Lueck Ladies
Filed under Desserts & Treats, Pies & Tarts
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