Recipes
Shrimp Fried Rice
This is a pretty basic recipe. While I wouldn’t say it’s a spectacular oh-my-god-you-gotta-try-it recipe, it’s a good dish for beginners because it’s easy to cook and tasty as well which is what counts. I haven’t cooked it since my days at Blatch, fifteen years ago. But I actually remember cooking this meal. Truth be ...
Mushroom Tuna Casserole
This was the first meal I cooked at Blatch. It was shown to me by a housemate, Louise, a grad student from the English department. I never really kept in touch after I left Blatch, which is a pity. Very simple, enjoyable, and yet easily adaptable. You can add curry spice to or substitute a ...
Cream of Mushroom Soup
This is a simple recipe that comes from my time living in Blatch, and it’s one of the earliest dishes I cooked there. I remember that I chose to make this because my family often sat together to eat the Campbells’ cream of mushroom soup when I was growing up. I remember thinking the soup ...
Hamburger Pie
Another recipe from Blatch.It came from one of the kitchen cookbooks called ‘Recipes to Celebrate’. It’s really good, but difficult if you don’t know how to make a good pie crust. I had to get an assist both times I made this recipe. Once in Blatch, when Lousie, a housemate, helped me out. And again ...
Dak Doritang (닭 도리탕)
Recently I tried to cook Dak Doritang, Spicy Chicken Stew. Unfortunately, the results weren’t so good. K said it was quite good, but I didn’t agree. Something was missing and it didn’t come together as I had originally hoped it would. In the first recipe, I used 1 kg of boneless skinless chicken breasts and ...
Shepherd’s Pie
Over the last couple of weeks, K has been craving mashed potatoes. Her pleas didn’t fall on deaf ears as I decided Sunday’s meal would be none other than Shepherd’s Pie. The way I was taught in Newfoundland was to use a layer of meat, along with a layer of creamed corn and mashed potato ...