Mystery Complete

The Paper Panache Paper Pieced Piece is complete. It is such a busy quilt, with all those tiny pieces, I decided it didn't need much quilting. So stitched in the ditch and added a bit of sparkle, and here is the result:

Mouth watering!

So the Korean meal had enough garlic and green onion to exude from our pores for several days. It was m..m..good!

The main feature:
Pulkogi - thinly sliced beef marinated in soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, sugar, green onions and sesame seeds, then grilled on the BBQ or on an indoor grill. Served with red leaf lettuce and kochuchang, a fiery pepper paste.
















 One of the side dishes:

A family favorite - bean sprout salad. Soy bean sprouts, lightly steamed, seasoned with a little salt, sugar, soy and vinegar.








The dessert:
A very good caramel bread puddling with chocolate chips and pecans. No, I don't know how many calories per serving, so please don't tell me.

Nativity Quilt, Korean food and Snow!

I did not manage to get the quilt done before Christmas, but I'm trying to finish it before the deadline for the Bulloch Hall Quilt Guild show. Deadlines are great motivators, aren't they!

Not much stitching happening the next few days - it's the daughter's birthday so we are preparing a Korean feast for the family on Saturday night. If you know Korean food, you know there is much chopping and slicing and dicing to be done. The menu will be:
Miso soup with tofu and mushrooms
Pulgogi
Bean Sprout salad
Kimchi of course
Chapchae (I cheated and bought it ready made this time)
Seaweed
Rice
Red leaf lettuce and kochujang for wraps

And for dessert, a most un-oriental dulce-de-leche bread pudding.

Pictures and recipes to follow.

A most uncharacteristic image for this part of the world (Johns Creek, GA). About a half inch of snow on the ground. It's supposed to melt by morning, so here is what it looks like at 11p.m

Blogs can be a great source for recipes!

Looking for something different to do with sweet potatoes? I came upon a blog with a description of a great sounding sweet potato apple bake. A lack of exact quantities notwithstanding, the dish turned out very well.

Sweet Potato Apple Bake
3 large or 5 medium sweet potatoes
2 tart cooking apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
Butter
Cinnamon
Nutmeg
Several tablespoons dark brown sugar
Orange marmalade (The kind with the peelings left in the preserve - Kroger has a good one if you are in the Southeast.)
Pinch of salt
Granulated white sugar

Boil the potatoes until they are about half done to put them on a par with the apples as to baking time, and slice them a bit thicker than 1/4 inch. Make one layer in a 2-quart, deep, oven safe dish.
Over the slices sprinkle a couple of tablespoonfuls of dark brown sugar, plus a little salt, dot this with bits of butter, add a generous dusting of cinnamon and nutmeg and a few dabs of orange marmalade.
Next add a layer of sliced apples, with the same brown sugar butter spice and marmalade garnish.
Repeat these two layers, then add a final layer of potatoes.

Over the top add more sugar, more butter, more spices, more dabs of marmalade, and a sprinkling of granulated white sugar for a glistening finish.

Bake at 350 deg F, about 30 mins to brown and heat through.

I need a list of synonyms for delicious! This is a tasty alternative to the standard casserole with all those marshmallows.

Awesome cream cheese appetizer

Published in the Atlanta Journal Constitution a while back, this fresh take on the cream cheese and preserves appetizer is yummy!

Unwrap one box of cream cheese and put it in the middle of your serving dish. Over it pour
6 oz mango chutney (chopped if necessary), then
1/3 cup thinly sliced green onions
1/3 cup chopped dry roasted peanuts, and
1/3 cup sweetened, flaked coconut

Serve with your favorite crackers.

Give a greyhound a new home for Christmas

Greyhounds are the best! They are wonderful, gentle, sweet natured, beautiful, thoroughbred dogs who love nothing more than a soft place to lay their heads. No, they do not require any more exercise than any other breed and they do not have to run. That doesn't mean they don't love to run given the chance.

My Greyhound Adoption Persona for Firefox users is now available on their site. If you would like to wear it, you'll find it here:
Firefox Persona - Greyhound Adoption

The Korean pancakes, greyhound Persona

No, there are no pictures. They didn't look as pretty as I hoped. They tasted good though they were a little thick. I'm anxious to try them again with some modifications to the recipe. Next time I'll post step by steps. Korean food always has steps. Lots of preparation, little cooking time.

I'm working on a Persona for Firefox about Greyhound Adoption.  Here is what I have so far:

Its a greyhound, bag packed, making his way to his forever home. I'm going to submit it to Firefox for approval. I'll keep you posted.