Hsifeng wrote:
ghostly1 wrote:
Hsifeng wrote:
BTW, anyone else here noticed recipes in comics?
I believe one issue of Power Pack contains a recipe for James Power's Lentil Soup. (The running joke being everybody hated it, except Franklin Richards who responded to it like he did everything served at the Power house: "Oh boy, my favorite!")
And it's not comics, but in my early teens I was a big fan of the Dragonlance books, and they released two companion large softcover books full of legends, songs, poetry, and, yes, recipes, of the Dragonlance world (or just inspired by), like "Otik's Spice Fried Potatoes", and "Fizban's Fireball Chili". I actually attempted some of them, with varying degrees of success and modification (and ate my own variation of Otik's Spice Fried Potatoes quite regularly in my teens when I was going through a particularly finicky eating phase). I still have the books somewhere, I'm sure.
Lentils? Potatoes? I like both of those, so both these dishes sound yummy.
Happened to look it up, and here's what it was, in a letter column answer (the question was 'what are lentils' (hey, it was before Google!), but after answering that they included the following):
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Papa Power's World Class Lentil Soup:
Rinse lentils. Presoak 3-4 hours. Change water twice. Simmer one hour with onions, garlic, carrots, potato chunks. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve with a good, crusty bread.
So not really much of a detailed recipe.
As for the Spice Fried potatoes, I believe these are the directions from the book, but I can't find it at the moment so I'm trusting google... it more or less matches my memories.
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Otik's Spiced Fried Potatoes
Ingredients: 1 pound potatoes, 3 tablespoons butter, 1/2 medium onion, finely chopped, 1-2 dashes of cayenne
How to Make: Scrub potatoes, and remove any eyes. Chop into 1/2-inch cubes with skins. Melt butter in frying pan (traditionally an iron skillet), and heat until sizzling. Add cayenne to butter, stir. Place potatoes in butter and fry until crisp; stir occasionally. Add onion and fry 1 more minute. Serve hot, salted to taste. Serves 2-4.
I can't remember the modifications I made when I used to make it regularly with my grandmother, but a lot more cayenne and a few other types of spice too (I think I put in black pepper too).
