{"id":447,"date":"2008-11-07T07:37:56","date_gmt":"2008-11-07T05:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=447"},"modified":"2008-11-07T09:24:12","modified_gmt":"2008-11-07T07:24:12","slug":"first-cookies-in-the-de-waal-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=447","title":{"rendered":"First cookies in the De Waal kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"

No, I’m not in competition with the Whimfields<\/a>. Really.<\/p>\n

I bought the Jungle Oats<\/a> on Tuesday already, figuring I want to make either oatmeal cookies<\/a> or bannocks<\/a>. And then I read the posting by Laura-Jane<\/a>, about how she can’t bake, yet, because of not having a kitchen. I feel for her, and I realise how much we’ve actually accomplished in the past seven months.<\/p>\n

So I made oatmeal cookies. Simple, nothing like what Laura-Jane is capable of, to judge by her pictures, but a first for me, and we ate them all. The thermofan oven works well.<\/p>\n

I then went on to make a lentil chili, without the chili (OK, I put in about a teaspoon of Tobasco sauce). I also added a bit of vegetable stock.<\/p>\n

Comments from the omnivores :<\/p>\n

Tamsyn : huh-uh, gimme some Marsala-less Marsala Chicken<\/a>. (Tamsyn avoids vegetarian food on principle).
\nTanya : It’s OK. Maybe a bit too tomato-ey.
\nMe : Yea, not bad.<\/p>\n

Comments from the resident vegetarian :<\/p>\n

Jessica : Oooh! Nice! Is there more? Nom nom nom<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So I guess I’ll hafta make it again.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Lentil Chili
\nFrom: therese@garnet.berkeley.edu<\/p>\n

4 cups dried lentils
\n6 – 7 cups water (tomato juice can be subsituted for two cups water)
\n1 1-lb can tomatoes, or 3 to 4 large ripe tomatoes, chopped
\n2 tsp. ground cumin
\n1 tsp. paprika
\n1\/2 tsp. dried thyme
\n10 to 12 (yes!) cloves garlic
\n2 medium onions, finely chopped
\n2 tsps salt (I cut this down)
\nlots of ground black pepper
\n4 to 6 Tbls tomato paste
\n1 to 2 Tbls red wine vinegar
\ncrushed red pepper, to taste<\/p>\n

garnish:
\ncheddar (not necessary, vegans can eliminate this)
\ntoasted cashews
\nminced fresh parsley or cilantro<\/p>\n

Her recipe calls for cooking lentils separately, and then chopping
\nand sauteeing veggies and throwing them in.\u00c2\u00a0 When I’ve made it, I
\nput everything in together and cook is slowly until the lentils are soft.<\/p>\n

You can easily make this in a pressure cooker, just blast it for about
\n45 minutes, or put it in your crock pot and let it cook all day.\u00c2\u00a0 I have
\nneither device, and cook it slowly on top of the stove.\u00c2\u00a0 The garlic
\ntaste, especially when slow- cooked is not overwhelming, and in fact
\nis wonderful!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I looked at the recipe, and realised that four cups of lentils is a helluva lot. Used two cups instead, sort-of halving the recipe. Except I used a whole large tin of tomato puree, next time I’ll use a small tin.<\/p>\n

And yes, the garlic does disappear. I think. Havn’t noticed people avoiding me on purpose this morning…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No, I’m not in competition with the Whimfields. Really. I bought the Jungle Oats on Tuesday already, figuring I want to make either oatmeal cookies or bannocks. And then I read the posting by Laura-Jane, about how she can’t bake, yet, because of not having a kitchen. I feel for her, and I realise how much we’ve actually accomplished in the past seven months. So I made oatmeal cookies. Simple, nothing like what Laura-Jane is capable of, to judge by her pictures, but a first for me, and we ate them all. The thermofan oven works well. I then went...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[9,32],"class_list":["post-447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-foooooood","tag-kitchen","tag-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=447"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":451,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions\/451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}