Monday, August 02, 2021

...8.2...Over the Weekend...

...it was just a regular boring stay-at-home kind of a weekend...I did a fairly small shopping trip...I don't think I got anything very interesting...
...I dried some mushrooms...shitake and button...
...and put them into jars...it's amazing how small they are after dehydrating...
...so then I set about making a vegan pâté...I powdered some mushrooms to make an earthy tasting savoury powder...
......heated some almond milk...
...added the mushroom powder...and a pinch of white pepper...
...a little bit of kala namak...black sulphur-y tasting salt...
...then I mixed up three different starches...and some agar agar...
...cooked until it was pretty stiff...
...then put it into a container...
...it doesn't look very pretty...but most pâtés don't...I think...
...it firmed up nicely...
...and it slices perfectly...
...it makes cute little wedges...
...we tried it on some of those organic Ritz style crackers...it was good...and it'll be good on sandwiches too...I'm going to use it on a vegan Reuben...
...after Church we got a bunch more fresh veg from some of our gardening parishoners...squash cucumbers and zucchini...
...and tomatoes and green beans...we are so very thankful for all the garden goodness...
...and then you know how I spent my Sunday evening...

~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!

6 comments:

  1. I am so jealous of your veggies!! And you've given me the idea to dry some mushrooms for the upcoming winter in the Bahamas. I do miss fresh mushrooms and the canned variety are just not what I'm looking for in most recipes (although I do use them often). I'll wait until Aldi does one of their 99 cent sales on mushrooms and get some large quantity for the dehydrator.
    Love, K

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    1. Hey K,
      ...we like them dried...it seems to sort of concentrate their flavor...
      Love,
      T

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  2. stay at home weekends are the best weekends!! I need to stock up on the veggies around here, we are running low :)

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    1. Hi Karen,
      ...most of our veggies are given to us by friendly gardeners during the summer...and we are very thankful for that...there's nothing like garden fresh veggies...
      ~Have a lovely day!

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  3. Oh i looove this pâté!!!!
    I'll try it soon for sure!
    Thank you for this brilliant idea!

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    1. Hi Éphée,
      ...the pâté experiment was a success...
      ~Have a lovely day!

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