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Remaining utilization - radish leaves
April 2024

Remaining utilization - radish leaves

Radish leaves are healthy and delicious! Especially in the spring, where vegetables are still expensive, you can use something inexpensive greenery. I take the most beautiful leaves of the...

Wild garlic salt made yourself
April 2024

Wild garlic salt made yourself

TimeTotal preparation time: 2 hours Since I love the smell and taste of wild garlic, I have now made wild garlic salt. For this I need a big bunch of fresh wild garlic and common road salt. Wash...

Make the curry spice mixture yourself
April 2024

Make the curry spice mixture yourself

Looking through the recipes in this forum, I noticed that many writers use curry, but apparently always resort to the spice mix purchased. During a longer stay in Indian Madras some years ago, I...

Refine vinegar
April 2024

Refine vinegar

Have some delicious ideas to make special vinegar. As a basis, I take a good white wine vinegar. I have not tested any other varieties yet, but I'm sure they'll work well too. Then you take a large...

Seasoning with home-grown lemon leaves
April 2024

Seasoning with home-grown lemon leaves

Many dishes of Asian cuisine can be seasoned with lemon leaves. These are simply cut into strips or minced and boiled (goes very well with fish, chicken or fragrant rice!) Or used raw for salad...

Four ingredients make bland food tasty
April 2024

Four ingredients make bland food tasty

This is a tip from an old lady who has 50 years of experience in the kitchen, maybe he helps some young chefs here: If your boiled soup tastes somehow dull and the stew is full but not happy, there...

Delicious mushroom powder for the
April 2024

Delicious mushroom powder for the "last gimmick" - homemade

Whats fine is the powder of ground mushrooms. Spicy mushrooms with spicy aromas such as porcini mushrooms, butter mushrooms, birch mushrooms, red caps, chestnut shoots, goat lips, morels (there are...

Sauerbraten spice homemade
April 2024

Sauerbraten spice homemade

I make my spice blends myself, which is much cheaper than finished bought. For Sauerbraten, e.g. you need pepper, coriander, mustard, paprika, allspice, juniper, bay leaves, cloves. Except for the...

Saving or replacing sugar: some tips
April 2024

Saving or replacing sugar: some tips

You can save sugar when cooking a fruit compote by adding a pinch of salt and a pinch of baking soda or soda. You only need a small amount of sugar without the compote tasting sour. Try that with...

Oranges and lemon sugar made by yourself
April 2024

Oranges and lemon sugar made by yourself

1 kg of organic oranges, or 1 kg of organic lemons 120 g of sugar Wash the oranges or lemons with hot water and rub finely without the whiteness. Or with the? Zester? to edit. I do it, it's easier...