Random Cookery by humans and robots alike

Robots unite! First there was the Donut Robot. Now there is the ChefStack, a robot that can crank out 200 pancakes per hour. If only Asimov were around to see this.

In comparison, here are Andy made pancakes. He switches back and forth from the Candle Cafe cookbook and Vegan Brunch, so these could come from either cookbook. The blueberries are from the recent harvest.

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Back in mid July, I was lucky enough to find garlic scapes at PCC. Garlic scapes aka ramps aka whistles are the flower stem of garlic. Some farmers cut off the stems before the plant flowers so that it can focus it's energy on the garlic bulb instead of making a flower. I'm all for that because I like to eat them. They have the texture of asparagus and taste slightly like garlic. I used them in a stirfry.
Next up is a veganized version of my mom's version of Rinctum Ditty. It's pretty simple stuff that might sound gross, but it's tomato cheezly goodness. If you search online, you will find recipes that ask for more ingredients and pour it over toast (as well as some disgusting definitions, ignore them). Using crackers is much easier than making toast.

• Heat up a can of stewed/diced tomatoes (use about 1/2 the liquid, reserve the rest).
• Add some grated cheddar Cheezly and stir once in a while.
• When the cheezly has melted, and it's runny enough (you might need to add some of the reserved tomato liquid), pour over crushed saltines.

I had a craving for English Breakfast recently, so I fulfilled it with canned baked beans, toast, slightly fried tomatoes, fried mushrooms, gardenburger brand fake sausage, and tea. Andy, if you're reading this, we're having this again for dinner tonight.

Glutino makes "Dark Chocolate Candy Bars". They look like chocolate coated styrofoam in the pic below, but they taste like kit kats! Seattle peeps, you can get them at Sidecar.

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Meet my newest employee, Tubs, Chief Laundry Guard. He makes sure the cats don't get on the laundry. Hey! Wait a minute!
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Kobie and I are going outside now to see if the blackberries are ready for harvest. I might as well take advantage of the plant that has invaded my yard.

Onion pancakes extraordinaire

Ever since my friend, Jane, brought me some amazing onion pancakes (pan fried dough with green onions), I have been pleading with her to have her dad show me how to make them.

This past Saturday, Jane organized a pancake making workshop. I think her mom and dad were very sweet to take time to show me how to make them. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!! And of course many thanks to Jane for having me over to her house :)

Her dad showed me how to make them and her mom showed me how to fry them up. Here are step by step pics.

First I will introduce you to the chefs. Here is Jane's dad and daughter.
Here is Jane's mom. Now onto the instructions. The dough isn't just a yeast dough. It also has baking powder in it to help it rise while being cooked.

Roll out the dough into a rectangle.
sprinkle some salt on the dough,
then spread on some oil,
then sprinkle on chopped green onions roll the dough into a long snake.
Roll the dough snake, so it looks like a cinnamon roll. here are all of the onion pancakes in cinnamon roll form. They rested for a while. Not too long.roll out each "cinnamon roll" until it is very thin.
Fry them in a covered frying pan with a tiny bit of oil. When the pancake starts to bubble, it's time to flip. You will end up with a stack of very delicious pancakes that have a nice onion flavor. Here is the start of the stack.

Jane and her mom made the most incredible feast & it was all vegan. Yay!

Here are some soybeans that her mother in law had boiled, drained, put spices on (5 spice), then baked in the oven. They were sort of chewy and very very good.
Soup with tofu and enoki mushrooms.
A big bowl of delicious mushrooms including woodear mushrooms and some frozen then thawed tofu. This was a great dish for me because I love mushrooms :)pea vines. They are really good. They taste a tiny bit like spinach.

Kabocha (?) squash. I think everybody that reads this blog is a squash lover. The skin of this type of squash is edible.
Edamame. yummy.

Tofu, sesame oil, cilantro and some spicy red pepper mix. The cilantro was from Jane's garden. It still surprises me what will live/grow in the Seattle winter.

Wow! as you can tell that was a huge and wonderful feast. I brought some of the onion bread home and it didn't last long. I was nice and gave Andy 1/2 of them. I also got some of the other leftovers to bring to Andy, but I ate them myself.

After the feast, Jane's daughter played the piano for us, which was a treat. She plays very well. She has an upcoming recital, so wish her well.

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Here is a pic of the only time I have seen Faline stealing some of Kobie's food. This is not something she or the other cats do. Typically it's the other way around.

This was before Faline stopped eating. It took many weeks, but it turned out she has a hyperactive thyroid. She is now on meds and has stabilized. For some reason when she was initially having issues, the thyroid tests came back as normal. She just wanted to put us all through a long discovery process and stress me out.