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Zapada 11 martie

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Pe acoperis

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Felinar

Fulgi de zapada

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It’s almost winter now and the vegetables market reflects that feeling. The piles of cabbage felt appealing to me and I decided on a cabbage winter dish recipe (also in romanian).

Winter cabbage

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O reteta de iarna tocmai buna pentru masa de craciun:

Friptura de porc la cuptor

Ingrediente

• 1 kg de muschi/file de porc complet dezghetat
• putina slanina
• putina carne afumata
• condimente: usturoi, cimbru, piper, coriandru
• garnitura: cartofi sau ciuperci

Metoda

• carnea se curata foarte bine si se impaneaza cu slanina, carne afumata si usturoi
• se presara cu condimente (sarea eu o pun la sfarsit)
• cartofii se amesteca cu cimbru, sare, piper coriandru si putin ulei
• se pun la cuptor pentru 20 – 30 minute sau pana carnea devine foarte moale si alba (se testeaza cu o furculita care trebuie sa intre usor).
• pofta buna si craciun fericit!

In piata a venit iarna. Ma invarteam cu tristete printre tarabe cautand inspiratie cand am dat cu ochii de varza (see recipe in english). Cumva o rotita s-a invartit si asa mi-a venit ideea sa fac varza calita in acelasi fel ca vinetele de urgenta in tigaia de teflon pe foc mic, mic.

Varza calita (photo updated 2009-11-13)

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Ieri era frig (6°C) si urat asa ca am zis sa incepem cu o tura scurta sa ne testam echipamentul si mintile la noile temperaturi: 40 km in parcul natural Comana unde am mai fost si alte dati: 1, 2.

Len, de iarna

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Cand am vazut nametii de afara a fost clar ca cel putin cateva saptamani nu se va putea circula in oras si chiar daca s-ar putea circula probabilitatea gasirii unui loc de parcare va fi minima. Asa ca pentru un preview al zilelelor urmatoare, bine echipati si mascati am iesit sa dam o tura pana la Rodiq acasa. Vineri, aproape de miezul noptii, 3 biciclisti.
Din nou, pentru cei care cred ca nu se poate merge cu bicicleta decat vara, totul e doar o chestie de echipament. Cand e zapada afanata ai tendinta sa lasi picioarele asa ca nu strica niste bocanci si pantaloni etansati. Mai trebuie o geaca normala, manusi cu degete si cel mai important pentru cap: cagula sau masca caci altfel tinzi sa tragi aerul foarte rece in piept si racesti garantat, ochelari daca ai ochii sensibili la frig. Astfel echipat, daca zapada e cat de cat batatorita poti merge cu relativa usurinta cu cauciucuri normale pe un MTB. (more…)

Ro: salata de telina si morcov

Although this is one of the simplest things to do which we did in high-school I managed to forgot it and rediscovered with great pleasure this year.

Ingredients

• 1 egg, mustard, mustard seeds, oil, salt and pepper, lemon juice (your mayonnaise ingredients
• 1/2 medium size celery (around 500g), carrots (1/2 carrot)

Preparation

• make a normal mayonnaise. The only difference is the mustard seeds which are mostly for looks, you can also use a dijon mustard with lots of seeds
• scrape the carrot and add to the mayo
• scrape the celery and add as much as you like to the mayo and carrot. Mix until you like the taste and the mayo/celery+carrot balance
• enjoy

This is something very simple based on a traditional food called “pomana porcului” which is made from the initial meat when you cut the pig in a traditional farm.

Ingredients

• pork meat
• a lot of garlic, 10-12 garlic gloves or even more

Preparation

• cut the pork meat in small pieces
• fine cut the garlic
• heat the oil
• add the meat and wait until 99% done
• add the garlic and stir until the garlic is brown. Depending of how much you brown the garlic it might loose completely the specific smell so it’s a question of trial and error. I always end up wondering where all the garlic has gone.
• serve hot with polenta