Eat This Blog Photo Essay: Spicy Duck … What???

Posted on 18 March 2008 under Asian, Eat This Blog, Gifts, Photos | 3 Comments

This post was almost complete when the second bleed mentioned in my previous post began on March 9th. I apologize to Jaden for taking so long on this one! 

Above are some spicy duck giblets. Scary-looking little beasties, aren’t they? Rather gelatinous as our wonderful Asian friend in Florida told us. We were a bit afraid of the “spicy” bit as we’re fully aware of just how spicy Asian food can be. But these weren’t spicy whatsoever. In fact they were pretty darn good, reminding us of a good smoked duck breast … but maybe dipped in a rather tasty version of the gel packed between Spam and the Spam can.

Back on January 17th I’d posted that Jaden of SteamyKitchen.com had sent along a lovely package of snacks:

More after the jump …

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Video: Another Excellent Cabbage Dish

Posted on 4 March 2008 under Asian, Video | 3 Comments

I’ve posted a couple cabbage dishes here, a crisp and fragrant Chinese Cabbage Salad from one of the gals John went to China with, and Chef Tad’s Braised Cabbage with Slab Bacon. Well … here … have a third! From the delightful duo at White On Rice Couple comes this fun video of the two of them making Taiwanese Cabbage Saute. Apparently there’s more video where this one came from. After seeing this, I know I’ll be watching! BTW … you two … you know, if you hollowed out that flat head of cabbage, it’d make a great hat for a Halloween costume …