Category Archives: Food

Cod Hash

Sometimes when performing cooking demonstrations, we need to alter our plans due to supplies, weather, or other situation that is thrown our way.  This past year, we ran into an issue with supplies.  We decided to do an improvisational recipe … Continue reading

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Tabouli & Coucous

Although Tabouli and Couscous are delicious, the couscous is very tricky to make because if it is too humid, you end up with large clumbs than desired. Tabouli: 1 cup water 1 cup fine cracked wheat 1 cup minced fresh … Continue reading

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English Fish and Chips

English Fish and Chips 4 large potatoes, peeled and cut into strips 1 cup of all-purpose flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 1 tsp ground black pepper 1 cup of milk 1 egg 1 quart vegetable oil 1 … Continue reading

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Middle Eastern Themed Curry Egg Salad

During shows, my assistant and I encounter leftover items that we do not want to throw out.  During the Siouxland Renaissance Festival in 2006, we encountered post-breakfast issue of having leftover hard boiled eggs and rice porridge.  By combining them with chickpeas (garbanzo … Continue reading

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Cooking with Cheese

Cheese has been traced to the Sumerians, Egyptians, and has been found throughout the world. Each culture has had its own version of cheese; in central Asia, cheese was made from yak milk. North Africans used milk from wild pigs … Continue reading

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