I’m not much of a cook; I prefer cleaning house to making meals. Once you master cleaning rhythms, they’re simple repetitions .They allow you to bond with your things too. But when you’re cooking, it’s always a challenge.
We’d invited friends over to watch the Super Bowl game. I’d warned that the fare would be bread and soup. Nothing fancy. So this is what I learned from the meal I made for Super Bowl Sunday.
Coriander and cilantro are not the same thing, even if they come from the same plant. And even if the clerk at the grocery store thinks they are. Coriander comes from the seed of the plant, and cilantro comes from the leaves. It makes a difference in taste.
I didn’t learn this until late in the game when I’d already added fresh cilantro to my cauliflower/brie recipe. But once I realized my mistake, I doubled the coriander and stirred it in. Nobody objected.The other soup, Denver Chowder, was a corn chowder with fresh shrimp to add some twist. We all liked it.
And what I learned in preparing this recipe is that there is a brand of frozen raw shrimp out there that is perfectly suited for recipes where chopped shrimp is an ingredient. I don’t remember the brand name, but I will recognize the package next time it’s needed.
As for the bread, its packaging bragged that there was no white flour involved in making it; instead it was one hundred percent whole grain. While I’m not much of a connoisseur of breads, it was delicious.
Call me me next time!