Chicken Egg Noodle Salad

Here's the salad my daughter made the other day. It went well with my Panko-fried sole.



Sauce:

1/4 C. sesame seeds
1/4 C. chunky peanut butter
2 cloves garlic
1 Tbsp. fresh ginger
5 Tbsp. soy
2 tsp. rice vinegar
1 tsp. garlic hot sauce
2 Tbsp. brown sugar

Toast ~ 1/4 C. sesame seeds over med. heat until golden. Keep about a Tbsp. out in a small bowl for later. Puree the rest of the seeds and remaining ingredients until smooth.

Noodles:

12 oz. dry or 1 lb. fresh Chinese egg noodles
2 Tbsp. sesame oil

Boil 6 qts. water and cook noodles; longer for dry (as per package instructions), and shorter for fresh. When cooked, rinse in cold water and drain. Toss in a large bowl with sesame oil.

Chicken:

1 - 1 and 1/2 lbs. chicken breast, broiled or steamed. Broiled works best.

Allow chicken to cool a few minutes before shredding into bite-sized pieces.

Toss with:

1 C. thinly sliced green onions (diagonal cut)
One carrot thickly grated

Sprinkle remaining sesame seeds over individual servings.

What's For Dinner Tonight

What's For Dinner Tonight, originally uploaded by Deborah Harroun.

My daughter is making a chicken salad tonight, so I thought I'd look up some chicken salad photos. I like the comment that went with the one:

"I have decided that I like taking pictures of my food. I believe that food is art - and the best part about it is that you get to eat it after you are finished!! Tonight for dinner, we had Asian Chicken Salads, complete with lettuce, chicken, green onions, toasted sesame seeds, mandarin oranges, chow mein noodles and a homemade Asian dressing. Yummy!!"

Later I'll photograph ours, and share it!

Sweet 16 Purse cake

Sweet 16 Purse cake, originally uploaded by Andrea's SweetCakes.

Isn't this fun?

Photo note:

"Chocolate cake filled and crumbcoated in chocolate buttercream. Covered in chocolate fondant. Gumpaste accents."

Scrambled Eggs and Whiskey

Scrambled eggs and whiskey
in the false-dawn light. Chicago,
a sweet town, bleak, God knows,
but sweet. Sometimes. And
weren't we fine tonight?
When Hank set up that limping
treble roll behind me
my horn just growled and I
thought my heart would burst.
And Brad M. pressing with the
soft stick, and Joe-Anne
singing low. Here we are now
in the White Tower, leaning
on one another, too tired
to go home. But don't say a word,
don't tell a soul, they wouldn't
understand, they couldn't, never
in a million years, how fine,
how magnificent we were
in that old club tonight.

--Hayden Carruth

From Writer's Almanac

http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2001/06/23

Asian Inspired Deviled Egg

Asian Inspired Deviled Egg, originally uploaded by egseah.

Photo note:

"Filling has silken tofu, mirin, miso, crabmeat and shiitake mushrooms.

Blogged about here at the MediterrAsian Cooking site."

http://www.mediterrasiancooking.com/mediterrasian-deviled-eggs/

scot's pan crisped deviled eggs

scot's pan crisped deviled eggs, originally uploaded by lccavender.

Photo note:

"here is a lynne rossetto kasper recipe from "How to Eat Supper" - sauteed deviled eggs. perfectly executed by scot but when we make again i think i'll tweak her recipe to make the deviled egg filling a bit more zesty for my taste [you gotta have some sweet pickles in there, and dill wouldn't hurt either!]. we served them atop a salad tossed in a dressing using some of the mashed up eggs yolks."

A Cooking Egg (T. S. Eliot)

En l’an trentiesme do mon aage Que toutes mes hontes j’ay beues... PIPIT sate upright in her chair Some distance from where I was sitting; Views of the Oxford Colleges Lay on the table, with the knitting. Daguerreotypes and silhouettes, Here grandfather and great great aunts, Supported on the mantelpiece An Invitation to the Dance. . . . . . I shall not want Honour in Heaven For I shall meet Sir Philip Sidney And have talk with Coriolanus And other heroes of that kidney. I shall not want Capital in Heaven For I shall meet Sir Alfred Mond. We two shall lie together, lapt In a five per cent. Exchequer Bond. I shall not want Society in Heaven, Lucretia Borgia shall be my Bride; Her anecdotes will be more amusing Than Pipit’s experience could provide. I shall not want Pipit in Heaven: Madame Blavatsky will instruct me In the Seven Sacred Trances; Piccarda de Donati will conduct me. . . . . . But where is the penny world I bought To eat with Pipit behind the screen? The red-eyed scavengers are creeping From Kentish Town and Golder’s Green; Where are the eagles and the trumpets? Buried beneath some snow-deep Alps. Over buttered scones and crumpets Weeping, weeping multitudes Droop in a hundred A.B.C.’s.

Deviled Eggs With Shrimp and Olives

Deviled Eggs With Shrimp and Olives, originally uploaded by Evening Edge.com.

That's the beauty of Deviled Eggs - the combinations are endless!

Photo note and link:

"Deviled Eggs With Shrimp and Olives

http://projects.eveningedge.com/recipes/deviled-eggs-shrimp-and-olives/?cxntlid=evngedg_flckr

This elegant version of stuffed eggs works well on a buffet and will certainly become a party favorite."

Deviled Egg Tray

Deviled Egg Tray, originally uploaded by R.Berdar.

Photo note:

"An amber deviled egg tray in mid-morning light. Was dusting and thought it looked pretty. (2008)"

And it is!

deviled eggs with caviar

deviled eggs with caviar, originally uploaded by imnay.

Wow!

Photo note:

"yummy deviled eggs at Lure Fishbar"

Deviled Eggs

Deviled Eggs, originally uploaded by Compmouse.

Beautiful texture to the egg filling!

Photographer's note:

"Some lovely deviled eggs that I made."

Crab Deviled Egg

Crab Deviled Egg, originally uploaded by oaxoax.

These are beautiful, with a delicate touch of pink crab.

Here are the notes that go with the image:

Another shot from my new book, Organic Marin, Recipes from Land to Table, (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0740773143?ie=UTF8&tag=secdrabytimpo-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0740773143) , this one a Crab Deviled Egg from MarketBar restaurant in San Francisco.

Here’s the story behind the book: http://www.timporter.com/seconddraft/?m=20080805

Strobist info: One 750ws head through a softbox reat right; foamcore reflectors front left and right.

-- Tim
Second Draft
http://www.timporter.com/seconddraft "

Deviled Egg Salad Sandwiches

Deviled Egg Salad Sandwiches, originally uploaded by Dulcedo Blog.

Ever have left-over Deviled Eggs? Here's an idea!

Recipe can be found here:

http://dulcedoblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/deviled-egg-salad-sandwiches.html

Peeling Hard Boiled Eggs

Ever had great difficulty peeling eggs for your deviled egg dish? Here are some tips I've found, and a link to a site called "How to Make (the) Perfect Deviled Egg" :

How to make perfect deviled eggs

Here's a bit of advice from the site regarding peeling the eggs:

How To Peel Hard-Cooked Eggs Easily:

This is what I do:

• I place the eggs in the pan they were cooked in and add cold water.
  

• I then crack the eggs under water (this seems to help loosen the membrane under the shell).
  

• Start peeling at the larger end, where the air pocket is, and remove the shell under running water to make the shelling easier. You must get a hold of the membrane under the shell when you remove the shell. Very fresh eggs are harder to peel. The fresher the eggs, the more the shell membranes cling tenaciously to the shells.

Deviled Eggs

Deviled Eggs, originally uploaded by mooshee85.

One of the favorites at coffee hour after church is deviled eggs. Since they go very quickly, people have begun bringing extra trays of them, but they still disappear in no time.

What is it about these little gems?

Photo note:

"I thought my deviled eggs were quite tasty! I added mayonnaise, mustard, salt, onion powder, and pickle juice to the yoke and topped it off with paprika of course."