Food
Razor clams
I bet you never heard of it.
Shown above on the left side of the plate. It is an Oriental seafood specialty that tastes like any other clam, but the shape is uncommon. The name comes from the shape of the traditional style shaving razor.
Wigilia in Florida
Wigilia is the traditional Christmas Eve vigil supper in Poland.
Interestingly, there is an entry for Wigilia on Wikipedia.org.
Traditions, customs and descriptions of the food can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigilia.
Every family has their own version of the traditions.
As we used to do back at our parents house, we started with (oplatek) Christmas wafer, followed by the [...]
Comfort food
There is no better comfort food than proverbial bread and butter.Real bread, like baguette, not the square sponge that my kids eat. Real butter, like imported Pure Irish Butter by Kerrygold. Sprinkle a little of real, 100% natural (no Iodine or other pollutants) Sea Salt by Alessi and I am a child again.
Spiky shrimp
This is a variation of a bacon wrapped scallop.
Wrap raw, deveined, medium large shrimp in a half a strip of thick, raw sliced bacon. Stab two of these on a skewer. Grill three to five minutes or until the shrimp is pink outside and opaque inside. It is best to grill it on a [...]
Egg rolls
All egg rolls shown in this post are made from raw shrimp ground and mixed with raw eggs, tapioca flour, shredded carrots, black mushrooms, cooked thin, white noodles and various oriental spices. The mixture is wrapped in a thin rice or wheat wrapper and deep-fried.
The rolls shown above (uncooked yet) are unusual. They were [...]
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