Roger's View of the World, Love and Seafood Gumbo!
Seize the Day! Put no trust in the morrow! — Horace
I’ve talked a little about the history of rice pudding in a previous post and ventured to try something special and I think that all the effort was worth it!
There’s a special fondness in Scandinavia… read about it :
Enjoy it before all the Vikings get it!
Roger Freberg
Some folks love recipes that brag that they have only 5 ingredients and take only 30 minutes to bring their masterpiece to your table, maybe that’s why they prefer to dine at places with arches… no imagination. There is another way … by studying the history of the dish and how it plays all over the world.
Even in a historically simple food like ‘rice pudding’, one can find a world full of variation. Rice pudding is made all over the world – for hundreds of years – and in some very interesting ways. Milk and rice dishes can be traced back to the far east, but we in the west owe something to the ancient Romans who actually made it with goat’s milk! In more recent times, the Scandinavians have a fun Christmas dish where one whole almond is hidden and the finder is assured of good luck or marriage in the following year, or so they say.
Most commonly, rice pudding is flavored with Cinnamon and often with raisins, but there are also many other wonderful additions and possibilities. Rice Pudding has been prepared as either a main meal or sweetened as a dessert. Some like to prepare it on the stove top and others in the oven. The best recipes contain eggs and lots of them as would a custard!
My recipe uses saffron on the rice, a variety of spices, many eggs, wine and brandies, fruit and nuts, and baked in an oven.
I’ll post the recipe soon,
Roger Freberg
Our family has always embraced technology. It is educational and it can be a lot of fun!
I have enjoyed facebook as a way to keep in touch with folks, but I am finding that Twitter is a nice way to easily follow people, organizations and news in a convenient format straight to your phone… or on-line.
All three of my daughters: Kristin, Karen and Karla are tech savvy and it causes their mother and I to work very hard to keep up and very occasionally impress them! I noticed that SC Trojan Head football coach Pete Carroll was on Twitter and I added him and began following him on Twitter. Nobody does it as good as SC when it comes to doing what works… and it inspired me to put up a background for my Twitter site. Here’s where the family contest came in… everyone wanted to do their own! WOW… they look great!
Now, I can follow various culinary chefs, the Trojans and the musings of friends and family from the comfort of my phone. It’s really nice to stay in touch. Try Twitter
Roger Freberg
Don’t you love technology when it can bring the things you love and enjoy close to you?
Here’s a secret I would like to share with the millions of SC fans… Pete Carroll is on TWITTER… and so am I… I said… AND SO AM I !!!
The fun thing is that you can follow daughters, friends , and anyone who you find interesting enough to want to hear their periodic ramblings…
Just another way to keep in touch!
Roger freberg
Karen did a nice blog on TWITTER
I don’t know why I made them. Maybe, I was trying to corrupt the gals at Jenny Craig Tomorrow? Or maybe it has been a while since I have had something sweet that I made them just to look at? riiiight!
Let’s just say the devil made me do it.
Roger Freberg
PS the small turnovers are under 200 calories and the large is… well… more. The calories in this sort of dessert is really in the pastry.