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Nancy Schaadt

Portland Oregon

Middle-aged chef & cook, crazy about food, crazy about Portland.

Interests: My dog Belmont, my sweetie Christopher, good beer, red wine, whiskey, cooking, eating, farmer's markets, the Coast, walking, hiking, and thrift shops. and drinking beer in beervana -- Portland. For kicks, check out my first blog, CULA Confidential, which chronicles my years in culinary school and my first two jobs: http://batgirl42.blogs.com/culaconfidential/

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Soup game changer: Vietnamese canh

I read about this soup in the New and Improved Bon Appetit magazine. It’s called Canh, an everyday Vietnamese soup of mostly fish sauce, onion and water. It’s a near-perfect soup base to be paired with a protein entree, or... Continue reading

Posted Jan 7, 2021 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Fun with tripe: Dim Sum #tripe & #Pepperpot Soup

One of the dim sum dishes my husband and I bonded over was dim sum tripe. Flirty frills of crunchy tripe in a broth spiked with jalapeño and ginger. One of my favorites. I selected it from the dim sum... Continue reading

Posted Nov 10, 2020 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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A little French apple cake

I’m always looking for a good, easy apple cake. I wrote about one pre-pandemic, but I think I like this one better. French Apple Cake 1 c whole wheat flour 1 c AP flour 2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp... Continue reading

Posted Oct 21, 2020 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Welcome to my Blog

Hello! Jersey Girl in Portland is me, Nancy Schaadt. Born in New Jersey, lived all over, found my heart’s home in Portland Oregon in 2008. I’m an chef, freelance writer, and cannabis culture fan. Currently budtending (like a bartender but... Continue reading

Posted Sep 21, 2020 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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What to do with all those love apples? Conserva & more

I think tomatoes are one of my top five favorite foods. Take a firm, red tomato. Cut a fat slab from the center. Sprinkle a pinch of Maldon* and take a bite. The flavor almost explodes in the mouth. It’s... Continue reading

Posted Sep 20, 2020 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Three hour Menudo

I’ve been having fun with offal, namely tripe. It’s inexpensive (less than $4.50/pound), and delicious. I’ve made Roman tripe, but I wanted to make menudo, the famous Mexican soup usually reserved for family gatherings (but also known as hangover cure).... Continue reading

Posted Sep 7, 2020 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Hello Les. Thank you for the kind words. Jamie and I did have many good years together and he remains a wonderful man. Would you like me to pass along your e-mail? Be well, Nancy

Commented Sep 7, 2020 on How I got that gig/ How I got my palate at A Jersey Girl in Portland

Eight-hour deli dill pickles - #HalfSours

Have I been doing pickles wrong for these past 15 years? Oh gawd, perhaps. But first, what does one want from a pickle? Sweet pickles? Sour pickles? Kosher dill? Do you want to stack it on a burger? Put it... Continue reading

Posted Aug 16, 2020 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Oregon Grape Jam. Wow!

There is a wonderful shrub called Oregon Grape (Mahonia aquifolium). The leaves are sharp and spiked like holly. The fruit is bitter and considered to be inedible at worst, or at least not worth the effort. I But it’s a... Continue reading

Posted Aug 8, 2020 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Pork bun dough recipe

I've adapted this from an Epicurious recipe. 1 cup warm water (105-115°F), divided 1/2 teaspoon active dry yeast 3 tablespoons sugar plus a pinch 2 tablespoons nonfat dried milk 3 1/2 cups AP flour 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder Canola... Continue reading

Posted Aug 5, 2020 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Easy, Fancy & Frugal #sourdoughcrumpets

Sourdough starter discard is the bane of a frugal baker’s existence. When cultivating a starter (a combination of equal parts flour and water that, over time, develops a wild yeast strain), there is a lot of good quasi-dough that gets... Continue reading

Posted Jul 28, 2020 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Making Cultured Butter, is it worth the effort?

Oh My Yes it’s worth it! Anyone who cooks or bakes bread should try it. Since the pandemic and resulting furlough, I’ve had time on my hands and I’ve been cooking a lot. (Doh! Everyone is...) Cooking is what I... Continue reading

Posted Jul 14, 2020 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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I think it would. Lately I've been upping my sourdough game. My next project is sourdough pizza crust! Cheers and thanks for writing. Nancy

Commented Jun 21, 2020 on Pizza dough perfection -- The Bread Bible at A Jersey Girl in Portland

Cherry BBQ sauce — It’s good (even tho I hate BBQ sauce)

My friend Gray has a number of fruit trees in his yard; plum, persimmon, and cherry. Each season brings another delicious treat from his yard. He’s a sweet guy and (lucky for me) he loves to share. Gray gave me... Continue reading

Posted Jun 18, 2020 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Tired of (cooking?) (hate?) (Trump?) (hurt?) It’s a thing affecting everyone.

On 9.11.2001 I was writing a restaurant review about a new sandwich shop in Arlington, Texas (I was a freelance journalist). The magnitude of what happened that morning made my work seem unnecessary. Frivolous, even. I finished the piece and... Continue reading

Posted May 31, 2020 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Peanutty banana bread #CoronaCooking

if peanut butter on a banana is da b0mb (and you know it is) how ‘bout peanuts in banana bread? Well, hell son. It’s delish. And do not tell me you don’t have two overripe, black bananas glaring at you... Continue reading

Posted May 21, 2020 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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#CoronaCooking #Beans edition

I wrote the bulk of this post about dried beans in November — six months ago. When I began writing this, my mother was still alive (getting sick, but I didn’t know it then), Corona was a beer, and I... Continue reading

Posted May 5, 2020 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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#CoronaCookingSourdough — if it was easy, everyone would do it.

One of my pandemic hobbies — baking — is kicking my ass. Specifically, sourdough is kicking my ass. It’s like this: if muffins are the Hook-up of baking, and quick breads a First Date, sourdough from scratch is the Relationship.... Continue reading

Posted Apr 30, 2020 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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#CoronaCooking Of Eggs and Sourdough; Favorite teaching videos

It seems anyone with a food tattoo is blogging, pod casting, or otherwise putting forth in the form of iPhone videos, Instagram, FaceBook, Twitter. And I am no exception. (All I can say in my defense is that I've been... Continue reading

Posted Apr 18, 2020 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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#CoronaBaking Of course I'm making sourdough.... are you?

Right off the top, I want to scream a big thank you to the King Arthur Flour web site. I've made about 12 baked goodies from their recipes -- with great success -- and it's where this sourdough journey* begins.... Continue reading

Posted Apr 15, 2020 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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It's been ages... it's similar, for sure. xoxo Nancy

Commented Apr 12, 2020 on CoronaCooking: Molded polenta, perfect right now at A Jersey Girl in Portland

CoronaCooking: Molded polenta, perfect right now

We're all cooking out of our pantries right now. Canned beans & tuna wit h that last stalk of celery... Pasta, pasta, and more pasta... Why, just the other day a fancy food magazine proposed using that box of matzo... Continue reading

Posted Apr 11, 2020 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Lower-salt bacon experiment: the results

Yes! Lower salt bacon is not only doable, it's transformative. Fantastic. Delicious. The formula with a-third less salt had all the flavor of products that send you reaching for a water glass, but with much less salt. The flavor was... Continue reading

Posted Mar 29, 2020 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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CoronaCooking: Everybody Bake Now (Oat flour chocolate chip cookies)

Everyone's life has changed as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic. I lost my job (for four weeks, maybe longer, maybe forever), people are dying and this thing is spreading faster than juicy gossip at a church picnic. My... Continue reading

Posted Mar 26, 2020 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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I think the biggest thing i did is scale it down. It was a gigantic cake! Plus subbing olive oil and a more interesting juice really helped.

Commented Mar 24, 2020 on Updated Old World apple cake at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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