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Nancy Schaadt

Portland Oregon

I'm middle-aged line cook, crazy about food, exploring Portland and Oregon.

Interests: My dog Belmont, my sweetie Christopher, good beer, red wine, whiskey, cooking, eating, farmer's markets, the Coast, walking my dog Belmont, 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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Pickled green walnuts? Yes please.

My neighborhood has become a foraging paradise. Plums from the neighbors tree, green walnuts from the house-with-the-old-VW, figs from Gray's tree. It's a bonanza this time of year. Plums are dried (to make prunes, delicious with chicken) and green walnuts... Continue reading

Posted Aug 29, 2018 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Vin de Noix. Nocino

I love neighborhood walks that result in additions to dinner. Green walnuts -- the kind that make Vin de Noix -- exist for the picking (legally, over the sidewalk) right across the street. For what to do with them? Ask... Continue reading

Posted Aug 17, 2018 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Why is making stock so deeply satisfying?

Although I've lived in very hot places (Dallas Texas in the summer) I've lost my taste for the heat. So this week, as the temps creep close to 100 degrees, I'll probably find a pool or river to dunk into.... Continue reading

Posted Aug 7, 2018 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Denise: Thank you for your kind words! I bet your ancestor had some amazing stories of how one cooked in castle kitchens! Cheers, Nancy

Commented Aug 7, 2018 on Castle kitchens, Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany. at A Jersey Girl in Portland

Making soap with dope. Continue reading

Posted Jul 26, 2018 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Seaweed Sauerkraut & where have I been?

Hello Again! I've been cooking up a storm these past few months, I just haven't blogged about it. Been busy! One of the most fun things we've done here at the Undisclosed Location is use alternative salt sources for making... Continue reading

Posted Jun 28, 2018 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Tripe - Honeycombed fabulous deliciousness

I'm having a tripe kinda day. Maybe I'm thinking about tripe in the aftermath of making haggis for Robert Burns birthday. Maybe I long to be back in Rome where we had a hearty and delicious tripe dish last year.... Continue reading

Posted Feb 3, 2018 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Natural cough remedy AKA the beauty of honey

Honey is magic. You can put it on burns, it's a natural energy source and antioxydent powerhouse. If you have a persistent cough, reach for the honey pot, not a cough drop. Alone, a teaspoon of honey will quell a... Continue reading

Posted Jan 15, 2018 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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I don't know what other people make for friends at the holidays, but I make bacon. This year, four kinds of bacon. Top to bottom we have... Pomegranate lavender Cumin, garlic, turmeric bottom right: Maple garlic bottom left: Dill &... Continue reading

Posted Dec 8, 2017 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Considering potatoes.

I have lately been thinking about potatoes. Maybe because they're such a winter staple. Perhaps because they're such a blank canvas, a go-to starch that will complete the plate you are building. Starchy/mealy? Waxy? Whipped, mashed, smashed, boiled or baked?... Continue reading

Posted Dec 2, 2017 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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My CSA: What I got and what I did with it Part 5: Winter salads

Disclaimer: I wrote this a month ago and forgot to post it. In the interest of honesty, I'll not edit the stuff I wrote at that time. Radishes are my new favorite autumn fun food. Strong, spicy-hot watermelon radishes. Tangy... Continue reading

Posted Nov 25, 2017 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Tomato jam IS my jam

We picked up 40 pounds of late-season Roma tomatoes at the farmers market on Saturday. So far I've canned over a gallon of strained toms, about a gallon of tomato juice (with fennel, beets, mirepoix, reishi), a quart of dried... Continue reading

Posted Nov 13, 2017 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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My CSA What I got and what I did with it Part 4: Simple Pesto

Two or three weeks ago (!) the CSA had a bunch of tomatoes (which we ate as Caprese). I also made a thick tomato soup with onion and tomatoes with white wine and chicken stock. It was so tasty. Especially... Continue reading

Posted Sep 27, 2017 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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So many tomatoes.

We bought 25 pounds of plum tomatoes* at the Portland Farmers Market on Saturday. My sweetie Christopher carried them many blocks. So I will cook them. Twenty-five pounds of toms. (Wait a minute.... {you may ask} didn't you grow tomatoes?)... Continue reading

Posted Sep 12, 2017 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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My CSA: What I got and what I did with it Part 3: Preserving

In the 1970s a great home canning book called "Putting Food By" was published. It was the bible of canning for a generation. At about that time I canned at home with my mom and sister (ha! I should say... Continue reading

Posted Sep 5, 2017 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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When you get here, you can make grilled carrots. I bet I'll love them. xoxo

Commented Sep 2, 2017 on My CSA: what I got and what I did with it at A Jersey Girl in Portland

I need to add that salt boiled potatoes made in this fashion are called Syracuse Potatoes. Mea Cula to my New York State friends... Cheers! Nancy

Commented Jul 23, 2017 on My CSA: What I got and what I did with it Part 2 (lettuce soup & salt potatoes) at A Jersey Girl in Portland

My CSA: What I got and what I did with it Part 2 (lettuce soup & salt potatoes)

Woo hoo! It's summertime in the glorious Pacific Wonderland (a little plug for my awesome employer). The cucumbers in my garden are going crazy and the tomato plants are strong but not setting fruit yet. The days are hot but... Continue reading

Posted Jul 23, 2017 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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My CSA: what I got and what I did with it

CSA: Community Supported Agriculture. A big box of vegetable goodies. What a concept! It's a way for an individual to provide working capitol to a farm by pre-buying produce. My CSA is from Gathering Together Farm. $525 for 21 weeks... Continue reading

Posted Jul 7, 2017 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Jamie Oliver's Milk Roasted Chicken is The Best. Full Stop.

Sam Sifton, a food writer for the New York Times, had a great piece in the Sunday Magazine (4.23.17) about Jamie Oliver's chicken in milk. But don't let me blather on, read it for yourself. The sentence that hooked me... Continue reading

Posted Apr 27, 2017 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Make some! Get some chicken feet and backs, there has to be a butcher in Aix, mirepoix, and two hours. Roast backs and feet, add mirepoix and cover with water. Simmer slowly.... xoxo, Nancy

Commented Apr 27, 2017 on My (version of) Khao Man Gai: Chicken fabulousness at A Jersey Girl in Portland

And this is what it was doing in Portland as I wrote this post. https://youtu.be/4pERlLaR56s Hopefully that'll take you to my You Tube Channel. Cheers! Nancy

Commented Apr 15, 2017 on My (version of) Khao Man Gai: Chicken fabulousness at A Jersey Girl in Portland

My (version of) Khao Man Gai: Chicken fabulousness

There's a food cart run by an amazing woman named Nong Poonsukwattana called Nong's Khao Man Gai. Her story is inspirational (came here with $100, got a job, opened a cart, opened a brick-and-mortar) It's a mini chain of two... Continue reading

Posted Apr 14, 2017 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Syrup - the new shrub? Rhubarb, strawberry & ginger syrup

A Saturday off and a Market day. Oh bliss, oh joy! Of course we went to the market. We brought home kale raab, the first asparagus of the season, clams from the coast (oysters too), and young garlic to make... Continue reading

Posted Apr 8, 2017 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Hi Max! I have confit duck legs that are at least two years old -- which may be pushing the outer limits of optimum storage... The riblets I hope to eat within 21 days, which should be find. Cheers! Nancy

Commented Apr 8, 2017 on Lamb Riblets: sous vide or confit? at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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