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Have just eaten (some Waitrose Japanese Beef cook yourself in the pan thing with some nice rice), now to relax a bit and then make Dippadoom™ for tomorrow. I should do the washing up as well and have a shower to get rid of the stubble from getting a haircut this lunchtime.

Then more of Use of Weapons and an earlyish night.
Off to the House of Leaves tomorrow, yay.

Date: 21/5/04 08:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] susanofstohelit.livejournal.com
could I have the dippadoom recipe? there's a party tomorrow night where it would be well-received...

Date: 21/5/04 08:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] susanofstohelit.livejournal.com
correction. could you tell me what the heck fromage frais is? and is greek yogurt just unseasoned yogurt?

Date: 21/5/04 08:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] susanofstohelit.livejournal.com
how big is a large tub? how big is a medium tub?

(I will provide a US translation once I'm done. :-)

Date: 21/5/04 08:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] susanofstohelit.livejournal.com
also, what kind of mustard? yellow mustard? french mustard (poupon)? mustard seeds? mustard powder?

last question, I swear

Date: 21/5/04 08:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] susanofstohelit.livejournal.com
on tesco's website, I found tubs of quark that were 250 g and tubs of greek yogurt at 450g. is that right?

Date: 21/5/04 09:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pokchop.livejournal.com
Doesn't "fromage frais" translate into "French cheese?" Just an idea.

Date: 21/5/04 09:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pokchop.livejournal.com
OK. Now the dumb American is gonna ask a question : What is "dippadoom" and "quark"?

Date: 21/5/04 10:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] susanofstohelit.livejournal.com
fresh cheese, actually. which could include way too many varieties and isn't used in the US

Date: 21/5/04 10:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com
Dippadoom is short for Dip of Doom.
Quark is German for Fromage Frais. I think the closest US name is "cheese curds".

Date: 21/5/04 10:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com
Recipe is linked from my user info page but I think you've found it now. ;o)

I think we've been through the fromage frais question in the past, the closest US thing we came up with was "cheese curds".

large tub: 500g
medium tub: 250g

Also, the texture/runniness of both yoghurt and quark will vary from brand to brand.

mustard: I use German mustard from a tube, i.e. not powder.
However, I think any of the above would work, use the one you like most.

It's more of a guideline than a recipe, I use "the right amount" and wouldn't be able to tell how much it exactly is.

Feel free to experiment with differnt herbs (I used mint once which added a lot of freshness) or additional flavours.

Date: 21/5/04 10:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] susanofstohelit.livejournal.com
I'm pretty sure cheese curds wouldn't work - it's curds of (usually) cheddar or (occasionally) hard mozza that hasn't been pressed into blocks.

cream cheese looks like it's the closest.

Date: 21/5/04 10:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] owdbetts.livejournal.com
Off to the House of Leaves tomorrow, yay.

Probably see you there :-)

(I would suggest we should share a car, but that would involve my having some clue as to when I intend to set off :-)

-roy

Date: 21/5/04 10:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com
Hm, OK. "curd cheese" is what my dictinary brings up.
It's not cream cheese and I wouldn't use it (more because the price than the texture/taste).
The one I buy here is actually called Quark so I guess you would find it in the US under that name as well, especially as the US tend to have more German words than the UK.

Date: 21/5/04 10:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] owdbetts.livejournal.com
cream cheese looks like it's the closest.

This page would seem to agree with you.

Date: 21/5/04 11:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com
The when to set off is my problem as well. It'll probably be around 2pm.
I inted to crash over and come back on the Sunday after waking up (probably around the same time).
Send me a mail at karohemd at yahoo dot com and we work something out.

Date: 21/5/04 11:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com
"It has the consistency of another product available in the US, cream cheese, but with fewer calories and less cholesterol."

That's probably why it's cheaper.

Date: 21/5/04 11:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] omentide.livejournal.com
If I couldn't get fromage frais I'd use creme freche or soured cream (but soured cream would taste a bit too strong). I guess you could set cream with a bit of rennet and strain it briefly. If I couldn't get Greek yoghurt I'd.... scream, emigrate, be unable to eat anything.... No, you can get a similar substance by straining good yoghurt through muslin.

There is this absolutely gorgeous lebanese dish which is functionally strained yoghurt (often mixed with herbs and things).

Date: 21/5/04 11:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] owdbetts.livejournal.com
May end up leaving a little later than that. Also, am in no hurry to head back on Sunday, so might be inclined to hang around a bit if other people are doing so. Also might be inclined to pop into Oxford, since it's been a long while since I've been there...

Really don't know yet, but we may as well get in touch tomorrow and see if going in one car makes sense... (But then we'd have to argue about whose car :-)

We should probably exchange phone numbers, it'll probably be easier than e-mail. I'll e-mail you mine...

-roy


Date: 22/5/04 12:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com
Hm, both creme freche and soured cream are a lot runnier than Quark.

Date: 22/5/04 12:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com
That was the idea, I didn't want to put my phone number on a public LJ post.

Date: 22/5/04 12:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] owdbetts.livejournal.com
Hey, I'm not even sure I want to put my e-mail address is a public LJ post... :-)

-roy

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