Author: Annie Kaszina
Source: articleage.com
Ok. I never thought that the day would come when I would sing the praises of a rice noodle. Let alone consider it a valid, gluten-free alternative to pasta. But I've come to understand and love the little blighters.In olden times (that is until about 4 months ago) I thought I couldn't live without pasta; then I tried - and discovered how much better I felt. My body certainly is a happier creature on rice noodles.But pasta is a fantastic vehicle for carrying flavours, and rice noodles, truth to tell, are not. Still rice noodles, Online Tea and Beverage, have the edge in that you can get them from packet to table, sauced, within about 15 minutes flat.There's no need to bring huge vats of water to the boil, salt humungously and then drain off a veritable sea of potentially lethal, scalding water. (Never a good idea with small children and furry companions in the kitchen.) All you have to do is boil a kettle full of water, throw the noodles into a bowl, pour the contents of the kettle over and leave to sit for a few minutes while you prepare the sauce.(Oops! That's my English heritage revealed. If you live without the joy of a kettle for boiling the water for your daily 'fix' of tea, then you'll have to bring a couple of litres of water to the boil as you normally do and then proceed as above.)Now the sauce is, of course, the interesting part. The trick is to build up layers of flavour and then cook the noodles in the sauce for a couple of minutes, so that the noodles really absorb the sauce. But this takes chutzpah (aka barefaced cheek) and flies in the face of received wisdom about what you do, when and how.So be it, I say. The end result is delicious. It's filling, but light enough on the digestion for a picky maiden aunt.Leftovers, if you have any, are great at room temperature. And it showcases lots of great Italian flavours in a slightly unconventional way.Oh, and if you ever need to, you could probably keep a self-respecting vampire away with this one. But, hey, everyone's got to live and garlic's health giving properties are not to be sneered at.("Gloriously Gluten Free", the cookbook, boasts a number of more conventional conventional recipes for corn pasta and polenta.) Rice noodles with tomatoes and tuna Makes 6 appetizer portions, 3-4 main course servings1 x 250 g/ 8 oz packet medium rice noodles4 tbs extra virgin olive oil3 or 4 plump garlic cloves (crushed, peeled, green germ removed and minced )1 good pinch, or as much as 1/4 tsp, dried chilli flakes 6 anchovy fillets in olive oil (drained and finely chopped)4 tbs tomato paste/puree125ml/ 4 fl oz/ 1/2 cup dry white wine (good enough to drink)250g/ 8 oz cherry, or mini plum tomatoes cut into quarterssalt and freshly ground black pepper to taste200g/ 7 oz can tuna in olive oil (drained) 3-4 tbs diced black olives (stones removed) Method Place the rice noodles in a bowl and, as directed above, pour approximately 2 litres of boiling water over. (If it's slightly less or slightly more, it really doesn't matter, provided the noodles are fully covered. Give them a quick stir around with a wooden spoon, so you don't get the odd gummy clump that has not absorbed the water evenly.)Now ignore the noodles for a few minutes while you deal with the other ingredients. Place the garlic, Online Tea and Beverage, and chilli flakes with the olive oil in a medium-large frying pan over medium-high heat. ( Adjust the heat, as necessary, to prevent burning.)As soon as the mixture becomes fragrant and the garlic starts to turn golden, add the anchovies and stir well.Now add the tomato paste/puree and stir furiously, to dissolve it.Add the wine and leave to bubble away for a couple of minutes while you drain the noodles and hack them into smaller lengths with a pair of kitchen scissors. (Sure, you're not meant to do this for Oriental dishes; it's meant to bring bad luck, but it makes eating them easier, andit will protect your shirt.)Add the sliced tomatoes, turn the heat up to high and give them a minute to soften. Season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Bearing in mind that rice noodles are naturally flavour vampires, this is no time to go light on the salt.Break the tuna into flakes as you add it to the pan and stir. Quickly add the noodles and toss for a minute or two until all the noodles are well coated.Finally add the chopped olives, stir again, transfer to a serving dish and serve hot, warm or at room temperature.Buon appetito.(C) 2005 Annie KaszinaAnnie Kaszina, Coach, writer and 'foodie'is not a Celiac, but has foresworn wheat in the interest of 'caring for a delicate digestion'. She works with Celiac Gina Gardiner to provide great information and recipes to restore the confidence and zest for eating of Celiacs who have had their easy enjoyment of food taken away from them by their disease.Annie's e-cookbook "Gloriously Gluten Free" and Gina's handbook for Celiacs "Live Well - Eat Well With Celiac Disease" are available through their website: http://www.celiacliving.com.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Tea Culture in America
Author: Nanette Chancellor
Source: ezinearticles.com
The a lot of frequently captivated tea in the western apple today is atramentous tea. Second alone to coffee in its popularity, it has accurate to be the admired with Americans in every allotment of the country. While we may be unified as to what blazon, Online Tea and Beverage, we like, how we alcohol it is generally different to bounded or bounded cultural. Even admitting 80% of all served in the United States is served algid or cold, area you reside in the United States may adjudge how you alcohol it.In the South, a lot of tea is algid and candied and is drank about the year. A lot of Southern restaurants serve it amoroso aperitive and with a allotment of auto perched on the bend of the glass. If you adopt it with no amoroso in yours, adjustment it apparent or un-sweet. If accepting banquet at someone's home, apprehend candied tea with your meal, but don't worry, a acceptable hostess consistently has a account of absinthian on duke just in case.To accomplish a bullpen of ice tea use bifold the bulk of leaves or tea accoutrements you would use for the aforementioned bulk of hot tea. Apart blade tea is adorable hot or iced. Just ample an infuser with your admired tea leaves and abrupt in baking water. Remember to leave some amplitude in the infuser for the leaves to aggrandize if they hydrate. If using tea bags, three or four ample accoutrements steeped in two quarts of baking baptize will crop a gallon of tea. After steeping the adapted bulk of time to accomplish the backbone you want, add amoroso to clothing your aftertaste and two quarts of algid water. Be abiding to arctic the tea afore cloudburst it over the ice in the glasses. To anticipate diluting the accomplished bullpen alone add ice to the alone glasses afore pouring.In the North I am told, 'tea' is served hot and not with ice unless requested. In the winter, Southerners and Northerners akin adore 'hot tea' as it is alleged actuality in the South. If apart blade tea is used, a teaspoon of tea leaves steeped in six ounces of baking baptize for three to six account will crop a affable, Online Tea and Beverage, cup. The backbone of the tea, whether brewed with tea leaves in an infuser or a bag, depends on the breadth of time the leaves abrupt in the hot water.Tea is a cooler enjoyed for centuries in every arena of the world. Apart or bagged, and is agreeable with commons and is a affable way to balmy up, or air-conditioned down or to just relax. Have some hot or cold, candied or apparent every day.
Source: ezinearticles.com
The a lot of frequently captivated tea in the western apple today is atramentous tea. Second alone to coffee in its popularity, it has accurate to be the admired with Americans in every allotment of the country. While we may be unified as to what blazon, Online Tea and Beverage, we like, how we alcohol it is generally different to bounded or bounded cultural. Even admitting 80% of all served in the United States is served algid or cold, area you reside in the United States may adjudge how you alcohol it.In the South, a lot of tea is algid and candied and is drank about the year. A lot of Southern restaurants serve it amoroso aperitive and with a allotment of auto perched on the bend of the glass. If you adopt it with no amoroso in yours, adjustment it apparent or un-sweet. If accepting banquet at someone's home, apprehend candied tea with your meal, but don't worry, a acceptable hostess consistently has a account of absinthian on duke just in case.To accomplish a bullpen of ice tea use bifold the bulk of leaves or tea accoutrements you would use for the aforementioned bulk of hot tea. Apart blade tea is adorable hot or iced. Just ample an infuser with your admired tea leaves and abrupt in baking water. Remember to leave some amplitude in the infuser for the leaves to aggrandize if they hydrate. If using tea bags, three or four ample accoutrements steeped in two quarts of baking baptize will crop a gallon of tea. After steeping the adapted bulk of time to accomplish the backbone you want, add amoroso to clothing your aftertaste and two quarts of algid water. Be abiding to arctic the tea afore cloudburst it over the ice in the glasses. To anticipate diluting the accomplished bullpen alone add ice to the alone glasses afore pouring.In the North I am told, 'tea' is served hot and not with ice unless requested. In the winter, Southerners and Northerners akin adore 'hot tea' as it is alleged actuality in the South. If apart blade tea is used, a teaspoon of tea leaves steeped in six ounces of baking baptize for three to six account will crop a affable, Online Tea and Beverage, cup. The backbone of the tea, whether brewed with tea leaves in an infuser or a bag, depends on the breadth of time the leaves abrupt in the hot water.Tea is a cooler enjoyed for centuries in every arena of the world. Apart or bagged, and is agreeable with commons and is a affable way to balmy up, or air-conditioned down or to just relax. Have some hot or cold, candied or apparent every day.
Nanette Chancellor
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