On Mon, 22 Aug 2016 18:18:34 +0300, Opinicus
> wrote:

>On Sun, 21 Aug 2016 08:53:40 -0700, koko > wrote:
>
>>When it's too hot to cook and you have leftovers to use, let them eat
>>cold plate. Some of the items on the plate were cold leftover meats,
>>deviled eggs, grilled cheese, fresh veggies and dipping sauces.
>>Here's what I made, pretty darned good
>>http://www.kokoscornerblog.com/mycor...old-plate.html
>Looks very good. I'm doing something like that myself this summer. I
>steam a kilo or so of new potatoes, broad beans, runner beans, and
>whatever else that's suitable and on the market that week. Kept humid
>in the fridge and away from moisture they'll last close to a week. I
>make up a plate with cold steamed vegetables, sliced tomatoes and
>cukes, romaine lettuce and maybe black olives, ham, salami, or
>hardboiled eggs. Dressing is my home-made aioli.

Shades of Nicoise salad, sounds wonderful

>I recently scored some powdered wasabi from a spice dealer in
>Istanbul. (He said it was wasabi and I trust him--I've been giving him
>my custom for over twenty years.) Just before serving the aioli I mix
>in a spoonful of the wasabi and wait ten minutes. East/West fusion on
>a nuclear scale!

I'd try that in a heartbeat.

koko

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