My favorite part of cooking, is being in a kitchen chopping, stirring, tasting together while chatting in a relaxed way with my fellow cooks. This week in Orca Cooking Club, I learned, among other things, the correct way to break up with someone and how sticky rice paper can be. I'm hoping that we can build community and trust at Cooking Club in this way. These bonds and ability to work together make it easier to pull off an event like the one we have planned as a culminating event for our club. I went ahead and reserved the Lakewood Community Center for Tuesday, March 31, 2:00-9:00pm! Between now and then we have to practice cooking together, come up with a menu, do some research about the historical/political context of our recipes and promote the event. On the day of the dinner we will need to gather ingredients and utensils, cook, serve our audience and clean-up. Lots of opportunity for chatting! Question of the week: Have you ever felt yourself, read about or observed (other people or in a film, video, etc.) the shared feeling of community that can come from cooking together (give examples!)? Vietnamese Vegetable Summer Rolls with Peanut Sauce 8 rolls Peanut Sauce:
Whisk together all the ingredients for the peanut sauce until smooth in a small bowl and set aside. Heat a medium saucepan full of water until almost boiling, then turn off the heat, add rice noodles, and let them sit for 5-10 minutes. Drain the noodles, put them in a bowl, and toss with sesame oil and dash of red pepper flakes. Cut cucumber, carrot, red pepper and radish into thin strips. In a large bowl, whisk together the rice vinegar, sugar, fish sauce, and lime juice. Add the vegetables and toss to coat. Fill a round cake pan halfway with warm-hot water. For each wrapper, immerse it in the hot water bath until it softens, which takes about 30 seconds. Use both hands to pull it up out of the water, being careful so it doesn't collapse on itself, and spread it immediately on a plate. Fill the center of the softened wrapper with about 4 cilantro sprigs down the center. Then fill with about ¼ cup of noodles and then about ¼ cup of the vegetable mixture. Add another couple sprigs of cilantro. Fold the top and bottom edges of the wrapper over the filling, then fold in the edges towards the center and continue rolling the filled wrapper until it's closed and snug. To serve, slice in half with a sharp knife and serve the peanut sauce on the side.,
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justin
2/12/2015 05:37:45 am
This sounds very good! I hope we can make it!
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