Vegetarian Cooking

Will it Waffle: Portobello Mushroom

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This time I break out the big waffle iron to see if I can cook up a portobello mushroom in the waffle iron.

No Scout in this video, but check out the video below to see what happens when I forget to turn off the camera.

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Episode 6: Colcannon (1915)

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In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, I make Colcannon, talk about the history of potatoes in Ireland, sing a little folk song, and discuss a vegetarian cookbook authored by a man named Dr. Thomas Allinson.

The recipe that I use is from a book titled Dr. Allinson’s Cookery Book Comprising Many Valuable Vegetarian Recipes which was originally published in 1915.  It is available for download on Project Gutenberg here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13887

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To steam the colcannon, I placed a piece of aluminum foil over the colcannon, pressed it down against the colcannon in the bowl, and then rolled the excess foil up so that it created a sort of “lip” around the outside of the bowl.  Another piece of foil was laid on top of the first layer of foil, and a string was tied below the “lip” to hold the foil in place.  The bowl was then placed in a water bath that had been preheating in a 300 degrees Fahrenheit oven and steamed for one hour.
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The colcannon did not come out of the bowl cleanly, so I had to reconstruct it to the best of my ability.  It reminds me of Weird Al’s mashed potato volcano from UHF.