Azi am ca invitat de onoare un bun prieten din Ungaria, Gabor, care impreuna cu familia ne-au fost extraordinari vecini vreme de un an (ah, ce petreceri mai incingeam ad-hoc in mijlocul saptamanii...)... prea putin din punctul tuturor de vedere, dar ca de obicei viata nu prea tine seama de preferintele noastre, asa ca acum locuiesc din nou acasa, in Budapesta unde isi exploateaza talentele culinare la un apreciat restaurant.
Sotia lui, Petra, o senzationala invatatoare in limba engleza pt clasele pregatitoare, care a lucrat si in Bucuresti la International School of Bucharest (detinuta de niste turci !) se pregateste acum sa deschida o gradinita in limba engleza in orasul natal, Baja.
Si ca sa termin cu prezentarea intregii familii, noul membru, Mirko este un pusti de 1 an si jumatate, frumusel, vesel si fireste, extrem de rasfatat care probabil ca intr-o viata anterioara a fost un cowboy de succes!
Gabor a fost extrem de dragut, ca de obicei si mi-a dat una din retetele lui originale ca si conceptie si redactare, asa cum urmeaza.
Multumesc Gabor si pentru toti ceilalti ENJOY !
Favorita profesorului de teatru
Odată ce am gatit următoarea mancare pentru un profesor de teatru, acesta nu a mai mancat nimic altceva de atunci. Dupa 2 ani, el a murit din cauza nutriţiei unilaterale. Ultimele sale cuvinte au fost următoarele:
- Acum pot sa mor, a meritat. Multumesc!
Supă de linte cu lapte de cocos şi cârnaţi
Puneti 0,5 kg linte în 1,5 L apă şi lăsaţi-o pentru 2-3 ore.
Pune-o pe foc; de pus o ceapa in ea, unele frunze de dafin şi sare.
Dupa 20 de minute de fierbere pui 5-6 morcovi şi 2 napi în ea.
În cazul în care lintea şi morcovii sunt suficient de moi, macina cumin, nucşoară, cuişoare, piper, şofran, cimbru, chili, patrunjel tocat, 2 linguri de mustar, coaja rasa de la o lamaie, 3 dl lapte de nucă de cocos, 6 catei de usturoi zdrobiti şi cârnaţi.
Tatal tinarului Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski dorea ca fiul său să fie un bucătar. Băiatul a fost slujitor în bucătăria mea, dar în acest caz de supă el mereu toca ceapa.
Când sa dus să ia examenul lui de gatit i-am spus:
- Fiule, fii atent cu supa de linte, nu taia ceapa. Taierea cepei pentru supa de linte este un păcat pentru care vei avea de suferit!
Lui i-a placut aceasta fraza, dar nu a urmat sfatul meu. Desigur ca nu a reuşit.
Lumea a devenit mai săraca cu un bucătar, dar mai bogata cu o capodoperă literara!
Today I have as a guest of honor a good friend from Hungary, Gabor, who his family were wonderful neighbors to us for a year (ah, what crazy parties we fire started in the middle of the week...) ... too little from all of us point of view, but as usual, life doesn't take too much care of our preferences, so now they live back home in Budapest, where his culinary talents are exploited into an acclaimed restaurant.
His wife, Petra, a sensational English teacher for preparatory classes, who worked also in Bucharest at the International School of Bucharest (owned by some Turkish!); is now preparing to open an English kindergarten in her hometown, Baja.
His wife, Petra, a sensational English teacher for preparatory classes, who worked also in Bucharest at the International School of Bucharest (owned by some Turkish!); is now preparing to open an English kindergarten in her hometown, Baja.
Gabor was very nice as usual and gave me one of his original recipes as a concept and writing, as follows. Thanks Gabor and for the rest of you, ENJOY!
The favorite of the Drama teacher
Once I cooked the following dish for a drama teacher, who after that has not eaten anything else. After 2 years he has died from one-sided nutrition. His last words were the following:
- I may die now, but it was worth. Thanks.
Lens soup with coconut milk and sausage
Put 0,5 kg lens into 1,5 L water and leave it for 2-3 hours.
Put it onto the fire; put an onion in it, some bay leaf and salt.
20 minutes after boiling put 5-6 carrots and 2 turnips in it.
If the lens and the carrots are soft enough, put ground cumin, nutmeg, clove, pepper, saffron, thyme, chili, chopped parsley, 2 spoons of mustard, and the crashed peel of a lemon, 3 dcl coconut milk, 6 crashed garlics and sausages.
The father of the young Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski wanted his son to be a cook.
The boy was a servant in my kitchen, but in case of this soup he always chopped the onions.
When he went to take his cook exam I told him:
- My son, be careful with the lens soup, do not chop the onions. Chopping the onion for the lens soup is a sin for what you will suffer!
He loved this sentence, but did not follow my advice. Of course he failed.
The world became poorer with a cook, but richer with a literature masterpiece!
