- Many different kinds of chili peppers
- Capers
- Cream of Tartar
- Rye
- Self-rising flour
- Leavening agents (I do know yeast!)
- Scallions (never cooked with these)
- Phyllo (I think you can make really yummy pastries with these?)
- Shallots
- Tomatillos (obviously, some sort of tomato or something?)
- Compressed cakes or active yeast
- Canapes
- Crudites
- Persimmons
- Kabuchas
- Delicatas
- Turbans
- Pattybans
- Jack Be Littles
- Carnivals
- Cherimoyas
- Quinces
- Prickly Pears
- Sapotes
- Coquito Nuts
- Tamarillos (red and yellow)
- Horned Melons
- Feijoas
- Arugalas
- Watercress
- Sorrells
- Collard/Mustard Greens
- Kale
- Radicchio (an Italian radish?)
- Tofu (I know what this is... just have no idea how to cook with it)
- Polenta
- Quinoa
- Bulgar Wheat
- Wheat Berries
- Millet
- Amaranth
- Orzo (was originally on my list and now I can cross it out because I cooked with it yesterday)
- Many kinds of cheeses
I am pretty excited to try some of these! We live in an area that has such abundance and all I tend to make are the typical American meals, Italian and Mexican dishes that (I'm sure we butcher), and maybe a little Greek once in a while. Can I say I make Greek stuff if I occasionally use Feta and olives? I know I will NOT be cooking lamb. Cliff made some of that in a crock pot a few months ago and I had to take it to the garage. The smell was beyond foul!
I digress.
Here is the list of things I don't have, and will probably need, to make a few new dishes:
- Souffle dish
- Springform pan
- Dutch oven
- Zester (I just love saying that!)
- More rubber spatulas
- A good garlic press
- A hand held wooden reamer (Don't know what this is yet either!)
- Fine mesh seive
- Gravy or fat separator
I think I can get a lot of these things at Garage Sales. I'm so excited for garage sales!! They're coming up soon :) Hopefully a year from now I will know what most of these things are AND how to use them!
