We have been enjoying making things in the kitchen lately. Crunched time and supermarket convenience has driven folks to buy things that are so easy and delicious to make at home. We have discovered that making some of our foods at home give us better control of taste and quality of ingredients, and portioning. Now that i can make bread, if i could just master making hot dogs i could finally make a pack of hot dogs that exactly matches the number of buns in a package! Wouldn't that be a marvel?!?Amy has become a master veggie burger maker, while i have been dabbling with hummus.
Yesterday with the help of our dear friend Laura (who is, by the way, the craftiest person alive), we made homemade mayonnaise! By all ordinary accounts it is the most repulsive substance known to man (second only to maybe Spam), but it is impossible to make egg salad sandwiches without it.
The recipe is simple enough:- 1oz (approx 2 tbsp) vinegar
- 1 egg yolk for every 8 -12 oz of oil
- Oil to match the egg yoke equations
- A dash of salt
- Lemon juice to taste
Mix the vinegar, salt, egg yoke together and slowly add the oil. It takes a bit to beat it to the proper consistency so be patient. After it has thickened up a bit add the lemon juice.
It makes tuna more tuna-y, egg salad more egg salady, and eating that much more enjoyable!
Convenience may be one thing, but closeness to your food. . . 
4 comments:
if we ate eggs I'd love to make our own Mayo. How cool to have Laura visit. I've been enjoying her blog. Maybe your household will show up there one day soon.
and the coolest part about laura, she actually made the sweater she is wearing... ooh, she's cool!!!
The mayo was ghetto fabulous...especially when you use oil instead of vast quantities of vinegar! ;) I'm inspired to make my own now that I'm back.
Love you guys!!!
Michial, I just found your blog through Amy's blog that she just emailed me. You are so entertaining. I'm so looking forward to reading both of your blogs about your family and home. Hooray!
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