First off, I'm a fan of history and food. So when I found Tasting History on YouTube I was a fan right off the bat. In fact, I tried this dish below. Although I was disappointed in it at the end of the day. I didn't have two of the ingredients; lovage and caraway seeds (which Sue swore she had), so I ended up replacing them with celery leaf and cumin. The chicken ended up being very moist and peppery but there was no "wow" flavor. Nothing that unusual about it, even though it used several ingredients that I was unfamiliar with. I don't mind being pushed out of my comfort zone in the name of good food. It did bring up an interesting question for me however. If I'm serious about learning how to garden, preserving my food and other things...would I be willing to try and raise "forgotten" foods? This interest actually goes all the way back to collage, when I learned that Spirulina was used by the Aztecs in a type of dried cake. ...
Can the City Mouse adjust to life in the country? The day to day adventures of a "city boy" in rural PA trying to adjust to things like chopping wood, growing his own food and dealing with the horrors of the complete lack of a decent Chinese restaurant.