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		<title>Teriyaki Meatballs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Antti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long time, no post. I&#8217;ve been busy with work, and had a broken arm for some time, plus my apartment was under renovation, so apologies for long posting intervals :) I&#8217;m on a short business trip to Mariehamn, Ã…land, and having some extra time before my flight departs back home, so I figured this is [...]]]></description>
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<p>Long time, no post. I&#8217;ve been busy with work, and had a broken arm for some time, plus my apartment was under renovation, so apologies for long posting intervals :) I&#8217;m on a short business trip to Mariehamn, <a title="Ã…land" href="http://www.aland.ax/alandinbrief/">Ã…land</a>, and having some extra time before my flight departs back home, so I figured this is as good time to blog as I&#8217;ll ever get :)</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been using my trusty chinese bamboo steamer on weekly basis to cook salmon, as with steam the texture and taste gets close to perfection. My new salmon staple has become a soy sauce &#8211; wasabi marinated butterflied fillet, and I really, really love the sharpness of wasabi with warm, fatty fish. After months of raving I managed to get Anna try this dish, and albeit she liked it, apparently her steamed teriyaki salmon was even better ;) Sucker to new recipes, I tried hers, and surely it was super yummylicious!</p>
<p>This posting is not about steaming or fish. Enough of those already :) Since teriyaki salmon was so good, and the teriyaki sauce sooo easy to make from scratch, I decided to play around and make someting else. First I thought making chicken teriyaki, but I didn&#8217;t have chicken, but instead a pound of fat free super high grade ground beef left over from a steak tartar I made the day before.</p>
<p>S loves meatballs, so making them instead of some potentially fancier dish was an easy decision. Since teriyaki sauce can be done in a flash, the whole dish will be ready in 45 minutes, from fridge to the table. Basically teriyaki sauce is just mirin (japanese cooking wine), soy sauce and sugar mixed together. Simply dilute one table spoon of granulated sugar to 1/2 dl of mirin and soy sauce each and you&#8217;re done. 30 seconds in a microwave oven does the trick. I strongly suggest using low sodium soy sauce unless you have a serious death wish :D In this recipe I used 1 dl of regular soy sauce, and after all that salt I still feel the bloat :P</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>Teriyaki Meatballs</strong></p>
<p><em>2-4 Servings (950 cal total)<br />
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<p>Teriyaki Sauce</p>
<p>1 dl low sodium soy sauce<br />
1 dl mirin<br />
2 tbsp granulated sugar<br />
2 tbsp Brown Maizena or similar corn starch<br />
Meatballs</p>
<p>400 g (1 lb) fat free ground beef<br />
2-3 shallots<br />
3 small potatoes<br />
2 cloves of garlic<br />
black pepper to taste<br />
Mix soy sauce, mirin and sugar, and quickly warm in the microwave oven. Stir until sugar has dissolved.</p>
<p>Mix shallots, raw potatoes, garlic and black pepper in a food processor until fine. Knead the mix together with the ground beef and 1/4 or slightly more of the teriyaki sauce. Make small meatballs, and place them onto a pan.</p>
<p>Cook the rest of the teriyaki sauce with corn starch until quite thick, and pour over the meatballs. Bake for 30 minutes in 200 degrees celcius until nice and brown.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Lady Liberty Takes An Ice Cream Break</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2006 03:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s good to back in New York. My New York, the unsung Uptown, where I&#8217;m enveloped by the golden vowels of Antillean Spanish and the throb of bachata and reggaetÃ³n from passing cars. The ribbon of park along Riverside where strangers smile and greet each other every morning. Bodegas where air fresheners are so strong [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img align="left" alt="lady liberty.jpg" id="image170" title="lady liberty.jpg" src="http://www.taikinapoika.com/uploads/2006/03/lady%20liberty.jpg" />It&#8217;s good to back in New York. My New York, the unsung Uptown, where I&#8217;m enveloped by the golden vowels of Antillean Spanish and the throb of bachata and reggaetÃ³n from passing cars.</p>
<p>The ribbon of park along Riverside where strangers smile and greet each other every morning. Bodegas where air fresheners are so strong they almost knock you out. Sidewalks where vendors sell sculpted pineapples and crushed oranges from shopping carts, rats scurry among abandoned mattresses, and a gaggle of men with millimeter-thin sideburns have consacrated a few square feet of pavement as Zona D Yankees.</p>
<p>The city where I won&#8217;t ever feel alone, because I&#8217;m gently rocked to sleep by jackhammers, car alarms, wailing sirens, reversing trucks, the thunder of the elevated subway track. The city I love.</p>
<p>No time for cooking right now. Instead, I&#8217;ll soothe my jet lag with a tub of green tea ice cream. In Finland I couldn&#8217;t get the storebought stuff, so I reclaimed my ice cream maker and made a batch from scratch.  Just like New York, people either love it or hate maccha ice cream. And it&#8217;s the color of Lady Liberty, more or less.</p>
<p><strong>Green Tea Ice Cream</strong> <img align="right" id="image171" alt="Green Tea Ice Cream" title="Green Tea Ice Cream" src="http://www.taikinapoika.com/uploads/2006/03/vihreajaatelo.jpg" /></p>
<blockquote><p>2 dl milk<br />
2 egg yolks<br />
3 tbsp sugar<br />
2 dl double cream<br />
3 tbsp maccha green tea powder<br />
1 dl hot water</p>
<p>Lightly whisk egg yolks in a pan that has a thick bottom. Add milk and sugar to the pan and mix well. Heat over low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens (and coats the back of a wooden spoon &#8211; about 7 to 8 minutes). Remove immediately from the heat and soak the bottom of the pan in ice water to prevent splitting and curdling. Cool the mixture. Mix hot water and green tea powder together. Add the green tea to the egg mixture and mix well, cooling in ice water. At this stage, it&#8217;s a good idea to refrigerate the mixture for a few hours or overnight, particularly if the ice cream maker uses a bowl or plate that is frozen separately.</p>
<p>Add whipped cream to the green tea ice cream mixture and mix well. Freeze the mixture in an ice cream maker. This recipe makes less than one liter of ice cream, so if you are serious about it, double all ingredients.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>A Quick Fix &#8211; Asian Udon Noodles</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2006 21:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Instead of celebrating Mardi Gras in a skimpy costume to the beat of steel drums in Trinidad, I&#8217;m stuck in freezing cold New York stuffing two gigantic suitcases, preparing to take off for Finland. On days like this when food is just an afterthought, I often stop by the wonderful Japanese-Korean convenience store in my [...]]]></description>
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<p>Instead of celebrating Mardi Gras in a skimpy costume to the beat of steel drums in Trinidad, I&#8217;m stuck in freezing cold New York stuffing two gigantic suitcases, preparing to take off for Finland. On days like this when food is just an afterthought, I often stop by the wonderful Japanese-Korean convenience store in my neighborhood, <a href="http://www.newyorkmetro.com/listings/stores/m2m02/index.html">m2m</a>, to pick up a tray of sushi and a few contrasting kimchi. (Boringly enough, I always choose the standard-issue white radish pickled in hot red pepper sauce, although they also carry a dozen more exotic varieties, such as lotus root, squid, or dried shrimp). Best of all, the store is cheap, cheap, cheap, at least by Manhattan standards.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve never really noticed before that they have a tiny fresh produce section tucked away in the dark back corner. Among the vegetables, I was drawn to the alluringly thick <a href="http://www.monstermarketplace.com/Food/Landing1600a613.html">fresh jumbo udon noodles</a>, essentially soups in a box. (See <a href="http://www.worldramen.net/Varietion/udon/udons.html">this site</a> for more udon ideas &#8211; Engrish alert! If you are stuck with the more common instant ramen, check out <a href="http://noodleson.com/info/instant-noodle-101/?page_id=12">this quirky Seattle-based website</a>.) Because of the bone-chilling breeze blowing down the river, a bowl of hearty soup sounded a lot more appealing than cold pieces of nigiri and maki.</p>
<p>At home, I quickly boiled some water and, in futile efforts to get rid off stuff that will spoil while I&#8217;m gone, threw in some mushrooms and vegetables from the fridge. Normally I&#8217;m not a huge fan of the MSG-laden flavor sachets that come with many instant noodles, but the one accompanying the jumbo noodles tasted just fine. Best of all, I was slurping piping hot soup within ten minutes of arriving home.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>Quick Udon Noodle Soup</strong></p>
<p><em>1 serving </em></p>
<p>5 dl (2 cups) boiling water<br />
1 pkg fresh udon noodles or dried noodles<br />
the flavor sachet of the noodles (this contained soy sauce, fish stock, sugar, salt, powdered kelp, and MSG)<br />
4-5 fresh mushrooms<br />
a handful of baby bok choy<br />
1 sliced spring onion<br />
2 hot thai chilli peppers</p>
<p>Add the noodles to the boiling water, boil for 2 min. Slice the mushrooms, chillies, spring onion and gently pull apart the bok choy. Add the contents of the flavor sachet  and all fresh ingredients to the soup, boil for 2 minutes, and serve.</p></blockquote>
<p>I accompanied the soup with white radish kimchi and warm sake, and had hot steamed Chinese custard buns for dessert. Yum!</p>
<p><img title="Udon noodles, kimchi and a cup of sake" alt="Udon noodles, kimchi and a cup of sake" id="image148" src="http://www.taikinapoika.com/uploads/2006/02/udonkimchisake_.jpg" /></p>
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		<title>Mmm, sushia! Grr, kallista!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 21:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Antti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vuosikausien viivytystaistelun jÃ¤lkeen olen tehnyt elÃ¤mÃ¤ni ensimmÃ¤isen maki-rullan. Yay! En muista, milloin olen syÃ¶nyt sushia tai ylipÃ¤Ã¤tÃ¤Ã¤n japanilaista ruokaa ensimmÃ¤isen kerran. Paikka on kyllÃ¤ tiedossa &#8211; Kabuki Lapinlahdenkadulla &#8211; ja koska se on ollut samassa osoitteessa yli viidentoista vuoden ajan, luulen omasta ensikokeilustani olevan kymmenisen vuotta. Jossain lukion ja fuksivuoden vÃ¤limaastossa kuitenkin. Kotona meillÃ¤ on [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Vuosikausien viivytystaistelun jÃ¤lkeen olen tehnyt elÃ¤mÃ¤ni ensimmÃ¤isen maki-rullan. Yay!</p>
<p>En muista, milloin olen syÃ¶nyt sushia tai ylipÃ¤Ã¤tÃ¤Ã¤n japanilaista ruokaa ensimmÃ¤isen kerran. Paikka on kyllÃ¤ tiedossa &#8211; <em><a href="http://www.kabuki.fi/">Kabuki</a></em> Lapinlahdenkadulla &#8211; ja koska se on ollut samassa osoitteessa yli viidentoista vuoden ajan, luulen omasta ensikokeilustani olevan kymmenisen vuotta. Jossain lukion ja fuksivuoden vÃ¤limaastossa kuitenkin. Kotona meillÃ¤ on aina syÃ¶ty graavia kalaa, joten ajatus raa&#8217;asta kalasta ei ole koskaan tuntunut vastenmieliseltÃ¤. Sen sijaan japanilaisen keittiÃ¶n muut, kypsennetyt ruuat, olivat positiivinen ja maukas yllÃ¤tys.</p>
<div style="text-align: center"><img alt="My very first self made maki!" title="My very first self made maki!" src="http://www.taikinapoika.com/img/californiarollsinsideout_.jpg" /></div>
<p>Suomessa sushi on vielÃ¤kin valitettavan kallista, vaikka japanilaisia ravintoloita on tosiaan ollut ainakin HelsingissÃ¤ jo kohta parikymmentÃ¤ vuotta. UutuuslisÃ¤Ã¤ hinnoissa ei sen vuoksi pitÃ¤isi enÃ¤Ã¤ olla. Sushin suosio on kasvanut tasaisesti, ja nykyisin ruokakaupoissakin on tarjolla ihan kelvollista valmis-sushia. Valitettavasti nÃ¤idenkin hinta on mielestÃ¤ni turhan korkea.</p>
<p>Koska itse tehtynÃ¤ sushin raaka-aineet eivÃ¤t paljon maksa, olenkin vuosikaudet suunnitellut tekevÃ¤ni sitÃ¤ itse. Osan tarvittavista vÃ¤lineistÃ¤ olen ostanut optimistisena jo vuosia sitten, mutta torstaina pÃ¤Ã¤tin lopultakin tehdÃ¤ haaveista totta, ja lÃ¤hdin pikkupakkasta uhmaten Annankadulla sijaitsevaan japani-kauppa <a href="http://www.tokyokan.fi/">Tokyokaniin</a>. Kauppiaan ystÃ¤vÃ¤llisellÃ¤ avustuksella sain pian valittua sopivan riisin ja etikkaseoksen, sekÃ¤ muuta tarpeellista, kuten makien rullaamiseen kÃ¤ytettÃ¤vÃ¤n bambumaton. Japanilaisesta ruuasta sun muusta turistessa jÃ¤in huomaamattani puoleksi tunniksi suustani kiinni, ja kuulin juttuja muun muassa kauppiaan 23-vuotiaana alkaneesta yksityisyrittÃ¤jÃ¤n urasta Tokyokanin esimerkilliseen maineeseen tullausasioissa, minkÃ¤ vuoksi heiltÃ¤ ei esimerkiksi lÃ¶ydy ollenkaan japanilaisia kalapakasteita.</p>
<div style="text-align: center"><img alt="My very first and untrimmed california roll" title="My very first and untrimmed california roll" src="http://www.taikinapoika.com/img/uncutmakiroll_.jpg" /></div>
<p>Amerikassa tykÃ¤styin California rolleihin, eli makiin, jossa on tÃ¤ytteenÃ¤ avocadoa, kurkkua ja (jÃ¤ljitelmÃ¤-) rapua. TÃ¤mÃ¤ Japanissa melko tuntematon maki kehitettiin alun perin raakaa kalaa kammoksuville kalifornialaisille, mutta on sittemmin tullut kenties maailman suosituimmaksi makiksi. Ja mikÃ¤s siinÃ¤, hyvÃ¤ltÃ¤hÃ¤n tuo maistuu.</p>
<p>Feikkiraputikkujen sijaan ostin kylmÃ¤savulohta, ja pÃ¤Ã¤tin olla tekemÃ¤ttÃ¤ nurinpÃ¤in rullattuja makeja, vaikka california roll perinteisesti sellainen onkin. Ensikertalaisena halusin aloittaa varovasti, ja samalla sain hyvÃ¤n tekosyyn karsia muutaman kalorin jÃ¤ttÃ¤mÃ¤llÃ¤ seesaminsiemenet pois. Jenkit kÃ¤yttÃ¤vÃ¤t ulkopinnan koristeluun oranssia, hyvin hienojakoista lentokalan mÃ¤tiÃ¤, mutta Tokyokanissa sitÃ¤ ei ollut saatavilla.</p>
<p>Sushi-riisin keittÃ¤minen oli yllÃ¤ttÃ¤vÃ¤n triviaali operaatio, ja pian minulla olikin ensimmÃ¤inen nori eli paahdetusta levÃ¤stÃ¤ tehty lehti bambumaton ja elmukelmun pÃ¤Ã¤llÃ¤ odottamassa tÃ¤yttÃ¤mistÃ¤Ã¤n. Kostutetut sormet ovat kova sana Ã¤llistyttÃ¤vÃ¤n tahmean riisin kÃ¤sittelyssÃ¤, kuten myÃ¶s sÃ¤Ã¤steliÃ¤isyys: pahin virhe on laittaa liikaa riisiÃ¤ norin pÃ¤Ã¤lle. Sopiva riisikerros on sellainen, josta noria nÃ¤kyy runsaasti lÃ¤pi. Seuraavaksi ladoin riisin pÃ¤Ã¤lle avokado-, kurkku- ja lohiviipaleet, ja sitten olikin rullaamisen vuoro. Varovasti sormilla tÃ¤ytteitÃ¤ kasassa pitÃ¤en rulla muodostui yllÃ¤ttÃ¤vÃ¤n helposti. YlÃ¤puolinen kuva on ensimmÃ¤isestÃ¤ omasta rullastani, jonka pÃ¤Ã¤tyjÃ¤ ei ole vielÃ¤ trimmattu.</p>
<p>NeljÃ¤stÃ¤ desistÃ¤ kuivaa riisiÃ¤, yhdestÃ¤ avocadosta, vajaasta keskikokoisesta kurkusta ja 150 gramman savulohipaketista tuli kuusi kokonaista rullaa, josta kustakin kahdeksan valmista maki-palaa. Raaka-aineiden kokonaishinta oli noin â‚¬7,50, eli yhden palan hinnaksi tuli reilut â‚¬0,15.</p>
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<p>YllÃ¤ oleva kuva on K-Supermarket Lauttasaaren avajaisista ostamistani tonnikala- ja lohi-nigireistÃ¤ sekÃ¤ california rollin nimellÃ¤ myydyistÃ¤ (joita ne eivÃ¤t olleet) makeista. Avajaistarjouksena nÃ¤itÃ¤ myytiin â‚¬0,60 kappaleelta, mutta makien normaalihinta on â‚¬0,80 ja nigirien huikeat â‚¬2,40. Melkoinen ero itse tehtyihin! Hinnan lisÃ¤ksi minulla ei kyllÃ¤ ole mitÃ¤Ã¤n valittamista <span style="font-style: italic">nÃ¤istÃ¤</span> markettisusheista, ne olivat hyviÃ¤ ihan vilpittÃ¶mÃ¤sti. Muistelen, ettÃ¤ jossain etiketissÃ¤ valmistajaksi oli merkattu <span style="font-style: italic">BOF Oy</span>, joka googlen mukaan on sama kuin <a href="http://www.sushikeisari.fi/">Best Oriental Food Oy</a>. Kelpo sushia, mutta mielestÃ¤ni liian kallista :)</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.taikinapoika.com/img/kuraoutside_.jpg"><img alt="Japanese noodle bar in Sydney" title="Fresh fried oysters in New Zealand" src="http://www.taikinapoika.com/img/kuraoutside_.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.taikinapoika.com/img/kurainside_.jpg"><img alt="Diners inside Kura in Sydney" title="Oyster po'boys somewhere in Louisiana" src="http://www.taikinapoika.com/img/kurainside_.jpg" /></a></p>
<p>Amerikassa sushi oli paikasta riippuen usein melko kallista, mutta poikkeuksiakin oli. Bostonissa ja New Yorkissa sÃ¶in monesti japanilaista ruokaa seisovasta pÃ¶ydÃ¤stÃ¤ <a href="http://www.minado.com/">Minado</a>-ravintoloissa. Noin kahdellakymmenellÃ¤ dollarilla eli â‚¬17:llÃ¤ sai syÃ¶dÃ¤ sydÃ¤mensÃ¤ kyllyydestÃ¤ kymmeniÃ¤ erilaisia susheja, sashimeja, rapuja, ostereita, salaatteja, lÃ¤mpimiÃ¤ ruokia ja jÃ¤lkiruokia. Melko hyvÃ¤ vastine rahalle siis.Halpa aasialainen ruoka on arkipÃ¤ivÃ¤Ã¤ monessa maailman suurkaupungissa, nÃ¤in myÃ¶s SydneyssÃ¤. Vuodenvaihteessa siellÃ¤ ollessani sÃ¶in pariin otteeseen japanilaista; en voinut ohittaa kutsuvan nÃ¤kÃ¶istÃ¤ paikallisravintolaa, jonka ovensuussa parveili paikallisia japanilaisia.Suomalaisesta hauskan niminen ravintola Kura on Sydneyn kiinakaupungin vilkkaimmalla paikalla korttelin pÃ¤Ã¤ssÃ¤ kaupungin pÃ¤Ã¤ostoskadusta, George StreetistÃ¤. Kuralla on vain neljÃ¤toista istumapaikkaa, ja oven edessÃ¤ kÃ¤ykin jatkuva vilske, kun asiakkaat odottavat vuoroaan pÃ¤Ã¤stÃ¤ sisÃ¤lle. MikÃ¤ parasta, runsaat sushiannokset eivÃ¤t lompakkoa paljon kÃ¶yhdyttÃ¤neet: kuudella eurolla sai jo toistakymmentÃ¤ sushipalaa ja kulhollisen misokeittoa (kuva alla).</p>
<p><a href="http://grabyourfork.blogspot.com/2005/10/kura-haymarket.html">Grab Your Forkin</a> <span style="font-style: italic">Helen</span> on kirjoittanut kivan postauksen Kurasta, missÃ¤ on myÃ¶s joukko herkullisia kuvia. Kannattaa vilkaista!</p>
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