Author Archives: RJ Flamingo

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Stalking The Wild Yeast – Day 4

Even though it’s Yom Kippur and I’m not eating or drinking, that doesn’t mean that we don’t feed and water our pets – including our local wild yeast sourdough starter. Last night, I fed Yeastie 1/4 cup plus 2 Tbs. unbleached all purpose flour and 3 Tbs. warm water. After about 2 hours, it looked [...]

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Friday, October 7, 2011

Stalking The Wild Yeast – Day 3

Today is Day 3 in my quest to create a wild yeast sourdough starter unique to my neighborhood. Last night, at the 36 hour mark, I stirred down my starter mixture and added 3 Tbs. unbleached all purpose flour plus 2 Tbs. warm water. This morning, now a full 48 hours into the process, it [...]

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Thursday, October 6, 2011

Stalking The Wild Yeast – Day 2

Yesterday I began my quest to capture South Miami wild yeast in an effort to create a viable sourdough starter that is truly unique to my neighborhood. The goal: The ultimate in local and sustainable – a bread (or rolls or biscuits, etc.) that could only have been made right here, in my house, in [...]

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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Stalking The Wild Yeast (or Experiments in Local Sourdough)

Come play with me. I’ve been reading a lot about wild yeast, recently, and I’m intrigued. Okay, let me backtrack. Ever since I tasted it in its own environment, well over 20 years ago, I’ve been fascinated by San Francisco sourdough bread. Until (relatively) recently, I was under the impression that the only place you [...]

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Monday, September 12, 2011

Cheesy Italian Bread for Secret Recipe Club

This Cheesy Italian Bread is for The Secret Recipe Club, created by Amanda of Amanda’s Cookin’. This is how it works: Every month, you get to scour the blog of another member of the club (assigned to you by Amanda), and pick out and cook or bake any recipe from that person’s blog. And of [...]

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Monday, August 15, 2011

Mango Pistachio Ricotta Tart

This Mango Pistachio Ricotta Tart is for The Secret Recipe Club, created by Amanda of Amanda’s Cookin’. This is how it works: Every month, you get to scour the blog of another member of the club (assigned to you by Amanda), and pick out and cook or bake any recipe from that person’s blog. And [...]

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Saturday, August 13, 2011

Peanut Butter Cup Pies #apieformikey

The food blogosphere came together this week to support our own Jennifer Perillo of In Jennie’s Kitchen and her young daughters, when the shocking news of her husband’s sudden passing hit us all like a slap in the face. And we did it in the best way we know how – with food. With peanut [...]

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Pickle Party: Pickled Chayote Slaw & We Sure Can! Giveaway

I’m entering my slaw in the “Can You Can It? Yes, You Can!” contest at Eve’s The Garden of Eating Blog! The roundup will be posted on August 22nd, followed by a week of public voting. You’ll vote for me, right? ***************** *The winner of Sarah Hood’s new book, We Sure Can!, as chosen by [...]

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Friday, August 5, 2011

White Food: White Mac & Cheese, Revisited

White Mac & Cheese. Kind of an odd thing to write about in the middle of one of the hottest summers on record, I know. Most of you may not know that Flamingo Musings did not start out as a food blog. Back on August 30, 2006, this blog was born out of the boredom [...]

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Monday, July 25, 2011

Piña Colada Muffins & A Guest Post

Many of you have been telling me that you’re using Freakin’ Flamingo jams and marmalades in ways that have nothing to do with toast, but that’s no surprise to me – I’m doing the same. Today, I mixed some of my Piña Colada Jam (part of “The Cabana Collection“) into muffin batter, and ended up [...]

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