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The Domestic Man’s Russian Cutlets (Котлеты)

April 18, 2013January 30, 2014by Brent Schrader1 Comment

Today’s post is a recreation of our friend The Domestic Man’s Russian Cutlets. His blog is a finalist for Saveur’s Best Food Blog Awards, and we’d really appreciate it if you could take the time to support him and our real food movement by voting for his website in the special diet category. You can do that here! On with the show…

When Russ shared this recipe a month or two back, I was intrigued (usual response). He always includes a brief, yet informative, history of a dish and what makes it stand out from just another meal on a plate. What really caught me was his description of the cutlet, “The word cutlet is a bit of a culinary mystery – everyone has their own interpretation of what it means.” While I’d like to say I try to experience as much as possible in terms of food, I couldn’t wholly appreciate what he meant by this sentence. I was thinking, “Oh, so it’s like a burger with some seasonings and a sauce that’s not ketchup, mustard, or BBQ sauce.” Wrong was I. These were not at all like a hamburger, and I’m glad they weren’t. I still love my burgers, but this was a treat.

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Fermented Health Salad

April 17, 2013August 10, 2013by Brent Schrader4 Comments

When I was younger and just moved right outside of NYC from Wisconsin, my grandmother’s husband knew the city like the back of his hand. He insisted on taking us to the 2nd avenue deli on a semi-regular basis. When going to one of these restaurants with Grandpa Bill, you were told what you were going to eat. We always were given a hot corned beef and a side of health salad. I remember loving this lunch the few times I went, but it has been at least a decade since the last time I was there.

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Fried Calamari

April 10, 2013December 19, 2013by Brent Schrader4 Comments

Fried calamari was one of my all-time favorite things to eat at a restaurant. Growing up, I had a close friend whose parents owned a restaurant, and whenever we would hang out upstairs in the “apartment” above the restaurant while her parents worked, they’d feed us. 9 times out of 10 I wanted the fried calamari (I think my other choice was baby back ribs…what can I say, I was a growing boy). Since changing up my diet and staying away from grains and legumes, I haven’t done much in the way of fried foods, so this dish left my life.

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Reuben Salad

March 27, 2013January 30, 2014by Brent Schrader1 Comment

The Reuben sandwich is something that I had a love-hate relationship with for a long time. Growing up outside NYC it was a favorite sandwich of my grandfather, but my aversion to sauerkraut won over the sandwich. He’d usually let me have the dill pickle; the one thing I was excited about.

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Hasenpfeffer

March 20, 2013August 10, 2013by Brent Schrader7 Comments

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Rabbit is one of the foods Heather and I first attempted to cook once we started being more mindful of our diet and health. By cutting out the staples in our diet (pizza, pasta, Chinese, etc.) we found ourselves with a gap. Luckily for us, we filled that gap with trying new foods. Rabbit was something that we had never eaten, so when I suggested it to Heather, she was all ears, unlike the rabbit we received. My favorite thing is that we were able to include the giblets in our chili for the week and used the ribcage along with the carcass from our succulent roast chicken to make stock, so nothing went to waste!

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