This Week's Concoctions Ending 9/3

Here are some highlights of items that I made this week other than the "Weekly Cookie"

A while ago, I bought a pound of alligator meat. Then, I was delighted when one of our friends wanted to try it. I found it difficult to find a recipe that didn't include deep frying the meat. It was really quite tasty. I thought it had a slightly fishy taste but nothing stronger than the flavor of fish sticks. I would definitely make the meat and this recipe again.

Alligator Jambalaya

One of my culinary challenges has been homemade rice pudding. I have attempted it maybe 3-4 times with only 1 success. It usually comes out very watery. Recently I went to a "Celebrating Home" party and lured into buying this bean pot ("It's a crockpot without the cord"). After browsing through the bean pot cookbook, I decided to attempt rice pudding again for Labor Day. I had to work that day so I cheated and bought rice from a Chinese restaurant. I added all the ingredients and it went in the oven for 3 hours at 250. When it came out (see picture), it was dry and tasted bland and not good...

Rice Pudding 4          Molly 1

Over the last couple of weeks at our vegetable share, we have been given kohlrabi. I had never heard of it so of course I wanted to experiment with it. I found a recipe that used them, avocados and a red wine vinegar dressing. You have to peel them and they feel like a potato when you cut them up. However, they are gross....so gross. I had one bite and spit it into the sink. I felt awful because I also made the rice pudding that day so I served our guests 2 unappetizing dishes. On the bright side, I made pulled pork in the slow cooker that came out well.