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Aug. 29th, 2009 12:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ursulaI made corn and avocado salad for dinner the other night, since now that we live in California all the non-bacon ingredients are available and in season. The side dish was cornmeal waffles. It turns out that although I'm often skeptical of cornbread, I really like the extra crunch of cornmeal waffles. (I like my waffles crispy to a fault, which may say something about the normal modes of our family waffle maker when I was small.)
This was the first time I've ever cooked bacon. At the faculty meeting yesterday, one of the professors was explaining to my neighbor that since reading The Omnivore's Dilemma he has vowed to eat more vegetarian meals; I feel myself running against the cultural tide, beginning to be a non-vegetarian cook (though I should note that my bacon was ethically produced & lacking in nitrates or nitrites). I didn't cook it long enough alone, I think, since it never crisped the way I hoped for-- though in the end crunchy corn vs. soft avocado was enough in the way of contrast, and the smokey flavor was a bonus.
Variations: I did add a bell pepper with the corn, since I was low on corn & tomato quantities. If I try this again and have the bell pepper, I may leave it raw. I don't think the bacon was actually necessary; mushrooms seared & deglazed with a splash of red wine, or mushrooms with smoked paprika, or chopped Lapsang-Souchong tea eggs would all substitute nicely.
This was the first time I've ever cooked bacon. At the faculty meeting yesterday, one of the professors was explaining to my neighbor that since reading The Omnivore's Dilemma he has vowed to eat more vegetarian meals; I feel myself running against the cultural tide, beginning to be a non-vegetarian cook (though I should note that my bacon was ethically produced & lacking in nitrates or nitrites). I didn't cook it long enough alone, I think, since it never crisped the way I hoped for-- though in the end crunchy corn vs. soft avocado was enough in the way of contrast, and the smokey flavor was a bonus.
Variations: I did add a bell pepper with the corn, since I was low on corn & tomato quantities. If I try this again and have the bell pepper, I may leave it raw. I don't think the bacon was actually necessary; mushrooms seared & deglazed with a splash of red wine, or mushrooms with smoked paprika, or chopped Lapsang-Souchong tea eggs would all substitute nicely.