Comments on: Harnessing the Five Fires http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/07/28/harnessing-the-five-fires/ Cook Local, Eat Global Wed, 29 Aug 2012 23:26:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Barbara http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/07/28/harnessing-the-five-fires/#comment-2980 Barbara Tue, 28 Mar 2006 21:47:25 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/wp/2005/07/28/harnessing-the-five-fires/#comment-2980 Welcome, Lisa–thank you for your kind words! I did have fun writing this particular entry.

Let me know how you like the recipe after you have made it. It is an intense experience….

]]> By: Lisa http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/07/28/harnessing-the-five-fires/#comment-2868 Lisa Mon, 20 Mar 2006 06:17:58 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/wp/2005/07/28/harnessing-the-five-fires/#comment-2868 Dear Barbara, I stumbled across your blog today, and have been reading for the past three hours.

This is, without a doubt, the best food essay I have ever read. You are positively lyrical! It’s poetry.

Ooh, and the recipe sounds so good that I am going to shop tomorrow for the ingredients and attempt it at home!

Thanks so much!

Lisa

]]> By: crazyquilt http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/07/28/harnessing-the-five-fires/#comment-369 crazyquilt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/wp/2005/07/28/harnessing-the-five-fires/#comment-369 Barbara’s wicked version of Thai basil chicken used to be my favorite of her dishes, but when she first shared the pleasures of Five Fires Beef with me … well, let’s just say the reaction was not suitable for a family-friendly blog!

The only drawback is that we’ve noticed that Thai chilies have become somewhat irregular in their heat of late. I don’t know if some dim bulb decided the ‘beneficial’ mutation that ruined jalapenos should be visited upon bird chilies or what, but sometimes it’s more like Five Candles Beef. This is frustrating to everyone involved (except our less chili-savvy friends, who seem quite grateful. Poor things.)

]]> By: boo_licious http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/07/28/harnessing-the-five-fires/#comment-370 boo_licious Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/wp/2005/07/28/harnessing-the-five-fires/#comment-370 Gosh Barbara, you can become a chef in a Chinese restaurant after seeing your wok action!

]]> By: Amy http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/07/28/harnessing-the-five-fires/#comment-371 Amy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/wp/2005/07/28/harnessing-the-five-fires/#comment-371 Your comment about garlic and oatmeal reminds me of the book “Gossamer Axe”, when the main character puts chopped leeks in her porridge.

For dinner Tuesday night, we had porkchops topped with fresh peaches. I took off their skins, roughy chopped them, and cooked them a bit with some water, a little sugar, a bunch of fresh minced ginger, a bunch of grainy mustard and 1/4 of a preserved lemon, chopped. Sweet and spicy and gingery and the chops were juicy and garlicky and . . . YUM! Eaten with a side of potato/squash salad (olive oil, appe cider vinegar, salt, pepper, fresh dill tossed with cubed boiled red skinned potatoes and steamed baby squash).

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