Culinary Tidbits---Kedgeree

[cheftim]

Today's Culinary Lingo

kedgeree; kegeree
[kehj-uh-REE; KEHJ-uh-ree]
A spiced East Indian dish of rice, lentils and onions, Anglicized in the 18th century when the English added flaked smoked fish, hard-cooked eggs and a rich cream sauce. Kedgeree is a popular English breakfast dish.

All of the above are © Copyright Barron's Educational Services,

Comments

Sounds Tatsy

[alb73]

That sounds pretty good. I love eating salmon. Would you use white or brown rice?

Re: Sounds Tatsy

[cheftim]

Usually when a recipe calls for rice without specifying a type, I use white rice, but if you prefer brown rice, then go ahead and use it. I think the flavor of the brown rice would go quite nicely with the recipe. Generally speaking, in cooking, a recipe is simply a guide to use, but if you don't like an ingredient, then you should experiment and try what you do like.

On the other hand, if you are baking something, then a recipe is more like a chemical formula that should really not be altered since any change in ingredients may create something quite unexpected so unless you know that a substitution will not change the overall recipe, substitutions should not be made.