Batch Cooking weekly menu for the week of January 15 to 19

Sorry! I sincerely apologize.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
11 January 2024 Thursday 09:32
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Batch Cooking weekly menu for the week of January 15 to 19

Sorry! I sincerely apologize. Or well, no, I don't think so. I mean, yes honestly, but I'm not that apologetic. The thing is that from time to time they criticize me for using English names on these menus. But I don't know if I should apologize for that.

I see it like this. If, for example, I write banana bread, I do not do it for the sake of anglicizing a name that could perfectly be 'banana cake', but because the concept exists and is understood.

When I write banana bread, ordinary mortals will understand what I mean. If, on the other hand, I say 'banana cake', it lends itself to thousands of different interpretations of the appearance, flavor and texture that that preparation may end up having.

I think it's clearer if I explain it with an omelette (which isn't English, but it still comes from another language). The omelette is a specific concept, with very clear parameters. But if I say 'omelet', there are a million possibilities, right? Did I explain myself or have I made it even more complicated?

Well, the point is that the banana bread I suggest this week is delicious. The menu, as always, begins with the

Baked Preparations

Preparations with sofrito

(find the recipes for each preparation below)

Fire preparations

Cold preparations