tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post7690712183009888532..comments2024-01-05T04:39:29.978-08:00Comments on Gild the (Voodoo)lily: Doro wat with ye'abesha gomenHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07630354073303047529noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-19972732952425512402008-12-16T22:23:00.000-08:002008-12-16T22:23:00.000-08:00I just stumbled upon your blog this morning (1:16 ...I just stumbled upon your blog this morning (1:16 am). I was looking to see if it was traditional to serve Doro Wat with rice. My 12 year old daughter is studying how Christmas is celebrated in Ethiopia and she decided that she wanted to prepare Doro Wat. She even wanted to make the injera, but she realized that it would be difficult to find the Teff flour. In a pinch, I called up a local Ethiopian Restaurant and explained what my daughter was doing and the manager agreed to sell us some injera. When I went to buy the injera I showed the manager the lapbook my daughter created and the book she found about Ethiopian food. I explained that she wanted to bring a dish for her learning partners to try. He was impressed, Even a patron was impressed and he paid for the injera and said, "Tell your daughter that a stranger gave her a gift." I type all this because I don't think you would have insulted any Ethiopian establishment by asking to buy just the injera. The fact that you took the time to prepare their traditional meal shows that you have an appreciation for their culture.-- Tee Jenkins, Silver Spring, MDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-74676633880726670592008-10-25T10:49:00.000-07:002008-10-25T10:49:00.000-07:00nice - you dont get many posts about african food ...nice - you dont get many posts about african food apart from Morroccan these days. looks great.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05512660051158275112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-12848469326188775942008-10-23T22:02:00.000-07:002008-10-23T22:02:00.000-07:00From Ethiopian to Japanese in 2 posts? I'm glad th...From Ethiopian to Japanese in 2 posts? I'm glad there's someone as, uh, eclectic, as I am with cooking. <BR/><BR/>Gotta check this out at the local Ethiopian joints. I can never get injera right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-88835121826335103122008-10-23T21:04:00.000-07:002008-10-23T21:04:00.000-07:00Just curious - Is that Ethiopian restaurant in dow...Just curious - Is that Ethiopian restaurant in downtown Portland still there .... Um, I think it's called Red Sea? Memories from my drunk twenties. <BR/><BR/>Your chicken looks really good. :)SOUP OF THE DAYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13698716458953144827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-81378297177591014452008-10-23T18:20:00.000-07:002008-10-23T18:20:00.000-07:00i swear i commented on this post the other day and...i swear i commented on this post the other day and it is not there and now i've no idea what i had said but it was something about ethiopian food in nashville...<BR/><BR/>so, umm - hi...michael, claudia and sierrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10466840130053606273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-44025123002511298992008-10-23T03:48:00.000-07:002008-10-23T03:48:00.000-07:00OMfG. YUM Heather! I haven't had Ethiopian food ...OMfG. YUM Heather! I haven't had Ethiopian food since I lived in Minneapolis. Awesome little place in Uptown. I haven't made any Ethiopian here because there is no teff flour to be found anywhere! Go figure, we're only a few miles from Africa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-85899302551391547802008-10-22T17:39:00.000-07:002008-10-22T17:39:00.000-07:00you beat me to it... i'm impressed. but we'll do ...you beat me to it... i'm impressed. but we'll do a ethiopian throwdown over the winter. we wanted to try injera but knew we'd prob. have to mail-order teff or find some hippie store as well (ha!) and i just didn't have the patience to wait the time you need to for fermentation. but damn i love it. <BR/><BR/>great job here... this dish is making me 'wat'. that was lame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-66016334561799961462008-10-22T11:24:00.000-07:002008-10-22T11:24:00.000-07:00This is me giving you a high five. Right now. Oh n...This is me giving you a high five. Right now. Oh no, I missed. Ok...NOW. Sorry about your teff misadventure. Yeah, just go to the bakery next time. The Asian grocery here sells it (because I requested it) and tortilla are a piss-poor substitute. I'm sorry you endured that pain. I make niter kibbeh to put in my succotash. I usually use whole butter so I can spread it on the bread and whatever else I'm eating with it. Have you ever fried chicken with it? I know you're afraid of frying. That was a silly question. But a little <I>niter</I> pan-fried veal is....awe<I>some</I>!!Nikki @ NikSnackshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09756950048513201740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-43114203384457827882008-10-22T10:32:00.000-07:002008-10-22T10:32:00.000-07:00When you mentioned Doro on twitter, I was complete...When you mentioned Doro on twitter, I was completely dumbfounded. "what the fuck is doro?" I thought to myself. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for broadening my horizons. <BR/>I mean, damn. You're just awesome. Seriously.Brittanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01964356151167396230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-77511473995493534712008-10-22T10:17:00.000-07:002008-10-22T10:17:00.000-07:00Damn, that sounds yummy. Too bad about the injera-...Damn, that sounds yummy. Too bad about the injera- strangly, I can buy it at my neighborhood Greek cornerstore, it's right beside the gulab jamun. Makes no sense, especially considering I live in Calgary which has exactly one Ethiopian restaurant... oh yeah, and coz it's a fucking Greek store.<BR/>When I needed starter and didn't have the time to do it proper, I used to buy those frozen unbaked loaves of sourdough and just rip off a chunk. Worked okay, though I have no idea if it'd work for this.CMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15733007437498852557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-62907449266426762432008-10-21T21:05:00.000-07:002008-10-21T21:05:00.000-07:00This dish totally brings me back, Heather! I used ...This dish totally brings me back, Heather! I used to work the line at an Ethiopian restaurant in Madison, Wisconsin back in the early 1990s. I made doro wat every night for a year then.<BR/><BR/>Haven't eaten it since...Hunter Angler Gardener Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01996285578001308125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-16227355591339799092008-10-21T19:12:00.000-07:002008-10-21T19:12:00.000-07:00Non EuroHonkey levan bread and even the Hippies co...Non EuroHonkey levan bread and even the Hippies couldn't help! I love your posts. Im sure you will get all you need in day to make the bread properly. Your always changing your profile pics and I always have to do a double take.glamah16https://www.blogger.com/profile/16724763173861801914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-24443399748774712412008-10-21T17:12:00.000-07:002008-10-21T17:12:00.000-07:00Mmm... I had a similar craving ("I wanted to smell...Mmm... I had a similar craving ("I wanted to smell chiles, ginger, toasted onions and fenugreek in my Sunday kitchen."), except it was today, not Sunday and I went with a spicy Indian curry. But Doro wat sounds good too.<BR/><BR/>Are you going to do a sour dough start just in case you feel like injera again soon, or just saying "fuck it"?Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00054626834383208140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-68577673544591322302008-10-21T17:10:00.000-07:002008-10-21T17:10:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00054626834383208140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-63992820315589194102008-10-21T14:24:00.000-07:002008-10-21T14:24:00.000-07:00You have an Ethiopian bakery where you live? Man,...You have an Ethiopian bakery where you live? Man, I settled my wagon in the wrong village......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-72138518374912517572008-10-21T12:44:00.000-07:002008-10-21T12:44:00.000-07:00You can make it yourself just by leaving the teff ...You can make it yourself just by leaving the teff flour and water out in a bowl somewhere warm overnight; if I can find the recipe I'll email it to you. Funny; I've been planning to make Ethiopian soon- we're totally psychic.peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17189314044617829401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-27324965374456006912008-10-21T12:37:00.000-07:002008-10-21T12:37:00.000-07:00Oh, I would totally make the injera myself. I hope...Oh, I would totally make the injera myself. I hope you give it a try next time.cookiecrumbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00741894180391507513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-78905382792332779562008-10-21T11:51:00.000-07:002008-10-21T11:51:00.000-07:00Wow, you have an ethiopian baker? I bought some t...Wow, you have an ethiopian baker? I bought some teff ages ago and keep meaning to make injera--reading this make me want to jump off the couch, well, almost.maybelle's momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09067885057660475498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-67355538347215679572008-10-21T10:43:00.000-07:002008-10-21T10:43:00.000-07:00Heather, I love Ethiopian food, so why has it neve...Heather, I love Ethiopian food, so why has it never occurred to me to make it???? DUH! Thanks for the inspiration -- I'm on it, Roz!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481135477608372864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-86244877760292206482008-10-21T10:40:00.000-07:002008-10-21T10:40:00.000-07:00Nice photo.And awesome work on the Ethiopian food ...Nice photo.<BR/>And awesome work on the Ethiopian food (one of my absolute favorite cuisines). <BR/><BR/>And I'm glad you found the teff. I just found some myself the other day (though, it wasn't locally grown, so I had to leave it be).<BR/><BR/>Now, about that sourdough starter... you want some??Lohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02627131190832189839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-73392874440071071612008-10-21T09:06:00.000-07:002008-10-21T09:06:00.000-07:00There was a recipe for this in one of the past iss...There was a recipe for this in one of the past issues of Savuer and it was great! Your post reminds me that I need to make it again. This time I'll try in my pressure cooker. Can you imagine? A whole meal done in less than half an hour!dphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09255384036992381006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-8321497963907686022008-10-21T08:06:00.000-07:002008-10-21T08:06:00.000-07:00Emiline - It is a mushroom (a chanterelle)! One of...Emiline - It is a mushroom (a chanterelle)! One of the ones I picked on Saturday.<BR/><BR/>Donald - It wasn't that bad - I knew a local company made the teff, I just couldn't find a store to get any. :P<BR/><BR/>Peter the Greek - I always feel like Princess Peach of the Mushroom Kingdom when I go out for chanterelles. (Do try the Ethiopian food. It's so good.)<BR/><BR/>Kittie - It's like they took Indian food and kicked it up the proverbial notch. Love it.<BR/><BR/>Jen - Thank you! It seems like the cheater methods I saw were still three days in the making. I wanted to it the "real" way before I start fudging it, but I just don't have that kind of time.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630354073303047529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-8959654442819270942008-10-21T06:33:00.000-07:002008-10-21T06:33:00.000-07:00I used to have quite an easy recipe for cheater in...I used to have quite an easy recipe for cheater injera - I'll try to dig it out for you. I love doro wat.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02362687820368214420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-75319072484750704022008-10-21T04:33:00.000-07:002008-10-21T04:33:00.000-07:00Love love love Ethiopian cuisine, and have absolut...Love love love Ethiopian cuisine, and have absolutely no idea why I haven't cooked it yet.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the reminder - hallucinogenically spicy is just what I fancy right now...Laura Patersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17588036645858886259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12768753.post-17358130294971418252008-10-21T02:39:00.000-07:002008-10-21T02:39:00.000-07:00First, love the new profile pic of you posing with...First, love the new profile pic of you posing with the ONE chanterelle you found in the woods.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Secondly, I love you ability to jump right into a totally remote cuisine and bring to life for us.<BR/><BR/>There are a couple of Eithopian joints I could visit and I shall.Peter Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01907758539058786065noreply@blogger.com