This month, “Diversity in the Kitchen” features the Philippines, my native country. Born and raised in Manila, my parents, younger brother and I moved to Wolfville, NS, when I was in high school. We lived there for a few years until we moved to the U.S., where I finished university and spent my career as a research scientist. I never forgot my love for the Maritimes and the Bay of Fundy area. For more than 30 years, we visited my sister and her family in Waterside almost every summer. My husband and I are now happy to have made our permanent home in Waterside!
by Lynne Greenblatt
This month, “Diversity in the Kitchen” features the Philippines, my native country. Born and raised in Manila, my parents, younger brother and I moved to Wolfville, NS, when I was in high school. We lived there for a few years until we moved to the U.S., where I finished university and spent my career as a research scientist. I never forgot my love for the Maritimes and the Bay of Fundy area. For more than 30 years, we visited my sister and her family in Waterside almost every summer. My husband and I are now happy to have made our permanent home in Waterside!
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This is the first in a series of articles celebrating the growing diversity of countries, cultures and cuisine among our neighbours in Albert County. We will feature stories and recipes from around the world, brought to you by new friends who now call Albert County home. Enjoy! Lynne Greenblatt Hakka Yong Tau Fu (客家釀豆腐) by Lim Lee Fui
I moved to Alma a year ago to be with the love of my life, whom I met in Malaysia nine years ago. I like my life in Albert County where I am well pampered by (besides the nature and scenery) local produce and seafood, of which I am a big fan. I am so grateful that I am still able to create many recipes from home with the vegetables, meat and seafood found in Albert County. I am honoured to share a recipe that is connected to my heritage, Malaysian Hakka, with Connecting Albert County. Hakka is a Chinese subgroup and means ‘guest families.’ Enjoy Dawne McLean's recipe for oatmeal brown bread. In this time when people are staying at home and cooking more, Connecting Albert County will share recipes from The Albert County Museum cookbook, Fiddleheads, Fricot & Frittata: A Hodgepodge of Atlantic Canadian Recipes. To get your own copy, order it from www.albertcountymuseum.com/giftshoponline/fiddleheads-fricot-frittata-a-hodgepodge-of-atlantic-canadian-recipes and pick it up from the Albert County Museum once it opens. Only $8 including tax for more than 200 recipes, as well as many stories about the people and foods of Atlantic Canada. Learn more about the cookbook at www.connectingalbertcounty.org/food-farming--fishing/fiddleheads-fricot-frittata-a-hodgepodge-of-atlantic-canadian-recipes-order-your-copy-now “I am lucky enough to live by the Bay of Fundy and scallop season usually falls in August or my birthday month,” says Jennifer McKenzie. “As scallops are my favourite, they are the perfect birthday treat. If I am very lucky, I can sometimes get them straight off the boats as they come into the harbour. I like them pan-fried with butter in an old cast iron frying pan with all the flavours soaking up into them from the pan. I hope you enjoy them too!
“Scallops are best fresh, or second-best flash-frozen, and then thawed at room temperature just before cooking. Pat them dry with a towel before you cook them.” One of my favourite dishes is spanakopita—phyllo turnovers filled with spinach and feta cheese. I like wild greens so I started replacing spinach with stinging nettles, and then adding dandelions, lamb’s quarters and mustard greens. The result is delicious and healthy. I later realized that the dish I thought I had ‘invented’ is actually a Greek dish called “hortapitta.” In Greek, “pitta” means pie, “spana” means spinach and “horta” refers to an assortment of wild greens. The recipe is flexible and forgiving. Phyllo is easy to work with once you understand that it doesn’t really matter if it's wrinkled or even rips a bit. It will still taste and look great in the end. “As I turned the faded pages of the recipe notebooks handwritten by my Grandmother Wright (née West), many memories came back to me of special meals together when our family would enjoy a specific cake or dessert made only for that occasion. It is so true that ‘heritage recipes’ connect you to your family and its traditions. Such is the recipe for the Christmas dessert known to our family as ‘Strawberry Sponge,’ passed down through the years from my great grandmother, to my grandmother, to my mother, and now to me and my siblings. It wouldn't be Christmas without a dish of Strawberry Sponge,” says Dawne (Wright) McLean.
Dawne adds that "if freshly picked strawberries were stewed with a bit of sugar, it would make fresh preserves and would be delicious for the sponge." Check out the following recipes for Maple baked brie, Maple Scones, Maple baked beans, and Maple butter tarts! For even more local maple recipes, order your copy of Fiddleheads, Fricot & Frittata: A Hodgepodge of Atlantic Canadian Recipes ($8) at www.albertcountymuseum.com/cookbook Sourdough bread, anchovies, chocolate, cheese, Kosher dill pickles and yogurt… what do these all have in common? They are all products of lacto-fermentation. Lacto-fermentation is a complicated word for a simple process: a way to preserve food by allowing it to ferment. You can learn the art of lacto-fermentation on Sunday, September 24th from 1:30 to 4:30pm at the Albert County Museum in Hopewell Cape. Jocelyne Gauvin’s Acadian Chicken Fricot (Approx. 10 servings)
To learn more and enjoy a bowl of soup, come out to the Fricot Lunch and Learn on Saturday, July 29th, at the Albert County Museum. Please pre-register by calling 734-2003 or emailing melody@albertcountymuseum.com. |
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