Spring Rolls Step By Step

Step 1: Chop & bag. Chop & bag. Chop & bag.

In this photo you can see my usual ingredients which are (left to right) chopped peanuts, mixed herbs & garlic, purple cabbage, pineapple, carrots marinated in lemon juice, mango, and spicy bean threads/ rice noodles. I top everything with peanut sauce and sesame seeds before rolling. If you are cooking for a crowd it's fun to put all the ingredients on the table and let everyone roll their own!

Step 2: Soak your rice paper until it's soft, then spread it on your work surface.

Step 3: Begin to pile the ingredients. I like to layer the meat (jerk shrimp, seared tuna, hoisin chicken) in the middle of the veggies.

Step 4: Top with a shake of sesame seeds, peanuts, or peanut sauce.

Roll!

Goat Eyeballs??

Found an interesting recipe for cold brine red grapes. Humm... was more of the sentiment instead of yummm... Great in a salad, overpoweringly weird for any other application. I liked them, but then again I also liked Mom's crab casserole :)