TO REACH USFare Exchange is a longtime meeting place for people who love to cook and love to eat. We welcome both your recipes and your requests. Be sure to include precise instructions for every recipe you send.• Mailing address: Jane Henegar, 913 Mount Olive Road, Lookout Mountain, GA 30750• E-mail: chattfare@gmail.com
Jane HenegarToday’s requests came not on paper but via conversation, stirring up challenges in several categories.
“What do you wish you had a recipe for?” Topics raised in this foodie conversation were mosaic cookies, recipes that feature ricotta or goat cheese and lastly a dish of beans with bacon. The mosaic cookies are for a special event, and another reader has been grazing in food magazines for recipes that have a base of goat cheese or a dense filling of ricotta.
One in this conversation went to an acupuncturist who advised eating “the big limas – Fordhooks – and seasoning them with nitrate-free bacon.” She would like shopping information for those limas and that bacon, then cooking instructions.
Short ribs, as per last week’s request, surfaced in generous proportion in the mail. Erin Stroud wrote first. “For Mr. W., who enjoyed braised short ribs at Biltmore. Potatoes could probably be substituted for the beans in the recipe that follows, if preferred. I acquired this delicious recipe many years ago; at the time, beef short ribs were uncommon in grocery stores in my area. They also were too pricey for my budget. I substituted beef chuck roast, but since I now see beef short ribs in stores and the price is no longer intimidating to me, I may try this recipe again as written.”