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Ben Mandelker's avatar

I made this dish again today. I added dill and some cooked farro I had in the fridge. Both were great additions. Dill added herbal freshness, farro added chew. No notes. 10/10.

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lawrence mandelker's avatar

Hi Liz. I'm a subscriber.

Hi Ben. Thanks for the shout out. The chili oil and cottage cheese are a natural. The distance between pickled herring in cream sauce and your combination is not as far it it might seem.

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Ben Mandelker's avatar

Good point!

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Amy Blackstone, PhD's avatar

Yum!! Wouldn't have considered it but am now looking forward to trying it! Reminds me of Lynne Rosetto Kasper playing Stump the Cook on an old episode of The Splendid Table, which was always my favorite segment.

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Claire P.'s avatar

Me, too, Amy. I used to delight in whatever she’d dream up.

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hc's avatar

yermy! love chili crisp and cottage cheese and i love your dad too! david chang is a gatekeeping ahole.

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Andrea Neumann's avatar

"mealy sadness" - so accurate! And now I am going to try to make some of that chili sauce . . . looks divine!

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cellospice's avatar

I had a co-worker who would sprinkle Worcestershire sauce on her cottage cheese. Highly recommend!

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Claire P.'s avatar

OMG, Ben - give me strawberries and siracha any day!! Oof. I’m glad the pickled herring dish was great…someday I will get up enough nerve to try it.

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Liz Hamilton's avatar

This was a delight to read, Ben. I hope you told your dad about it.

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Ben Mandelker's avatar

Don't worry - he’s a subscriber!

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