Questions about recipes for Mongolia

[Guest guest]

Hi Melanie,

 

I have questions about expanding the ingredient list,

 

is there any flour or grains, rice, oatmeal?

Is there any thing like arrowroot powder (cornstarch)? Is there any baking

powder or vinegar any nuts or seeds? how about tomato sauce?

How about the availability of noodles and breads?

How about water?

 

I tend to be literal, so when I read your list I am thinking of literally

using nothing but those ingredients.

 

If you can get tomato sauce then I don't need to give recipes for making

tomato sauce.

 

Do you want recipes with only those ingredients that you mentioned or can

they be expanded with some typical staples that cooks ususally use? So what I

am asking what are the staples besides these foods, if there is any?

 

kim

 

In a message dated 2/13/2003 1:13:01 PM Pacific Standard Time,

editor writes:

 

<<

I am compiling a vegetarian cookbook specifically for Mongolia, and I need

your recipes! It will be a vegetable and fruit cookbook. I get so many

questions about how to cook vegetables and prepare salads, and I would like

to put together a book of recipes of the following locally available produce

(some are seasonal):

 

beets, turnips, potatoes, onions, broccoli, garlic, bok choy, cabbage (two

kinds), lettuce, carrots, cauliflower, zucchini, spinach, mushrooms, celery,

radish, tomatoes, daikon (white radish), red radishes, cucumbers, eggplant,

green beans, corn (canned), bean sprouts, asparagus, sweet potatoes, local

greens, olives, leeks, green onions, and peppers,

AND

bananas, apples, kiwi, watermelon, grapes, pineapple, oranges, tangerines,

grapefruit, strawberries, lemons, pears, peaches, dried fruits.

 

I will accept up to 5 recipes per person, and your name will be included in

the book with your recipe. Here are a few guidelines:

 

--The recipes may be for cooked or raw fruits or vegetables, for appetizers,

entrees, salads, or desserts!

--Please o >>

 

<< Hey, I forgot to say that there isn't much in the way of spices here in

Mongolia, but there IS fresh dill and cilantro available. Also, salt,

pepper, cinnamon, fresh ginger, green onions, curry, vegetable bouillion

(not a spice, really), and that's about it. Oh, and soy sauce and sesame

oil, thank goodness! The book will be for ex-patriates living in apartments

as well as Mongolians living in yurts, so I will need a combination of

recipes for modern kitchens and traditional wood stoves. Most everyone has

refrigeration, and if not, it's 0 or below for about 8 months of the year!

Should have included this info...

 

Melanie

vegbaby

[Guest guest]

Kim wrote:

>

> I have questions about expanding the ingredient list,

>

> is there any flour or grains, rice, oatmeal?

Yes, in fact there are lots of grains here, including buckwheat (they call

it kasha), etc. Most of your standard grains.

 

> Is there any thing like arrowroot powder (cornstarch)?

Corn starch

 

Is there any baking

> powder or vinegar any nuts or seeds?

Baking powder no, but baking soda yes. Vinegar, yes. Nuts: walnuts, pecans

 

how about tomato sauce?

Yes.

 

> How about the availability of noodles and breads?

Lots! Many of them made locally, but also packaged pastas from Europe.

 

> How about water?

No problem.

 

> If you can get tomato sauce then I don't need to give recipes for making

> tomato sauce.

I would still love to have a tomato sauce recipe!!

 

>

> Do you want recipes with only those ingredients that you mentioned or can

> they be expanded with some typical staples that cooks ususally use?

Yes, feel free to expand and just keep in vegetarian. All dairy products

available, too. Thanks so much for asking me to clarify these things - I

hadn't thought of it!

 

Melanie

> I am compiling a vegetarian cookbook specifically for Mongolia, and I

need

> your recipes!