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A rice cake walks into a bar

Tuesday, Nov 14, 2023

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November 14, 2023

Reminder - the Salt Pig Thankspigging Recipe Guide is here!

This guide contains some of our favorite Thanksgiving recipes, and is available to anyone who refers 3 other readers to Salt Pig — use your referral link at the bottom of the email.

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- Your piggie friends

Everyday Recipes

  • Spicy Pork Sausage with Rice Cakes was my favorite dish forever ago at Momufuku Ssam Bar (which is sadly gone). We came up with faux version using frozen rice cakes at home, but when I found the official version on the Momofuku website I just had to share. If you use all of the ingredients called for you have an amazing pantry - and if you just use what you have on hand it’ll still be delicious… and is sized for a weeknight dinner unlike the Bo Ssam we shared yesterday!

  • Seeing as we’re deep into squash season this alternative to roasting is intriguing to me. Simply titled, Butternut Squash Salad from Julia Sullivan of Henrietta Red in Nashville (via the James Beard Foundation) this recipe combines ribbons of shaved raw squash with citrus, radicchio, asian aromatics and herbs for something that looks bright and tasty. Definitely plan to pull out the vegetable peeler for a change of pace soon.

Project Time

  • So while it may seem odd to call a side of potatoes a project, this recipe for Riced Potatoes with Anchovy Butter from Yotam Ottelnghi seems fussy, time sensitive and delicious all at once. Worth a try for dinner next weekend. If it turns out great you may just decide to make everything else in advance for Thanksgiving (remember to send out those referrals to get our guide) and make this the last thing that hits your table.

Something Fun (or Interesting)

  • Knife skills corner today. Can Kenji break down a chicken in 30 seconds? Of course he can! Now you may ultimately quibble with the definition of “broken down” as the breast is still on the bone - but it’s impressive nonetheless and definitely showcases a few tricks, as well as the proper aggressive attitude, that you can use next time you’re cutting up a whole bird.

Let us know what you tried (just reply)! More soon.

Your Salt Pig Pals