GRAPEFRUIT PEEL STEAK Bistec de Toronja | HARD TIMES -- recipes from times of food scarcity
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- Invented in Cuba in the 1990s, bistec de toronja looks like a breaded cutlet but is made of the white spongey pith of a grapefruit. 😲 Here's how to prepare it -- and the deets on how it tastes. New videos every Thursday and Saturday!
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Here in Venezuela people are making pulled beef using the peel of green plantains. If you're interested in it, I can translate a recipe and send it to you.
Luis Rodriguez I've seen recipes using Jack Fruit to create vegan pulled pork. I want to try it!
Angie D well if you knew that Venezuela is in a state of emergency where everyone is starving due to massive inflation, jackfruit is simply not a fruit that's accessible at this time so your comment doesn't even correlate??
applaudent - people in the comments were sharing meat substitute and hard time recipe ideas. Others shared recipe ideas in comments using items more expensive than jackfruit. Example: mock apple pie, ritz crackers and the other ingredients for that pie are more costly than jackfruit and more costly than using real apples in many areas I am truly sorry that Venezuela is in economic crisis and that people are starving. When I read the suggestion to use plantain peels as a meat substitute it reminded me of the use of jackfruit in place of pulled pork. I didn't know or research the current cost of plantains or jack fruit in Venezuela prior to commenting. I was simply attempting to participate in a conversation about interesting and unusual inexpensive food substitutes. I didn't intend to appear insensitive, annoy anyone or create an issue. I've suffered through horrific periods in my life where food was scarce. I have done without so my children could have some of the foods they required. I would never ever intentionally make someone that was hungry and unable to acquire food feel bad. Whlie not currently a feasible meat alternative in Venezuela jackfruit might work as an inexpensive substitute for pulled pork in other parts of the world. My suggestion was not wholly irrelevant.
Can I get the recipe???
Luis Rodriguez I'd love this recipe wow
I would soak the rinds in salt water overnight and try to leach that bitterness out.
Tammy Stratford yes! And then perhaps blanching them
Yes- or boil them for a minute or so and that should help - like when you candy lemon peel!
Don't forget soy sauce and liquid smoke
Yes, I was thinking of some kind of marinade...but the salt water might help.
Treat like an eggplant to leach the bitterness out.
During the depression the oil those were fried in would have fried others foods before, therefore it would have taken on the flavour of previous fried foods.
True
Chinese gutter oil comes to mind...
Right. My grandmother always saved her bacon and sausage grease for use in the next few days. She rarely bought oil and when she bought it, it was corn oil, I believe
She and my grandpa were raised during the depression and never wasted.
Side note: one day my grandfather made a wood splitter from shit he had laying around.
An old lawn mower engine, a pinto engine, a large piston, a lawnmower blade, etc.
I miss that bad ass.
Been watching "the search for the holy Grail" recently Emmy?😂
Greatest Ever same😂
Thanks to all of you who reminded me of Clara. I just re-binged watched her videos, and guess what? Dandelions are in season, so I shall make salad. Thanks Clara, rest your lovely soul.
emmymadeinjapan I miss Clara.
Ooh, Emmy, have you ever eaten cooked stinging nettles? You have to wear heavy kitchen gloves to pick them, but once they're cooked, they don't sting. Use the very young ones in the spring, mostly the upper parts of the plants, you don't want thick, tough stems. Saute some chopped onions and bacon until slightly brown. Add your rinsed, chopped nettles, with just the water that clings after rinsing. Cook on low heat until tender. They cook down a lot, so a full pot turns into not so much. My favorite greens, ever.
Serve with some hot buttered cornbread, and sliced hard boiled eggs. So good!
I know you mentioned making Dandelion wine in the salad video but I have a friend who fries the dandelion heads in a beer batter style (sans breadcrumbs) I thought that might be interesting to add to a series if you are going to make a video on the wine as well =]
jbeargrr - the most common use of stinging nettles here (Norway) is making soup from it. It is like making spinach soup, only you use the nettles instead. Never tried making it myself though...
emmymadeinjapan I would binge watch Clara's Videos all the time. I asked for her book for Christmas, but my husband couldn't get it in time :( I wish she was still alive so we could learn more from her!
Whelp.....found her..The most charming human in the world.
Because of a UA-cam vid? Wow, ok.
@@Astral-up Right? It's almost like it's not entirely serious.
This interaction gives me life.
YES SHE IS CHARMING IS THE WORD
She is. Trust me. She is.
This looks just like something they would serve in a New York high-end restaurant and charge for 100USD.
Arthfael “Try our unique VEGAN steak!!”
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The struggle is real, so is Gentrification 😪
Yeah lmao
“Don’t you just love being squirted in the face..no, I don’t actually. Rhetorical question.”
-Emmy’s greatest hits
It's so funny how awkward she got after
I bet she does but she remembered that she has to keep the channel PG
I was automatically just like omg nooo
OMGGGG
Ahhh she’s so much like me. Says something she thinks will be funny only to completely regret the words that came out 🤦🏻♀️I love her even more that she didn’t edit it out
MY PEOPLE! I’m Cuban! People don’t talk about these meals much anymore. It’s nice to bring some light to our culture
TheHika I didn’t they they didn’t eat them. I’m saying here in Florida they don’t talk about them as much anymore
Was there a way to reduce the bitterness of the grapefruit peel?
To reduce the bitterness you boil the peels up to 3 times changing the water every time...
This won't make it too soft?
Threetails Maybe they should be put to dry first.
Maybe try marinading it overnight? Maybe that would pull the bitterness out and give it some flavor?
I thought so too. That might have helped.
I might try this
@@trinefj11 did you try?
Nemanhão _ unfortunately grapefruit isn’t in season yet :/
I think I would try this and maybe try a marinade for several hours that’s a bit sweet to offset the bitterness or possibly something that will pull the bitterness out. I want this to work actually because then it could become yet another meat substitute that I could eat. I just need to figure out how to make it a bit less bitter. Just like the white part of an orange is sour and bitter, I imagine grapefruit pith tastes similar. People candy orange rinds just fine. There must be a way to improve upon this because it looks just awesome, and looks exactly like a chicken cutlet!
When my sister and I were teenagers my family went to visit friends in Ireland. They had an 8-year-old who talked *ALL* the time. One day my sister says, "Derrick, you talk way too much."
He just smiled and said, in his accent, "Aye 'tis true, and me tongue isn't ever sore."
I hope that kid never loses that energy! That’s lovely that he accepted himself regardless of the criticism of others. Some people get called boring, some told we talk too much, people will always judge! It is important to love and accept ourselves 🥰✨
@@victoriap1649 He's in his 40's now.
As we say in Italy
"Fried, even a shoe tastes good"
And you are really proving this point!
We say that in the Southern US too. We'll fry anything.
@@breathlesshaste Yes, I'm not American but a couple months back I ate an American fair staple, fried oreos. I thought I was having a heart attack midway through eating them. 😂
When I was a child, 45 - 50 years ago, my Grandmother would make a dish called "begger man's stew". It was warmed milk with vanilla & sugar with a piece of white bread, pulled into pieces, added. That's it.
Julie Rocco my grandma made that too.
And yet it sounds good!
Julie Rocco my mom made that for me too. She called it bread pudding.
hidhawkes bread pudding is made with eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla and bread chunks and baked
Mayonnaise sandwiches. Or bread dipped in pork fat from a pan.
Lol great thing @emmymadeinjapan but you forgot the most important part you had to put the toronja skin in watter and press the water out with your hand and change the water for every time you press the water out with your hand. It takes the bitterness off same thing with dulce de toronja.
Lorenzo Lopez is right. I tried it and it took away a lot of the bitterness, but I am still curious if anyone actually eats and enjoys this.
@@OneOneThree-wl7ml Hey, I'm thinking of trying this but I'm wary of it lopping and turning out into a crispy bitter mess. Could you share your method please?
@@saarahabrahams7435 Sure! Just letting you know that if you are looking for something that tastes "good" I'd recommend other recipes and suggest you try this recipe only for novelty.
To remove some bitterness, I'd suggest you do the same thing as in the video but with the following modifications:
1. Cut the grapefruit pith as thin as you can, so that you get more batter and less grapefruit (:P).
2. Batter the grapefruit several (3) times so each piece has less grapefruit and more breading/eggs(:P).
3. Before breading, rub the grapefruit with garlic, honey, pepper, to alter the taste a little bit.
4. Before seasoning as in step 3, brine the grapefruit in vinegar overnight, press the grapefruit, rinse, press, rinse press about 10x. Brine again, rinse press, rinse press another 10x to get as much of the bitterness out as is possible.
5. Some people reccomend boiling the grapefruit first to get rid of the bitterness (to me it still tastes bitter).
6. It will taste a lot less bitter if you eat it right away, while it is still hot.
7. If you eat it and swallow very quickly, without savoring it, with a lot of breading, and a lot of sauce (i think it tastes best with barbecue sauce)the texture is very similar to meat, and the bitterness can be evaded.
8. Some people try beating it with a meat mallet to tenderize it so that the batter can permeate deeper into the grapefruit.
9. The steps above do significantly decrease the bitterness, but... NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO IT WILL PROBABLY STILL TASTE VERY BITTER HAHA! This was done out of desperation, and may be an aquired taste. It will taste bitter.
Please let me know if that was helpful or if you need any more advice :D
@@OneOneThree-wl7ml Thank you so much for taking the time out to reply and for your very detailed response.
Definitely looking for food that tastes good.
Emmy made it look so simple to make, but from the steps you mentioned it seems like an immense effort for little pay off.
Thought that it would be palatable but it doesn't sound very pleasant haha.
@@saarahabrahams7435 My pleasure! It's better than eating the leather of your shoe for fear of starving to death haha. Emmy made a simple version. It's a lot of work to make it properly, but it never tasted "good". Emmy has a lot of other recipes that actually taste good. Good luck and God bless!
I’m a broke college student and a vegetarian, so this might be perfect actually! lol.
Same! It’s easy and you get a good breakfast with the rest of the fruit in the morning
Would say soak it for a while, to get the bitter oils out a little.
I’m not broke nor a college student but I am a vegetarian so this seems pretty delicious
now if you can just find a grapefruit that doesn't cost an arm and a leg
「opal arts」 same here! maybe I’m just weird but this sounds super yummy to me?
Don't try this recipe if you take certain kinds of medications, though, particularly SSRI/SNRI-class drugs, as grapefruit (and bergamot) contain a compound that screws with the metabolization of these drugs so it can really mess you up! Which is unfortunate, because I love grapefruit. I might be living vicariously a bit, watching this, lolol.
Like schizophrenia
Holy shit thank you! I hate grapefruit but still thanks
Me too! My seizure meds & pain medication can't have ANY Grapefruit :(
Same, I take amunosuppression pills and can’t eat grapefruit
I take buspar and can't drink grapefruit
I wish you could be the voice actress for the inner monologue in my head. Life would be so calming
I wish she could be the inner monologue in my head bc I can’t picture her ever saying anything mean to me & i’m so mean to myself🥺
Check out "Great Depression Cooking". I think the cookbook and UA-cam channel have the same name. Sadly Clara has passed but her videos remind me of how my grandma took care of her kids and grandkids by using tips and tricks from her own childhood in the depression.
Hearth and Soul me too! I'll watch them all over a few days then a couple of months later I'll watch em again.
Damn that is some nostalgia.
Love that channel. She was such an amazing lady.
I loved that channel! I watched every episode and got very emotional at the end. It was wonderful.
I love her to was so sad she died
I love eating pomelo pith. My dad got me hooked on when I was little. Pomelos have much thicker pith that the normal grapefruit. However- pomelo pith is more bitter. A trick that I have experimented over the years growing up and eating pomelos, especially during the Chinese moon festival- which usually falls during the season of pomelo (well- in Canada anyway)- dry them first and rehydrate; changing the water at least 3X and squeezing in between changes to 'squeeze out the bitterness'. We had found that the longer it remained dry- the less bitter. After boiling the pith and trying it to see it bitter- cut into bit sized pieces and saute with garlic, bacon and soy sauce. I can't recall how my dad created a sauce with it, but the peel would absorb it like a sponge: OH SO GOOD!
I have read somewhere- somewhere where they serve dim sum- they have a dish of pomelo pith. If anyone know where and has tried it- let me know
shamapes Fascinating! I wonder, did you ever experiment with salting it like eggplant?
Chris: it's a totally different 'bitterness' from eggplant; pomelo pith is much more bitter and like an eggplant- it acts like a sponge. If you are lucky enough to have a good dim sum restaurant- they might even serve it steamed with black bean sauce, but to be honest- never had pomelo pith made with black bean sauce,
@@shamapes It's called 蝦籽柚皮(Braised pomelo pith with shrimp roes) in Chinese and it's a traditional Cantonese dish, which is served in dim sum restaurants
You can get crystalized pomelo peel too in Hong Kong. Obv doesn't taste of much since there is so much sugar.
To remove bitterness from the pith of citrus fruit you normally have to boil. To make a Shaker lemon pie you have to boil 10 min.
This reminds me of Julien solomitas banana peel pulled pork recipe video but way more organized lol
Yah this isn’t an Aries video 😆 Gosh I have to watch Julien’s video after this
Vietnamese people also use pomelo peel to make desserts. The peel is very bitter so they have to soak them in salt water overnight then wash them under running water for several of time to remove the bitterness. After that they are ready for cook. You can try to remove the bitter by using the same technique
D. Y.N Venezuelans, we do it too. But with a different citrus called "limonzón", it's big and very pithy and the juicy part it's too sour. The pith is prepared similarly and then cooked in spiced syrup. The result is a hard, sweet pith you eat alone or with a piece of flan (like quesillo or manjar). A variation of this sweet has a kind of dulce de leche added in the concave part of the pith (not the Argentinian type, a chewy, cream colored milk tofee)
I'm here 3 years later doing a re-watch of Emmy's Hard Times playlist! These are some of the first videos I watched after finding and falling in love with her channel. They kept me company while I worked, and they're still so fun and comforting to listen to today. Thanks for being so amazing Emmy!
I think that's kinda sweet, about you talking to yourself and your mom wanting another kid to keep you company.
This will sound creepy but I really love you 😩ur so well rounded n open minded n I think ur really pretty n ur voice is so calming n ur content is very unique n interesting 👍🏽👍🏽keep up the good work
Briana Rae Girl, if that’s creepy, we’re all right there with you. You just described why we all love her. I’ll add that I’m obsessed with her eyeliner game.
Why creepy? Damn, people are getting way too sensitive about words these days if a person can't even give a compliment without being afraid of someone accusing them of something.
Serai3 she said it about herself and I’m sure she (and I) were just joking. It seems that the only one who’s overly sensitive here is YOU.
And it seem YOU CAN'T READ. Try going back and looking at what I wrote again, Missy Thing.
I agree 💕
i wonder if this would be any better if the pith was marinated. imagine if it was marinated with some bouillon, it might help the flavor overall!
I was thinking this! with Worcestershire sauce to add a meaty umami flavor and maybe leech out some bitterness overnight
This was my immediate thought as well. Although, I wondered about using teriyaki marinade. Sadly, I am among those that can't eat this due to medications. I would be interested to see how this would turn out after marinating it.
Hello 👋 how are you doing today?
For reals soak em overnight for sure in some broth or sauce would love to see that.
I would have expected you to boil it in water for a few minutes. When you make candied citrus peels you boil the peels several times to get rid of the bitterness and it also kind of softens them and plumps them up. Wonder how that would effect the texture once fried.
AllRattedUp that would greatly affect the meaty texture and trying to bread and fry something that was boiled may be a recipe for disaster
For SCIENCE!
Boiled for safety
Zanya Carey Water + Hot Oil = disaster
yep checks out
Literally everything you fry has some level of water in it so I'm not sure what you think would happen. My suggestion would be to boil it for a few minutes, let it cool then dredged in flour, then egg, then bread crumbs. It would literally be no different than frying chicken.
Dear Lovelies, Thanks so much for the recipe suggestions, so many good ones. Keep 'em coming!
emmymadeinjapan hey Emmy I know that you're doing great depression next there's this UA-cam channel called great depression cooking now the woman and it has passed but she tells her story about how her family got by in the great depression
emmymadeinjapan i love your little tips, like about making little cuts along the perimeter of a pork chop to make it lay flat. Can you make a video sharing some useful cooking tips?
Would love to see how this would do marinated first!
ToxicOverride I was thinking the same thing! Something salty, spicy and with a little bit if vinegar to kill the bitterness? 🤔
emmymadeinjapan maybe an ancient Aztec, Mayan, or Incan recipe?
i love how talkative you are! it's part of your charm, you're very endearing
I'll bet if you threw tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese on top, it would taste great.
Anything would taste great with tomato sauce and mozarella on it.
This is how we often do similar dishes here in Argentina
Hello 👋 how are you doing today?
I grew up eating grapefruit pith not because we had to, but as another dish. My mom would cut it into thin slices and pickle it with salt to draw out the bitterness, and it would be eaten as a side dish or a relish. I always loved it growing up.
Here in Spain we have a recipe called "migas", it is made of bread.
The cool thing about it is that in difficult times, milk, rice and bread were the only things that the military gave them to the people, and they were not in the best conditions, but they figure out how to make a delicious dish of hard bread and crusts.
Today we add meat or fruit to it, but basically it is the same concept.
As a matter of fact I DO always learn something new from your videos. It's amazing how resourceful people get when faced with hard times. I don't know if you have ever made tacos with hibiscus flower which is called flor de jamaica (ha-mai-kah). The tacos come out delicious and you can treat the hibiscus flower exactly the same as meat once you brew the flower a few times until the water is almost clear. Then you sautee it with garlic and onions and seasonings. You can also make quesadillas with them. Just add the sauteed Jamaica "meat" to tortillas and some Oaxaca cheese let it get nice and melty yummmmm I love it!!! You should try it!!!
I have some jamaica in my pantry and I never knew you could cook with the spent flowers - brilliant! Thanks for the tip. 🌺
Hello 👋 how are you doing today?
I Wonder if soaking it in liquid smoke and herbs would give it a more meat flavor?
apriltheghost2009 That actually sounds like a great plan🤔 I think soaking with apple cider vinegar could also counter act that bitterness
Steam it and let it marinade in some vegetable bouillon cubes for a couple hours then bread and fry.
That would make it a lot more expensive I think.
Sanae K Not really they sell liquid smoke at the dollar store, and even the grapefruit cost 3 bucks here.
You read my mind
I would imagine if you maybe marinated it with more salt? Salt cuts bitter just as sugar cuts sour.
Soy sauce would be a great condiment. Like add soy to the ketchup and sriracha?
In Costa Rica we have a Christmas dessert where you boil the grapefruit pith in baking soda water to reduce the bitterness, then candy the pith, then fill it with "cajeta" milk fudge and let the halves filled with cajeta solidify and cut into wedges. A wonderful but tedious dessert, toronja rellena! (Stuffed grapefruit)
¡Eso suena delicioso!
That sounds lovely
"Sometimes i talk too much" *BIG SMILE* xD i love that part so much❤
And the "drill" lol.
I died when at 8:51 she typed “drill” just in case people get the wrong idea 😂
I ran to the comments to see if anyone else took note of that lol
What else would it be?
hilarious 😂😂😂
I didn't undestand that part. I saw it but didn't get what it meant. Could you explain please!
@@SilviaSandinoNieto some people might confuse it to a sex toy thats why. Emmy is just so pure 😀😀😍😍
EXPOSED: She just makes videos to make talking to herself seem normal
paytonisdying it is normal among highly intelligent people, it helps with focus and thought evaluation
r/iamverysmart
Hierophant ikr
It's also common among schizophrenic people. haha For real now, I feel that when I "think out loud" I can concentrate better. It also gets me the weirdest looks from people.
My granny used to say as long as you don’t answer back
I actually stumbled into this idea of using grapefruit peelings as a meat substitute a few years ago when I just moved out of my mom's place. I was (still am actually) vegan when I moved out and I needed to cook for myself for the first time. I actually like the citrus bitter notes and actually try and keep a bit of it when I marinate my peelings. It's best to make a marinate that is kinda sweet and vinegar also helps to make the primary bitterness to develop into better flavors but the thing that is most important when making grapefruit schnitzel is to let in marinate for over 12 hours.
You should try making ikura (red caviar) from carrots, a Soviet classic
Brave Kate ikura? Sounds interesting 🤔
Ikra. And never heard of just carrot ikra
Or from eggplant 👍🏻 Ikura - "poor man's caviar" 😁
Sounds interesting!
My mom tried feeding me that garbage when I was little, disgusting.
During Chinese New Years at my grandparent’s village in China, pomelo(similar to grapefruit) is eaten ALOT. Instead of throwing away the thick peel, we stuff them with a pork and green onion mixture and stew it and it’s DELICIOUS!! It sounds out but it’s so good!!
calamitasCorvus I am a bit familiar with pomelo rind as food: the zest has to be removed not by peeling but charring til it's black, and then scrubbed and washed. There are many ways to prepare it including slow stewing in a rich stock, perhaps with ham (similar to parma ham) etc.
“Don’t you just love being squirted in the face.. nO I don’t actually rhetorical question uM yeah sometimes I talk too much...“
LMAOOO
This is an awesome series. I can’t wait to see more of it. It really sheds light on how creative people can be in difficult times in life. Thank you for this, I appreciate you shedding more light on subjects matter like this!!
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Randy Mendoza hi! Or did you mean to greet Emmy? 😅
Randy Mendoza oh my goodness are you asking me out on an Emmy made video 😅😅 no, I’m not seeing anyone! 🙂
Randy Mendoza hhahaha yeah that’s okay with me! PM me on here or something I can’t do it bc I’m on mobile 😓
Randy Mendoza yeah here’s my email and I’ll send u my number: s.semola@aol.com. I don’t want to put my number on UA-cam who knows what’ll happen hahaha
90's baby, born and raised in cuba! this was definitely a staple. Thank you for thinking of us cubans Emmy.
although food scarce and rations are still a thing in my country.
god bless.
leyani leon really?? People ate this in recent years?
Did it replace meat in a meal?
What would come with it
What year did you last have it?
Would restaurant serve it?
Would rich ppl eat it, I mean was it like a national staple everyone ate....or only f you had to?
omg they're not doing the right kind of socialism that's why
I hope you're speaking out against socialism here in the US.
@@Dasani_water_drinker we have socialism for the rich, gofundme for the poor. The rich get tax cuts and corporations don't get taxed at all. When this causes a deficit, the Republicans gut social programs that help the poor and education.
@@Nehmi incorrect. That is the brain washing you bought into. If you are physically able, there is nothing keeping you poor except yourself.
I'm sad, because I really like grapefruit, but it reacts very poorly with one of the medications I take. Even a grapefruit-flavored cough drop completely messed me up.
Danielle Anderson You can have the grape fruit pith if you soak it, add new water boil it and when it cool down squeezed the excess water and rinse many times until
The bitterness is gone. I too can not eat grape fruit but the pith is fine after all these soaking and rinsing.
Yeah but then I'd waste the rest of the grapefruit, and at that point I think I'd rather just buy a skirt steak or something.
Grapefruit has very strong reactions with certain medications
Danielle....got ya wasted huh?!
Danielle Anderson oh are you taking latuda?
I loved listening to my grandmother tell stories while she taught me recipes. Most people probably prefer to eat that, rather than go hungry.
Too bad this was bitter. I'm a vegetarian and i'm always looking for new things to try 😄
My new favorite is fried halloumi covered in dryed coconut. So tasty!
Emy Lindberg - I was thinking that maybe it would help soaking the pith in vegetable broth with garlic/spices over night, then press it before breading. I would use a batter of chickpea flour instead of the egg though to make it vegan... If you prefer egg taste, just add some black salt/kala namak to the batter...
I'm vegan and totally broke, so I'm always cooking on a small or non-existant budget.
Vegetable broth, salt water or anything salty will block out bitterness. Some people use the same trick for eggplants and even coffee. Vegetable broth adds more flavor but salt water is cheaper. If it's still too bitter, cooking it in salt water is still an option.
Chickpea flour is super sticky but basically any type of flour or starch will do. One tablespoon of flour equals one egg. If you don't like the plain taste, you can also use mashed apples.
Try a marinade or boiling the piths for a few minutes
Apparently you can take away the bitterness by soaking the piths in water several times.
As a Cuban whose made this various times, you have to boil the pith for at least 30 mins. Until you can eat a piece without it tasting so perfumey, then let it marinate with actual grapefruit juice, oil and Lots of garlic overnight.
The next day you'll have some delicious vegan cutlets;)
I love the word “pith”
Lovely Lilax lol same
Me too
Its like somebody w/ a lisp trying to say "piss" haha
JustMe215 aaaannd you ruined it😭😭😭😩
Noel Elizabeth 😂😂😂😂😂😂 SORRY I'm sorryyyyyyy
I misread the title as “out of grape peels” and i was like. woah that would be a lot of work for a single fried steak
I did the same omg
Lol, I'm really tired and somehow at first I misread the title as "grape peel steak" and was kinda confused trying to imagine someone peeling tiny little grapes to make a steak.
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Your talkativeness has certainly benefitted you in the long run!
It sure has.😊
I once made sourdough taste like beef, it really is amazing what you can do with the right seasoning
It be cool if you revisited this recipe to try to rework it! Maybe prick it with a fork and try to marinade it in a soy sauce, worchestshire, fish sauce, garlic, sugar marinade to offset some of the bitterness?
The idea of using grapefruit skin as an ingredient is just fascinating! Grapefruit and oatmeal breakfast and a grapefruit skin cutlet for dinner? Maybe even as a curry/cutlet dish?!
Personally, I love to hear you talk. The things you say are not only interesting and informative, but also funny and charming. Your voice is also very soothing. Please continue to be you!
You should definitely look at WWII ration era England for inspiration. The BBC has a series called “Wartime Farm” with Ruth Goodman that explores cooking on rations extensively.
I love that series
Ooh I love history and food, it sounds perfect. Thanks, though it was meant for Emmy I will check it out.
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Hard times is an awesome idea for a series, when I was growing up there were a lot of hard times for me and my brother, and food was stretched out and made into different things. Bless you lovely Emmy!!!
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I have so much respect for you! I love how do your research and never turn your nose up at these strange recipes. This is awesome 🙌
Maybe if she soaked it in a brine I would take out allot of that bitterness in it. I say do a re-do Emmy.
Edit: I should have finished watching the video😂😂
Make a grilled ensalada de nopales.
Cactuses are in abundance so it makes sense for people to eat them when it's a necessity. They're also pretty refreshing.
Miguel Castellanos cactuses taste great. It was a common ingredient used when I visited Mexico City.
I love that I can't even tell what your response will be just before you tell us it's bitter. That's just awesome!
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Emmy. I struggle so bad with depression. Watching ur videos really really helps me. You made me laugh for the first time in days xxxxx thankyou for being an amazing person. I wish u did live shows. I would actually fly from the UK just to come say hello :) x while maybe having a holiday too haha
jak cooley where in the UK man?
Uk squad
In the Netherlands people ate tulip bulbs during the 'hunger winter' of 1944. Maybe you can make a meal with that.
1930's era depression food from my mom's aunt.. Got left over meatloaf and can of cream corn. Dice up the meatloaf into cubes, add to a sauce pot, add one can creamed corn, cook til bubbly, serve over stale bread or toast. That was a treat for my mom as a kid in the 1930's when they use to be able to go home for lunch break from school. Other than that, when my mom was a little girl with a brown bag lunch, far too often it was lard sandwich. As and adult with kids, she worked her fingers to the bone making sure us kids never had to know what hunger was.
Lard sandwiches. Man, we have it so good. 🙏
Yes we do, Thankfully.
What a lovely idea! I have always loved Clara’s channel and the stories. She always gave me the warm fuzzies and reminded me so much of my grandma💕🥰And I find “hard times” or any challenging times so amazing because it pushes us to be resourceful. Not that it’s all fun and games, but in a way it’s fun to find new ways to live more resourceful and engages our creativity.
Maybe you could do like a dry rub or even marinate it like chicken? Idk definitely want to try this, have been trying to go vegetarian for a while and I love steak so much so I hope it’s a good alternative
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Please try to find a way to make pulled meat out of green plantain fruit! That's something that here in Venezuela a lot of people start to do because the meat went pretty expensive tho! I really love your channel Emmy, you're the best!! 😍😍❤
I've never heard of this. Thanks for the suggestion!
Ever had a green plantain lasagna...to die for!! I forgot the name in Spanish but my husband has made this and it's one of my favorite things 😍
Is jackfruit readily available in Venezuela? I've seen a lot of vegan recipes using jackfruit to create "pulled pork", as the texture is quite similar to the meat.
Karlek Posada @emmymadeinjapan Carne mechada de concha de plátano! Me encanta!
I love this series! Love the vintage gadgets, too! We need to keep history alive!
I would love to see a take 2 of this and test some ways to eliminate the bitterness
I’m a teacher and I have to say you are wonderful at these tutorials, so engaging.
Emmy, I enjoyed this so much! What a great idea for a series. Will you be making "just pie" (also known as chess pie) as part of this series? It's a pie with a lengthy history that was often made when there was "nothing" left but basic pantry items. It's incredibly tasty though.
(Momofuku Milk Bar has a variation on this called crack pie, which includes oats and which I'll be attempting tomorrow. Will report back on it 😊)
edit: reporting back on the crack pie as promised; it was delicious! it had a light yet very sticky texture, almost like an airy taffy. very outspoken light brown sugar flavour, comparable to pecan pie with no pecans. the crust flavour sort of vanished into the filling, i had hoped some of the crunchiness of the oatmeal cookies would remain, but that didn't happen for me.
ps: the music is truly amazing in this vid
Thank you! And yes, I shall add just pie to the list. 🥧
bubblegumplastic Oh I have always wanted to eat at that place. Just once! Wanted to take my grandkids.😍
Laura Metheny I hope you get to go, Laura 😊
emmymadeinjapan Yay 😊
I'm considering making this pith dish, by the way. I have a vegetarian guest soon, could be a fun experiment/conversation point, and I wonder if I can get some of the bitterness out of the pith if I marinate it first.
Chess pie is a southern favorite. 🤤I actual crave it. 😂 There’s a chocolate version too, but original is the best.
More vegetarian food videos please! Thank you
Emmy is the best. She cracks me up and I have never in my life ever heard of grapefruit peel steak. Before I watched the video, I thought she was going to add grapefruit to steak. My apartment complex has grapefruit, Meyer Lemon and avocado trees.
I wonder if marinading it in vinegar would help with the bitterness of it, especially with some good seasoning in there. Vinegar was a pretty common thing to have around in that era and could be used for preservation and cleaning. The salt idea is also excellent. Pith just seems like something that would need curing, one way or another. XD
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Slyvanestra the 90's?
As it's cheap to get in hard times, yes. :)
8:51 "drill"... just in case you were judging.
Hahaha that was hilarious
After she pointed my attention to it, I started doubting it's legitimacy😂
Wow , I know a lot of Cubans that are in their 70s that have told me stories about this . I finally get to see this. I send them this video . This is so special
if you're doing depression era food-- I'd love to see you make dandelion salad fresh from your lawn!
Sure! Dandelion greens are great. 🌱
I do that. Dandelion greens, sweet grass. Yummy and healthy!
Yes that would be amazing to watch!
kortnee since they are in season and if they are in your area, the buds from the red bud tree are a real treat. They are great in pancakes.
My mom made those in the seventies and eighties for dinner. Not my favorite but I hate it.
I wonder if using a pomelo might be better because of the larger pith? Could make a cutlet sandwich with it
pomelo is also considerably less bitter overall.
I definitely thought this too
My family is from rural, southeastern China and left because there was nothing to stay for. My mother and great grandmother used to make a kind of braised stew where one of the main ingredients was the pith from a pomello. Think of a stew or casserole made with tofu but with the tofu replaced with pomello pith. It was 3-4 thicker than the pith from a grapefruit and not very bitter. I seem to remember them soaking the pith in plain water for a day before using but I could be wrong. They seasoned it with a few pieces of Chinese dried sausage or dried pork belly because both are very strongly flavoured. Other strong but mellow seasonings could be substituted.
Was my thought as well. Might try it out next time I buy one. Seems like a lot of local stores carry them now.
If anyone in the universe needs a Netflix cooking series it’s emmy I would die for her
i would peel the greapfruit a bit more and rinse it under water before cutting it in half. when i eat pomelo i always take off al the rind and rinse it under water, and wash my hands, because the oils from the rind go everywhere and i dont like the taste. washing it takes away all the bitterness. perhaps it also works for the greapfruit schnitzel
I thought the same thing Maybe peeling the rind more would help eliminate some of the bitterness But usually the bitterness of say the lemon is found in the pith and not the zest.
Ooh, maybe this would be even tastier with pomelo pith!
@calamitascorvus sure pomelo is sweet, i said when i peel it there is this oil from the pit giving me a weird taste on the tongue it's bitter and weird. but the flesh is sweet. if i wash it i just taste the sweet flesh
that is the most beautiful way I've seen anyone peel a grapefruit!
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I love this video and as a Cuban I feel very identified with this one. My tip to you for the bitterness is that you have to boil the peels several times before the condiments and the breading. The boiling kills a lot of the crazy bitter flavor. And also if you leave the condiments for about 10 min will get a better taste as well. Love your videos!
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Seasoning it dry makes no sense to me. I think I would have soaked the peel in milk and/or soy sauce first to make it juicy and remove the bitterness.
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I love this woman..... She is so funny and yet smart and sensible at the same time
The little cuts ("relief cuts") are also often used on prawns/shrimp, lobster tail and other foods to keep them from curling up during cooking...like amazing-looking tempura prawns/shrimp.
I wonder what sofrito or a salsa would taste like with the steak. hmmm, perhaps I will experiment and let you know!
Vanessa Carlyle wowww truuu now im drollinggg😥😂
Vanessa Carlyle girl I was thinking pretty similar. Some adobo, sazon etc and then see what its like
When my grandma made these she soaked them in a marinade and salt water, then heavy spices. Sometimes there would be a type of tangy BBQ sauce, but not overpowering though. She would also grill mangoes, and peaches with it too. Even plantain chips too or having them mashed then with a crackling of caramelized sugar. Then some rich rice and ice cream. This was in Miami, and Cuban cuisine heavily influenced cooking. Her neighbors gave her the recipe. I think the history with all of these things is amazing and exploring hard times food. I had no idea this was a hard time food until today. Thank you for sharing this!
Please try the Ritz Mock Apple Pie. I've always wanted to try this Depression Era dessert
MissTam2000 my aunt makes it! It's really good lol. She didn't tell me what it was before I tried it and I was fooled lol
“Like coconut shells..... but not” 😂♥️♥️
I tried this and loved it. Scaled the peel with a nutmeg grater, which took a while but left a nice, meaty pith. Lemon-pepper helped cut the bitterness.
Ohhh I wonder what this would taste like after eating miracle berries?.. or eating it with a miracle berry condiment.
The whole time she was saying “kinda like meat” and i kept hearing “kinda like me” 🤣 didn’t understand why she compared herself to meat
Oh I can lol
Your kindness reminds me of my pre K kindergarten teacher in 1990 . Your sweet .
Im addicted to your channel, love your spirit!!
actually the "juice" that comes out of the peel is the essential oils.
a bit of it is, but mostly it is water with citric acid. If you let the peel dry, it still has the oil, but won't have juice, because oil doesn't evaporate.
Those shaved peels, small pan with some water, a cinnamon stick and a couple of whole cloves - simmer for a lovely scent
i think some others have already mentioned but this concept reminded me of Clara’s Depression Cooking (rest in peace Clara!!!💓)
guzma's golisopod I love Clara! I watched a bunch of her videos then found the tribute video and honestly cried to find she had passed. What an amazing life she must have had.
Really enjoy your "hard time" videos! And you're such a little cutie! Thank you for the awesome old time recipes! 😊
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I don’t live in an anglophone country and personally I love the way she describes the experiences, like you can imagine perfectly what is going on in her mouth. I also love that in every video she that she makes she also makes a historical and context (origin,period,consumers...) research about it.
I wonder if you marinated the pith before frying!
Speaking (heh) of talking a lot, when I was a kid taking swimming lessons, my mom would talk to one of the other moms who told her that her son was quite the talker. She told my mom that she was sure her kid was talking the whole time he was under water! I have always talked to myself, too; my dad always told me that sometimes it's the only way to have an intelligent conversation.