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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

🍜🍽️🇱🇻 what if Latvians invented fried rice? Well, I think it would go a little something like this! #foodsky #food #cooking #cooksky

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Yeah I'd be interested to see if you can find it! Otherwise this would also work with unsweetened cranberry juice or something similar!

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Correct! If you're not too big into sweet, you can reduce the sugar somewhat. It's the acid that makes the cream set, not so much the sugar. Check out other lemon posset recipes for the standard versions!

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Texture is sort of like a spread like Nutella, but cool. The fat from the cream causes the flavour to linger too

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Its super hard to describe, but thinking about it, it's like insanely sour orange, with layers of passionfruit and pineapple..not the same bitterness has lemon or grapefruit. It's insanely sour but also has the flavours sweet (but not the taste)

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

🍜🍽️ Smiltsērkšķu Posset (Sea Buckthorn) & it's SO good. 150g white sugar 100ml Smiltsēršķu Juice 400ml Cream Reduce sugar & juice to a light syrup. Add cream, reduce until coats the back of a spoon. pour into little bowls. chill for 2 hrs. serve w/ berries, shortbread #foodsky #food #cook #cooksky

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

I'm still yet to actually try making it! It's on my list! I need to try it with a black bread for a nice dark kvass

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

🍽️🍜 Kvassamisu! It's like a tiramisu (but really, really different), but with Kvass, and Rīga Black Balzams. More alterations with Biezpiens give this a really Latvian twist! It's seriously delicious, and well worth a go! #cook #cooksky #food #foodsky

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

🍜🍽️Why is Latvia interesting? because the people and country are like mushrooms. little blooms of information on the surface & a lot below, just like a mushroom, w/ its network of mycelium below the surface. information comes when it wants, or when the conditions are right. #food #foodsky #cooking

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

🍽️🍜🇱🇻LATVIACORE PIZZA🇱🇻 this is kvass pica W/ ACTUAL POTATO & proper kvass. I highly encourage patience with dough. I was trying to finish for lunch, and slept in so the dough was a little on the chewy side. Latvian food flavours on a pizza is a big win, in my opinion! #food #foodsky #cooking #cooksky

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

🍽️🍜 a grilled cheese with 🇱🇻Latvian🇱🇻 Stinky cheese that stink out the whole kitchen! #foodsky #food #grilledcheese #latvia #cooking

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Being called a psychopath is a great way to make people change their minds. I'll have you know, I've been actively working to reduce my meat consumption, but that is no thanks to people like you. You just make it worse. Anyway, blocked.

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Thanks for the information. Just so you're aware, the wild boar in this video was wild, not farmed, and was done so within the strict regulatory requirements in this area. I agree, factory farming is a scourge.

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

🍜🍽️ this sandwich was insane. Latvian ingredients are premium. 🇱🇻🇱🇻 #food #foodsky #cooking

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Writer's Implements @writersimplements.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

✍️📖📝 illustrating a kids book, and how I do it on the Remarkable 2! #skywriter #writing #writersky

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

🍽️🍜 kvass is made from bread (this isn't proper kvass) so I'm turning it back into bread! #food #foodsky #cooking #baking

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

🇱🇻🍽️🍜 a good quality sour cream can be used to make a really delicious butter, with delicious sour notes. mix it in with garlic and herbs, and we're away laughing! #foodsky #food #cooking

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Yeah I'd like to give that a go, to see if I can get the popping effect!

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

I did about 3 tablespoons of Aperol Pearls, and topped it with wine. The heating process cooks off some of the alcohol, so I skipped the sparkling water and ice 🤣 top with orange slice, enjoy!

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Once the agar/bitterol mixture got to around 50°C, I started dropping the mixture into the oil, drop by drop, until the mixture was used up. They'll form pearls in the bottom. Strained them through a sieve, then I rinsed them in a red wine vinegar, water and sugar solution.

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

The ratio of 2.4g (ish) to 100ml - this is steep, but accounts for the alcohol which made things a little difficult. And heated while whisking to a simmer to dissolve the agar. Bottle into a sauce bottle. Get a tall glass of refrigerated 4°C grapeseed oil.

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

🍜🍽️ This is what I'll be drinking this summer: The Bitterol Pearl Spritz! What is it? Bitterol (Aperol) Pearls made from agar agar and Aperol, with sparkling wine! #foodsky #food #drinks #cocktails

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

🍽️🍜 here's one straight out of left field: you're on a huge log raft, floating down the river in 🇱🇻Latvia🇱🇻 for 3 days in 4°C and persistent rain. What do you eat? Check out the full video to see what we did: youtu.be/wynYTAxICXo #cooking #foodsky #food #adventure

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

🍜🍽️ I tried making Latvian Kvass boba & it was SO DELICIOUS. It still isn't technically boba, but this Taiwanese delight is getting a Latvian twist w/ Kvass - a drink brewed from rye bread, malted rye, berries, herbs & honey. A big twist w/ the Kvass Boba, Kvass syrup & TEA. #foodsky #food #cooking

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Definitely worth a go- for something a little more normal, this is great with balsamic vinegar, for summer salads!

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

🍽️🍜 I made Caviar out of KVASS and it was so delicious! Kvass is a drink brewed from rye bread from Northeastern Europe. I boiled it down and added agar, turning it into little balls like caviar! Plus sour cream and spiced pork, it took on a different life! #cooksky #cook #food #foodsky

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Yeaaaah, they're as old as the hills so I was like, WHATEVS haha

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

🍜🍽️ a basic quick pickle to get the show on the road. No time for fermentation, I just want something with a nudge of juniper. Pickles are a way of life here, and I'm happy to join in. #foodsky #food #cooksky

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I guessed the ratios for the welshcakes, but it's approx: 150g flour, 100g butter, 2 teaspoons sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 egg and 2tbsp kefir. Flatten dough, to about 15mm thick, cut into portions then fry on medium low heat, flip once after about 5 minutes.

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

With creamy eggs is just eggs, cream cheese, acid (a splash of vinegar in this case), salt and white pepper. Whisk over a bain marie until it starts to thicken. DO NOT STOP WHISKING, until serving! Take off heat when suitably thick

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

🍽️🍜 The best creamy eggs you'll ever taste. I paired these up with an adaptation of the format of welshcakes: a savoury twist with caraway and lavish lashings of butter. The end is definitely welshcake texture; flavour somewhat reminiscent of a welshcake, but firmly savoury. #cooksky #foodsky #food

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Absolutely! Nettles are big here too!

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

🍜🍽️ this is essentially apocalypse food. When societal collapse comes, perhaps remember this one 🤣🤣 it does taste really good though. If you don't want to use eggs in the batter, use a linseed egg, and you'll get a tasty textural alternative. #foodsky #food #cooking #cooksky

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

🍽️🍜 Cook without a recipe: You don't have any actual intention, you're just waiting for that lightning strike of inspiration. Process: smoke, braise w/ apple, carrot, onion, garlic & coriander. Blend juices, shred meat into sauce. Focaccia, cheese, sauerkraut, chilli, mayo. #foodsky #food #cooking

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Writer's Implements @writersimplements.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

✍️✏️📝📖 the latest on the @writersimplements.bsky.social YouTube channel, the legendary Hermes 3000, up for review, 50 years too late, after over a decade of use. youtu.be/uKmyQdrZ2vo #skywriter #writesky #author #writing

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Adding more sugar brought it to a viscosity that was a lot more sauce-like and softened the bitterness further. But as a dipping sauce, it was WILDLY intense. Rethinking the approach... a glaze was the way forward - moderation is king! With the umami of mushroom, onion, mustard, it was delicious.

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

The bitterness is on another level. Balsamic and dark muscovado sugar add a much needed tang to cut through the bitterness, and a sweetness that softens the blow of the bitterness. The caraway gives a beautiful liquorice-esque flavour. Now, to just find the right volume and balance.

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

🍜🍽️ Guinness is a food hero, in good measure. Not in good measure, it's incredibly difficult. And so when I marched on with making a guinness sauce, I underestimated 2 things about the sauce: 1) how much sugar I'd need 2) Just how intense the sauce would be when reduced. #foodsky #food #cooking 1/3

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Yeah, I've just done a quick research, I didn't know there were so many potential allergens within eggs, crazy!

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Thanks! It was a glorious summer!

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Aha! Tapioca is a great idea. I'll have to give that a go. Re egg allergy: that must be Difficult with a capital D.

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

I've heard good things about aquafaba, yet to try it!

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

🍽️🍜 The latest episode of TENT TUCKER! Set in the Far North of Aotearoa New Zealand, a beautiful part of the country. What is Tent Tucker? Well, it's the struggle of cooking good food, while camping! Check out the series now, on my YouTube: youtu.be/4CCRGuCOYo0 #food #foodsky #camping #cook #cooksky

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

I haven't! I'm gonna give this a go!

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CasterAzucar @casterazucar.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Cool, ice with buttercream icing,. I used vanilla, but lemon buttercream would be awesome too.

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