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Products perfected
Jun. 27th, 2009 08:19 pmVery pleased with the results on these...
The new and improved ravioli. So pretty:
And the new dinner box format. I poured some scotch and spent some time with my Ekiben book, and came up with this. It's about 24 oz of food and makes for a fairly hearty dinner. Finally I feel like I have something worthy of $19 in a gourmet shop. And it doesn't take a nervous breakdown to make it happen.
Pictured is roast pork tenderloin, pickled baby vegetables (no, the white ones are not hemlock), potatoes au gratin with gruyere, and a tomato, parsley, and garlic salad. The trick to the perfect box is controlling the moisture in each ingredient so it isn't dry, but doesn't spew fluid all over the place. For example, the tomatoes are marinated first in salt, and drained, then in olive oil, then drained. So they are juicy but have no "extra" juice to drown the rest of the box. This is ready to eat from the fridge but is "best when gently warmed". A warm tomato salad is unconventional but actually quite delicious. It is surprisingly unlike a meal on an airplane.
It's harder than it looks. Even if this retail thing goes nowhere, getting these totally right was worth every bit of effort.
The new and improved ravioli. So pretty:
And the new dinner box format. I poured some scotch and spent some time with my Ekiben book, and came up with this. It's about 24 oz of food and makes for a fairly hearty dinner. Finally I feel like I have something worthy of $19 in a gourmet shop. And it doesn't take a nervous breakdown to make it happen.
Pictured is roast pork tenderloin, pickled baby vegetables (no, the white ones are not hemlock), potatoes au gratin with gruyere, and a tomato, parsley, and garlic salad. The trick to the perfect box is controlling the moisture in each ingredient so it isn't dry, but doesn't spew fluid all over the place. For example, the tomatoes are marinated first in salt, and drained, then in olive oil, then drained. So they are juicy but have no "extra" juice to drown the rest of the box. This is ready to eat from the fridge but is "best when gently warmed". A warm tomato salad is unconventional but actually quite delicious. It is surprisingly unlike a meal on an airplane.
It's harder than it looks. Even if this retail thing goes nowhere, getting these totally right was worth every bit of effort.
