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Best Banh Mi in Ireland

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Sunday night we had the best Banh Mi in Ireland.....cooked by Brian. We ate Vietnamese pho & banh mi often in San Francisco.  Brian would have a banh mi for lunch pretty much every time he didn't pack his own lunch.  I often would go out for pho with co-workers.  And on any given rainy, or non-rainy weekend, we would often grab a bowl of pho or banh mi.   As always, what you really want, you can't have.  Ever since moving to Dublin, and learning of the lack of Vietnamese food (aka it doesn't exist), we crave it all the time. Brian had been planning on making banh mi for a while now.  He had been scouting the Asian Market for pickled or fresh daikon and pickled carrots, since those are really the only unique ingredients needed.  When he came up empty handed, there was only 1 solution - bring a daikon home from London, and do the pickling himself.  And that he did. Step 1: Pickle the carrots and daikon - this should be done ...

Quick Pickled Veggies

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I had a week off work between the holidays, so I decided to try and pickle some veggies.  Brian has been obsessed with picked veggies ever since we went to Argentina where all cheese plates were huge and filled with every type of veggie, pickled. My Veggies, all pickled This is what cheese plates in Argentina look like! I went to the Farmer's Market in search of in season veggies to pickle and came home with cauliflower, green beans, radishes, carrots and ginger.  Then I did some research for Quick Pickle recipes.  Since I had all day, I decided to try a different recipe for each veggie. Here are the recipes for the best 3.  Let's not talk about the radishes or ginger.... Lemony Pickled Cauliflower 2 pounds cauliflower 1 cup apple cider vinegar 1 cup water 2 teaspoons sea salt 1 small lemon, sliced 1 large garlic clove, sliced 1/4 teaspoon peppercorns First wash the cauliflower and break or cut it into florets In a la...