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November 3, 2010 by Tien Chiu

Triptych

I have finished my design class homework!  Here is the triptych:

"Hell", a mix of physical and visual textures
"Hell", a mix of physical and visual textures
"Earth", purely visual texture
"Earth", purely visual texture
"Heaven", physical textures
"Heaven", physical textures

The theme was supposed to be “Dreams”, so I’m titling the triptych “Dreaming of Freedom”.  It’s not great art, but it’s better than I expected to do, given the constraints.  I actually rather like it, conceptually, and wish I had more time to work and develop the pieces.

Meanwhile, for the foodies, here are 8 pounds of kaffir limes:

8 pounds of kaffir limes
8 pounds of kaffir limes

I’ve already stripped off the peels, cut them into chocolate-dipping sized pieces, and started the candying process.  I don’t generally blanch citrus peels (though you’re supposed to), but for these I decided blanching would be helpful – kaffir limes, it turns out, have a TON of oil in the peel, enough to make it unpleasantly pungent.  After blanching for 10 minutes and then rinsing in cold water, the peel is toned-down enough in flavor that I think it will be delicious, once candied.

I’m really excited about the prospect of having my own candied kaffir lime peel – it’s a rare and exotic citrus fruit, and the only other one I’ve ever seen was in Granville Island’s food market, while I was honeymooning in Vancouver.  Hopefully by next year my tree will be bearing its own kaffir limes, but for now, it’s nice to know I can order them.  (The kaffir lime tree, by the way, is usually grown primarily for its leaves, which are often used in Thai and other Southeast Asian cuisines.  I have seen very little about the culinary uses of its fruit, it’s almost always the leaves that are used.)

Later this week I intend to start candying Meyer lemon peel…I’m hoping to have a variety of candied citrus peels to dip in chocolate for this year’s candy boxes.

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  1. Sarah says

    November 5, 2010 at 9:55 pm

    ohhhh- that means I can FINALLY get lime leaves! I gave up looking for the longest time. Now I am hungry.

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