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The road food of the gods
Apr. 8th, 2023 09:16 pmI have long called Risalamalta "the food of the gods", but, given how long it takes to make it, I have rarely made it more than once a year.
At an SCA event years ago they served rice porridge for breakfast one day, and I eagerly took a bowlful, but regretted doing so the second I tasted it, as it tasted horrid to me. I asked the kitchen crew why they had put sugar in it, and they replied that they hadn't, it came that way--they had bought pre-made rice porridge in a plastic tube, and just opened up the package and warmed it up. This convinced me to never buy pre-made rice porridge, and years elapsed.
This winter the subject of rice porridge came up, and I mentioned the story about the time I found out that they put sugar in the pre-made packages of rice-porridge, and Keldor agreed that he doesn't like the sweet version either, and we wondered why they put sugar in it. Then he asked Google if there is a brand that doesn't have sugar added. And there is! Our little, small town grocery store carries that brand.
So, for science, we bought some, and tried it as rice porridge. And it is good. We tried some as risalmata, by blending in the quick whipped cream from a can (which also has no sugar in it). And it was good.
In the months since I have eaten risalamalta more often than I had in the previous 12 years. The best part? It counts as easy road food! One tube contains three servings. Just cut off the metal clamp at the end of the tube, then squeeze out about one third of the package into a bowl, add a generous squirt of whipped cream, stir, and enjoy. Put the tube with the other two servings into a plastic box and back into the ice chest for later. So easy, so yummy.
This helped make our road trip to Germany for Drachenwald Crown Tourney a delightful experience.
Google tells me that, had we drive straight through, without stopping, that we could have done the drive in 26 hours. We did the trip in two days south, and 2.5 north, plus a couple of days after the event enjoying the hospitality at Jon and Ellisif's house, including a three castle day of sightseeing, and a fighter practice which had 10 people in armour and 1 more being introduced to slow work and pell work.
I hope I will make time to write more about the event and the road trip adventures, but it is time to do my yoga and get some sleep.
At an SCA event years ago they served rice porridge for breakfast one day, and I eagerly took a bowlful, but regretted doing so the second I tasted it, as it tasted horrid to me. I asked the kitchen crew why they had put sugar in it, and they replied that they hadn't, it came that way--they had bought pre-made rice porridge in a plastic tube, and just opened up the package and warmed it up. This convinced me to never buy pre-made rice porridge, and years elapsed.
This winter the subject of rice porridge came up, and I mentioned the story about the time I found out that they put sugar in the pre-made packages of rice-porridge, and Keldor agreed that he doesn't like the sweet version either, and we wondered why they put sugar in it. Then he asked Google if there is a brand that doesn't have sugar added. And there is! Our little, small town grocery store carries that brand.
So, for science, we bought some, and tried it as rice porridge. And it is good. We tried some as risalmata, by blending in the quick whipped cream from a can (which also has no sugar in it). And it was good.
In the months since I have eaten risalamalta more often than I had in the previous 12 years. The best part? It counts as easy road food! One tube contains three servings. Just cut off the metal clamp at the end of the tube, then squeeze out about one third of the package into a bowl, add a generous squirt of whipped cream, stir, and enjoy. Put the tube with the other two servings into a plastic box and back into the ice chest for later. So easy, so yummy.
This helped make our road trip to Germany for Drachenwald Crown Tourney a delightful experience.
Google tells me that, had we drive straight through, without stopping, that we could have done the drive in 26 hours. We did the trip in two days south, and 2.5 north, plus a couple of days after the event enjoying the hospitality at Jon and Ellisif's house, including a three castle day of sightseeing, and a fighter practice which had 10 people in armour and 1 more being introduced to slow work and pell work.
I hope I will make time to write more about the event and the road trip adventures, but it is time to do my yoga and get some sleep.