The Good Earth Peanut Company

Recipe Contest #1 Winner

Peanut Fritters by Debbie Kandinsky

225 gr. (8 ounces) of uncooked white rice
1 teaspoon salt
1 small onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed
2 teaspoon coriander powder
1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
85 gr. (3 ounces) creamed coconut, dissolved in 1 cup of boiling water
225 gr. (8 ounces) raw peanuts oil for deep frying

Grind the rice to a powder in a coffee mill and then combine the rice, salt, onion, garlic and spices in a bowl. Add the coconut-water mixture to the bowl. If the peanuts have their skins still on, pour over boiling water, let them sit for a minute or two and then drain and peel off the skins. Add the peanuts to the coconut and rice mixture and mix well. Heat the oil until it is very hot. Fill a tablespoon with the mixture and drop this into the hot oil until the fritters are golden brown on both sides. Drain on paper and let cool. The fritters can be served hot or cold. Makes enough fritters to serve 6 – 8.

The Judges

Daniel Rogov

Daniel has been writing about food and wine for more years than he will admit in public. For the last twenty years he has been the Wine and Restaurant Critic for the Israeli Daily, Ha'Aretz. Rogov also contributes regularly on dining and wine to several European newspapers and magazines; and is an advisor to Hugh Johnson's "Pocket Wine Encyclopaedia" and contributes to Tom Stevenson’s “Wine Report”. His own book “Rogov’s Guide to Israeli Wines has just been published by Toby press and can be ordered through Amazon or Barnes and Nobles. He also maintains Rogov's Ramblings, an internet site devoted to wine, gastronomy and travel.

Jenise Stone

Jenise is a an avid foodie and accomplished cook from Los Angeles who contributes to the Food Lovers Discussion Group, an internet bulletin board devoted to food chat, recipe sharing and friendship.

Robin Garr

Robin Garr has been involved in wine appreciation online since the mid-1980s, serving as a manager of CompuServe's Wine Forum for nearly a decade before the evolution of the World Wide Web. He created the Wine Lovers' Page in 1994 as one of the first independent wine-education Websites, and has presided over its growth as the largest, most popular and most highly awarded wine destination on the Internet. He began its Wine Lovers' Discussion Group, the first Web-based interactive community for the intelligent and civil discussion of wine online, in 1996; and he launched his popular E-mail newsletter, The 30 Second Wine Advisor, at the start of 1999.

Susan Rager

Susan is a criminal defense attorney with good taste, is a native of the Northern Neck of Virginia, where she practices law in Historic Downtown Coles Point. Since her law site, the Northern Neck of Virginia Law Page, is a combination of interests, (law and local), she has collected a group of Maryland and Virginia recipes and links, as well as a large group of links called Recipes Too Good Not to be Southern, which are available through her web site. A fearless cook, she believes that success and strategy in the kitchen is no different from that for life in general - careful attention to detail and a sense of humor are essential. Or, as Lucy Madeira Wing put it, "Function in disaster; finish with style."