Tag: food
group name: kitchentricks
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March 08, 2007 02:40 AM EST --
Lately, I've been making this hearty soup whenever I feel like it. There is literally no recipe, just a quick description of what I tend to dump into the pot depending on my mood.<> . . .
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September 03, 2006 07:31 PM EDT --
Eggs. Look at the best before date on the carton. Keep eggs in the carton, not the door. Throw away once they reach the expiration date.
Butter: Keeps for 2 to 4 weeks in the coldest part of the refrigerator. . . .
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October 21, 2006 04:08 PM EDT --
Fragrant Ideas
Filling the house with seasonal scents is a big part of conjuring up happy memories and creating new ones. However, as pleasurable as they may be, most holiday smells are assertive . . .
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April 21, 2007 10:11 PM EDT --
alligator pear = avocado
all purpose flour = plain flour, unbleached flour
almond paste = marzipan
aubergines = eggplants
avocado = alligator pear . . .
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September 07, 2006 10:50 AM EDT --
I 've always loved a good grilled cheese and bacon sandwich, but years ago stopped eating bacon for one reason or another...Just recently I had a craving for one but had no bacon in the house....sooo, . . .
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September 01, 2006 03:36 AM EDT --
recipie at bottom of page in my comment...
Have you ever passed by a recipie and said ,,,darn it I am only missing one ingredent!!! thinking out loud my son overheard me... for years I have been . . .
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September 01, 2006 01:36 PM EDT --
I love my George Foreman Grill for quick cooking and keeping my kitchen cool. What are your favorite countertop appliances. Are there some that aren't worth the moeny or the trouble.
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September 23, 2006 01:23 PM EDT --
One Saturday afternoon, a few weeks ago, some friends and I had planned to travel in to the beautiful Adirondack Mountains for a day trip. With Winter fast approaching, all of us were "chomping . . .
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November 12, 2006 11:22 AM EST --
Heres just a few helpful tips for the kitchen. I found these tips in numerous different magazines.
TO FIRM LIMP CELERY
Trim one inch off the bottom of stalks, then stand upright . . .
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November 24, 2006 03:48 PM EST --
I love roasted garlic to spread on crusty bread, flavor sauces, mashed potatoes and more. I'll reference it in a lot of other recipes so thought I'd post separately my method for roasting garlic, . . .
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August 30, 2006 08:33 PM EDT --
Cooking at home invariably involves some amount of dishwashing. Do you wash dishes by hand or in a dishwasher (or does someone else wash them). If you use a dishwasher, do you pre-rinse. . . .
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April 21, 2007 10:09 PM EDT --
Fruit
· Apples, diced or sliced 1 lb. (3 med.) = 2 3/4 c. (1 apple = almost 1 c.).
· Apricots, dried 1 lb. = 3 c. (4 1/2 c. cooked).
· Apricots, fresh 1 lb. (5 to 8 medium) = 2 . . .
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July 13, 2007 01:17 PM EDT --
There are three primary issues associated with biological contaminants in meat. These are the temperature at which the contaminant is killed, the amount of contaminant present, and the location of the . . .
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February 06, 2007 08:26 PM EST --
I'm more likely to run out of clean socks than fresh garlic, but alas, emergencies do happen. Three heads of garlic would get most families through a week. However, I roasted two of them for a steak . . .
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February 25, 2007 02:54 PM EST --
These days "Kevin" is, if not a common name, not unusual either. But it was unusual when my parents named me that. In fact I only knew of one other "Kevin" until I reached college. . . .
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September 05, 2007 11:21 PM EDT --
Thinking back on it, I decided the Paisano's irritation about my lack of tamarind was actually a complement. He had assumed my pantry was complete -- I couldn't remember his ever needing an herb . . .
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September 29, 2006 06:23 PM EDT --
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, and this article is not to be construed as legal advice.
Note: This article was written for the new Gather group: Copyright and Fair Use on Gather.
Recipes are an odd . . .
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October 04, 2006 09:56 AM EDT --
A friend of mine, an English lady and probably one of the best bakers that I know, recently was told by her doctor to remove all wheat products and gluten from her diet, for health reasons, prompting me . . .
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March 05, 2007 09:10 PM EST --
Just as there are religious fundamentalists and evangelists. There are food fundamentalists and evangelists. Hell, I may be one — witness my homemade corned beef as an effort to find and, in . . .
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September 01, 2006 11:17 AM EDT --
When my children were young and lived at home my son often requested sandwiches made on bread ends which he referred to as "bottom bread". Now the end pieces are saved until I have enough . . .
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