Archive for May 2016
Best Recipes you have ever found on Chowhound Home Cooking board">Best Recipes you have ever found on Chowhound Home Cooking board
Let's revive this theead for 2016. Frequent posters in the Weekly Menu Planning, What's for Dinner, and What Are You Baking These Days threads, here's looking at you! Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreCookbook of the Month NOMINATIONS - JUNE 2016">Cookbook of the Month NOMINATIONS - JUNE 2016
Another month, another cookbook! Nominations are now open for the next contender, so please toss your prospects into the pot. Please make your selections in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. Nominate and suggest as many books as you like. Nominations will close on TUESDAY, MAY 17, at 10PM CST. The books with the...
Read moreRamekin Confusion">Ramekin Confusion
I need some for a variety of dishes .What is the best size to cover most recipes? Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreBaking with Sweetened Condensed milk... do you need to refrigerate?">Baking with Sweetened Condensed milk... do you need to refrigerate?
I make these cookies alot. After a couple days out in a sealed container i will freeze them, just because nobody has eaten them all yet. They last quite aling time doing that(over a month). I have not had to worry about the condensed milk going bad because the graham...
Read moreAfraid of Botulism from Curing Green Olives and Storing tomato sauce in jars">Afraid of Botulism from Curing Green Olives and Storing tomato sauce in jars
Just saw this. Gonna have to try the olives that way. The only other way I know of uses lye in the water to draw out the tannins. But in any event, with that much salt and the loss of fluid from the fruit as liquid essentiall...
Read moreHaricot Vert Morphing into Good ole String Beans">Haricot Vert Morphing into Good ole String Beans
I've noticed that lately what is being sold as haricot vert is really fat old string beans. Haricot Vert used to look nice and thin and small, now they look like, well string beans. They are a bit straighter, but I think they are being allowed to grow big so...
Read moreAny ideas for making beets more palatable?">Any ideas for making beets more palatable?
What a relief! I once tasted organic beet ice cream at my local farmers market...it literally tasted like dirt with cream, sugar and yolk. Been turned off ever since... But today I bought some going to mine this thread for inspiration. Maybe I'll feel the same way...maybe bacon will save it...
Read morewhich is more tasty?peanut oil or the olive oil?">which is more tasty?peanut oil or the olive oil?
These two are daily foodstuff. And personally I would prefer peanut oil beacause the peanut oil smells very good the first time you pour it out from the bottle.I like that smell. But I know that different people have different appetite, it depends on your different eating habits Read more
Best cut of pork to make Cha Siu?">Best cut of pork to make Cha Siu?
Made my own Cha Siu last night using this recipe - http://thewoksoflife.com/2014/02/chinese-bbq-pork-cha-siu/ . I was happy with the flavor and the cooking technique but the Pork Shoulder I picked up at Fairway turned out to be more grizzly than I preferred. - Looking to keep a...
Read moreWhat brand of organic milk is better?">What brand of organic milk is better?
Organic valley or stony field? Personally, I prefer the taste of organic valley. I've tried grassmilk by OG and I wasn't really a fan of its flavor. Reading More May Cause Envy...
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