Archive for December 2016
Recipe Bucket List">Recipe Bucket List
In the last few years, I have been lucky enough to be able to get really nice cookware. I have always loved to cook, in high school when having to pick a verbal book report, I picked an "how to make ice cream" book and make a good amount...
Read moreOpen Ravioli (Operto Ravioli)">Open Ravioli (Operto Ravioli)
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Read moreSuggestions for budget cuts of beef and prepairing potatoes for when you have time gap between cooking and eating.">Suggestions for budget cuts of beef and prepairing potatoes for when you have time gap between cooking and eating.
I am having 12 for dinner on Christmas Eve. I am as of recent on a strict budget, and secondly four of our group will be coming later because of work. We will be going to church performance and gone for about 2 hours. Most of the group is...
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Read moreBeautiful, Moist, Tough Turkey. What Happened?">Beautiful, Moist, Tough Turkey. What Happened?
Don't go hotter! I tuned into this exchange to find out why my beautiful organic free-range 12-pound turkey (which I spatchcocked) came out so tough. I had roasted it at 450! The temperature seems to me to be the key, though I figure "free-range" might be...
Read moreBeef roast for Christmas dinner">Beef roast for Christmas dinner
Hi, I'm looking for some ideas on a beef roast for Christmas dinner. We raised our own steer last year and my freezer is full of amazing quality beef but I don't know if I have the right cut roast for this purpose! Here are the roasts I have...
Read moreCanned moose (elk?) meat">Canned moose (elk?) meat
My mother brought a 400-gram can of moose meat from Finland. The drawing looks like a moose, at any rate. The title is "Hirvenlihaa," which google translates as Venison. The main ingredients are listed as Elkmeat 70% and pork meat 17%. I have no idea what to do with it. I'd...
Read morePork Roast for 20 people">Pork Roast for 20 people
Hi, I am hosting Christmas dinner for 20 people, and have two 6.5 lb pork loin top loin roasts to make. I'd like to slow roast them in the oven or slow cooker. So far I have figured out that I could oven roast them at 325 degrees...
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I love food. Unfortunately, I can't cook worth a damn. I've been known to even burn water.
When I watch chefs and good cooks on tv, I'm so envious of their skills. This blog is the closest I get to cooking, other than the microwave ;)
Try not to drool!
John, New Englander turned Cali dude