Archive for June 2017
Cooking rice while camping">Cooking rice while camping
I'd guess the easiest way might be to cook and cool the rice, then vacuum seal it and freeze. Look up instructions for heating the sealed bags in hot water. For a start, including types of bags to use, see https://www.chowhound.com/post/homemade-boil-bag-922234 In any case, avoid freezing large blocks of rice or meat!...
Read moreGathering for Family - Ideas Needed Please!">Gathering for Family - Ideas Needed Please!
Everyone was so helpful for my "picky dad" post that I am hoping to get help with another, slightly similar (sort of) question... :) After the excitement of my dad we will be having a different group of family members over a week later. These family members are exactly the...
Read moreGathering for Picky Family">Gathering for Picky Family
Everyone was so helpful for my "picky dad" post that I am hoping to get help with another, slightly similar (sort of) question... :) After the excitement of my dad we will be having a different group of family members over a week later. These family members are exactly the...
Read moreTable Talk with Jack McGarry of The Dead Rabbit Grocery and Grog">Table Talk with Jack McGarry of The Dead Rabbit Grocery and Grog
We’re excited to host Jack McGarry—managing partner of The Dead Rabbit Grocery and Grog— in this edition of Table Talk. It is the perfect opportunity to ask him questions about the cocktails we’ve been making for June’s cocktail book companion of the Cookbook of the Month: https://www.chowhound.com/post/june-2017-cookbook-month-cocktail-companion-dead-rabbit-1057877. Jack’s background in...
Read moreCooking Dinner for 4 at a Campground">Cooking Dinner for 4 at a Campground
My husband and I are meeting my parents and brother at a campground close to our house for a one night next visit and we told them we would cook dinner. Anyone have any ideas - I'd like to do something special, as they have had a very difficult...
Read moreMetallic tasting hard boiled eggs {Moved from General Topics]">Metallic tasting hard boiled eggs {Moved from General Topics]
I 'steam' my eggs in a bamboo steamer using free-range, grain fed chicken eggs. I tested an egg for done-ness and the egg white was very metallic, actually affecting a metal filling in my tooth. So, I don't think it's the way the eggs are prepared, whether they're boiled...
Read moreCan I add pectin to a pectin-free jam recipe?">Can I add pectin to a pectin-free jam recipe?
I'm looking for the same information....did you ever figure this out? Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreSoup with millet and carrot">Soup with millet and carrot
This is a deliciously healthy and vegetarian soup, easily thrown together. Servings: 4 Total time: 20 min Prep time: 5 min Cook time: 15 min Ingredients: ¼ cup millet, well washed and drained Several cauliflower florets, chopped Few cauliflower leaves, chopped 1 carrot, sliced 3 cups water ¼ tsp coarse sea salt 1...
Read moreSalad Bowl Large Enough to Serve 50 - Where Can I Buy?">Salad Bowl Large Enough to Serve 50 - Where Can I Buy?
Where can I buy an XL salad bowl? I am serving a mixed green salad buffet-style to 50 people at a family reunion. An online source would be ideal as I need to ship it to Whitefish, Montana, but I live in Seattle and am happy to buy...
Read moreEgg white as a tenderizer to meat">Egg white as a tenderizer to meat
In tenderizing protein for stir-fry egg white is used in combination with salt (usually soy sauce) and cornstarch, not by itself. It is the cornstarch which actually tenderizes the protein by acting as a coating which keeps the moisture from escaping when you 'flash fire' the protein in a wok....
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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 ;)
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