Archive for June 2018
King Crab Liquid/Blood - Cooking Uses?">King Crab Liquid/Blood - Cooking Uses?
I got my hands on a king crab and saved the considerable liquid that it released after I killed it. The crab blood congealed upon refrigeration and has a really cool blue tint and crabby aroma. Is anyone out there aware of any culinary applications for this stuff?...
Read moreWorld Cup Dinners 2018">World Cup Dinners 2018
Some of you will remember back in 2014, I undertook a project to make 32 meals from each of the 32 countries participating in the World Cup in Brazil over the course of the 32 days of the tournament. It was a super-successful campaign which a lot of you enjoyed at...
Read moreISO Almost Too Dense to Believe Pound Cake">ISO Almost Too Dense to Believe Pound Cake
Hello, I was looking through the states and cities listed in your places tabs. I noticed that Alabama was not represented. Having lived here all my life I am looking for some of the Grandma's, Granny's or Great-Aunt Susie's kind of pound cake desserts. I have had a stroke and baking...
Read moreProblems w/ Ina Garten's chocolate cake recipe?">Problems w/ Ina Garten's chocolate cake recipe?
I have made Beatty's cake countless times. Whenever I take cakes out of pans, never fails, they stick to the sides of the pan. This is after generously greasing pans and lightly flouring them. This in turn makes them terribly hard to frost. I follow the recipe...
Read moreNeed a camping cake and frosting">Need a camping cake and frosting
I would suggest using an all shortening buttercream with butter flavoring added along with your vanilla (or whatever flavoring you're using) or you could use the butter flavored shortening. It keeps a little better in warm temps. Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreRecipe for Kraft Miracle French Dressing?">Recipe for Kraft Miracle French Dressing?
The Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook from the early sixties has an almost identical dressing on the first page of the salad dressing recipes. . I don't remember what they call it (Russian dressing?). I omit the onion and celery seeds. I can't imagine why they...
Read moreCassonade">Cassonade
Trying to buy it. Cannot find it. Some Belgian site will sell it to me if I add $47.50 in stuff I don't need. C'mon Hounds, you've never failed me. I'm in Tucson, so online is the only deal. Reading More May Cause...
Read moreA handful of garlic scapes">A handful of garlic scapes
Eight, to be exact. I went to pick up some chickens at a local organic farm and one of the farmers gave me a handful to take along. What would you do with them? Add them when making a basil pesto (my basil is ready for some picking). Saute them?...
Read moreSummer Vacation Shouldn't Mean Going Hungry">Summer Vacation Shouldn't Mean Going Hungry
But without school lunch programs, a lot of American children don't get enough food. Reading More May Cause Envy... Read more
Omega's Sweet & Sour Cabbage soup recipe">Omega's Sweet & Sour Cabbage soup recipe
I am looking for the same recipe, Sweet & Sour Cabbage Soup we go to Omega once a week just for the soup. They have Greek cooks, but it's not a food that Greeks make. Reading More May Cause Envy...
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