Need 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
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...
Read moreApple Pie Question">Apple Pie Question
Apple pies are not baked in a fridge. They are baked inside of an _ _ _ _ ? Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreBento Style - School lunches">Bento Style - School lunches
My three year old will be starting JK in September (yikes) and I am already starting to think about managing lunches. I bought her a bento style lunch box (yumbox) which has a big enough compartment to hold a sandwich but can be broken up to with muffin liners to...
Read moreStrip steak sandwich">Strip steak sandwich
Great sale on strip steaks and I want to grill some early in the day before having 11 people over for dinner. Serving space is too small for everyone to put together their own sandwiches so can I put them together beforehand and then put foil over it and heat...
Read moreNaem Anyone?">Naem Anyone?
Bought a sausage at Vientiane, Seattle. It's been sitting at room temperature since Sunday. Now, how do I cook it? Is it safe? Reading More May Cause Envy...
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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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John, New Englander turned Cali dude