"If you can master the fine art of gravy and chicken-fried steak, you can do most things in life," Ree says in the first episode of her part cooking show, part slice-of-ranch-life reality show, which airs this
Saturday, August 27th at 11:30 EST on
Food Network. We caught up with her yesterday to chat about the new show, her new cookbook, and the mashed potatoes served with that chicken-fried steak. You can sneak a peek of some of the first episode here too!
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Hey, that looks a little like our kitchen during a big cooking or baking project. You know, when you might assume a mini tornado ripped through the scene? Ree Drummond, aka the
Pioneer Woman, uploaded
this photo over on Instagram. Ain't no shame in sharing the reality of a chaotic kitchen. Do you usually let the dirty bowls pile up, or are you a clean-as-you-go type? Does looking at this image stress you out a bit?
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While brining definitely injects a lot of flavor into the bird and helps juiciness-retention, it can also mean saltier drippings—a potential problem when making stuffing and gravy.
The Pioneer Woman to the rescue! She has a few tips on how to decrease the too-salty issue, like
rinsing the turkey under cold water for a few minutes after brining and boiling the turkey giblets in water and using that giblet broth to thin out the gravy.
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How did you develop a spicy tolerance? Through a mentor? By force-feeding yourself jalapenos?
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Longtime Serious Eats friend Ree of The Pioneer Woman is already responsible for some of our favorite recipes, most of which are butter-laden (sweet potatoes, creamed spinach, and chocolate sheet cake). Her new site Tasty Kitchen will be yet another drool-inspiring distraction. The recipe social network allows home cooks to share recipes, rate them, and add notes. Looks like a happy place and really easy to use: just search by recipe or category, and if you want to share your own, join the oven mitt-wearing fraternity by registering here....
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Ree over at Pioneer Woman Cooks cooked up some mean mashed potatoes for a pre-Thanksgiving post. Sigh. Mashed potatoes. They’re as much a part of Thanksgiving dinner as pecan pie and Uncle Festus.But mashed potatoes are labor-intensive, and on Thanksgiving Day, that’s not necessarily an asset. The wonderful thing about these mashed potatoes is, they can be made ahead of time, then warmed in the oven when you’re ready. This has made a world of difference in my Thanksgiving Day sanity, peace, blood pressure readings, and hormone levels. The fact that they’re wonderfully delicious is simply the icing on the cake. So let’s go make ‘em. Ree's mashed potatoes contain—get this—butter, half and half, and cream cheese....
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