Favorite Outdoor Summer Apps?
I have to bring an appetizer to pass for a memorial service being held outside. I'm all out of ideas, and I'm sick of the same old stuff I always make. Anyone have any ideas they want to share?
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So, Vegetarian Marshmallows. Can they be done well?
I told a friend that I would make anything for her birthday that she wanted. She chose vegetarian marshmallows. Not being a vegetarian, I had no idea how to approach this, and so far an internet search has revealed that 1) Agar-agar is a great alternative to animal-based gelatine. 2) No, it totally isn't, especially in marshmallows. 3) But there's this stuff called Emes Kosher Gel that totally works! 4) Except it was revealed that their gelatine had animal products in it, and a bunch of vegan candymakers almost went out of business. Back at square one.
I'm lost. Any ideas?
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Oregano's Many, Many Incarnations
I love oregano - when my Nonna died my aunt and mom dug up and split her original plant, so every year we have some. But we did plant some new kind too, from a garden center. It tasted like felt. Yeesh.
In my family, we sprinkle it on tomatoes and onions with a little oil for a pungent summer salad. I love it!
Favorite Outdoor Summer Apps?
@hammondcheese - every time I'm faced with pigs in a blanket, I also exclaim, "oh, I LOVED these!" And I still do!
@ PerkyMac - great ideas, all of them.
Favorite Outdoor Summer Apps?
@hammondcheese - every time I'm faced with pigs in a blanket, I also exclaim, "oh, I LOVED these!" And I still do!
@ PerkyMac - great ideas, all of them.
Favorite Outdoor Summer Apps?
These are great, thanks!
Cassaendra, it's not too formal, for about 50 people. So no suits or fancy dresses - more like a 'chinos and tasteful sundresses' type of thing. I think summer rolls would go over really well.
Day Old Soup : What's your Favorite?
Soup is my favorite food, by far. My go-to soups are brothy meat-based ones with lots of fresh herbs and other bright flavors to play off of delicious little bits of guts. Two favorites? Pho and Menudo.
The verdict! Anne Burrell's new show - Did you watch?
Maybe I'm just too crass for my own good, but I don't really understand what is so offensive about calling fond "crud." I have to put on my 'bloody irritating social scientist' cap for a second and say that while I understand the need for terminology so that everyone's on the same page, I also think that sometimes jargon has the potential to be "used" to build boundaries around groups. A way to keep some initiated - and a way to keep some people out. I have no problem if someone makes the choice - consciously or just because they're naturally a plain-spoken person - to use "earthy" language. But admittedly, that's just my own opinion.
Geez, am I irritating. Sorry for the diatribe.
The verdict! Anne Burrell's new show - Did you watch?
Speaking of learning things from her show, I made a quick mushroom pasta last night, and I indeed browned the crap out of the onions and mushrooms, and even though I was scared, I was a bit more heavy handed with the salt (I don't have any salt-related health issues). It truly did taste more like restaurant-style pasta, and if I do say so, it was freakin delicious. Yay, Anne!
Shows about baking bread
dbcurrie, that time-lapse thing is an awesome idea. I think a sort of edgy, fun, non-scary approach to baking would make a great show. Some chefs and people have sort of painted bakers and pastry chefs in general as more or less brittle little snips who do something so tedious, methodical, and exact-measurement-dependent, that none of us mere mortals could possible accomplish what they do. Not so. I would love to see something like that on TV.
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The verdict! Anne Burrell's new show - Did you watch?
If we were looking for entertainment, we wouldn't be watching the food network. Why don't they get it? They aren't actors....they are regular people who cook. Personally, I don't think any of them are star quality. Being on the food network is like being "a flash in the pan." None of them have lasting power. You're in....and then your're out. Not so on PBS
The Next Food Network Star - are we watching?
@chiffonade - Yup, chiff, 'tis true; Sandy was a judge. Methinks she finagled a spot on the panel to give herself credibility.
Shows about baking bread
Did anyone every watch the bread baking show on PBS. I can't remember what it was called, but the show featured a monk who would teach you how to make several different recipes.
Shows about baking bread
It took a lot of years for me to finally realize that baking bread isn't rocket science. On any given day...even the same day...the exact same recipe will raise differently. And, even though most of my bread is single-rise (instant yeast), I still create a few things from time to time that are double-rise.
I bake a LOT of bread - small batches, no more than 4 loaves at a time in my big Kitchen Aid.
In all of my cookbooks, all the old Julia shows, everything seemed so rigid. Alton Brown has shown me the light (on many topics), and searching the 'net. I would have loved to have had someone tell me that for some people, the bread may raise in 30 minutes. In other kitchens, it may take 90 minutes.
Someone above was correct...the directions for bread baking rarely translate well to the written word.
Need Name for a Soup Company
Reaching back to a past life in PR and marketing ... stick with the K.I.S.S. rule, especially for naming a product or company.
I like the ones that are unambiguous and tell it like it is. Soups of Columbus, Columbus Soup Company, Grassroots Soups, etc. Frankly, overly cute or clever names can be trite and incredibly irritating. Personally, I often think twice about trying a place or product if the name is annoying (KD's Kountry Kitchen was a great little cafe near my office that I almost didn't try).
Good luck! Soup is my favorite food, so I'm hoping to try out your company sometime!
Need Name for a Soup Company
Keep in mind that if the name is too clever, there will be a certain number of people who won't "get it" and you'll have to explain it. Over and over and over. You'll want to be talking about how good the product is, and they're be talking about the name.
Also, as much as the Soup Nazi on Seinfeld was funny, there are some people who will be immediately offended by the word Nazi, no matter that it's named after something that was on TV. And hard to believe, but there are probably people who didn't watch Seinfeld enough to understand the context.
Is this going to be a restaurant-type place, or packaged goods? If it's packaged, you might want to make it homemade sounding. Grandma's Recipe or something with that feel.
If it's a restaurant, personally I prefer to have a clue what the place is about from the name. Souper Soups would tell me that you probably server a lot of soup. Something more obscure might get attention, but people might not be as willing to just stop in on a whim if they haven't a clue what they're find inside.
Day Old Soup : What's your Favorite?
Potato corn chowder with lots of cheddar cheese.
@Madelyn - you know there's good organic vegetable stock out there, right?
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