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turkey breast...woulda, coulda, shoulda???
Tossed the turkey. Bought a fresh. Roasting as I type!
Food and Culture
Some things, for lack of a better way to say it, just shouldnt be fucked with. Tradition is best. There are absolutely people that want to take things to the next level, deconstruct something, give it a fresh twist. Thats all bullshit. People like to add a bunch of crap to traditional things so they feel like they have actually accomplished something instead of dicking it up.
There are masters of the old school and will remain the masters. No matter how much cumin, sriracha, wasabi or any other "new and unique" thing someone adds, it doesnt change the fact that a classic will bust the balls of any new age hack job there is.
Tell your Dad to hold on tight, make a shitload of mole and watch as the youngsters always circle back to the old schoolers. HOWEVER, Rick Bayless aint no joke. I would jump at the chance to eat his food.
SIDES FOR CABBAGE ROLLS
@ Jerzee tomato....agreed. Spot on. Thats how my entire family makes/eats them and I will be the first to tell you that my maiden name ends in "ovsky".
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Making dog food
Well, my dog does not have digestive issues, she is just a real spoiled bitch. I purchase food, open it, put it in her dish, microwave it, stir it, place it in front of her and she sniffs it and walks away. This is my life. Around day 2.5 of her hunger strike and my impending bankruptcy regarding the multitude of food purchases for her to disregard, one of 3 things happen.
1. I make her scrambled eggs and toast to mix in one of the disregarded cans of food and she eats it with happiness.
2. I make her a plate of whatever we are having for dinner and she eats it with happiness.
3. I do the most logical of the 3 and go to the store, buy a package of hearts/livers/gizzards and cook them low with chicken broth, carrots, celery, garlic, parsley and whatever other random broth veggie I have laying around. I add whole wheat couscous at the end and mix a cup full of this muck over a bowl of puppy chow (she is 14...she likes it, whatever) and she eats it with happiness.
Moral of the story? Im a fucking chump when it comes to this silly bitch dog and she knows it.
turkey breast...woulda, coulda, shoulda???
Tossed the turkey. Bought a fresh. Roasting as I type!
Food and Culture
Some things, for lack of a better way to say it, just shouldnt be fucked with. Tradition is best. There are absolutely people that want to take things to the next level, deconstruct something, give it a fresh twist. Thats all bullshit. People like to add a bunch of crap to traditional things so they feel like they have actually accomplished something instead of dicking it up.
There are masters of the old school and will remain the masters. No matter how much cumin, sriracha, wasabi or any other "new and unique" thing someone adds, it doesnt change the fact that a classic will bust the balls of any new age hack job there is.
Tell your Dad to hold on tight, make a shitload of mole and watch as the youngsters always circle back to the old schoolers. HOWEVER, Rick Bayless aint no joke. I would jump at the chance to eat his food.
SIDES FOR CABBAGE ROLLS
@ Jerzee tomato....agreed. Spot on. Thats how my entire family makes/eats them and I will be the first to tell you that my maiden name ends in "ovsky".
I adore Black Pepper: but is it healthy?
Okay, I'll bite. Are you actually being serious? I have never, ever, EVER in my entire cooking life heard that there are reasons not to use black pepper other than if I sniff too fast I sneeze.
Love pepper, in any form.
There is no myth/non-myth.
Id REALLY love to see something in print.
900 bajillion chefs/cooks/casual cooks/caterers/michelin starred restaurants/classically trained/home ec class taking 13 year olds/beer drinking frat guys with a pizza and a pepper grinder cant be wrong.
meet-balls
Well, since there is anarchy happening on Facebook about meatballs and the bastardization of them, here it is...
ground beef
ground veal
ground pork (1lb of each)
good romano cheese (and a crapload of it)
1 egg, beaten
4 cloves of fresh garlic, microplaned
chopped fresh parsley
salt and pepper
There are no vegetables in meatballs. There are no soup mixes in meatballs. There is no bread/oatmeal/rice/flour/wet bread/elmers glue/spackle in meatballs. Mix it all LIGHTLY. Brown them LIGHTLY. Drop them in BOILING HOT sauce and DO NOT touch them for a half an hour or so before you stir and they wont break apart, hence not needing all those gross fillers.
Will N1H1 flu scare change your dining out habits?
probably just continue to do crazy things like washing my hands, avoiding icky people or things as a whole, using clorox clean up on any inanimate object within 500 yards and not inhabiting restaurants that 1. have Board of Health write ups 2. are subpar in the way the restaurants cleanliness and waitstaff presents themselves.
Get a flu shot just for kicks.
What's Up With All These One Word Answer Postings?
@simon...bravo. Beautifully, albeit painfully put for some. I rarely head over here anymore unless one of the old schoolers posts something of importance (like this thread) on facebook.
Its the same as those annoying **WAY** or **NO WAY** questions (sorry, Pmac)...you can choose to comment or not. Nobody is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to answer. Dont like the content? Go somewhere else. Most of us did. Facebook is where its at.
FYI: You wont EVER find me posting under anything but ChelleyD01 on ANY site that I go to. Mostly because 1. I generally dont give a shit what people say/think about me. 2. I actually look forward to someone challenging me. 3. It makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.
What Will Brian Boitano Make?
uhhhhh, search box at the top of the page. Its kinda like a wonder bra for the food world.
I love you, simon. Lets get married and run away together since everyone hates us anyway!
Critic-Turned-Cook Steels Herself for Canning Season with Canning Across America
Jesus people...dont be so dramatic. The photo is OBVIOUSLY for the showing of the jar and the tongs. You can clearly see that the pot is not tall enough to have enough water to cover the lids without overflowing even before the boil. It looks like a regular old Calphalon stock pot...barely holds the 4 quart jars let alone boiling water. Who even processes 4 quart jars? No drama, its just a pic and if some ass really did boil like that, I pity the fool to clean the mess of the ceiling.
Help me try and help my 18 year old son and G2
The HFCS is not going to kill the kid. He is an athlete and I assure you, there are far worse things he could be putting into his body than some G2. It gives him what he needs to replenish and realistically, PRO athletes drink original and G2 all day, every day, so it cant be all that awful. Give the kid a steak and a salad and it will round it all out.
I need help!!!!
@ carol...have you ever tried steaming? It takes awhile, but it makes a great result.
Learning to Make Good Coffee, Suggestions?
@ honeybunches.... email me. TaintedHalo0028@aol.com. (psychos and nutcases, back up off me). I have successfully opened 2 coffee houses from ground up.
Monin Syrup vs Da Vinci vs Torani: what do YOU prefer?
I owned 2 coffee houses. Here is my take on it.
DaVinci is trash. Next?
Monin is good stuff, but the problem with monin is that it has so many natural ingredients that the shelf life isnt all that spectacular and got mold quickly and would create a scum when steaming with milk. Gross. Gross. Gross.
My personal fave was Torani. Yes, I am very well aware that they are filled with preservative, however, the flavors are consistant as well as having a huge selection.
My advice to you is to find your local coffee supplier. They more than likely carry 30 or 40 flavors for about $4.50 a bottle. Do your self a favor and get bar pourers....so much easier than a bottle of sticky syrup to clean up!
Needed: a meal that would win a man's heart!
beef.
starch.
beer.
sugar.
its whats for dinner.
I Caved In and Ate Grocery Store Fried Chicken - Yuck!
Popeyes spicy, red beans a rice and a biscuit. Add little packet of hot sauce to red beans and rice. Smear honey on biscuit. Lick fingers. Die happy.
How you know a cook doesn't cook ...
@ joyyyy and sadiepix. I am the owner of not 1 but 2 small coffee houses. (Screw you, Dunkin Donuts). I served breakfast at both. I did not poach a damn thing because 1. I did not have burner space. 2. I was alone 99% of the time and did not have time to babysit poaching eggs. 3. It didnt fit into my small, albiet eclectic menu.
To say that "if you dont have poached eggs you cant cook" is a total freakin crock. I am fairly secure in my ability in the kitchen and Im sure the myriad of people that request me as their personal chef, caterer, party planner or just the best damn chef they know would agree. Get over yourselves. I mean....really.
Serious Efforts: catering on a budget
@ Jordan...who is to say that we arent all chefs? I mean, really.
Alternatives to Ads to help support Serious Eats- Any Ideas?
Id rock an SE tshirt...as long as the logo was on the back. Im okay with a teensy over the heart logo on the fronts of things but I prefer back of shirt logos and white, bleachable tshirts.
SE Crew? Whats the probability?
I do not like 'sponsored' talk topics Sam I Am
Im cutting and pasting my response to this thread here from the posting "From Our Sponsor" thread because I didnt see this one. Whatev.
Well hey, any and all that are so mortally offended by this horrible Sun Chips post, which is CLEARLY marked as "From Our Sponsor:" (meaning, gee, you dont have to read it) wouldn't have any issue donating cold, hard cash to Serious Eats so that they can forego the big, bad sponsor....RIGHT???
I mean, Im sure the SE Team can wrangle up a paypal account and you can put forth your hard earned dollars toward the page we get so much joy from....RIGHT???
Gimme a break...your telling me you people cant honestly find something ELSE to bitch about than this? Lexapro. Prozac. Wellbutrin. Rumor has it they all work wonders.
From our Sponsor: A Small Step to Help the Planet?
Well hey, any and all that are so mortally offended by this horrible Sun Chips post, which is CLEARLY marked as "From Our Sponsor:" (meaning, gee, you dont have to read it) wouldn't have any issue donating cold, hard cash to Serious Eats so that they can forego the big, bad sponsor....RIGHT???
I mean, Im sure the SE Team can wrangle up a paypal account and you can put forth your hard earned dollars toward the page we get so much joy from....RIGHT???
Gimme a break...your telling me you people cant honestly find something ELSE to bitch about than this? Lexapro. Prozac. Wellbutrin. Rumor has it they all work wonders.
HELP! BF is extremely picky...
This MAY be the cream of the crop of SE threads. I am actually in awe of some of the responses. Are you people on glue? Did you get into the apple wine again?
You guys have the audacity worry about ME and my bitter/anger/bitchitry? Give me break. About 90% of you need a good railing and a reality check. I will toast this thread tonight, ladies. HYSTERICAL.
What did you eat/drink at your wedding shower?
Dont worry about the shower...let them do what they want. You have far bigger fish to fry.
As for me, I believe I had my favorite men at my shower...Jim, Jack, Johnny Red and Johnny Black as well as copious amounts of grain alcohol. Food? I don't remember in the least. You can thank the boys for that one.
Incorrect Fast Food Memories
@ Pumpkinbear...go procure yourself a nice spicy piece of Popeyes. You will never return to KFC again.
Guilty Food Pleasures
taco bell hard chicken supreme, add pico, guac and fire sauce
mickey d's double cheese, no onion, no pickle, medium fry with hot mustard.
Popeyes spicy fried chicken wings with a biscuit covered in honey
chicken lo-mein made extra spicy from my local chinese joint
pizza with red sauce, ham, pineapple and hot pepper.
Are we Freaks?
You know what I find much stranger than being into food? Being into fantasy basketball.
Are we Freaks?
Hi soozm32,
I saw your recent post about how much you enjoy using All-Clad cookware. As an All-Clad representative, I would love to talk more with you about your experience! Please e-mail me at Tnikolich@marcusa.com.
Thanks! Taryn
Will N1H1 flu scare change your dining out habits?
Now food sharing is being discouraged and 'Beer Pong' parties, where you pass around the same pitcher, at one college is being forbidden...
Food and Culture
Oh I hit post too soon, but that's okay, this way it gets broken into two easier-to-read comments.
The rub in all this is that I get annoyed with what people consider "curry," which doesn't exactly exist (get Raghavan Iyer's "660 Curries" where he discusses this. I swear I don't work for him, I just really like him). My husband made the mistake of ordering "curry" on our one chance to eat at Moosewood. I told him it was a mistake, which he realized when he got a dish that tasted more of turmeric than anything. The book I talked about also discusses "curries" and the Anglicization of the word as well as the food, which is interesting.
And @blitzcheetah, tell me about it re: Starbuck's "chai tea lattes." I die everytime someone order's one. My husband has a chai blog, though, which he is regularly updating again: www.chaientist.com. Brings up a second topic: are experiments with chai more authentic from us because we are Indian and less of a bastardization? Why do I think that it is okay for someone within the culture to mess with a food but from outside a culture it's showing a lack of respect?
Food and Culture
I wish I wasn't on vacation when this topic came up because i would love to have participated fully in it! Oh well, I'll put my two cents in anyways!
As part of my vacation, I was reading an interesting book called "Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors." While I have my own set of issues with the book, as someone of Indian heritage, it is interesting to read about foods and techniques that I consider "Indian" as actually being the influence of Invaders or foreign merchants.
Some examples:
--Tea was only drank for medicinal purposes until the Brits decided they had an untapped market that needed to buy their products!
--Potatoes, chili peppers and Tomatoes were also brought in by various merchants. I can't imagine cooking a lot of Indian food without those ingredients, especially tomatoes and chili peppers!
--Rice was also not a native dish. Can you imagine? My grandma did not consider a meal finished unless we had a bit of rice.
Anyway, one of the points of the book was to debunk the claim of authenticity in Indian cooking, so...well, as people we are a sum of our experiences. So as a cuisine, Indian food, or Italian or Mexican or Armenian, is a sum of It's experiences.
Making dog food
I cooked rice brown and white regular and I added the rice after I browned the meat and the broth to moisten the food ever so slightly.
Making dog food
@beth1 - you're going to have very happy, spoiled doggies! the cottage cheese is a good idea, i'll have to remember that one....
Making dog food
Well, we tried it today. This week's batch is ground turkey, brown rice, fresh cut green beans, carrots, and chicken broth (low sodium). gave them about 1/2 kibble, and 1/2 turkey stew, and added about 1 tablespoon of cottage cheese. They inhaled it. Loved it. Thanks for all the help.
Making dog food
My mom get this stuff from the local health food store and mixes it with ground turkey. http://www.happydogfood.com/
Making dog food
well, since my name is pooch, and i own 4 rescue doggies i'll give you my recipe's which i've been using forever....
1) the usual chicken, brown rice thing....
2) turkey meatloaf: 10# ground turkey - approx. 6-8 large raw sweet potatoes, shredded, a dozen eggs, cooked (in chix broth if you have it) brown rice or oatmeal (depending upon how much you want to add in, if baby is on a diet, use little starch and bump up the veggies.... fresh or frozen veggies, 2 bunches italian parsley, chopped... sometimes i put dried cranberries or fresh blueberries in it...
mix together and bake like a meatloaf. you can use a double pan, putting the loaf in a perforated pan so the grease drips down..... but with turkey, you shouldn't have this problem. sometimes i'll throw in some ground chuck for a variation.
of course you can vary your veggies and amounts, sometimes i use acorn or butternut squash, or pumpkin instead of the sweets.... my dogs love this meatloaf, they are like little sharks circling around my feet when i heat it up for them..... i love watching them eat it ... especially my nearly toothless and blind guy named babbo .... it's the highlight of his day....
Making dog food
Probably not "super low-cal, high fiber" but here is my recipe for two 100 lb. labs. Lasts a couple months, so it is worth the time, I do it on a weekend.
10 lbs chicken on the bone (thighs are the easiest, only one bone) skin removed
1 lb carrots
few cloves of garlic
any sad veggies from the fridge
Cover with water plus a few inches, and simmer the hell out of it, until meat falls off bone. At least 2 hrs.
Remove food to cool, add 5 lb bag of rice and 2 lbs chicken livers to broth. Cook rice, while removing bones from chicken.
Mix the whole mess together and freeze in quart size bags.( I fill the sink with ice water and throw the bags in there to cool.)
I feed the dogs high quality dry food with a cup of heated rice mix.
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Some times I make extra broth for chicken noodle soup for the human part of the family. It smells so good cooking, the kids get jealous of the dogs!
Making dog food
Lots of great advice here. I have not had a dog for 15 years, but I had a retriever for 16 years and I think it was his diet. Our dog got fat quickly and he seemed to have sensitive skin as well. I was reading Prevention Mag at the time and there were suggestions and recipes for daily feeding and biscuits. The biscuits were too much work at the time, but I took the daily feeding suggestions and got into a routine.
I made two servings of oatmeal and put two eggs in his bowl and poured the oatmeal in and stirred. I put approximately 1/2 cup of bran, a couple of dollops of cottage cheese, some milk and let it cool. I added any leftover vegetables and served. He lost the weight and his skin sensitivities seemed to disappear. The article mentioned that while dogs are carnivores we don't have to give them meat, but we need to provide them with protein which was the egg, milk and cottage cheese. Our dog would eat leftover salads if he liked the dressing. Limas were a hard sell, but if there were enough of the other food he ate them. Remember if you go natural to expect a change in bowel habits-be quick and know to adjust.
Seems like a lot of work, but we got into an easy routine as we cleaned up after dinner. We fed him once a day and gave him a couple of large dog bones during the day to tide him over.
I have a client that got a rare breed-Eurasier-and was advised to go the raw food direction. This dog has a lot of digestive problems and the vet feels that the diet was the problem. I don't know since I am not a vet, but I would cook any food.
turkey breast...woulda, coulda, shoulda???
my dad is a firm believer that everything tastes better cooked in bacon fat.
i am SO his daughter-lol.
turkey breast...woulda, coulda, shoulda???
Then that was absolutely the thing to do. You were obviously not comfortable preparing or serving it and now you've got a Heavenly aroma (with no doubts) wafting through the house.
I adore Black Pepper: but is it healthy?
Nothing is wrong with black pepper...it's actually the capsacin in the cayenne or chili pepper that is supposed to help rev up your metabolism so if that is what you are trying to do then exchange the black for the red otherwise you and abuse pepper because it's all good for you!
I adore Black Pepper: but is it healthy?
Found a pretty sweet Pepper-blog today if anyone's interested called: Confessions of a Chilihead. Good research from what I've seen! AND I had to give her credit on my blog for it!
I adore Black Pepper: but is it healthy?
Minutia - I know it's not a nightshade, it's just something my nutritionist had mentioned. However, I've just done some research and, she's wrong!
Meanwhile, I haven't smoked in years....
I adore Black Pepper: but is it healthy?
The only negative health effects from peppercorns I have heard of are for people with certain health issues. There are people who are allergic to pepper. Pepper flakes can get stuck in the stomach lining or intestinal lining for people with diverticulitis and certain ulcers - but some ulcers and other infammation are treated with ground pepper or black pepper essential oil in homeopathy.
KateRuby, since black pepper is a NOT nightshade, unlike every other fruit called a "pepper", it should not aggravate people with autoimmune inflamation. #1 nightshade to cut out - tobacco - reduce inflammation and taste all of the flavors of your food.
I personally love a variety of peppercorns. I always have black, red, green, and white peppercorns on hand.
If you are a real pepper lover, try white pepper in a batch of Pfeffernüsse, Northern European cookies made with nuts and ground pepper.
I adore Black Pepper: but is it healthy?
"Daaamn, it smells like peppa up in heeere!"
SIDES FOR CABBAGE ROLLS
Fresh Kielbasa or pork roast with mashed potatos! Nothing better -- maybe a homemade pierogi with sauted onions...
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Thanks everyone - I have to admit mashed potatoes came to my mind, but I wondered if it would be too much with the rice in the recipe. However, it only calls for 1/2 a cup. The other ideas of roasted veggies or roast veggie gratin, sounds great. They could be prepared ahead and as @Pavlov says, "no fuss, no muss!" Cucumber salad would be another nice side.
SIDES FOR CABBAGE ROLLS
Cucumber salat.
Sauerkraut.
Knirdels
Potato pancakes.
All of the above add caraway seeds lol.
SIDES FOR CABBAGE ROLLS
Spam.... well not the spam itself obviously.... just the gelatin from the spam over raw asparagus like an aspic!
Seriously, perhaps a nice salad or maybe a root vegetable gratin or a gratin made with squashes and some cheese. it can also be made ahead of time so no fuss no muss!
I adore Black Pepper: but is it healthy?
I was taught that in an emergency, a small leak in your car's radiator could be plugged by adding 1 small can of black pepper to the radiator!?!?
I adore Black Pepper: but is it healthy?
...wow: this is an interesting research topic. Thanks again for all the info peeps. Feel free to provide more info. Highly facinating.
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turkey breast...woulda, coulda, shoulda???
Posted by ChelleyD01, September 19, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Reeses Peanut Butter Eggs....Easter Nirvana?
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Help with Biscuits and Thickening a 'Gravy'
Posted by ChelleyD01, January 18, 2009 at 8:33 PM
you know you were hungry when _____ tasted amazing!
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SSSooooo....what did you REALLY eat last night???
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so what are the chances of a live chat feature....
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totally on the fly, half assed junk food creations...
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Okay canners, preservers, picklers, jammers....Let's hear it!
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Calling Charm City Cupcake...can I get blueberry lemonade?
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Memorial Day eats.... let's hear the line up!
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Well, my dog does not have digestive issues, she is just a real spoiled bitch. I purchase food, open it, put it in her dish, microwave it, stir it, place it in front of her and she sniffs it and walks away. This is my life. Around day 2.5 of her hunger strike and my impending bankruptcy regarding the multitude of food purchases for her to disregard, one of 3 things happen.
1. I make her scrambled eggs and toast to mix in one of the disregarded cans of food and she eats it with happiness.
2. I make her a plate of whatever we are having for dinner and she eats it with happiness.
3. I do the most logical of the 3 and go to the store, buy a package of hearts/livers/gizzards and cook them low with chicken broth, carrots, celery, garlic, parsley and whatever other random broth veggie I have laying around. I add whole wheat couscous at the end and mix a cup full of this muck over a bowl of puppy chow (she is 14...she likes it, whatever) and she eats it with happiness.
Moral of the story? Im a fucking chump when it comes to this silly bitch dog and she knows it.