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EatingVirgo

Double-majoring in History and English Literature in the metro-east area of Saint Louis. Grew up mostly in central Illinois. Basically deprived of anything good to eat at all times, or too broke.

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  • Location: Lincoln/Lebanon, Illinois
  • Favorite foods: My favorite foods are seafood of any kind, especially salmon and mollusks, oatmeal, hummus, curries, sushi, pumpkin, eggs, and anything typical of New Orleans.
  • Last bite on earth: Curried salmon.

Dinner Tonight: Fried Eggs with Mustard-Creamed Spinach and Breadcrumbs

Im tempted to use chopped mustard-flavored pretzels instead of breadcrumbs and mustard seeds

Prefered brand of yogurt?

SIGGIS SIGGIS SIGGIS. Icelandic skyr. so good. so much protein for so little calories.

Oif en Gougère???!

Wow! Thank you so much, means a lot!

Cooking Light's Ancho Chicken Tacos with Cilantro Slaw and Avocado Cream

I, too, would really appreciate nutritional info

Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: The Sriracha Lover's Ultimate Gift Pack

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Cook the Book: 'The Sriracha Cookbook'

EGGS EGGS EGGS!

What odd foods does your pet love?

My cat LOVES adhesive. We find her hoarding stolen scraps of tape and stickers all the time just to sit and lick them.

Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Two Peter Luger Steaks

strip!

Ideas for Hot Pickled Garlic?

CJ, You're amazing.

Weekend Giveaway: Vienna Beef Hot Dog Kit for Your Memorial Day Party

mustard, spicy mustard, and zucchini relish, usually not together though : )

Dear Restaurants: I am so sick of seeing ******* on your menus!

healthy selections that are advertised or titled as such on the menu. i appreciate nutritional information being available if I want to see it, but I would prefer it not be on the menu itself. nothing is more embarrassing than ordering the "fit n delicious!" anything while all your friends point and do the whole "you and your healthy food again. pssh." seriously. i know what's good for me, i know what's not, don't draw attention to it.

Video: The Horseshoe Sandwich Is a Springfield, Illinois, Specialty

I'm from the Springfield area, and honestly, I think people make a way bigger deal out of the horseshoe than it really deserves. I see it as something that any American pubescent person would have come up with given cheese, bread, fries, etc. (The usual stuff laying around in diners)

Must find boiled peanuts!

Thank you for all the comments, I need them by this weekend so that is why Im not buying them offline and we are not allowed to have crockpots etc, due to the fire hazard.

Cook the Book: Make it Fast, Cook it Slow

stooooooovvvvvveee and teapot!

Somewhere to eat in St. Louis, semi-formal but hip

no preferred location exactly, but it'd be convenient if it's an easy place to find (not especially familiar with st. louis)

What's your favorite novelty/odd food item?

dried mango candies covered in chile!!!

Trying to use less butter

oh, if you're not trying to lose weight, but just want to be healthier over all, i wouldn't worry about the butter. maybe switch to a butter which includes omega fatty acids. yeah. that's my last post lol.

Trying to use less butter

Also: in the debate between margarine and butter, in terms of weight loss, neither is better or worse. same calorie content.

using a sugar substitute, like splenda, would probably make the biggest difference rather than trying to substitute butter most time, anyway...

Trying to use less butter

Nearly all of the previous comments offer good substitutes for butter except the truth is that, "calorically" speaking, none of them are any better than the butter. So if you are trying to cut back on butter in order to lose weight, I wouldn't recommend substituting butter for shortening, creamers, yogurt, or oil.-they all have the same amount of calories more or less. Depends on the yogurt.

The best bet, in my opinion, would simply be to use a reduced calorie butter, or reduced calorie butter substitute. Applesauce can be used in things such as cakes and cupcakes, I don't know about pies - I doubt it.

Menu help!

i second the salad ideas from wslunch above, and my recommendation for dessert is a pavlova : )

Cook the Book: 'Almost Meatless'

Pad thai!

Really missing the point

I am so embarrassed by everyone who is leaving you negative comments. They are being incredibly immature. I don't know where THEIR children go to school, but as some one who went to a public school-I completely advocate that school's choice to go nut-free. They are doing this both as a safety precaution AND as a liability in case some one were to become sick from eating. No one seems to understand that it is not the school's job to feed your child, they simply have to because of government regulation. A school's job is to educate your child, so if the "feeding part" bothers you that much, pull the stick out of your ass and pack your kid foie gras and salmon. Babsrose, people ARE totally missing the point. Don't read any of their ridiculous comments (im not).

Am I the only one on the planet who dislikes ___, or loves ___?

Love-COCONUT CHOCOLATES, soynuts, soy products in general

Dislike-Ranch dressing, processed cheese, cheese fondue, string cheese, cream cheese, sour cream, steak, real mayonnaise, wasabi, egg yolk (as in over easy eggs, etc), white gravies

Recommended Lower-Fat Potato Chips?

This is a list from hungry-girl.com:
Guiltless Gourmet Tortilla Chips
Kettle Bakes Potato, Pretzel, and Pita Chips
Popchips (or Popped Chips)
Baked! Potato Crisps
Brothers-All-Natural Potato Crisps

I'm a huge fan of pita chips and Baked! Potato Crisps

Also, this is a recipe I've found and haven't tried but if you're up for it, let me know how it goes! http://www.recipezaar.com/Crispy-Baked-Radish-Chips-Low-FatLow-Carb-288830

Something to go with apple butter

I second the scones idea. One idea that you may consider:
Don't prepare the baked good yourself, simply package the ingrediants in some creative way so that the recipient can bake it themselves (i.e. a fancy decorated bag with a personalized label that contains flour,spices,etc with a nifty recipe card) : ) hope i helped

Oif en Gougère???!

I'm sure there's someone else out there watching Gordon Ramsey's Master Chef on Fox besides me (but with guilty pleasureness). Recently, a contestant made what he called "Oif en Gougere" which appeared on the tv screen as simply a pastry with a poached egg inside of it that had a runny yolk which leaks out from within the pastry once you slice it open. I thought "I'm sure it'd be easy to find a how-to for eggs in gougere" but alas, there's nothing I can find anywhere on the internet, in french or english. HOW THE HECK DID HE DO THAT?! It looked amazing.

Im no chef, or even all that great of a cook, but I'm so curious about this dish.

and image of the dish is available here: http://www.fox.com/masterchef/photos/#foodgallery/season_2:532375

Mussel Recipes w/out Wine!

Hi Serious Eaters, I LOVE mussels (shellfish of any kind) and I wish I could prepare them on my own in my apartment. However, most recipes call for wine, vermouth, etc. UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE 6 MORE MONTHS TO GO UNTIL I CAN LEGALLY ACQUIRE THESE GOODS! Does anyone know of any good substitutes or links to recipes with shell fish that don't require alcohol. I would prefer recipes that don't include frying. Thank you so much for any help!!

Ideas for Hot Pickled Garlic?

I have a mouth-watering full can of preserved, hot pickled garlic. I know I can (and probably will) eat the stuff raw or along with meats, cheeses, veggies, etc. But-are there any recipes out there that I can use this for? What about marinades? I want as many replies as possible, even the way-out-there ones.
Thanks!

Must find boiled peanuts!

I know that boiled peanuts are relatively easy to make, but I live in a dorm and have no access to a stove etc.

Anyone know where I could find boiled peanuts in st. louis area?

Thanks!

Does kimchi go bad?

Early in January, I bought a home-made jar of kimchi from an international food store and half of it was used...and the other half is still sitting in my fridge in that jar. After three weeks, I'm wondering if I should give it a try. I mean....does a fermented food go bad?

Storebought Hummus?

I've only tried Hummus twice. (Just so you know, the hummus they serve in the vegetarian meals at Medeival Times is TO DIE FOR).
I'm sure the way to go to get GOOD hummus is to make it myself.
I recently bought Marzetti brand hummus at my local grocery store and it tasted incredibly sour. Has anyone else ever tried this kind and what did you think of it? Any recommendations next time I buy some?

Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: The Sriracha Lover's Ultimate Gift Pack

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Finally, a Heavy Metal Cookbook: 'Hellbent for Cooking'

Finally, a Heavy Metal Cookbook: 'Hellbent for Cooking'

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