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GretchinF

I like accidental photographs, the word "juice", web comics and you!
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  • Location: Rapid City, SD
  • Favorite foods: Braised meats, organic peas and a really good M&M sugar cookie.
  • Last bite on earth: The bone marrow at Prune

Cook the Book: 'The Lee Bros. Charleston Kitchen'

I fear I haven't been to the South so the closest I've gotten is recreating almost all the recipe's from the last Lee Bros' cookbook! Hooray?

Bake the Book: Smoke & Pickles

Pig Pokin' Cake (I am dying to get my hands on this book, btw!)

AHT Giveaway: Case of Pat LaFrieda Burgers

I would have to say it was the burger I ordered in Italy after 6 years of vegetarianism. I've NEVER looked back.

The Ramen Rater's Top 10 Instant Noodles of 2013

Jinjja, jinjja??
Really, really!!

What dish best represents the food of your region?

Ok, since you asked *cough*
Tiger Meat is
1 pound extra-lean ground beef
1 small onion, diced
2 teaspoons Tabasco sauce
2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
3 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons pepper
Mix all ingredients together in a bowl; cover with plastic wrap and let stand for 8 hours. Spread on crackers. Do not eat after 2 days.

Note, there is no cookin' goin' awn... this is raw, sittin'-out ground beef folks. Holla at your Germains!

What dish best represents the food of your region?

South Dakota: keugel, chislic and tiger meat (blech, don't ask)

Homemade Condiments You Keep on Hand

I make my own pickles, jam, salad dressings, mayo/aioli, pesto & mustard.
I am a ridiculous human.

Cook the Book: 'Pati's Mexican Table'

Smothered lengua burrito... ::salivating!::

Look who's talking feature

Personally, I don't get why more people aren't up in arms about the Featured Talk portion of the website. Talk about an afterthought, sheesh!

Steak on the BBQ or in the Cast Iron Pan

Cast iron steaks are my jam! I marinate the steak in amino acids and capers for as long as it takes to get them to room temp, then throw in a hot hot hot pan with a knob of butter and baste away.

Dear lord, I am hungry now!

On the Beer Trail: Incredible Beer from...North Dakota?

Come south, we'll show you a good time and some good local brews.
Southern Dakotan by the grace of god! *woot*

Cook the Book: 'Try This at Home' by Richard Blais

I'd have to go with Taco-Mac... I know it's super low-brow but there's just something about making a taco sans shell, over Annie's Mac that hits the spot every so often. Fresh tomatoes a must.

Congrats Kenji!!!

Awesome! Congrats, mister!

Sunday Supper: Cheesy Short Rib and Sausage Lasagna Soup

I'm dying of laughter over here re: the 1,2, & 3 comments

In a pickle

Mustard seed! With some beer in the pickling liquid -- perfect. A perfect addition to so many dishes.

I'm working my way through a jar of brussel sprouts myself. Not really a fan, but it's not really like sauerkraut either so...

Taste Test: Boxed Fudge Brownie Mix

I am super stoked to go to Target and pick up a box now! My go-to boxed brownie had always been No Pudge brand. You just have to mix in any cup of yogurt (banana or orange are the best, fyi) and bake away... so tasty. Buuuuuut, my grocer stopped carrying it.

Tar-shjay here I come!

MODERNIST CUISINE- worth the hype/money?

I second the library comment, and don't shoot the messenger here but, you can find a pdf of the whole set floating around online. I'm sure it's crap quality but it would give you a change to eyeball it and see if it's worth your wife selling a kidney for.

Poll: Sriracha on Pizza, Way or No Way?

Hahaha, I've never seen such snobbery in a SE thread, and that's saying something!

How to Make Pizza Bowl Ramen Soup

"This word "infused", I do not think it means what you think it means." - Inigo Montoya

What is the paddle attachment actually *for*?

Ever since bending the snot out of my whisk attachment with too-hard butter I'm scared to use it for damn near anything so the paddle is my go-to 99% of the time.

Your bestest Quinoa recipe

My favorite recipe includes loads of heavy cream, parm, maple sausage, etc. Probably not what you're looking for but man, you're missing OUT!

Favorite Yogurt

I know this isn't helpful but Noooooooooooosa... guh, I am now drooling in to the spaces on my keyboard. Isn't that stuff the best!? Strawberry Rhubarb is my *jam*!

Canning Question

Because they don't use two part lids in mass produced canning any longer. I'm sure your "stupid, stingy" friends can give their probably amazing food to someone else who recognizes the awesomeness they were given.

Bake the Book: The Lee Bros. Charleston Kitchen

This Totally Exists: Hot Dog-Encrusted Shrimp Tempura Pizza with Mayonnaise

NEED IN MAH LIFE!

The Weirdest Banana

In my co-op box (Bountiful Baskets) two weeks ago I received a bunch of bananas. They looked at the time like a slightly under-ripened version of what you would normally get at the grocery store. They're perhaps a bit more grey, if that makes sense.

Two weeks on, they haven't ripened nor changed in appearance AT. ALL. It's bizarre. I tried to open one today to check on it's progress but it would hardly peel and once I tried a tiny nibble of the flesh it was so bitter I thought I was munching on an alum stick.

I am resigned that these are not your average bananas but some kind of plantain perhaps (tho they are not long, skinny with a "sharp" edge to the peel like you'd expect or see normally) I know there are a billion kinds of bananas so googling this has rendered useless.

SE'ers! What the heck are these and how the heck do I eat 'em?!

Help a girl out!

Leftover Chops

I have two huuuuge, grilled pork chops leftover from a dinner party I had last night and I am needing some ideas on what to do with them. Whaddya' think, guys?

Cold Rock Cornish & Noodles

Roasted Cornish game hen dusted inside with Chinese 5 Spice and basted outside with Bull-Dog sauce. Noodles boiled in water, soy sauce, sweet dark soy and (quite a bit of) dashi granules then tossed, hot, with Bull-Dog sauce, Kewpie mayo and Sriracha

Using Angostura bitters in your savory recipes

I made a jambalaya the other night with slow braised pork shoulder, andouille sausage, tomatoes and the Cajun trinity, Old Bay, habanero and seriously more bitters than you could shake a stick at. It was so durn good, you guys. I am making it again this week for a second batch of friends.

Do you use bitters in your savory cooking? Care to share some ideas. I am addicted!

The Better Kitchen Toy

I accidentally (I swear) found out I was getting a very nice food processor for our anniversary this year. I may have suggested a Kitchenaid Stand Mixer would be preferred.

Now I am second guessing myself. Which one do you think is better? I need some pros and cons.

The best hot sauce

You Tapatio lovers over in the Fried Egg Sandwich thread are nuts! The best, the only, hot sauce for eggs and otherwise is Cholula!

Who's with me?

The mystery of foie gras salt?

When I was in Strasbourg, France last month I picked up some "Foie Gras Salt." It has salt (of course) and some other herbs that I can't put my finger on. I am not sure if this is to be used in the making of foie gras or if it is just reminiscent in taste but I have to tell you it's the most amazing stuff on cottage cheese! Haha!

Has anyone else had/heard of this!? Is there anywhere I can get it without a plane ticket back to France?

Foreign foods that just taste... BETTER!

I just got back from a week in southern Germany and I have to say, the salad that comes standard with just about every meal has to be the most simple and delicious salad I can remember having. Also the bread crusts! It threatened to break a tooth, I gave it five stars.

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What have been your simple favorites in -your- travels?

Want Real Eggs at McDonald's? Just Ask!

Here's the deal: you can get your McDonald's biscuit sandwiches (or any breakfast sandwich, for that matter) made with a 100% real egg, cracked and cooked fresh on-premises. All you've got to do is tell the cashier that you'd like your sandwich made with a "round egg" and they'll replace your folded egg patty with a real egg, free of charge. An egg sandwich from McDonald's that actually tastes like egg? Who'da thunk it? More

Taco Innards -- What do you make at home?

I've been rummaging through Rick Bayless's Mexican Everyday cookbook and found myself inspired after making his spinach enchiladas. Since then I've made a whole container of mushroom-onion-poblano- cheese filling for my tacos, but I just hit on a new favorite:... More

The Best Potato Chip You've Never Had

In the northeastern corner of South Dakota sits a small city called Clark. Amongst fertile potato fields and prized hunting grounds, there are 12 dedicated people in Clark making some of the best potato chips I've ever tasted, under a brand called Dakota Style. They've been doing God's chip work since 1985 but I tried them for the first time this past weekend. And I'm very upset about the lost time. More

Brousse Cheese from 'Home Made Winter'

Homemade cheese can sound like a daunting proposition--after all, most of the cheese we buy at the store has been aged, molded, or dried for months before it enters our mouths. Making a cheese like gouda or gorgonzola takes proper equipment, patience, and practice. Fresh cheeses like chevre and ricotta, however, are little more than drained curdled milk. Making these from scratch is easy, rewarding, and many times better than most of their store-bought kind. In Home Made Winter, Yvette van Boven offers a recipe for her own particular fresh cheese, called Brousse. More

Where Are the Savory Sodas?

Not long ago, the only savory cocktail at many bars was the Bloody Mary. Now, in the wake of the cocktail revolution, savory drinks are numerous enough to populate a genre. Having been converted to the savory side somewhere around my first bacon-infused Old Fashioned, I've found it hard to go sweet again. More

Soda Bread with Port-Soaked Raisins

If you're looking for a quick bread to go with your afternoon tea, or your morning fry up, look no further than the humble soda bread. Raisins or currants are an expected addition, but soaking the raisins in port before adding them to the dry ingredients gives them an extra boozy sweetness that really livens up this simple bread. More

Crispy Deep-Fried Chicken Livers

A quick flash in hot oil not only renders a crispy shell around the organ meat, but the livers are cooked just enough to yield a tender, slightly pink, creamy interior. Dipped in hot sauce, these crunchy and earthy livers are like a more flavorful and exciting version of chicken nuggets. More