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Oh man - Those things are fantastic, and this recipe - it's like I'm a dog that just got her special spot scratched and my leg is kickin!
making up lost time - what's for dinner 11/10/09?
Homemade Cream of Mushroom and Wild Rice Soup, Turkey, sandwich with Horseradish Cranberry Sauce, Fresh Spinach, Red Onion and Cream Cheese.
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white trash/trailer trash theme party food idea?
Caramelized Cheetos
Dessert Recipes From: Extremely Trashy Recipes
2-cups brown sugar
1-cup butter or margarine
1/4 cup white corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
14-1/2 ounce package Cheetos™
Bring the sugar, butter or margarine and syrup to a boil for 5 minutes. Remove from fire. Add baking soda. Stir. Pour over Cheetos in large bowl. Toss and spread on 10×15 buttered pan. Bake at 250 degrees F. for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Pour out on waxed paper rubbed with additional butter or cooking spray. Quickly separate the Caramelized Cheetos™ pieces and try not to give into temptation!
Cakespy: Homemade Starbucks-Style Cranberry Bliss Bars
Oh man - Those things are fantastic, and this recipe - it's like I'm a dog that just got her special spot scratched and my leg is kickin!
making up lost time - what's for dinner 11/10/09?
Homemade Cream of Mushroom and Wild Rice Soup, Turkey, sandwich with Horseradish Cranberry Sauce, Fresh Spinach, Red Onion and Cream Cheese.
Taste Test: Cheap But Good Olive Oils
Sweet Basil and Olive Oil cupcakes! I posted the recipe last week on this site but I can't find it when I search. This site has been all wonky lately.
What's for dinner tonight-9/29
Bombay Mini Burgers with Curry Sauce
Pommes Frites
Blueberry Pudding Cake
RE: Blood Sausage?
Blood sausage is sooooooooo ungodly good! Its so rich and flavorful! I'm Polish so my little Polish great grandmother feed use duck blood soup too. To those afraid to try it, seriously, just power through it, I think you'll love either.
what's for dinner tomorrow night?
Ooooo...tomorrow night is date night with the boyfriend. I am making:
Butter Lettuce Salad with Homemade Bleu Cheese Dressing
Porterhouse Steaks with an Herb marinade - seared to perfection
Pioneer Woman's Mac and Cheese
Vanilla Ice Cream with Sake Oranges and sesame seed brittle
I'm lighting the candles, putting Billy on the radio and opening a nice bottle of wine. Ahhhhhhh.... I can't wait.
Make-ahead appetizers?
Peppadew Peppers stuffed with Fresh Mozzarella Cheese.
What's for dinner tonight???
@ erinlovestoeat - Certainly :)
Sweet Basil and Olive Oil Cupcakes
For the cupcakes:
3 eggs
1 C. Sugar
3 tsp. Orange Zest
3 tsp. Lemon Zest
3/4 C. Olive Oil
2 1/2 C. Self Rising Flour
1/3 C. Milk
1/3 C. OJ
Heat oven to 350 degrees
Line 18 standard muffin cups
Whisk eggs and sugar until well combined. Add both zests and then stir in olive oil.
Alternately add flour, milk and oj. Stir mixture gently for 30 seconds with wooden spoon.
Divide mixture evenly among the muffin tins.
Bake 15 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Transfer to cooling rack.
Frost with Creamy Basil Frosting
Creamy Basil Frosting:
3 C. Powdered Sugar
1/3 C. Butter
1/4 C. Mik
1 tsp. Vanilla
2 tbsp. finely minced basil
Combine butter, milk, vanilla and basil in large mixing bowl. Add half the powdered sugar and beat until smooth. Gradually add in remainder of powdered sugar.
Serious Heat: Sriracha Hot Wings
Sriracha is my new passion. I love this stuff on EVERYTHING. Sometimes, when I'm sad I'll twist open the cap and squeeze it so I can smell the sauce, and instantly I perk up. I've been replacing Tabasco sauce with it for wings for quite some time now and the wings are awesome!
What's for dinner tonight???
BLT's with chips and Sweet Basil and Olive Oil cupcakes (leftovers from my party this weekend)
Wild truffle in my garden?
I would say it's doubtful. Truffles, from what I understand hang out near tree roots or in the soil and leaves around trees. I don't think one would pop up in a sunny garden enviroment. They aren't fond of the sun.
What to do with Gjetost, other fresh goat cheese?
It makes a wonderful dessert fondue served with sliced apples and pears.
I met Rick Bayless! (And I still can't believe it)
OMG how did you keep from being a giddy school girl? I am so very jealous and very excited for you! Gracious, I don't know what I'd do if I met him. I think security would have to pull my crying screaming body away from him like they had to do with Elvis.
Lunch with a coworker who you don't like
I would just say "Thanks but I kinda need some alone time over lunch today." each time she asks eventually even the most thick skulled people will stop asking.
No Oven Cassoulet?
Hi SEats - did you get this recipe off of Recipezaar? If so I think I am the original author! I wouldn't try to finish this on the stove, but I have had success making this in the slow cooker.
Seeking a 1984 Bon Appetit Yule Log Recipe
I actually might be able to help with this! I have Bon Apetits dating back to 1981 -(I have a bit of a pack rat problem with cooking magazines.) If I have that issue I will gladly post that recipe for you.
My Breakfast of Champions – What is yours?
Health Breakfast
1 Cup Raw Oatmeal
1 Cup Fat Free Vanilla Yogurt
1 Cup Natural Apple Sauce
1/2 Tsp. Cinnamon
Mix it all together and let it chill over night. The next morning the oatmeal will be soft. Eat it cold and if you like with some fruit on top. This stuff keeps me from feeling ravenous until lunch.
One word answer...Miracle Whip or Mayonnaise?
Mayo
@btchyfoody - clearly you care since you took the time to click on the link, read the posting, scroll all the way down to the bottom and then take time to enter a comment.
Best Party Dessert on a Budget?
Try these peanut butter cookies - really good only four ingredients - really easy on the bottom line!
1 cup peanut butter (creamy or chunky)
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon baking soda
Preheat oven to 350°F. and grease baking sheets. In a bowl with an electric mixer beat together peanut butter and sugar until combined well. In a small bowl lightly beat egg and beat into peanut butter mixture with baking soda until combined well.
Roll level teaspoons of dough into balls and arrange about 1 inch apart on baking sheets. With tines of a fork flatten balls to about 1 1/2 inches in diameter, making a crosshatch pattern. Bake cookies in batches in middle of oven until puffed and pale golden, about 10 minutes.
Cool cookies on baking sheets 2 minutes and transfer with a metal spatula to racks to cool completely. Cookies may be kept in an airtight container at room temperature 5 days.
If you want to get fancy make some chocolate frosting and make sandwiches with them!
Julia Child's House
@ emilydev - Okay then, I agree not nearly as bad!
Julia Child's House
No more than any other house with non-cooking or vegan inhabitants. At the end of the day it's just a house. I don't feel badly that no one is currently writing excellent satire in Mark Twain's old house. Besides in the article the current owner said she was inspired to do more cooking.
The only thing that bothered me was when she said she had no idea who Julia was before buying the house. I mean okay you don't like to cook but what crazy underground compound have you been living in since the 60's?
white trash/trailer trash theme party food idea?
Frito boats - a must
Li'l Smokies with BBQ sauce and grape jelly
Li'l Smokies wrapped in crescent roll dough for mini pigs-in-a-blanket
Ho-Hos, Ding Dongs, Twinkies
Cheese in a can with Chicken-in-a-Biscuit crackers
A Velveeta-based dip
white trash/trailer trash theme party food idea?
chefroberto, where is southeast central USA?
white trash/trailer trash theme party food idea?
@yayfood... BAHAHAHAHHA. so true :-) thanks for the laugh.
white trash/trailer trash theme party food idea?
Nice stuff! How about Kraft box Mac & "Cheese" with pan-fried Spam bits?
white trash/trailer trash theme party food idea?
oof, my post got cut off. that should read "despite how much I
white trash/trailer trash theme party food idea?
@ChefR0bert - I just noticed that as I read through another post. My unsolicited advice is to ignore it, given how easy it is to miss things like tone and intent when reading words and not having the benefit of facial expression, tone of voice, etc. The murder mystery is more trailer park than farm (my character does psychic readings, apparently!), but ironically enough, my softball team did a white trash bash that went both raunchier and way more 'country'-specific than this one is (to the point where I was glad I couldn't make it, despite how much I
white trash/trailer trash theme party food idea?
Oh I know that joyyy.. thank you. I just thought it would be more fun to incorporate that side of things. I've been to parties like that before and they were a lot of fun. However, my quarrel is with sbelle and her attitude which is being carried over from a different post. No worries joyyy.
white trash/trailer trash theme party food idea?
@ChefR0bert - I wouldn't take it so personally. "White Trash" to me is a subculture ... but one that is pretty varied by where you are. I have seen plenty of 'white trash' that didn't involve farm-related culture of pitchforks/overalls/etc. And "these type of people" are everywhere (my personal experience living it was in PA), so I don't know if I would agree that the majority is in one part of the country or another, but I liked your other suggestions for sure. The hostess is providing booze, but I trust that she's on the right path with that :P
white trash/trailer trash theme party food idea?
There you go trashing my posts again sbelle... nothing better to do today or just like hearing yourself talk? Last time I checked the majority of these type of people come from Southeast Central USA and the majority of that crowd fits into these schemas.
"dinner" vs "supper"
I think it depends on what's served. We have "chicken dinner," "lasagna dinner," "steak dinner," "breakfast for dinner," "chili supper," spaghetti supper," "soup and salad supper." "Lasagna supper" just doesn't sound right.
"dinner" vs "supper"
I have lived in Missouri (St. Louis) all my life. We always called the second meal of the day "Lunch", and the last meal of the day, "Supper". Although Dinner and Supper could be used interchangeably My husband's family did the same thing.. I notice my older siblings are now calling it "dinner" when they invite us over. I have always used the word Supper unless we are going out to a formal meal, then I will call it Dinner.
We have always used the word soda. My uncle used to call it sodie.
Seeking a 1984 Bon Appetit Yule Log Recipe
I have a Buche de noel recipe from December 1983 Bon Appetit , featuring Jaques Pepin. I am desperately seeking a bourbon pecan pie reciped from about the same time. The Buche is long but I could scan and send a pdf .
Thanksgiving Foods We Love to Hate
I love all of those things. I don't have them anymore at my thanksgiving table, but if I'm served (any and all of it!) somewhere, I go for it and bask in nostalgia for days gone by with Nana and the whole fam!
Thanksgiving Foods We Love to Hate
@ mr guy- I agree, the brining doesn't do much for me either. I've done it the past two years, and if you ask me it's a big pain in the ass for little results. Expensive too.
Cakespy: Homemade Starbucks-Style Cranberry Bliss Bars
I've been making homemade cranberry bliss bars for the last couple of Christmases... almost time to make them again :) One of my favorite parts of the holidays is all of the delicious treats like these (Great with a cup of coffee or tea).
Thanksgiving Foods We Love to Hate
Cans of thick slop and sludge never get anywhere near my cooking. As a matter of fact, Campbell's cream "soup" line is single handedly responsible for making crock pots the biggest laugh in the kitchen. (The crock pot was later de-throned by Sandra Lee as the biggest laugh in the kitchen - ironically a chronic user of cream soups.)
Thanksgiving Foods We Love to Hate
Don't be hating on me, but Campbell's creamy onion soup is far superior to use in casseroles versus the cream of mushroom. When I took over Thanksgiving duty from my MIL, that marshmallow sweet potato monstrosity was banned from my menu. As well as the canned cranberry "sauce", I make my own SF version from the real cranberries from the produce section.
Thanksgiving Foods We Love to Hate
Everything was fair game until you got to the marshmallows.
Marshmallows aren't Thanksgiving food. They're candy.
making up lost time - what's for dinner 11/10/09?
@pjracz - It had a refreshing, light, citrus flavor, like mache, with a delicate crunch. The stems were hollow and and tender rather than stiff like in kale or even broccolini, and the leaves were tender as well. It's the green pictured here with the shiny green leaves and little yellow flowers.
weird reasons for not trying certain foods?
Growing uo on a farm in KS my brother and I wouldn't eat chicken because we knew them personally.
weird reasons for not trying certain foods?
p.s.- oops I lied...when I was little I wouldn't eat the legs in calamari and other squid/octopus dishes because I thought the suckers would stick to my tongue...
weird reasons for not trying certain foods?
I know a guy who is so put off by milk that he won't eat any dairy products or anything that looks remotely dairy...his reason "it's white"
it seems in my area fish in general is just a big "ew" but I can't get anyone to give me an actual reason why they won't eat it
my father...most confusing of all...refuses to try sushi because it's raw fish yet he swears up and down it can't possibly be raw because "americans have poor immune systems and would just get sick" he fails to acknowledge his own contradiction
as for myself...maybe it's because both of my parents are immigrants or maybe it's because my dad is a chef but I can't remember ever flat out refusing to try any food...well other than anything involving bugs...I was always the kid to try anything from cat/dog treats to leaves to the glazes in art class (which pretty much all taste the same btw)
among friends I have a bit of a reputation as "a foodie" solely because I actually know what's in/goes into foods and how they're prepared...I find it alarming that other people don't know and/or don't care to know
making up lost time - what's for dinner 11/10/09?
Tonight was pork egg rolls, soba noodles with cabbage and celery, marinaded chicken, wok fried veggies and homemade sweet and sour sauce.
@yayfood I never heard of summer jean, what does it taste like?
making up lost time - what's for dinner 11/10/09?
I made maple teriyaki beef with summer jean, seen here. It had been a while (years maybe) since I'd had teriyaki, so it was quite satisfying. I'd never heard of summer jean before I ran into it at a farmers' market the other day. It may be my new favorite sauteing green. Delicate and light, not at all bitter. And it seems to be in season.
making up lost time - what's for dinner 11/10/09?
My girlfriend shot Rudolph. Serious!
Red wine and stock braised caribou pot roast that will be shredded into a ragu with the mirepoix and braising liquid and then served over creamy polenta.
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About Martini Me
Location: Milwaukee, WI
About: Fiesty female. Expert time waster. World Skee-ball shooter and international beauty.
Favorite foods: A really good quality RARE steak, lamb chops, salmon roe sushi, cheesecake, and embarassingly enough....big macs :(
Last bite on earth: White Truffel anything.
Caramelized Cheetos
Dessert Recipes From: Extremely Trashy Recipes
2-cups brown sugar
1-cup butter or margarine
1/4 cup white corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
14-1/2 ounce package Cheetos™
Bring the sugar, butter or margarine and syrup to a boil for 5 minutes. Remove from fire. Add baking soda. Stir. Pour over Cheetos in large bowl. Toss and spread on 10×15 buttered pan. Bake at 250 degrees F. for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Pour out on waxed paper rubbed with additional butter or cooking spray. Quickly separate the Caramelized Cheetos™ pieces and try not to give into temptation!