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Kitchen Heirlooms

When we cleared out the mother in law's house we got 15 1 LB boxes of salt, and 5 quarts of vinegar does that count?

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Can white vinegar powder be used in place of white vinegar?

Well the conversion rate isn't 1:1 so you will need to experiment. And , if the spices include paprika and red pepper and dehydrated onion and garlic, it may turn into a nice brick if you store it too long. Also the dry vinegar powder doesn't taste nearly as good as a good white vinegar.

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USDA EST. Numbers?

The reason it is difficult to find was that after 9-11 USDA pulled the information from on line for a few years as a food terrorism fear was in existence. Meat plant were required to update security and provide "Food protection programs" and they started listing it on line again just a few years ago, and trust me it was tough to find the new lists on the website.

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Out of the Express Line if you have more than 10 items, please!

So here's a question, if the sale says soup is 10 cans for 10 dollars, doesn't that make it one item?

You put the 12 cans of coke in 1 box and claim its one item, and that dozen eggs is 12 items, not one. Oh yeak, you can cheat the system but i can't. And beer isn't food so you can't include that with your groceries as it isn't a food item, especially when the cashier is 16 years old and can't check it out.

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Kitchen Heirlooms

When we cleared out the mother in law's house we got 15 1 LB boxes of salt, and 5 quarts of vinegar does that count?

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Can white vinegar powder be used in place of white vinegar?

Well the conversion rate isn't 1:1 so you will need to experiment. And , if the spices include paprika and red pepper and dehydrated onion and garlic, it may turn into a nice brick if you store it too long. Also the dry vinegar powder doesn't taste nearly as good as a good white vinegar.

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USDA EST. Numbers?

The reason it is difficult to find was that after 9-11 USDA pulled the information from on line for a few years as a food terrorism fear was in existence. Meat plant were required to update security and provide "Food protection programs" and they started listing it on line again just a few years ago, and trust me it was tough to find the new lists on the website.

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Out of the Express Line if you have more than 10 items, please!

So here's a question, if the sale says soup is 10 cans for 10 dollars, doesn't that make it one item?

You put the 12 cans of coke in 1 box and claim its one item, and that dozen eggs is 12 items, not one. Oh yeak, you can cheat the system but i can't. And beer isn't food so you can't include that with your groceries as it isn't a food item, especially when the cashier is 16 years old and can't check it out.

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BUTTER OVERLOAD

Do some baking, hot bread from the oven with fresh or slightly fresh butter has few equals, or make a nice Brioche or some Danish pastry, crooissants would be good too.

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This is something you don't want on a pizza

You just are being narrow minded, make it bigger and put a picture of real toppings on top and hide the rabbit pellets and imitation toppings under the cheese to fool the gullible. I personally want to see the 3 AM drunk trying to peel off the picture of the charred pepperoni slice.

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Omaha Steak: Worst Hot Dogs Ever

there will be a circular seal with the USDA establishment number. there are tables available that list the number and location as well as the brands the facility owns.

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Omaha Steak: Worst Hot Dogs Ever

As i was trained in "quality " in the meat industry, a hot dog maker to be exact, here is the standard for quality, conforming to the standards, so, if you have a low standard for quality, the high quality product can be worse than someone who has high quality standards. And since the person who approved them has their own idea of quality, pray it meets your standards.

The flavor you dislike isn't necessarily the meat, but the spice choice, regionally it varies, and some of the Midwest products are quite boring, and some have onion powder added which just ruins the flavor for me.

Beef and pork franks usually only use carcass trim. In all meat franks you will get you mechanically deboned turkey and chicken (sex glands removed), and fat trimmings from red meat.

Omaha Steaks does change vendors occasionally, at one point they used a product made at Cimpl Packing in Yankton SD, so who knows what you got or where they came from unless you look up the inspection number which identifies the plant.

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Happy Lunar New Year!

An RC Cokecola would be fine. Don't know the hang up on Chinese food here, you don't think they're racists do you?

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Soggy Muffin Tops

Science people. The high sugar level of the muffin causes moisture to be absorbed from the air also, the moisture will migrate from the center to the dry areas of the top for the same reason. Osmosis is the process.

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Happy Lunar New Year!

Shouldn't you dine on Moon Pies if it is lunar New Year?

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Charlie Trotter's restaurant to close in August

According to a study of the most expensive restaurants, Charlie Trotters came in at $666 per person. I always felt there was something evil going on.

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Foodisphere Erupts Over Paula Deen Diabetes Announcement

Why stop at Paula? Lets take a look at this Blog, cookie dough filled Reeses cups, should i make my own chocolate liquer, cookies and cream ice cream, bacon with a sugar glaze, best way to eat Popeyes fried chicken, and thats just the fromt page. OK Serious Eats is prormoting type 2 Diabetes, and all of its staff are evil just like Paula. then we go to citrus cocktails, flavored rum, drinking from the bottom shelf so we are promoting alcoholism and drunk driving too. Oh, and I think these people get paid to do this, so its nothing but $$ to them too. Remember when you go through life with your head up your ass everything looks like shit.

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Pizza Flavored Steamed Buns: Stupid, or Genius?

We served these at a series of industry trade shows over 25 years ago. The machine that makes these dumplings is fun but a little tricky to run, yes the machine was made in Japan. Pizza flavored was a disappointment as the dough amount overwhelmed the flavors of the sauce sausage and cheese.Yes it was a genius idea, provided that the filling was flavorful enough, we preferred filling the buns with pulled barbecue in sauce, and country gravy with sausage, but the spicy chorizo with red chili sauce and cheese really kicked butt. Baking gave these a more typical American taste, and steamed pizza dough never scores well on consumer testing.

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Foodisphere Erupts Over Paula Deen Diabetes Announcement

Lets look at it this way. She could have hidden and denied it, but she came forward and advertises she is diabetic. She takes the stigma of being fat and unhealthy and even though everyone says she is just cashing in on it, maybe, just maybe some of her followers will check to see if they have it, perhaps preventing a few untimely deaths and family suffering and maybe convincing more to donate money for better meds, maybe subsidizing the meds for poor diabetics and an eventual cure for those with type 1. But no, lets just all whine she is cashing in. Lets forget that her sponsorship by Smithfield also causes a donation of 1 million servings of ham and pork products to food pantries in the south, maybe her sponsorship for meds covers the same ground on help for poor diabetics.

Lets not consider these things, lets just hate and be done with it instead of realizing that this may actually do some good for someone other than Paula.

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Ate a snakehead!

Just google invasive species and you can quickly find out where you can catch all you want

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The Perfect Coffee

8 o clock whole bean French roast is my go to for decent coffee that won't get you broke. I just tried a bag of Sam's club house French Roast and it isn't bad either.

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Gourmet Roach Coach

Go to the NRA show, not that one, the Restaurant one, there are food truck manufacturers and converters who can help you with real numbers and not guesses.

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Sous Vide Smells?

Red meats when stored or cooked under vacuum can develop a funky off flavor and aroma. During traditional aging, these would escape into the air, in an oxygen impermeable film, they get trapped in and infuse the flavor into the meat. I had this happen with a Cryovac packed Frenched rack of pork I was going to use for the holidays. Strange thing was i was the only one who noticed the "off " qualities. So, when doing sous vide cooking, it really can pay to use the freshest meats, and cook them as quickly as possible after packaging.

Think about this, when meat is stored at 100 degrees it decays and degrades faster than if stored at forty degrees. When you traditionally cook a steak, you cook it for a few minutes at high temperature, when you hold it for 8 hours at 130 degrees, you are asking it to degrade further, especially if it was not the freshest possible before you started.

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Super Bowl Giveaway: California Avocado Gift Box for Guacamole-Making

Naked in a hot tub.

Or did you mean what to do to the avocado first?

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How would you make Mountain Dew flavored powder?

Instead of sugar cookies try something like a lemon square using the mountain dew in place of the lemon. if the liquid level will be too high, reduce the Mountain Dew, but, bear in mind the people that formulate Mountain Dew do not intend for it to be cooked, so the flavors may not be heat stable.

The maltodextrin may not work without a spray drier, you may need 2 LB of Mountain dew to get a single can workable

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2012 National Pizza Week

I firmly believe Pizza is a religion based on the fanatical followers of each variation. As we have separation of church and state, get the government out of this!

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Ever Made Anything "Healthier" That Was Actually Good?

I never try to make something I already like healthier. Why would I want to ruin a frozen custard full of semi sweet chocolate chips for a light frozen yogurt based version, instead make a sorbet? I'd rather spend the effort making something that I have never made before that is considered healthier, expanding my horizons rather than ruining an existing love.

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5 Songs About Drinking Beer

Forgot who did it decades ago, but an old country favorite. "Red neck, white socks and Blue Ribbon Beer"

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Into the arena

You can afford Tickets AND Food inside? Boy if i could do that i might have a favorite.

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Meat guy got 25% correct on Match the pizza-maker to the pizzeria he or she is most associated with

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Meat guy got 60% correct on Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Bagels?

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Meat guy got 50% correct on Quiz: How Much Do You Know About French Fries?

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Meat guy got 87% correct on How Much Do You Know About Beer?

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Meat guy got 71% correct on Pop Quiz: Pancakes!

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Meat guy got 50% correct on What's Your Ice Cream IQ?

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Meat guy got 87% correct on How Much Do You Know About Breakfast Foods?

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Meat guy got 40% correct on Pop Quiz: Breakfast Cereal Trivia

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Meat guy got 62% correct on How Much Do You Know About Food Preservation?

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Meat guy got 66% correct on How Much Do You Know About Condiments?

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Meat guy got 42% correct on How Much Do You Know About Indianapolis Food Culture?

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