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Looking for a good local or mail order source for grits
http://www.carolinaplantationrice.com/
They are known for their rice but they also carry other Southern staples difficult to locate like cow peas and rice flour. Carolina grown products.
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I have not traveled very much but my first trip up north (obviously, I am from the Deep South) was the awakening to strange, new foods. What a different culinary world that was. None of the food was anything we tasted as kids. We did not eat out as children and only was accustomed to what we ate at home. We had never heard of pizza much less all the other foreign restaurants and their different smells. I became especially enamored with Greek cuisine. To this day, a gyro and baklava is still one of my favorite meals. I may have missed sweeten tea and butter laden grits but what I discovered to take their place was amazing. I had traveled to a wild remote island named New York City.
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Serious Heat: Roasting Chiles the Alton Brown Way
Has anyone tried using one of those baskets/pans with the holes in them for a gas grill on a gas stove? Even though it is not one of the professional gas stoves, ours does have more BTUs so I can actually roast green peppers directly on the grates. But smaller peppers would fall through so I wondered how would one of our gas grill "pans" would work also. Perhaps it would just be easier to see if I could find a used metal insert steamer from one of the thrift shops. Oh bother.
Looking for a good local or mail order source for grits
http://www.carolinaplantationrice.com/
They are known for their rice but they also carry other Southern staples difficult to locate like cow peas and rice flour. Carolina grown products.
Cook the Book: 'Beyond the Great Wall'
I have not traveled very much but my first trip up north (obviously, I am from the Deep South) was the awakening to strange, new foods. What a different culinary world that was. None of the food was anything we tasted as kids. We did not eat out as children and only was accustomed to what we ate at home. We had never heard of pizza much less all the other foreign restaurants and their different smells. I became especially enamored with Greek cuisine. To this day, a gyro and baklava is still one of my favorite meals. I may have missed sweeten tea and butter laden grits but what I discovered to take their place was amazing. I had traveled to a wild remote island named New York City.
Serious Heat: Roasting Chiles the Alton Brown Way
I roast chilis with the broiler coil in the oven. Just put the peppers on an oven rack, and slide it in right up under the broiler. Give the peppers 3-5 mins., then turn (about 3 times total). Remove to a cutting board and cover with a bowl or put the peppers in a plastic bag and zip the top. You'll have to experiment, and should the peppers blaze, just keep the oven closed and turn off the coil. But I got a handle on it pretty quickly. Your nose also tells you when a pepper is charred because it begins to smell toasty/roasty.
Serious Heat: Roasting Chiles the Alton Brown Way
I just want to say that you are all great. What a fantastic string of comments. Everyone is so smart and informative and funny and helpful and sticking to the point. Ohhh, you guys...
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Cook the Book: 'Beyond the Great Wall'
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Five years ago I had the opportunity to travel to Thailand. While there I got to eat stir fried ants. It sounds gross but the ants didn't really have much taste to them (they were kinda lemon-y). I also had the chance to eat street food, mmmm... pad thai, so good.
Cook the Book: 'Beyond the Great Wall'
On my trip to Beijing I tried fried milk and it was quite tasty.
Cook the Book: 'Beyond the Great Wall'
Had an amazing goat cheese and tomato tart in Paris. Also tried escargot for the first time. Quite good.
Cook the Book: 'Beyond the Great Wall'
We tried camel in Tunisia, Africa.
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The Lake District in Great Britain. We hiked the fog shrouded hills from Farmhouse and/or pub to the next one on our itinerary.
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My husband and I traveled to South Africa on our honeymoon. We ate and drank ourselves sick over three weeks, but I think the most memorable meal was at this fish and chips shack right on the ocean. It had it's own pier, and we watched the boats bringing in the catch while we ate. Had a wonderful meal of fried hake with delicious Windhoek beer from Namibia. I'd go back right now if I could...
Looking for a good local or mail order source for grits
Why not try looking on Amazon.com in their grocery section?
Looking for a good local or mail order source for grits
I like Martha White grits. Those are pretty common though...can't find those in your grocery store?
Cook the Book: 'Beyond the Great Wall'
Just food from a street vendor in the Bahamas.
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Going back to my native Grenada. garrettsambo@aol.com
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We visited Mexico last year and had a wonderful time. Got to eat some super mex food. Had super appetizer at one place called empanadas
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I've never traveled before
Cook the Book: 'Beyond the Great Wall'
Years ago, when I was a young teenager, I travelled to Shandong province in China accompanied by my older sister and cousins. It was a trip our parents sent us on to "discover our roots". Little did they know that the tour guides provided 10-15 1 liter bottles of beer at every meal as a sign of courtesy...made for interesting times at the hotel afterwards! Our distant relatives lived in a rural village and came unexpectedly to pick us up so we could stay with them and pay respects to our ancestors buried in a neighboring vineyard. We drove in a minibus on rough roads making little conversation with our limited mandarin. Hours into the trip my cousin and I severely needed a rest stop. The only thing around was a small farm where we stopped. The old farmer sat on a fence eating corn with black fingernails and nodded towards two old wooden walls facing the fields. We walked over to them and peeked over the other side. There was nothing there but a dozens of horseflies hovering over a hole with an ancient form of a sewage system...millions of worms which lived off excrement! Beggars cannot be choosers so we took turns swatting the horseflies off each other's bare bottoms. I've never felt closer to my cousin and it's always been a memory that makes me laugh out loud.
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I went to Mexico with my Grandmother as kid and her friend's granddaughter was offering me candy. Except what she was eating wasn't candy, it was Alka-Seltzer. I tried to explain in my broken Spanish that it wasn't candy but she didn't believe me.
Cook the Book: 'Beyond the Great Wall'
I had a wonderful meal in the historic part of San Juan, Puerto Rico that included flan and mufungo. It was delicious and the atmosphere was wonderful.
Cook the Book: 'Beyond the Great Wall'
When my sister and I were young and stupid we rented a pickup truck and drove across Honduras through very remote areas. It was a fantastic trip with lots of adventures (like the truck breaking down!)
Cook the Book: 'Beyond the Great Wall'
We've travelled all over the world, but my favorite travel adventure story was when we got locked in the St. Louis cemetery in New Orleans.
Cook the Book: 'Beyond the Great Wall'
The closest I can come here, is that I cross-country skied in Aspen and ate elk at the end of the day.
Cook the Book: 'Beyond the Great Wall'
we roamed the outback in austrailia, it was wonderfully empty
Cook the Book: 'Beyond the Great Wall'
I tried to do up my first batch of Chinese food just right. I'd bought a wok, several jars of seasonings, and all the ingredients for stir-fry chicken seasoned with Szechuan peppercorns. The recipe called for the peppercorns to be roasted in an open pan. I wasn't paying attention, and the pan started to smoke. I had to air out the house for several hours. I decided to use other seasonings, like chili paste with garlic or hot sauce if I wanted a kick to the meal. It was a lot safer.
Looking for a good local or mail order source for grits
I love them - matter of fact I think I'll put a pot on for breakfast this morning.
Thx.
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Has anyone tried using one of those baskets/pans with the holes in them for a gas grill on a gas stove? Even though it is not one of the professional gas stoves, ours does have more BTUs so I can actually roast green peppers directly on the grates. But smaller peppers would fall through so I wondered how would one of our gas grill "pans" would work also. Perhaps it would just be easier to see if I could find a used metal insert steamer from one of the thrift shops. Oh bother.