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What's Worse???
A-1, well done & butterflied is PERFECT for people like me who aren't fans of blood & have spent a LOT of time around cattle (they are messy).
cheez whiz, I am a rotel addict.
expensive meal, I expect cheap fast food to be icky, not a fine dining experience that I have wheedled into my small budget
hates eating out (Oh the horror!)
fast impersonal, ick.
BOTH poor tipping & complaining
kids meal
apostrophe abuse
giant bad meal
bad entree
I AM finicky (have food allergies too so I'm NOT kidding when I say no tomatoes please!!!) & I am paying for what I order, so adjust. I do tip well as a result of my 'difficulty'.
seasons first, just taste it!
wow, both are bad, a perfect time to make rotel alone!
What is worse?
A) being served the wrong order
B) wishing you had been
A Healthy Diet
Interesting info about soy. I am actually "allergic" to it. I am on a reduced- oxalate diet due to problems it causes & it is hard as soy is in almost EVERYTHING anymore! As it actually causes me pain, I have had to really watch those labels.
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soup season....
Chunky Potato Soup (thick, not watery!)
1 medium white onion, chopped small
1 can vegetable broth
1 can creamed corn
1 cup of half & half (do NOT get fat-free, live a little...)
4-5 medium sized red potatoes cut in bite size chunks
3-4 slices of bacon, semi-frozen
(haven't tried it with turkey bacon Katie, not sure if it would have the fat content, though if you can handle the real stuff, its worth it!)
2ish shots Three Blind Moose merlot
salt to taste
pepper to taste
a pinch or oregano
(optional, but what knocks it out of the park...)
1/4 c Philly Whipped Cream cheese
Chef Pauls Magic sesoning (veggie, pork or beef, doesn't matter which powder) to taste
a shake of Paul Cachere's Gumbo File
anything else you can think of!
Take the bacon (still cold, easier to cut) & slice it in 1/2 inch strips. Put the bacon bits in a regular, larger sized pot on med-high heat to render the fat. Keep cooking them & stirring them about letting the bacon pieces get burnt & crispy. When they are all in that state, spoon them out (straining as you do) onto a paper towel cover plate & then cover them with another paper towel.
There should be a bit of the fat in the bottom of the pot & brown bits too (that is a technical term according to America's Test Kitchen!). Take the chopped onions & toss them in the pan, coating them well with the fat. After they cook a few minutes add in the potatoes, stirring them & coating them lightly as well. Let everything just cook along like that a bit.
After maybe 5-8 minutes add the broth & corn & make sure everything is on medium heat. Once that is stirred together nicely, add the half & half & merlot. From that point let the soup base cook down & get thick & soften the potatoes. Then you can start with the spices...
Once you have it spiced to taste & the soup is more of a stew consistency & the potatoes are soft, you are ready!
plate the soup & sprinkle the bacon pieces on top & enjoy with a glass of the TBM merlot!
I do serve this with the deli bread at Freds that has chunks of garlic in it, take those slices, put a touch of (good) butter on top & sprinkle liberally with fresh or Sargento's fancy parmesan (it won't work with canned) & microwave so the cheese is melted.
Super yummy, enjoy!
What's Worse???
A-1, well done & butterflied is PERFECT for people like me who aren't fans of blood & have spent a LOT of time around cattle (they are messy).
cheez whiz, I am a rotel addict.
expensive meal, I expect cheap fast food to be icky, not a fine dining experience that I have wheedled into my small budget
hates eating out (Oh the horror!)
fast impersonal, ick.
BOTH poor tipping & complaining
kids meal
apostrophe abuse
giant bad meal
bad entree
I AM finicky (have food allergies too so I'm NOT kidding when I say no tomatoes please!!!) & I am paying for what I order, so adjust. I do tip well as a result of my 'difficulty'.
seasons first, just taste it!
wow, both are bad, a perfect time to make rotel alone!
What is worse?
A) being served the wrong order
B) wishing you had been
A Healthy Diet
Interesting info about soy. I am actually "allergic" to it. I am on a reduced- oxalate diet due to problems it causes & it is hard as soy is in almost EVERYTHING anymore! As it actually causes me pain, I have had to really watch those labels.
Good things come in cans...
Ro-tel (I AM from Texas)
vegetable stock (for soups)
creamed corn (for soups)
black beans
coconut milk
Cheesecake, what's your style?
Oreo crust with caramel swirled cheesecake, mmmmmm!
Pancakes versus French toast — your favorite?
French toast if it is on Hawaiian or sourdough bread, if not? Thin apple pancakes with a powdered sugar dusting!
Chocolate cake recipe??
America's Test Kitchen DOES have good options, we had their quick cinnamon rolls this morning...
What's your favorite non-chocolate candy?
I honestly have never felt that urge! However I do have a fondness for caramel, preferably vanilla flavor, either regular or goats milk (cajeta).
My 'Local' list
Wow, I got some great ideas for my next travel jaunt, hopefully some of y'all can head up north & try my favorites!
Chocolate cake recipe??
My favorite recently was an Oatmeal Stout chocolate cake served by our local brewery, Silver Gulch. Very moist & dense. It didn't need frosting, they just drizzled the top with chocolate sauce & my beer-hating husband was fighting me for the last bites!
Where's everybody from?
Oh, Fred Meyers is getting better (owned by Kroger), but fresh fruit is but a dream.
Where's everybody from?
Fairbanks, AK. We get great veggies & baked goods at the farmer's market, but otherwise?? sigh...
What seemingly basic ingredient can you simply not bear?
I will NOT eat cinnamon!!! Yueeck! I hate the smell, the taste, even the color... & I hate "what do you mean you don't want a cinnamon candy, they are so good!" No. they are not. BAN CINNAMON!!!
Of all Doughnuts...May favorite is....
glazed, preferably warm donut holes!!! Bite sized morsels of perfection!!! Krispy Kreme's are good, but if ever in Texas, try Southern Maid too!
Whats the secret to making a good mayonnaise?
I LOVE Hellman's or where I live, Best Foods
Whats the secret to making a good mayonnaise?
@Lavendergirl: Yes, I grew up on Best Foods/Hellmans, but I got a Bamix recently and love to play with it. I also like playing with the flavors - on beyond mustard and vinegar to capers-and-lime juice, basil-and-tomato-paste, etc.
Lately I've had trouble with mayonnaise, even with the miraculous Bamix. I finally figured it out:
1) I had switched to a measuring cup - not narrow enough. I switched back to quart jars - a spaghetti sauce jar is perfect.
2) I had switched from vinegar to lime and/or lemon juice - too acid. I'll either switch back to vinegar or resign myself to rescuing a "broken" emulsion with an extra egg if necessary. The extra tang of citrus is worth it, I think.
Can I just say, again, that I love my Bamix?
Good things come in cans...
tomato paste
whole peeled tomatoes
pineapple (for dairy-free pancakes)
corn
tuna (only because my husband buys & eats it. I have no idea if it's packed in water or oil though)
Good things come in cans...
chickpeas or black beans
corn
amy's spicy vegetarian chili for the nights i'm not home so that hopefully my husband will eat something
man, i think that's all my cans. sometimes light coconut milk makes it's way in there. i'm pretty boring in the pantry i guess, most of the food goes in the fridge. usually buy westbrae, eden or goya...it's what the corner bodega stocks.
@tommyok...you ate one what? i'm so confused by your comment.
Good things come in cans...
Tuna
Tomato products for homemade sauce (paste, stewed and sauce)
Pinto beans
Vegetarian baked beans
Corn
Good things come in cans...
Haha ~_~!
Come here for more canned foods what you love'n www.fuboon.com .
Who can tell me where can I buy one here in my downtown,I ate one at my friend's house that he bought from somewhere,it's tasty.
What seemingly basic ingredient can you simply not bear?
I can't stand tomatoes or green peppers. My mom's side of the family is Italian, so these two dislikes were particularly difficult growing up(sausage & peppers, peppers and eggs, tomato salad, caprese salad...) I've only recently come around on red peppers. And cooked tomato things like sauce and ketchup are fine by me. Raw tomatoes, though, are horrifying to me and seem always to be added to otherwise perfectly good things in order to "enhance" them; e.g. guacamole, spinach and artichoke dip (garnish), black bean soup (garnish), fajitas and burritos (you didn't tell me there'd be pico de gallo!!)...
i hate raw tomatoes...
What's your favorite non-chocolate candy?
Hmmm....non-chocolate candy huh, I'll eat Sour Patch Kids or Twizzlers (but only the Pull N' Peel kind or the Nibs, I hate regular Twizzlers). My favorite candy is English Toffee, but I guess that's covered in chocolate, damn.
Hillary
Chew on That
What's your favorite non-chocolate candy?
We'll have to read the reviews from the All Candy Expo to find out what the latest craze of non-chocolate candy will bring :)
What's your favorite non-chocolate candy?
Big fat drug store jelly beans (not jelly belly), Dots, and various Haribo gummies (favorites are Colo-rado, frogs and Build-a-Burger).
What's your favorite non-chocolate candy?
Anyone still eat Pixy Stix, Boston Baked Beans, Milk Duds or Cracker Jacks (just to get a prize)?
What's your favorite non-chocolate candy?
swedish fish
jelly belly jelly beans
panda black licorice
What's your favorite non-chocolate candy?
I rarely eat candy other than chocolate -- in part because of dental work. But I sure do love Jelly Bellys and the Jelly Belly factory in Fairfield, Calif. Oh the smell in there -- it's like bubble gum and cinnamon!
What's your favorite non-chocolate candy?
caramels
Jelly Bellys
Jolly Ranchers
Life Savers
Life Savers Gummies
Gummie Bears
Gummie Worms
What's your favorite non-chocolate candy?
Why do most of you like to open soft candies & let them sit open to air for a couple of days before digging in----does it increase the chewiness factor?
SK---are you a Pez collector?
What's your favorite non-chocolate candy?
Lemon drops, Pay Days, caramel in general, fruit jellies...Do Swedish gingersnaps count? Chocolate is really where it's at for me.
What's your favorite non-chocolate candy?
Hey, it is caramel apple time! I like mine rolled in pecans.
What's your favorite non-chocolate candy?
I like to eat Irish Potato Candy, but I hate to make it.
What's your favorite non-chocolate candy?
I thought long and hard about this question, and then it dawned on me, I only eat candy with chocolate. Sorry Jep! ( Okay, I'll eat cotton candy, but only at a country fair)
What's your favorite non-chocolate candy?
Anyone like cotton candy or remember eating a Big Hunk?
What's your favorite non-chocolate candy?
Sorry, I completely forgot to mention Neccos! Sot-of like thsoe little Valentine's convesation hearts, but more variety of flavors!
What's your favorite non-chocolate candy?
Caramel is great -- with chocolate, it's even better :-)
But my favorite non-chocolate candies are chick-o-sticks and jordan almonds -- whenever I go to an Italian wedding (a lot since that's my heritage) I end up eating everyone's!
Dominic
the zen kitchen
What's your favorite non-chocolate candy?
Caramel, caramel and more caramel....
...and the occasional Chic-O-Stix.
What's your favorite non-chocolate candy?
What about some of those non-choc holiday candies like the Valentine conversation hearts & red hots, Christmas candy canes, Easter peeps & the famous candy corn? Eat these?
What's your favorite non-chocolate candy?
My all time favorite candy bar has always been Payday, sweet, salty, crunchy! I also really enjoy LemonHeads, Good 'N Plenty, and Sour Apple Jolly Ranchers.
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Chunky Potato Soup (thick, not watery!)
1 medium white onion, chopped small
1 can vegetable broth
1 can creamed corn
1 cup of half & half (do NOT get fat-free, live a little...)
4-5 medium sized red potatoes cut in bite size chunks
3-4 slices of bacon, semi-frozen
(haven't tried it with turkey bacon Katie, not sure if it would have the fat content, though if you can handle the real stuff, its worth it!)
2ish shots Three Blind Moose merlot
salt to taste
pepper to taste
a pinch or oregano
(optional, but what knocks it out of the park...)
1/4 c Philly Whipped Cream cheese
Chef Pauls Magic sesoning (veggie, pork or beef, doesn't matter which powder) to taste
a shake of Paul Cachere's Gumbo File
anything else you can think of!
Take the bacon (still cold, easier to cut) & slice it in 1/2 inch strips. Put the bacon bits in a regular, larger sized pot on med-high heat to render the fat. Keep cooking them & stirring them about letting the bacon pieces get burnt & crispy. When they are all in that state, spoon them out (straining as you do) onto a paper towel cover plate & then cover them with another paper towel.
There should be a bit of the fat in the bottom of the pot & brown bits too (that is a technical term according to America's Test Kitchen!). Take the chopped onions & toss them in the pan, coating them well with the fat. After they cook a few minutes add in the potatoes, stirring them & coating them lightly as well. Let everything just cook along like that a bit.
After maybe 5-8 minutes add the broth & corn & make sure everything is on medium heat. Once that is stirred together nicely, add the half & half & merlot. From that point let the soup base cook down & get thick & soften the potatoes. Then you can start with the spices...
Once you have it spiced to taste & the soup is more of a stew consistency & the potatoes are soft, you are ready!
plate the soup & sprinkle the bacon pieces on top & enjoy with a glass of the TBM merlot!
I do serve this with the deli bread at Freds that has chunks of garlic in it, take those slices, put a touch of (good) butter on top & sprinkle liberally with fresh or Sargento's fancy parmesan (it won't work with canned) & microwave so the cheese is melted.
Super yummy, enjoy!