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Your most surprising cookbook?
Ooooh..I've been combing thrift stores for old cookbooks and one of my first was The General Foods Kitchens Cookbook from 1959. It's got cool chapters like, " How to Outwit Time" , which gives happy homemakers tips on how to keep the family well fed and content , and " Rising to the Occasion" which covers casseroles for neighbors who have lost love ones to what to stock in the pantry for power outages and other "civil" emergencies. Don't cook from it much but love to read it!
Valentine's Day Giveaway: Macarons from Itzy Bitzy Patisserie
Chocolate with buttercream filling or vanilla with chocolate buttercream filling
Cook the Book: 'Osteria'
cabbage potato soup or pot pies
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Possible to make thick crust pizza at home?
I agree with Squeezebottle... I always add a little extra olive oil and since I have never had good luck using all whole wheat flour, I usually go half and half with the flours and it's turned out consistently good.
Your most surprising cookbook?
Ooooh..I've been combing thrift stores for old cookbooks and one of my first was The General Foods Kitchens Cookbook from 1959. It's got cool chapters like, " How to Outwit Time" , which gives happy homemakers tips on how to keep the family well fed and content , and " Rising to the Occasion" which covers casseroles for neighbors who have lost love ones to what to stock in the pantry for power outages and other "civil" emergencies. Don't cook from it much but love to read it!
Valentine's Day Giveaway: Macarons from Itzy Bitzy Patisserie
Chocolate with buttercream filling or vanilla with chocolate buttercream filling
Cook the Book: 'Osteria'
cabbage potato soup or pot pies
Worst Food You Ate at a Party
Ack!! A dip made with cream cheese, sour cream and Kitchen Bouquet!!! It was served with brown cauliflower and yellowed broccoli florets.......so, so wrong...
Bodily Functions at Serious Eats
@mince Your first post says that you were a lurker for a while before you posted a topic and that you read all the posts. You obviously had the opportunity to decide if this place suited your sensibilities. Personally, I've never read anything truly offensive and the folks here are alot more personable than at other sites. Maybe thats because they seem more real when they admit that sometimes even the "foodiest" foods can have adverse effects...but I've never seen anyone going overboard with it.
Tofu: Way or No Way?
Way...love it all ways. I love to mix some silken tofu into my pork mixture when I make dumplings.
Relish Tray: Way or No Way?
Just yesterday, I found TWO cut glass relish trays at a thrift store. For a whopping 3.50 I got a lovely cut glass tray and a very simple, almost plain one. They also had a pretty, round one that had quarter circle dishes that fit around a plain platter. I was tired of using ramekins as I never have enough to cover my selection of relishes.
Cook the Book: 'Baking Unplugged'
When I first started baking I decided to try my hand at French bread. My first efforts were OK but they lacked that lovely crust. I read about how to create a steamy environment by spritzing water on the oven sides and using a hot baking pan on the lower rack to pour water in right when you put the loaves in to bake. Not really thinking it over I used a Pyrex baking dish for the water.....KRAAACK followed by Hiiiiiiiiiissssss and lovely blue shards of Pyrex all over the oven, oven drawer, and floor. Threw that batch away and got out the shop vac......sigh.
Why Discard Stock Vegetables?
@brooke29 Hah, everytime I make stock, my black and tan dapple dachs loiters by the stove....he loves the carrots and celery!
Got a Craving?
@dhorst "There I was just walkin ma dog......." @Perk I crave bread ALL the time....fresh baked sourdough, Italian, French, salted rye, all with good Irish butter, anytime, anywhere!
Corned Beef Hash: Way or No Way?
Definitely WAY! Served on English muffin halves and a sunny side up egg on each one.....and if I need a little wakeup, sriracha!
What Time Is Brunch?
Girl... that sounds awesome! How unique to do a brunch...hope all your dreams come true!
Liver and Onions: Way or No Way?
OH definite WAY...calves liver, chicken liver, with or without onions... Perky , love these "late at nite" questions
Seriously Delicious Super Bowl Party Giveaway: La Frieda Black Label Burgers
There once was a Black Angus cow, who said" I must eat more grass now".....He ate and he ate and he tasted so great that the cook got to take big bow. er, sorry ;-)
Food Slogans and Jingles That You Just Can't Get Out of Your Head
" I can't believe I ate the whole thing........Pop Pop Fizz Fizz Oh what a relief it is" and "HO HO HO .....Green Giant "
Cook the Book: 'The Great Wings Book'
My sister makes a mean Reuben Dip...with party pumpernickle slices.
What Gender Are Your Kitchen Appliances?
Hah...my Kitchenaid Pro 6 is..."Arnold"...as in Swartzeneggar and my OH's bulky juicer is " the B#@$%", as in " get that B@%$# outta my way so I can use Arnold!" (um... small counter space)
Nostalgic Foods for Turn of the 21st Century
Turducken... and those those places that sell ingredients for " cook at home" meals all prepped and ready. How about restaurants using the actual shows instead of commercials to advertise...
'Culinary Slumming'
@black liquorice MMMMM Waffle House hash browns served " All the Way" McDonalds Sausage Mc Muffin with Egg and sometimes...(well, alot),... sesame rice crackers, Philly cream cheese and Sriracha (but only Philly and not store brand cream cheese...um, doesn't that make it more gourmet?)
'Ryely' Speaking: Seeds, No Seeds, Marbled or Not?
A lovely little place here in the Dayton area serves the most perfect salted rye ( sans seeds ) with their "to die for" chopped liver....thanks to my dad, I also love peanut butter on rye.
Grape Jelly: Way or No Way?
@Chew on That....ditto! Hate all other grape S@#% but jelly. I hate to admit it but I even (kinda,sorta) liked Goober&Grape ( scraping toes in carpet )
Interview with a Grocery Store Shoplifter
"Life is short, but it is wide".....a quote from one of my favorite authors. I take that to mean that there are lots of perspectives that I don't understand but that doesn't mean that they don't exist. I think this story is meant to be tongue in cheek but I also know that there are those who may really feel that they have to do this type of thing to survive. It's about food , so is this website. Continue, Mr. Kuban.......
Weekend Book Giveaway: 'American Cheeses'
Anything from Cow Girl!
Food Slogans and Jingles That You Just Can't Get Out of Your Head
Gimme back that filet o fish...gimme that fish.....
Food Slogans and Jingles That You Just Can't Get Out of Your Head
Someone had mentioned an onion song that her Mom used to sing.
It's a real song by a lady named by Susan Christie. Here is a YouTube video with some kids lip-syncing it.
Worst Food You Ate at a Party
This may not be the worst food I ever had but it's a good story. When I was a kid, my grandmother made Thanksgiving dinner. She always has been a very tidy housekeeper. She took extra care about making sure there was never a time when she did not have plenty of mothballs in all her closets. I love her but her house always smells of that awful mothball stench. (She'll be 90 next month!) Where did she stash the extra loaves of bread she bought a few days early for the stuffing? You guessed it. The hall closet. Ah, the aroma and taste of sage, onion and mothball............
Worst Food You Ate at a Party
How about defrosted dips and cheeseball and lil smokys frozen from a previous party. Oh my god served in the plastic bowl they were frozen in. These same people serve left over breakfast stuff at brunches,ever had leftover frozen omelet , um yummy!! gotta get rid of these penny pinchen people out of the group !!!!!!! Yeh Gads! can you believe
In Videos: Slap Chop Infomercial Featuring Vince, the Enthusiastic Host
If the commercial is on, I'll watch it. He throws the sell out there with his own unique style. He's not a monotone robot. There's "Vince" in his presentation. Plain and simple ........... I like him. Vince is cool.
Cook the Book: 'Osteria'
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Cook the Book: 'Osteria'
Braised pork belly and fried turnips.
Cook the Book: 'Osteria'
Roasted root vegetables and nice warm tea just hit the spot when it's cold.
Cook the Book: 'Osteria'
my grandma's chicken corn chowder
Possible to make thick crust pizza at home?
@Chew on That- I checked out your deep dish pizza, as I am a pizza fanatic. Although I'm more of a NY thin crust fan, your deep dish looked delicious. My son likes an occasional deep dish, so the next time he's home from school I'm going to make your recipe. I was a little surprised by the 170 degree pre-bake. Does that kind of soften the dough and make the whole wheat a little mellower?
Your most surprising cookbook?
Cooking FOR Cher -- It is a serious book. I find it so amusing that I keep it proudly displayed. No, I have never cooked anything from it.
Your most surprising cookbook?
OMG Perky I have that one too!!! I inherited it from a relative and am proud to say I have never opened it.
Your most surprising cookbook?
I have a weight watchers cookbook and a Duncan Hines book which is devoted to using Duncan Hines cake mixes.
Where can I get my hands on this White Trash Cookbook?
Your most surprising cookbook?
Jell-o
Seriously. Don't ask.
Your most surprising cookbook?
@FoodieSearching---"A Gay Little Luncheon"....lol! Sounds like some of Ina Garten's dinner parties....
Your most surprising cookbook?
I also have the White Trash cookbook. I made the banana pudding for my wife; she wasn't crazy about it due to the consistency being looser then the jello style instant puddings. I thought it was pretty good.
Your most surprising cookbook?
I also tend to eschew celeb cookbooks. When I told my mom I loved Top Chef, she sent me Padma Lakshi's "Tangy,Tart,Hot,Sweet" for Christmas. I didn't expect to care much for it, but flipped through it and was surprised to find stuff I really wanted to cook. Now I cook a lot from it, the Sauteed Calamari with Checca and Keralan Crab Cakes are fab!
Your most surprising cookbook?
Another of my collection that tends to throw people a little: The Great Big Butter Cookbook from the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board. It's hardcover, almost 475 pages, with a large number of grilled cheese sandwiches including a Grilled Havarti Sandwich with Spiced Apples, and 40 pages on spreads & sauces including a yummy thing called Marjoram Shallot Butter.
Your most surprising cookbook?
@bareneed: I also have The Graham Kerr Cookbook. It was published by Doubleday in 1969. The instructional photos crack me up. You can tell that Graham is wearing a suit while preparing the food! Heh. I bought the book from a used bookstore a few years ago in State College, PA.
My other surprising cookbook would have to be Dining with Marcel Proust: A Practical Guide to French Cuisine of the Belle Epoque by Shirley King. James Beard wrote the Forward and it was published in 1979 by Thames & Hudson. Again, I bought this at a used bookstore in Pittsburgh, PA, and haven't cooked from it yet. I just like to read through it and learn about Proust and Belle Epoque food.
Your most surprising cookbook?
@juliebugsmama, that sounds amazing! I used to love going to the Amish farmer's market to buy their breads, chicken pot pie soup, apple dumplings, and whatever else looked good. One farmer's market I used to frequent had a family that made the best soft pretzels I've ever had too. Sounds like a good cookbook to have.
Possible to make thick crust pizza at home?
We haven't yet tried thick crust but deep dish certainly works! Try 425 degrees for 30 minutes!
Hillary
Chew on That
Your most surprising cookbook?
I forgot that I also have a vintage 1967 Betty Crocker Hostess Cookbook. It has menus with these funny titles like "A Gay Little Luncheon" and the like.
It's a hoot; it gives helpful tips so that even (horrors!!) "single girls" can entertain, and suggests that every hostess should put out an assortment of cigarettes and ashtrays for her guests....
Your most surprising cookbook?
I have "The Secret of Amish Cooking" cookbook which I purchased on a trip to Ohio. Every single recipe seems to incorporate tons of brown sugar...(could that be the secret?)
Your most surprising cookbook?
When my sister's husband was in seminary, I bought her the Lutheran Church Basement Women Cookbook. Lutefisk, anyone? LunaPier-We're neighbors. I LOVE my Les Halles cookbook. It's got great classics. And the best read for a cookbook, ever.
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I agree with Squeezebottle... I always add a little extra olive oil and since I have never had good luck using all whole wheat flour, I usually go half and half with the flours and it's turned out consistently good.