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Potatos in the refrigerator crisper drawer.

no idea about this whole sciencey thing.

all i know is that if i keep my potatoes out of the fridge, i get potato plants.

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Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'

Lamb from Himalayan restaurants: they make it soo good!

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Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'

vietnamese curry (potatoes, kabocha, fat carrots, celery, chicken) with a side of rice. a one bowl comfort meal.

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Cookie Problem: puffy and moundy

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From Talk

Potatos in the refrigerator crisper drawer.

no idea about this whole sciencey thing.

all i know is that if i keep my potatoes out of the fridge, i get potato plants.

From Serious Eats

Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'

Lamb from Himalayan restaurants: they make it soo good!

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Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'

vietnamese curry (potatoes, kabocha, fat carrots, celery, chicken) with a side of rice. a one bowl comfort meal.

From Talk

Instant Noodles/Ramen

@Banana: Yep! The silvery shiny bag with red Thai writing on the front!! Oh so good.

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Instant Noodles/Ramen

My absolute favorite go-to brand is Mama Tom Yum flavor (I think it's from Thailand?), I get a whole box at the local Asian market. Spicy and delicious, especially if you want to drop an egg in or some veggies and bean sprouts.

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The Nasty Bits: Crisp Fried Pig's Ears

@Gastro: agreed!! Let's do intestines next. I think I had a heart attack when at the ripe age of 18 I discovered my favorite soup (via gram's rustic vietnamese cookery) was chock full of intestines. Of course I am still eating it ;o)

Bring on the offal! I love this series! It's nice to know that the "weird" food I ate growing up isn't so weird afterall.

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Gifts for an Aussie?

My go-to gift when I visit my relatives is GUM: american gum in particular. Think all the fun fruity flavors and types we have here: watermelon, strawberry, cirtrus, etc. Last time I was there I found a pack of trident for 5 aus$!

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Cook the Book: Paula Deen's Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cakes

I don't know, the picture doesn't look very appetizing?

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The Nasty Bits: Dashi-Simmered Eel

wow, i am in serious awe of your daring adventure-ness.

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Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'

Best dessert: I was 5 or 6, we had gone to one of those u-pick strawberry farms. My mom brought a picnic lunch and after we eat, we got to eat some of the berries we picked. OMG, it was the first time I had eated a non-grocery store strawberry. Nothing else can compare!

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'

Making a fondant covered cake shaped like a boot in 100 degree weather. Fondant was a disaster. Then keeping the cake outside in 100+ degrees. Talk about a serious meltdown!

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OK to freeze homemade cookie dough?

I freeze them all the time: in addition to the suggestion above, you can roll them up (like a snake? bowling pin size?) and double wrap them in plastic wrap. Sometimes for square cookies I line a bread pan/empty plastic wrap container with plastic wrap then wedge the cookie dough in and wrap it all up. When you're ready no need to defrost, just slice and bake away!

Note: plastic wrap and/or foil + freezer bags are your friend. they will keep weird smells from permeating into your cookies!

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Recreating the Adult Brownies from Andronico's

i go to andronicos frequently, but i guess i never really checked out their baked goods section!! thanks for the heads up, must go and try these the next time i'm there!

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Cook the Book: 'Japanese Hot Pots'

Most definitely meal-worthy, most definitely soupy, most definitely not the healthiest, and most definitely delicious:

RAMEN!

Something about the thick chewy ramen noodles with juicy slices of greasy pork swimming in a hot steaming bowl of broth which has been simmered for hours in pork bones... throw in some roasted nori sheets, chili powder, and if you are feeling particularly healthy that day a hardboiled egg, corn kernels, and some bamboo shoots.

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Oysters Brian from Sam's Anchor Cafe, Tiburon, CA

I don't have it, but as a kid I used to walk there every saturday for a tuna salad sandwich. Do they still have those? Haven't been in years!

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The Nasty Bits: Pig's Skin

Yum. that looks really good! Growing up Vietnamese, for major celebrations my dad would pick up a whole roasted pig. I'm talking about a 6 foot porker! My favorite part was sneaking bits of the crunchy skin off while we waited for the feast to be prepared.

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50+ baked potatoes

wow, that is a lot of taters!

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Your Fast Food Urge.....just had mine...tasty.

I crave In n Out fries on multiple ocassions, sometimes I go just for the fries.

Anyone been to Nando's? I think it's a chain in Australia, omg the fries (aka "chips") there are sooooo good, especially with extra peri-peri seasoning. Crunchy fried bite with pillowy soft potato center.

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Eaten what's not food?

@cassaendra: next time you go for pho, order "pho tai" which is just broth, noodles, and rare beef. i hope you find another restaurant to go to!

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Extreme Cuisine'

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Extreme Cuisine'

Dinuguan, because all my relatives told me it was chocolate stew.

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Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'

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Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'

Grilled rack of lamb with mint sauce and cous cous on the side.

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Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'

I like how my MIL makes lamb in a stew with a tomato sauce like base

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Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'

My favorite lamb recipe is roasted leg of lamb with mint jelly.

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Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'

I have a pretty good lamb chops recipe. I also have a leg of lamb recipe we use for dinner sometimes on special occasions. Lamb is BY FAR my favorite meat!

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Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'

Lamb stew. Based on the comments above, however, lamb burgers might have the potential of being a new favorite if I can find the right recipe for preparing them well.

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Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'

Lamb Tagine is my favorite lamb recipe. garrettsambo@aol.com

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Extreme Cuisine'

I grew up eating tripe and vastedda (stomach lining and spleen), I have also tried testicles (a bit chewy), aligator, kangaroo, etc...pretty much anything, except for any kind of insects!

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Extreme Cuisine'

Snake, abalone, sea cucumber, durian, alligator, moose, kangaroo.

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Extreme Cuisine'

I went to an insect foods event in Montreal once, and sampled everything on offer.

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Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'

I really like lamb but have never cooked it. I love lamb chops with some garlic mashed potatoes. yummy. I would love to learn how to roast lamb for Gyros

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Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'

Other than Gyros I haven't had much lamb. My husband is a big Lamb eater. I am slowly learning to appreciate it.

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Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'

I had some awesome lamb chops in Spain with lots of garlic. I wish I knew how they made them.

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Extreme Cuisine'

On a business trip to the Philippines my local coworkers insisted on me trying the local delicacy of Balut(fetal duck egg). While this may sound like the most exotic i'd have to say that really it was later in the night when i ate some chicharon bulaklak which is deep fried and is apparently a fatty sack that covers the small intestine of a pig. It was actually quite good and definitely better than the balut.

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About chlamers

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Location: Davis, CA

About: I love to cook and I definitely love to eat!

Favorite foods: bread, sweet potatoes, mango, lychee, waffles, ginger beer, oatmeal, berries, sushi, ramen, gelato, taro, mochi

Last bite on earth: my mom's southern vietnamese cooking