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One amendment I'd add is to only make as much salad as you're going to eat and adjust the size of the bag as you figure out how much salad you do end up eating. Our landfills are lined with the best of intentions which we never got around to eating.

This is a good guide, mushrooms vary greatly in texture so some techniques work well with some that don't with others. I use a soft brush on chanterelle, blow on oysters, maitake and lion's mane will stand up to about any abuse so worst case you can soak and ring them out (if you pick them after a rain you have to do that anyway). The best thing to do is keep them clean from the start.

I hope that you are saving those stems, gills, and other trim for stock - you either paid $10+/lb for them or hiked up and down the hills to find them.

Every city should be doing this, it is much more realistic than encouraging home composting.

@MissBrownEyes good contribution.

I'll pretty much echo the other comments. I didn't think the nugget looked that bad either. If you truely want to disgust the kids don't use a nice chicken and good breadcrumbs - show them factory farms, processing plants, and the excuse for ingredients the nuggets they eat are made from.

Its "reality" TV at its finest (about as satisfying as a Huntington school lunch). The show uses scare tactics to make its point and is predictable by following the general plot-line used by many reality shows. Still there is value in it. What better way to reach millions of americans than TV? Education is the key to this country making better choices. Sappy, cheesy, scripted, or not this show is one more thing to educate folks about their health. In the end we are each responsible for our own health and the more data points available the better we can make the right choice for ourselves.

@SharonKaye so? What determines edible vs inedible pets? Horses are delicious too. I'm sure a nice farm raised cat would be pretty good. These conies are definitely delicious (tho not as good as the wild ones). Do you have as visceral reaction to people eating cows? How about alligators? The intensive farming techniques we use are far less moral than the choice of animal we impose them on.

At home you can eat for pennies on the dollar compared to fancy-pants restaurants. The seasoning is just how you like it and the service is always great. Best of all you get to know your food and spend even more quality time with it.

I took a lot of the things i grew up with for granted. Making maple syrup is a ton of worthwhile work but it wasn't spring without it.

I heard something the last time I was in VT about a new tap they have designed to do less damage to the trees.

Agreed, great and thorough article. The debate will rage on but I have to disagree with your second point about the ultimate chili - it must have a robust full flavor but I don't think beef is required nor meat at all. From the cook-offs I've been too the vegetarian chili usually surpasses the meaty ones. Maybe you just have to have a better chili making base to enter a veg-chili tho.

*Shelton Brothers imports a fine porter I should say

Memory, pen, netbook, or just hollering directly at the cooks I'm always impressed by waitstaff. I royally sucked at it and marvel with wonder at their ability to bring me what I ordered (almost always get it right too).

One place we visited used blackberries to apparently beam your order to the kitchen. It took easily 5 times longer to order while our waitress fussed with the thing. I don't care if you memorize or jot so long as its not disruptive.

It sounds stupid but homemade pizza. I make big batches of dough and freeze in pizza sized balls, same with pesto from the garden and sauteed mushrooms from the woods. Its all fast, local, dirt cheap, and better than most fancy joints around.

Some wonderful insights, it is a beautiful thing despite how many people feel about butchery. All you can do is let go and let the muscles guide you.

I applaud you for not titling this "the 9 best" or "the top 9" - digg and reddit ruined lists for me because of that.

There are countless dishes named after people and I'd like to toss another in the mix: Oysters Rockefeller. Named after Rockefeller because the sauce is so rich. I've been dying to make this with oyster mushrooms.