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Kitchen/Food Gifts. Are you a me first or you first?
I hate buying something willy-nilly unless A. I've tried it first or B. The giftee asked for it on their wishlist. I'm a gadgets and gizmos kind of person so the more the merrier in my bloated pantry. lol
My KitchenAid Artisan is sick...help!
I burned out two heavy-duty Kitchen-Aid stand mixers in the course of ten years. I now have a Viking 7-quart mixer and so far...so good. I make a LOT of bread at home so I'm probably not your average home cook. My dream machine though would be one of those big, mama-jama commercial hobart mixers. *dreaming*
Biggest food-related pet peeve?
I'm right with you on the steak. I don't like bloody steak but I love steak that is slightly raw in the middle then pink and then seared with a nice crust on the outside and yet not bleeding...tricky to do but that's my favorite way to eat steak.
My other peeve is over-cooked fish. Pretty much along the same lines as steak in the sense that having the center slightly raw and yet still cooked is culinary heaven when it's done just right. I'd always rather get my food a little more raw rather than overly cooked. I'll eat mine on the more raw side and still enjoy it and not even send it back whereas if I get an overcooked steak or piece of fish I just HAVE to send it back which I feel guilty about since I always hate wasting food. :( That's why I always order medium rare but my medium rare is not always the chef's medium rare and god love us all...we are ALL only human. lol
Another thing (speaking of over/under cooking) is rice... Undercooked rice is not even PALATABLE and overcooked rice? EGADS! GLUE!
My apologies if my spelling is atrocious. I have so much on my mind right now with the holidays coming up.
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Thank you, Renzata! Tamales sound wonderful! I forgot to say I love Japanese and Chinese cuisine [Thai too]... Good gracious! I think it would be fun to try something new every other year and then that way I can keep the traditional stuff on the 'off years' without ruffling too many feathers. I'm so fortunate my daughter is willing to try and experiment with anything at least once [if not twice when I mess it up the first time ha-ha]!
Happy holidays and Happy cookin' too! Thank you again for the advice and encouragement! :)