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Great Gelato. Not Ice Cream. In the U.S. Where? Whose?
I live in Asheville, often known as the Berkley of the South, but while we have some great local ice cream, gelato as such, does not exist. We are so removed, here in Asheville, this comment software is also unaware the Italian treat, as it underlines in red as I write it, as though I were stupid one and not the software. Perhaps anyone aware of a great gelato (stop it, damn it!) that ships, I would be deeply in debt for the info.
Does anyone know anything about growing artichokes?
All I know about growing artichokes is to keep the dog away from them. Apparently dogs love to gnaw on artichokes. While I deny my border collie little of what he wants, he will never get another shot at an artichoke plant. Our relationship is so full mutual understanding, with each of us going out of our way to please the other, it seems a shame we should come to blows over a mere thistle. So be it. I have spoken my last of it. Yes, I'm talking to you, Oreo.
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Expert Ham-Taster, Not Expert Workers Rights Advocate
This is a woman who started her "cooking career" with nothing, so if she seems unduly preoccupied with money, I certainly don't blame her. I do not use Smithfield products for the reasons stated, but the degree of envy posted here sounds far more unhealthy than donut enrobed burger. Y'all some ugly people round here.
Great Gelato. Not Ice Cream. In the U.S. Where? Whose?
I live in Asheville, often known as the Berkley of the South, but while we have some great local ice cream, gelato as such, does not exist. We are so removed, here in Asheville, this comment software is also unaware the Italian treat, as it underlines in red as I write it, as though I were stupid one and not the software. Perhaps anyone aware of a great gelato (stop it, damn it!) that ships, I would be deeply in debt for the info.
Does anyone know anything about growing artichokes?
All I know about growing artichokes is to keep the dog away from them. Apparently dogs love to gnaw on artichokes. While I deny my border collie little of what he wants, he will never get another shot at an artichoke plant. Our relationship is so full mutual understanding, with each of us going out of our way to please the other, it seems a shame we should come to blows over a mere thistle. So be it. I have spoken my last of it. Yes, I'm talking to you, Oreo.
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When baking or preparing anything in the kitchen, being organized is paramount. Having my ingredients lined up and ready for inclusions helps prevent inadvertent omissions and helps to keep the kitchen clean.
Does anyone know anything about growing artichokes?
Beth
I live just outside of Chicago, IL, and last year I planted 6 artichokes and they grew really large, but no artichokes. So I let them die back and I covered them with leaves and they came back this spring. So now they are growing large and I have about 6 chokes on ones of the plants and it is only the middle of June.
If I can grow them in Chicago, then you should be able to grow them in California. Kathryn
Does anyone know anything about growing artichokes?
I am on the coast in Southern California. I just picked my first arti this morning. I had to thin out my old plants this winter and replant in new areas. The plants are already 3+ feet across and producing. I like to steam them with a little olive oil in the water, a cut up lemon, some garlic, s & p. I make up some mayo, dijon, marjorum, and S & P. and enjoy cold or room temp.
Does anyone know anything about growing artichokes?
I aim to grow some on my deck in toronto this year for they are delicious. You asked for a recipe and this is one i can't get enough of... Approx 12 baby artichokes with all the outside leaves stripped off and the remainder chopped off just above the heart. Halve each artichoke. Sauté them with some Yukon gold potatoes chopped into cubes roughly the same size as the artichokes. Simmer covered for approx 5 minutes then squeeze over the juice of a lemon and add approx 1 pint of good chicken stock. Simmer until a knife will enter the artichoke. Put the vegetables into a dish and reduce the liquid until syrupy then add back onto the vegetables. Salt and pepper and lots of chopped curly parley. Yum
Expert Ham-Taster, Not Expert Workers Rights Advocate
I don't eat smithfield pork because of their treatment of employees
as for paula, i used to love her until i heard she went INTO plants and tried to talk employees out of voting for a union
Expert Ham-Taster, Not Expert Workers Rights Advocate
I like Paula Deen, I like her cooking, I cannot cook like her because it's not what I can serve at our home. The "Paula started from nothing" thing is also a topic. She was operating an illegal catering business out of her home. That is fact. No health inspection, no insurance, no safety net. If someone got ill she would have started with much less of nothing and a legal mess.
To hold Paul Deen up on a pedestal is asking for someone to come along and knock it down. Hero worship doesn't always convey well on here. You are free to worship anyone you want. I choose to worship people who did things the correct and legal way. Not selling food out the back door.
She is a story alright. She is the story of what you should not do. Doesn't matter if she was successful or not. Same with the Smithfield endorsement, her manager should have represented her a little better.
I do not begrudge anyone making a living. Just don't shove the beatified Ms Deen down our throats. We know the score and it was not a win win.
Expert Ham-Taster, Not Expert Workers Rights Advocate
My own snarky comment was tongue-in-cheek, doodoolemonque. Some of the other's comments may have been also.
Your own post just shifted from commentary on the topic to a direct attack upon the other commenters though - which is crossing a certain line.
Paula is not all that important in my life that I would want to follow Sharpton, Jackson, Sarandon, and Glover into a fray against her. It is interesting that this is happening, though.
I don't buy Smithfield. The reason being that the products suck. No more, no less.
As to workers rights and violations of those rights, thank goodness this country has an excellent record of addressing these sorts of things. I can't remember when the activities of celebrities on either side of these sorts of issues made any real difference in the actuality of the corporate behavior, though. Usually it just brings about media attention for the celebrities who have chosen to attach themselves to an issue. Good for them, though. An open and free society is an excellent thing to be able to participate in - and there are many fashions and options to do so.
Smithfield is a publicly owned company. Who owns it? The stockholders. Therefore it is the stockholders who theoretically could ask for answers on these reported worker violations. Maybe they have, maybe they haven't. Knowing how many small investors (including anyone with a pension plan managed by a third party) do not have any idea exactly what stocks may be in their portfolio bringing them profit or loss it could be possible (and I think even probable) that many people who might want to speak out as stockholders of the company i.e. the owners of the company don't even have a clue that they are owners of the company. The downside of the sort of big-ness that yields corporate profits can be anonymity. Sort of like on the internet. Secret handshakes can be everywhere even without intent. :)
As for her diamonds, that was a reference to another thread. I do think she loves to flash that bling. I think it's sort of cute, myself.
I'm off to the Farmer's Market to see what's really local this week and then decide whether (as a single mother who must decide whether this dollar will go towards her children's education or a nice vacation or for this head of lettuce) it is worth it to pay twice as much for the goods that the farmers bring. I know I'm supposed to support the farmers but lurking in my mind is the thought that first of all I better support my own family. Maybe when I get to the point where I too own a farm I too will become political and righteous.
Until then, msn nicely provided me with my quote for the day, right there on my homepage:
Politics is opposed to morality, as philosophy is to naivete. - Emmanuel Levinas
Great Gelato. Not Ice Cream. In the U.S. Where? Whose?
ChristineB -- I was about to say Cafe Istria too! I just love it. My college dorm is only a block away. All of their baked goods are great too.
Great Gelato. Not Ice Cream. In the U.S. Where? Whose?
I third Capogiro -- I actually went there tonight. It's incredible.
Does anyone know anything about growing artichokes?
Well...we got 6 viable plants from a pack of 30 seeds, each in their own peat pot...1 block into Maryland...across the street from the District of Columbia. And this last summer was hot, baby, and dry. With careful watering, 5 of the 6 did great and I anticipate a good crop of 'chokes next summer. I know that they're in too much sun, but we have almost no shade in the garden. We love the plants and hope to get some 'chokes, but if not, then we've got some cool plants.
Great Gelato. Not Ice Cream. In the U.S. Where? Whose?
I haven't been impressed with Dolcezza at all. The Gelato Bar in the National Gallery of Art was surprisingly good, though. Maybe my expectations of Dolcezza were just too high.
Frost Gelateria in Tucson, AZ is pretty good.
Great Gelato. Not Ice Cream. In the U.S. Where? Whose?
I had pretty good gelato at the Espresso & Gelato Bar in the National Gallery of Art (East Building) in Washington, DC. They offer 16 flavors of gelato and a full espresso bar.
Great Gelato. Not Ice Cream. In the U.S. Where? Whose?
I wholeheartedly second Capogiro in Philly. Made fresh daily and absolutely delicious! In fact, our weather is unseasonably warm today and I think I might swing by on my way home for some. I can't wait!!
Great Gelato. Not Ice Cream. In the U.S. Where? Whose?
There are places that serve gelato on practically every corner in Little Italy of San Francisco, so you could keep trying until you find something authentic. I've never had 'real' gelato before, but I enjoy gelato when I can. There is even a pizza restaurant in downtown Stockton, CA that serves pretty good gelato!
And to flood: I'll have to try that place in Eugene, Ore., next time I'm up there!
Great Gelato. Not Ice Cream. In the U.S. Where? Whose?
I third Dolcezza. I think last summer I had siux different pints in rotation... the lemon and opal basil sorbetto was incredible, and I must embarrasingly admit to having consumed an entire mixed pint of the Toigo Orchards pear and dark chocolate. The stomach ache was profound, but worth it.
Great Gelato. Not Ice Cream. In the U.S. Where? Whose?
If you're ever in northern MI, Petoskey, to be exact, go to American Spoonfood's restaurant and gelato bar. It's the best gelato I've had outside of Italy. And yes it is the home of American Spoonfood's fine gourmet products by Justin Rashad and family.
Great Gelato. Not Ice Cream. In the U.S. Where? Whose?
Dear Doodoolemonque--
Shipping gelato essentially ruins the product --- since it has to be frozen solid in order to survive FedEx. Great gelato is served after it has been freshly made. Freezing it solid makes it inferior-- though passable, if tempered. That is one reason why the Ciao Bello pints sold in freezer cases don't measure up to the product sold in their NY shops. And also why the best places don't ship.
When I was in Rome last summer, I was surprised to see that San Crispino (one of the very best) does now offer to pack some for fly-away, but they claim its transit-life is only four hours. Fine for EU members, but not for those of us destined for the US, unless you are also preparing a great snack for your in-flight meal or stopover in Paris/London, etc., en route home.
Guess it is better than none, but not the real deal.
Does anyone know anything about growing artichokes?
That's so funny that your dog likes artichokes. I didn't think animals liked them at all (except humans of course).
Writing of artichoke consumption in ancient Rome, Pliny remarked "thus we turn into a corrupt feast the earth's monstrosities, those which even the animals instinctively avoid."
I guess Pliny had it all wrong.
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sear roasting
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Roasting - particularly with vegetables
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Slow cooking beans in my clay pot.
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Wow! Almost any of the above could be mine, but to settle on one for the sake of the contest, here's my current favourite:
For roast potatoes, to be roasted in the pan with a chicken.
Peel the potatoes and slice into pieces somewhat larger than a single bite.
Boil 6-8 minutes; drain; shake the pot to 'scrunch up' the edges.
Place alongside a roasting chicken until done, in oil or goose fat if you have it; top with a little drizzle of oil and some rock salt.
So, the technique is the boil-scrunch-roast technique of what I call 'melting roast potatoes'.
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Favorite foods: Comfort foods, of course, followed by a glass of freshly made lemonade. On the morning I awake in heaven I expect to be greeted with a glass of freshly squeezed honeybells and a cup of freshly roasted Sulewesi.
Last bite on earth: Wendy
This is a woman who started her "cooking career" with nothing, so if she seems unduly preoccupied with money, I certainly don't blame her. I do not use Smithfield products for the reasons stated, but the degree of envy posted here sounds far more unhealthy than donut enrobed burger. Y'all some ugly people round here.