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This Week's Pizza Poll: What Do You Season Your Slice With?

It depends on the slice! Some sauce is lacking so you need to add everything to it. But even the most flavor-packed slice requires red pepper flakes and a dash of parm.

dvanguilder at 7:31PM on 04/13/10

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How do you brew your coffee?

I love my Farberware (electric) Perculator. I have a 6-8 cup model plus a few other sizes. I use the 6-8 cup model daily. I use a coffee scoop (1/8 cup scoop) 5 scoops per full pot. No matter what brand of coffee I use, it tastes great. I learned this from my Mom and it hasn't failed me yet.

We also have a Tassimo but after the novelty wore off, my husband took it to work. Makes a good cup but we prefer the Farberware.

dvanguilder at 12:08PM on 03/08/10

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"...and the chicken tastes like wood."

You are probably leaving it on the grill too long.

I like to marinade mine in a simple Italian Salad Dressing. I marinade for at least 30 minutes. Then I pat the meat dry with a paper towel and put on the grill. They cook really quickly and I suggest a instant thermometer to check the temp removing it 5 degrees before the meat is cooked. The meat will redistribute its juice and continue to cook for several minutes after you remove it from the heat source.

If you are using BBQ sauce, do not use it on the meat until it is almost cooked as the sugars will burn.

dvanguilder at 10:03AM on 03/16/09

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Pantry 'Ghosts': Do You Have Them?

I have a few jars of homemade jam in my fridge. I keep all that stuff in the fridge drawers because I use them so infrequently. I opened it the other day to discover about six jars unopened of jams (flavors I do not like). Sigh. I must toss them. I'm sure there has to be an expiration of some sort for homemade jams.

dvanguilder at 11:22AM on 03/02/09

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I don't go there, because I can't eat the food

I am going to say something that might get me in trouble should friends and family read this because they are Mormon. Most cannot cook, if they can they are converts to the church. lol. I am so serious. My parents are converts to the church, so I've eaten at many a Mormon household.

A friend made me a chicken dinner that was a par-nuked cutlet that was then sauteed in a chicken boullion (sp?) cube. Salt, salt, salt. Another thought carrot juice was a meal.

That said, eat before hand. For Christmas buy her a easy-to-follow, simple cookbook put it in a basket with some dressings, sauces, cookies and cocoa. Maybe include a cooking lesson or two at a local place.

Hopefully, she will take the suble hint before the need for a culinary intervention! =)

dvanguilder at 5:37PM on 02/24/09

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