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Serious Green: Go Heritage and Local with Your Bird This Thanksgiving
agreed with Simon, and a comment for schmonsequences: when more and more chain stores are picking up on organic (i.e. the stuff we USED to eat, before chemically altering everything became the norm), why not buy it? half the time it costs the same, sometimes it costs even a little less than the name brands, especially if it's a store brand organic. Wegman's and Super Fresh/A&P have their own brand of organic foods, and they're little more expensive than the major brands.
i don't get why attempting to be healthy is considered such a bad thing by some people.
Video: Mr. Bean Makes a Sandwich
this is one of my favorite segments from the show.
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i can't fathom having that much free time on my hands.
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Win a Free Organic D'Artagnan Turkey
the ham in coke is so good i'm making it for just my Boy and me...his mom is making turkey and my parents aren't doing anything major, so this will break up the birdy monotony.
Serious Green: Go Heritage and Local with Your Bird This Thanksgiving
agreed with Simon, and a comment for schmonsequences: when more and more chain stores are picking up on organic (i.e. the stuff we USED to eat, before chemically altering everything became the norm), why not buy it? half the time it costs the same, sometimes it costs even a little less than the name brands, especially if it's a store brand organic. Wegman's and Super Fresh/A&P have their own brand of organic foods, and they're little more expensive than the major brands.
i don't get why attempting to be healthy is considered such a bad thing by some people.
Video: Mr. Bean Makes a Sandwich
this is one of my favorite segments from the show.
Video: How to Play Farmville, the Facebook Farming Game
i can't fathom having that much free time on my hands.
Coffee Chronicles: Vietnamese Coffee Converts The Purist
Cafe du Monde = win for this application. i hate most coffee but i can drink this as long as it's prepared in this way.
Serious Cocktails: Women and Whiskey
i'm a fan of Gentleman's Jack...some would call me lame for that, but it's always appealed to me.
my other half loves rye, and enjoys supporting a local brand - he drinks Pikesville.
Dinner Tonight: Fried Rice with Saffron, Ginger, and Tomatoes (Arroz Frito Aortuguesa)
would fish sauce be an acceptable substitute for oyster sauce?
Reality Check: What's the New Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Pan Pizza Like? We Try It
that's...disappointing. i expected better of Pizza Hut.
and now i crave a personal pan pizza. thanks.
Do You Have a Favorite Cheapish Olive Oil?
the Kirkland brand is what we use. tasty stuff!
The Crab Pot: Crustacean Addiction
While these recipes have all been delicious, I’m still convinced that nothing beats the joy of steaming or boiling whole crabs, to be shelled and eaten with gusto at the table.
you hit the nail on the head! there's a reason crabs are considered a social event 'round the Chesapeake. :)
my parents came across a recipe recently that involved zucchini in crab cakes...if they ever get around to sharing it with me, i'll be sure to post it. apparently it's a darned tasty variation on the standard. you could also try the San Francisco version of a crab cake, but i don't know how that would taste since the crabs they have out there are completely different from ours. they were certainly tasty, if a little strange...i'd never seen a FLAT crab cake before my trip to the west coast last summer.
another suggestion...after you've picked and refrigerated the remnants from a good batch of MD-style crabs, toss lump crabmeat (the good stuff from inside the shell, particularly the backfin) in a plain salad, and add a little catalina or french dressing. the sweetness mixes with the peppery aftertaste in the crabmeat rather well.
The Crab Pot: Observations from the Dock
oh, and yes, blues are NASTY little buggers. you should see how they'll chase the family pet after escaping the bucket (before they end up in the pot).
The Crab Pot: Observations from the Dock
argh.
the last post you wrote about blue crabs started my tastebuds a'tingling, and now i have a full-on craving for a few dozen blues steamed up with Old Bay and sea salt, with a side of beer. and i get paid Friday. thaaaaaaaaanks...looks like i'm spending a buck on a bushel this weekend. :P
The 'Julia Child' Rose Cultivar
heh, my partner bought me one of these for my birthday. i hadn't bothered to research it as it's been a busy few days, so thanks for posting this!
The Crab Pot: Blue Crabs at Patchogue
while those crabs DO look tasty, they're missing a load of Old Bay seasoning mixed with sea salt. soooo goood!
...and if you haven't had crabs steamed with Old Bay, you're missing out!
What is Chinese Brown Sauce Made Of?
Valerie's recipe is close to what we use, and seems to be spot-on.
Serious Heat: Where Do You Buy Your Spices?
a close friend works for McCormick, so i can get anything they sell, even if it never makes it to our market.
What Foods Would You Fight For?
i agree with annabanana's comment about the lowly brussels sprout. i'm so sick of people claiming sprouts make them ill - if they'd just TRY to make them properly, without overcooking, maybe they'd change their minds?
Cook the Book: 'Endangered Recipes' by Lari Robling
my favorite memory is a doozy.
my great-aunt (maternal grandmother's sister) always baked cakes for birthdays - it didn't matter whose birthday, she would be busy making cakes. she had cataracts by the time i was maybe 10 or so, but she insisted on baking my father a cake that year.
i vividly remember my mother slicing into it and reaching a point where she just couldn't slice any further. turns out my great-aunt accidentally baked a rubber band into the cake. every year after that, we gave my father a rubber band as part of his birthday present.
we still chuckle about it to this day. she left us 4 years after that incident, and it's one of the fondest memories i have of my great-aunt, god rest her soul.
Win a Free Organic D'Artagnan Turkey
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Mashed Potato Lover since my first Thanksgiving. Hands down, looks the best:
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2007/11/serious_thanksgiving_perfect_mashed_potatoes.html?ref=thxgindex
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Corn Bread Dressing with Pecans and Bacon sounds perfect for our southern-themed Thanksgiving feast!
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Sautéed brussels sprouts with bacon, maybe toss in some walnuts.
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Cranberry Sauce With Champagne and Currants
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roasted turkey roulade...mmmm!
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Pumpkin cheesecake...
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I'm still fascinated by the Apple-Brined Smoked turkey!
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smoked oyster and sticky rice in lotus leaf
want!!!!
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Pumpkin cheesecake! Sure sounds Yummy : )
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Pumpkin Pie Brûlée sounds amazing!
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Maple-Walnut Cornbread
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Pumpkin pie brulee
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Cornbread Dressing with Pecans and Bacon may lure me away from my set menu.
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sprouts and bacon. mmmm.
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brussels sprouts and bacon
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Butternut Squash Apple Cranberry Bake.
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Pumpkin pie brulee - yum!
Serious Green: Go Heritage and Local with Your Bird This Thanksgiving
I was put off factory farmed turkeys after seeing an episode of Dirty Jobs where he was artificially inseminating them. Not like that show takes sides or preaches at you AT ALL, but the conditions those birds were in were just so gross. Nothing like those pictures above.
I'm not doing Thanksgiving dinner myself this year, so I'll probably be eating more factory farmed turkey (I'm not so much of a "yuppie hipster" to tell other people what turkeys to cook for me), but next time I'm responsible for Thanksgiving dinner I'm going for the free-range critter.
Of course, if you're not the sort who cares if your food has a happy life or not, then by all means, get the butterball turkey. I just don't have the heart for factory farmed meat anymore.
Also, the guy that I get my free-range meat from would think it was really funny if you told him that stuff was only for "yuppie hipsters". This guy is a total redneck rancher dude. He just prefers to raise his livestock the old-fashioned way.
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butternut bisque
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Maple Walnut Cornbread sounds amazing!
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brussels sprouts and bacon
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pumpkin cheesecake.
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brusssel sprouts with bacon! yum. definitely making it.
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maple walnut cornbread.
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the ham in coke is so good i'm making it for just my Boy and me...his mom is making turkey and my parents aren't doing anything major, so this will break up the birdy monotony.