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Where are you posting from in 2012?

Posting from Port Hope, Ontario CANADA!! YAY!!! Pretty damn cold and freezing rain up here tonight!! No igloos though!! Pudding chomeur for dessert!

gharris at 8:26PM on 01/17/12

From Recipes

Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding

Bacon fat in Yorkshire Pudding is a travesty!!!

Also.... Yorkshire Pudding is not made in muffin tins! It is made in the pan the roast is cooked in - preferably with the roast above it and dripping into it while cooking! Americans think that popovers are Yorkshire Pudding - completely WRONG!!!

gharris at 11:09PM on 09/24/11

From Talk

Let's talk mashed potatoes!

4 or 5 Yukon Gold quartered and boiled with half a dozen chopped garlic cloves til the potatoes can be pierced with a sharp point - no need to peel anything. Drain but leave garlic & potatoes in the pot. Take another half dozen garlic cloves chopped and a sprinkling of red pepper flakes - saute in frying pan in some butter til beginning to brown, then add abt half a cup of 1/2 & 1/2 cream PLUS 1/2 cup of heavy cream - bring to boil and reduce a bit - then add a pkg of frozen cod fillets - turn the heat way down and just simmer the cod til it flakes. Carefully remove the cod and pour the remaining liquid into the pot with the potatoes - mash a bit (leave some chunks for texture) add some chives - plate and top with the cod - totally delish!!!!

gharris at 9:15PM on 08/04/11

From Talk

Cooking with Kohlrabi - any suggestions?!

Use kohlrabi in any recipe as you would do with turnip/rutabaga - i.e. baked gratin, or peeled, steamed and mashed with a little butter/cream and a light grating of nutmeg. Can be added to stews and braises. Remoulade is great too!

gharris at 9:52PM on 06/11/11

From Serious Eats

Cook the Book: 'Japanese Hot Pots'

I made a great chicken soup last week - with butternut squash and barley added to the chunky chicken broth - totally yummy!!

gharris at 9:08PM on 10/02/09

From Serious Eats

Cook the Book: 'Gourmet Today'

My first cookbook was Fannie Farmer - followed by Betty Crocker 'Cooking for Two' - but I later inherited my mother's American Woman's Cook Book - filled with wartime ration friendly recipes with notes in my late mother's handwriting - a real treasure!

gharris at 11:10PM on 09/21/09

From Recipes

Seriously Sick: Food For When You're Under the Weather

my mother used to make soft boiled egg for me when I was little/sick - chopped/mashed slightly with butter in a shallow bowl, with plain buttered
toast cut into 'soldiers' - still make it for myself when I am feeling really low!

gharris at 9:01PM on 09/03/09

From Talk

Best Party Dessert on a Budget?

Rice pudding!!!! served with a dollop of a nice jam or fresh fruit scattered over it!

gharris at 8:50PM on 09/03/09

From Talk

beef tongue. help me out.

If you chill it after cooking, the skin comes off more easily - I serve it warm sliced with either a mustard or a raisin sauce. Alternatively, dice it finely and set overnight in an aspic made of gelatin & white wine (plain or sparkling) - slice that thinly and place on arugula salad with light vinaigrette. It also makes a very nice sandwich on a crusty roll with mustard!

gharris at 11:55PM on 08/30/09

From Serious Eats

Cook the Book: 'What We Eat When We Eat Alone'

my favourite thing to eat when I am alone is a slice of good bread, toasted, with plenty of unsalted butter and a light dollop of ketchup spread on it.

gharris at 11:20PM on 08/19/09

From Talk

Do you have a recipe you won't share?

For years I was thrilled to be asked for my christmas shortbread recipe - handed down to me by an old auntie who had claimed it was our 'family' recipe from great grandmother. I was embarrassed by a young girlfriend of my son who pointed out that it was identical to the one on the cornstarch box!! Serves me right!! Of course, there is always the possibility that one of my old aunties gave it to the corn starch company......?

gharris at 10:54PM on 08/03/09

From Talk