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LaRosa's: A Tradition Cincinnatians Should Not Be Proud Of

I sat behind someone eating LaRosa's at the zoo, and all I could smell was the odor of feet. Dewey's was really disappointing to me, but maybe people who grew up on LaRosa's would find it amazing.

Adriatico's however is some of the best pizza I've had. I can't compare it with the true New York pizzas some of you will know, but highly recommend it to anyone needing pizza in Cincinnati.

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Cook the Book: 'Real Cajun'

Saturday night was homemade pizza night.

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Serious Heat: What to Make with Bhut Jolokia, the World's Hottest Chile

I can't find the peppers on Kalustyan's site. When I click dried whole chilis it says, "Sorry, there are presently no items in this Department."!?!?

I also could not find the text naga jolokia on their main page. Any suggestions?

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From Slice

LaRosa's: A Tradition Cincinnatians Should Not Be Proud Of

I sat behind someone eating LaRosa's at the zoo, and all I could smell was the odor of feet. Dewey's was really disappointing to me, but maybe people who grew up on LaRosa's would find it amazing.

Adriatico's however is some of the best pizza I've had. I can't compare it with the true New York pizzas some of you will know, but highly recommend it to anyone needing pizza in Cincinnati.

From Serious Eats

Cook the Book: 'Real Cajun'

Saturday night was homemade pizza night.

From Recipes

Serious Heat: What to Make with Bhut Jolokia, the World's Hottest Chile

I can't find the peppers on Kalustyan's site. When I click dried whole chilis it says, "Sorry, there are presently no items in this Department."!?!?

I also could not find the text naga jolokia on their main page. Any suggestions?

From Serious Eats

Cooking with Kids: Scrambled Egg Smackdown with Tyler Florence

"Cook eggs at a low temperature, because the temperature reacts with the protein in eggs and makes them very rubbery."

Temperature is never a reactant. Some reactions release heat, and some require heat, but heat cannot be a reactant.

Temperature's role in cooking eggs is that it causes proteins in the egg to denature (unravel). Perhaps the author believes that when this process is done too quickly, the eggs get nasty.

Sorry for being a nitpicker. The quote just bugged me.

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Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Southside Market Sausage

I like my own BBQ best, but there's a street vendor off Colerain in Cincinnati who does a pretty great job.

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Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Southside Market Sausage

I'm particular to my own bbq, the last few commercial places have been a big disappointment. I'll have to go with Famous Dave's.

From A Hamburger Today

At Veselka, Forgo the Borscht and Get the Burger

Am I the only one who thinks that burger is seriously undercooked? Is it just this picture, or did they ask for it rare?

From Recipes

Serious Heat: What to Make with Bhut Jolokia, the World's Hottest Chile

I cooked half of one in a mixed vegetable dish and it added serious heat.
I use habaneros in chili, in hot Mexican cheese dip (which is a big holiday pot luck winner, half the folks at most parties love it the other half won't taste it) and in omelets. I will use the Bhut peppers in those . I got a few from a friend who grew them I am going to dry them out and try to plant the seeds next spring to grow my own.
Hot pepper does stimulate stomach acid so if you have an ulcer it can make it worse but it doesn't actually burn the skin, just stimulates the pain and heat receptors in the nerves to fool the body into thinking it is being burnt. The heat and pain receptors use the same nerve fibers so both are stimulated at the same time. Blistering from hot peppers is a result of the body being fooled so it is not really common. No flesh is actually being harmed by the hot pepper you just think it is. It is very true (from bitter experience) that the peppers do pass through into the stool and eliminating them can be VERY painful.

From Serious Eats

Salted Water for Boiling Is Most Commented-on Recipe on Epicurious

@Michele Humes, you are just as incorrect as gschaefer.

o raise the boiling point of one liter (34 ounces) of water by 1°C (1.8°F) requires about 58 grams (2 ounces) of salt.

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Salted Water for Boiling Is Most Commented-on Recipe on Epicurious

Adding salt to water raises its boiling point. Chemically speaking, this is a verifiable fact. Salt does raise water’s boiling point (and lower its freezing point—which is why home ice cream makers use rock salt).

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I eat ______ out of the tin/jar/bottle...

ShawnaAdora had it right...and I guess we're the only ones....

MIRACLE WHIP right from the jar! I eat it sprinkled with black pepper. If I feel fancy, I spread it on crackers!
Cold Chef Boyardee ravioli's from the can ( a childhood vice)
Peanut butter
Eagle Brand milk
Garlic stuffed olives captured with a fork

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I eat ______ out of the tin/jar/bottle...

@Traveller - you MUST have been upset. I can't imagine eating a jar of grainy mustard by itself! No, capers would be my choice, I love em.

BTW, congratulations on getting that dissertation over and to an old broad like myself, a "B" sounds pretty damned good.

From Talk

I eat ______ out of the tin/jar/bottle...

Peanut Butter; Olives; Pickles; Baked Beans; Chef Boyardee; Condensed Soup; Vegetables; Ice Cream; & Almost anything that doesn't require removal from the container for cooking. If it's cooked or sufficiently prepared in the container, I'll eat it right from said container.

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I eat ______ out of the tin/jar/bottle...

I love to eat my own canned whole tomato's a quart size, right out of the jar. Reminds me of my mom and grandma and the farm in Ohio, great comfort and memory food for me. coco

From Talk

I eat ______ out of the tin/jar/bottle...

When my sister & I went backpacking around Europe we were on a VERY limited budget... many times we arrived by bus in our next foriegn city, late at night, hungry & unfamiliar. I remember eating peas & corn cold out of the can after shopping at the 24-hour food mart in Barcelona... Dining on red wine & dark chocolate and jumping on the beds in our Paris hotel room... Eating Brie out of the package with a Swiss Army knife... Popping Pringles & chugging Fruitopia at 6am after a night of dancing & drinking in London...

Definately pints of icecream, gelato, sorbet, etc, many nights watching movies with my best friend, or doing a late-night "icecream run" with my sister & splitting a litre of Oreo...

I used to bake peanut butter cookies & eat them out of the pan

Pickles, pickled beets, pickled onions, relish, sauerkraut, olives, salsa, pasta sauce, condensed tomato soup, curried spinach, mushy peas, pie filling, peanut butter, jam, whipped topping, salad dressing, eggless mayonnaise, ketchup, bbq sauce... and yes, margarine...

PS I'm totally underweight, so I can justify eating an "entire" anything, including bags of cookies, a McCain cake, a frozen cream pie :)

From Talk

I eat ______ out of the tin/jar/bottle...

@dixisue, I like pb & mayo sandwiches, no matter what kind of breat I have, also occasionally add a few slices of ripe banana on that...if out of pb, sit there with banana slices on a plate, each one gets a small blobette of mayo, also good this way on a Ritz cracker.

otherwise, out of can or jar it's:
tuna, drained or undrained
Bush's beans, or B&M, best tasting IMO
Spag/MB from the can, so easy now with the zip-off tops!
uncondensed cream of broccoli or cream of chicken soup
HAVE to taste at least 2 tbl of any new jar spaghetti sauce
herring in cream sauce, or just plain pickled w/onions
sardines, in hot sauce, mustard or oil
salmon from a can, also love to drink the "juice"
pickles from a jar

From Talk

I eat ______ out of the tin/jar/bottle...

Smoked Oysters.
Pickled Herring in Cream Sauce.
Bread&Butter Sandwich Stacker Pickles.

From Talk

I eat ______ out of the tin/jar/bottle...

Peanut butter, Cool whip, baked beans, dill pickles, chocolate cake frosting, and ice cream. A lot of times I'll dip chocolate chip cookies in the Cool whip or the chocolate cake frosting.

From Talk

I eat ______ out of the tin/jar/bottle...

After reading 169 comments, all I can say is: I am so happy to not be the only person on the planet who eats like this!

From Talk

I eat ______ out of the tin/jar/bottle...

Skippy chunky peanut butter.......for decades

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I eat ______ out of the tin/jar/bottle...

Homemade fig perserves and Nutella are the regulars!

From Talk

I eat ______ out of the tin/jar/bottle...

Oh my, these were hilarious!

I personally love to drink any Olive juice out of the jar or can. It's my Mom's fault, and I'm sticking to it.

After visiting Buenos Aires, Dulce de Leche (like katylesser) is another fave!

Traveller, I hope your Director changed his mind. That seems unfair to me.
Cindy H
Cookie Stamps

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I eat ______ out of the tin/jar/bottle...

NUTELLA - PEANUT BUTTER - HELLMAN'S - STRAWBERRY PRESERVES, ANY BRAND WILL DO!

From Talk

I eat ______ out of the tin/jar/bottle...

fat toad dulce de leche
honey roasted peanut butter fresh from the store grinder
a pickle or two

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I eat ______ out of the tin/jar/bottle...

I keep a tub of Betty Crocker ready to use vanilla and chocolate frosting in my fridge for that moment when I want something sweet.. just a spoonful or 2, sometimes 3 is all it takes. Best comfort food.. a jar of peanut butter and a bottle of Welches squeeze grape jelly. a spoonful of peanut buttter with a dollop of jelly on top.. heaven..

From Talk

I eat ______ out of the tin/jar/bottle...

Whipped cream out of the can, banana peppers, peanut butter, and back in the day, apple butter... mmmm... :)

Also wanted to add congrats to surviving your defense Traveller (even though your director was being difficult). I defended my Master's thesis in the fall of 2006 (after having to take an extra semester to make the changes to it that my committee required - UGH, they were insanely nitpicky) and I remember very well how stressful it was! I was 38 weeks pregnant during my defense, so at that point, I was pretty much daring them to find anything to critique, LOL. Anyway, kudos for all your hard work!

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