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The Worst Thing I Ever Found in My Food
When I was about 8 or so, my mom was making 3 bean salad for a family get-together. She opened a can of store brand lima beans, poured them into a colander to drain, and then screamed. Sitting on top of the pile of beans was a 4 inch long horned caterpillar, the exact same color as the lima beans. She flung the colander into the back yard, even though it was dead, called the store and the manager told her to bring it back, which she refused to do. We didn't have 3 bean salad at that family dinner!
@moibec - I don't know what I would have done if that was me... I would probably never eat salad again...
Nasty outside..Cozy inside. So what are you cooking?
Well, we were forecasted 1-3 inches of snow and freezing rain here in southern Maine, but its still snowing and we are close to 6 inches! I planned ahead and got a roaster, potatoes, and carrots at the grocery store last night, knowing I wouldn't be headed out today, and I think I am going to make some banana nut muffins and maybe some brown sugar cookies too. Eating leftover broccoli-bacon quiche for lunch, too!
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Korin Knife
A very nice and sharp Japanese chef's knife, but I have no idea the make of it. I could ask my husband, but he's playing video games atm. :)
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Can't find a recipe I swear I saw here...
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jettabugfox answered "Yes, food I make" to Do You Give Food As Gifts?
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jettabugfox answered "A corner slice" to When it comes to square-cut pizza, I prefer ...
Poll posted by Adam Kuban, October 11, 2010 at 9:55 AM
jettabugfox answered "Sometimes" to Do you like crisp pizza cheese?
Poll posted by Adam Kuban, October 4, 2010 at 9:55 AM
jettabugfox answered "macaroni and cheese" to Which dishes are you sick of?
Poll posted by Maggie Hoffman, September 21, 2010 at 11:15 AM
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New England Patriots vs. Baltimore Ravens: Which Team Is the AFC Champ of Food?
People, they ah called the NEW ENGLAND Patr'ots, not the Boston or Massachusetts Patr'ots. Ya cannot hamstring 'em because Baltimore isn't as geographically lahge as New England, bub! Obviously, theyah ah some serious miscalculations heyah, as was pointed out by the disturbing lack of lobstah in the calculations fer shellfish. I mean, only as part of a shore dinnah? That's not how most people eat 'em up heyah!
The Worst Thing I Ever Found in My Food
When I was about 8 or so, my mom was making 3 bean salad for a family get-together. She opened a can of store brand lima beans, poured them into a colander to drain, and then screamed. Sitting on top of the pile of beans was a 4 inch long horned caterpillar, the exact same color as the lima beans. She flung the colander into the back yard, even though it was dead, called the store and the manager told her to bring it back, which she refused to do. We didn't have 3 bean salad at that family dinner!
@moibec - I don't know what I would have done if that was me... I would probably never eat salad again...
Nasty outside..Cozy inside. So what are you cooking?
Well, we were forecasted 1-3 inches of snow and freezing rain here in southern Maine, but its still snowing and we are close to 6 inches! I planned ahead and got a roaster, potatoes, and carrots at the grocery store last night, knowing I wouldn't be headed out today, and I think I am going to make some banana nut muffins and maybe some brown sugar cookies too. Eating leftover broccoli-bacon quiche for lunch, too!
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Korin Knife
A very nice and sharp Japanese chef's knife, but I have no idea the make of it. I could ask my husband, but he's playing video games atm. :)
Last meal of 2011?
Hubby's making fancy food for rich people tonight at the restaurant, so its me and the pipsqueak at home for NYE. I'm making pizza (cheese for her, pepperoni and mushroom for me) and I have some champagne chilling for later. If the hubby is lucky, there will be some left for him when he gets home around 1:00 am. :)
Leftover ham and brisket Ideas?
Ham and cheese quiche! I wish I had ham leftovers so I could make some... yummmmm!
What food/cooking items did you get for Christmas?
A handheld cuisinart blender - our old one just bit the dust; a Y-peeler (not a name brand one, but super sharp!); a new citrus reamer; and a rainbow colored wooden sugar scoop. And of course, lots and lots of candy.
What kitchen gifts are you making for others?
Fudge for my brother-in-law; cookies, peppermint bark, and most of Christmas Day food for everyone else. There were a couple of years where we couldn't afford to buy Christmas presents for everyone, so hubby and I volunteered to cook for everyone on Christmas Day - everyone liked it so much that we decided just to keep doing it, in addition to giving gifts now!
Can't find a recipe I swear I saw here...
Thank you! Exactly what I was looking for! :)
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Recchiuti Chocolate Bars
Chocolate croissants! Or a dark chocolate torte.
What should I include in my Wedding Registry?
I second the KitchenAid - and if you think you can get someone to spring for it, ask for the Professional model.
Oatmeal cookie tweak
Funny, I was thinking about making oatmeal jam thumbprints this year instead of the traditional butter ones. I end up with so many blond Christmas cookies on my plate, I wanted to try something different. Maybe I'll use my cranberry sauce instead of jelly on some of them, too!
But to elaborate on what Jerzee said, using it mixed in the cookies will throw the recipe off. Baking is much more precise than say, making soup, and its really hard to make substitutions or additions, especially with wet ingredients, and not come out with a fantastic flop, unless you are pretty experienced with baking (and sometimes not even then). There are so few wet ingredients in that recipe that it would be really hard to substitute the jelly for any of them. I wouldn't even be that optimistic about subbing some of it for the butter, as cranberry has a vastly different texture and acidity level than applesauce, and that might make the chemical reactions in the cookies not work out the way you want them too.
If I were you, I'd go with the thumbprints - and let us know how they turn out!
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Korin Knife
A victornox we got at a kitchen store in town for about $19, after my brother-in-law (in a drunken stupor, I'm sure) decided to make my husband's 8-inch Kramer chef's knife a 6-inch Kramer chef's knife. Tragic, really. This knife would be a good replacement for the Kramer.
Sticky pie crust!!!
Ha! Kenji answered this question for me in his Thanksgiving round-up a couple weeks back. Apparently, if there are any cracks in the crust, the very, very sticky pie filling will seep through and bake the crust right to the pie plate. One suggestion to help prevent this was to flour the bottom of the crust well before placing it in the pie plate. I also paid very close attention when pressing the dough into the plate to make sure I didn't rip it or cause any little tears. It came out beautifully this year! Hopefully this helps you, because I know how sad it is to lose part of a luscious pecan pie. :)
Happy Thanksgiving, Serious Eaters
Thank you for hosting a kick-ass community where we can meet and talk and share our love of food!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING/SLICEGIVING EVERYONE!!!
Happy Thanksgiving, Serious Eaters! I am thankful for all the knowledge, chit-chat, and general tomfoolery you all bring to my life. :) And for Kenji's cranberry sauce recipe. I think there's some left for the meal today.
Wanted: recipes for stuffed mushrooms
As an amuse-bouche, my hsuband's restaurant sometimes bakes baby mushrooms (the really little ones) with a dollop of boursin cheese in them. TO DIE FOR.
America's Test Kitchen (jeez)
@philandlauren - "I like to stir things up around here."
I just snorked granola through my nose. Thanks! ;)
Pizza Is A Vegetable According To Congress! Any Comments?
Its sad - I teach in a district that has 40% free and reduced lunches, and for a significant portion of that group, school breakfast and lunch are their only meals. Its also one of the states who's Senators fought against the stricter regulations, because we have a very large potato crop and it would have limited starchy vegetables in school lunches, such as potatoes.
At the high school level, which is what I teach, for breakfast, students are offered bagels with cream cheese, sometimes breakfast "pizza" (with no veggies, of course - just cheese, eggs, and bacon on pizza crust), maybe blueberry muffins once in a while, sugary cereal, OR a piece of fruit. They have to take a milk or a juice cup, too. Most of the kids choose the bagel, buy extra cream cheese (for a quarter), and toss the milk or juice.
For lunch, its slightly better, but they still have the options of pizza, burgers, fried chicken, potatoes with gravy, etc, etc. There is a salad bar, but they can only take a certain amount - it must fit in a small paper dish, about one cup or so. So in order for kids to fill up, they choose things that are filling - which a cup of salad certainly isn't. The kids who can afford to buy lunch without the subsidy get potato chips, cheetos, cookies, brownies, flavored water, giant pickles, and snack mix. Those who need the free and reduced lunches pick the tastiest or most filling items. So none of them are eating healthy, and our district is considered one of the better ones in the state in terms of healthiness of our cafeteria - we even won an award for it!
Its a bit better at the elementary school level, as they only have a choice of two things and no chips, cookies, etc. But there are still junky choices, like nachos and chicken nuggets, at least twice a week. I only let my daughter have school lunch once a week, and I narrow down her choices to two days with the healthiest lunches.
But we are feeding these kids crap, and then wondering why they have health problems, obesity problems, short attention spans, hyperactivity... Schools have to feed students on a ridiculous budget, something like less than a dollar per kid per meal for ingredients. Its not doable if we are going to feed them healthy foods. Honestly, junk food is cheaper to buy and therefore, cheaper for schools to feed their students.
Whole Foods is sneaking up the prices
@tea-and-syncope - Here in the frozen wastelands of Maine, avocados were over $3 EACH a couple weeks ago. I wanted to make guacamole for a football gathering I was attending - but I ditched that idea!
The Food Lab Answers Thanksgiving Questions: On Sides and Desserts
Thanks for answering my question (even though there was no real answer)! I bet anything that there was a crack or something - I didn't even think of the pecan pie filling being the culprit behind the sticking, but that makes perfect sense. I will persevere and try again this year! :)
Maine: When Pigs Fly Bakery Opens an Awesome Pizzeria in Kittery
Love, love, LOVE that you reviewed them. Its such a great restaurant, their beer selection is awesome, and the pizzas are so delicious! Anyone who goes, be sure that you get some of the charcuterie as well - local pork and most of it made in house!
Ask the Food Lab Anything, the Thanksgiving Edition
Last year, I made a beautiful pie crust in a glass pie dish using a combo of lard and butter, blind baked it, then filled it with a pecan pie recipe I've used before (with store bought crust, only because I didn't know how easy it was to make awesome pie crust myself). However, when we tried to cut into it, the crust was seriously stuck to the pan. Like, scraped out after soaking for hours in the sink stuck. I've never had this issue while making apple pie using the same crust. Should I not have blind baked it? What did I do wrong? I want to make it again this year, because it was delicious, but I can't hack at it like I did last year - it was so sad to leave half of it in the pan. :(
Cooking for peers @ work: Do you, and do they think you're nuts?
Most of the people I work with won't eat what I bring in, because I cook with real ingredients (like butter and cream and fresh veggies) and not low- or no-fat weight watchers recipe hacks. I made an AMAZING corn chowder once and offered to bring in some for everyone, but no one took me up on it. A week ago I made cranberry chicken with rice (literally a two pan recipe - one for the chicken and one for the rice) and they were all like, "That's so complicated! You made that yourself? Your husband must have helped you!" SMH...
Sometimes I can make muffins or something similar, but I have to make sure to tell them exactly how much oil I used in the whole batch. And its too bad really, because I would love to cook for them more. They are some of the best coworkers I could ask for.
Serious Reads: Fed Up With Lunch, by Sarah Wu
broken link on the book!
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Can't find a recipe I swear I saw here...
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jettabugfox answered "Yes, food I make" to Do You Give Food As Gifts?
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jettabugfox answered "A corner slice" to When it comes to square-cut pizza, I prefer ...
Poll posted by Adam Kuban, October 11, 2010 at 9:55 AM
jettabugfox answered "Sometimes" to Do you like crisp pizza cheese?
Poll posted by Adam Kuban, October 4, 2010 at 9:55 AM
jettabugfox answered "macaroni and cheese" to Which dishes are you sick of?
Poll posted by Maggie Hoffman, September 21, 2010 at 11:15 AM
jettabugfox answered "Yes" to Do You Buy Store Brands More Often Than Name Brands?
Poll posted by Erin Zimmer, September 8, 2010 at 8:00 PM
jettabugfox answered "On the cob" to How Do You Like Eating Corn?
Poll posted by Erin Zimmer, August 11, 2010 at 8:00 AM
jettabugfox answered "5-10 years old" to When Did You Learn to Cook?
Poll posted by Lingbo Li, August 4, 2010 at 8:00 AM
jettabugfox answered "Call over the manager and ask that the item be taken off the bill. " to How Would You Deal With Restaurant Error?
Poll posted by The Serious Eats Team, August 3, 2010 at 11:00 AM
jettabugfox answered "Yes. Bring it on" to Do Garlic and Mozzarella Belong Together on a Pizza?
Poll posted by Adam Kuban, August 2, 2010 at 9:55 AM
jettabugfox answered "80/20" to What Lean-To-Fat Ratio Do You Prefer When Making Burgers?
Poll posted by Robyn Lee, July 29, 2010 at 8:30 AM
jettabugfox answered "No. Grease, for lack of a better word, is good" to Do you blot the grease from your pizza?
Poll posted by Adam Kuban, July 12, 2010 at 9:55 AM
jettabugfox answered "Sometimes. Depends on how well I know them." to Do you ask before eating off a friend's plate?
Poll posted by Lingbo Li, June 9, 2010 at 9:00 AM
jettabugfox answered "Some combination of the above. (Feel free to elaborate in the comments)" to How Do You Reheat Your Pizza?
Poll posted by Adam Kuban, June 7, 2010 at 10:00 AM
jettabugfox answered "Diet" to Do You Prefer Regular or Diet Soda?
Poll posted by The Serious Eats Team, June 5, 2010 at 3:00 PM
jettabugfox answered "I've grilled it and eaten it!" to What's your experience with grilled pizza?
Poll posted by Adam Kuban, May 31, 2010 at 8:30 AM
jettabugfox answered "Start 'em young!" to Kids at Fancy Restaurants: Yay or Nay?
Poll posted by Carey Jones, May 11, 2010 at 10:00 AM
jettabugfox answered "Way!" to Pineapple Pizza: Way or No Way?
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jettabugfox answered "No way!" to Dessert Pizza: Way or No Way?
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jettabugfox answered "Way!" to Chicken on a pizza: Way or No Way?
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jettabugfox answered "Yes" to Would You Eat the KFC Double Down Sandwich?
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jettabugfox answered "Garlic" to What's Your Favorite Hummus Flavor?
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jettabugfox answered "Stephanie Patterson's Blueberry Cherry Pi Pie" to Vote For Your Favorite Pi Day Bake-Off Pie
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jettabugfox answered "Ratatouille" to What's Your Favorite Food Movie?
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jettabugfox answered "Basically #2 but with a crunchy (usually from toasted breadcrumbs) layer on top." to How Do You Like Your Mac and Cheese?
Poll posted by Erin Zimmer, February 24, 2010 at 7:30 AM
jettabugfox answered "Rarely" to Ever drink milk from the carton when no one's looking?
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People, they ah called the NEW ENGLAND Patr'ots, not the Boston or Massachusetts Patr'ots. Ya cannot hamstring 'em because Baltimore isn't as geographically lahge as New England, bub! Obviously, theyah ah some serious miscalculations heyah, as was pointed out by the disturbing lack of lobstah in the calculations fer shellfish. I mean, only as part of a shore dinnah? That's not how most people eat 'em up heyah!