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Dinner Tonight: Grilled Caesar Salad

I love grilling romaine lettuce! I love to make a grilled salad with romaine, grilled carrots, grilled corn, grilled red onions and avocado (non grilled).

jscarpetta at 6:58PM on 07/09/08

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Serious Eats Fish Taco Crawl

Loco, I agree with you about Taco mesa, they make some of the best and really healthy mexican food around. It took me a little while to get used to the whole fish taco thing, I am a 9 year transplant from NY but now I love em to death!

I am very happy to see baja fish tacos on the list, they are awesome, I eat there once a week.

jscarpetta at 1:03PM on 01/04/08

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Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Southside Market Sausage

I know this sounds like all of the rest of the home q'ers but I like it low and slow in my backyard baby!

jscarpetta at 3:10PM on 12/11/07

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In Gear: Knives and Tools for Bird Carving

In Alton Brown I trust, therefore I use an electric knife!

jscarpetta at 7:49AM on 11/12/07

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Win Your Thanksgiving Turkey!

My Dad used to break it when we were little but when we got older he would make my brother and I fight over it.

jscarpetta at 7:29AM on 11/12/07

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What brand of knives do you use?

I use a mixture of Henckels, wusthof and kyocera ceramics as of recently. If you want a different type of knife try ceramic and they even have a serrated knife now...

jscarpetta at 11:56AM on 09/27/07

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Marinating from a frozen state...does anybody do this?

Would the marinade get watered down when the meat eventually thaws? I'm sure it's not too terrible but maybe the flavor you're looking for will be less entense? Also depending on how frozen the meat was, I would think the marinade will not penetrate the meat until it's completely thawed out, which would extend the amount of time that you need to keep the meat marinated.

Thats my .2 cents

jscarpetta at 11:32AM on 09/27/07

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Dinner Tonight: Grilled Caesar Salad

For a light meal instead of a side dish, I'd add very crisp crumbled streaky bacon, some shavings of cheddar, Tussers or Colchester cheese, and avocado. Cherry tomato wouldn't do any harm, either...

Interesting idea to grill the lettuce - doesn't it turn romaine more bitter than it is already? I do often stir-fry leftover salads - as long as they don't contain avocado - and mix them with rice or pasta (and cheese, when I feel like a bit of extravagance) for a make-shift lunch. Cooked lettuce is delicious, but expect a sizable reduction in quantity!

mynah at 4:47PM on 07/10/08

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