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Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Without a doubt, Roast beef, Yorkshire pud, roasted veg, mashed potatoes and gravy and Brussel's. With Trifle for dessert if anyone can move after that!!
Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'
I'm addicted to SE and PWC, but I also like The Old Foodie for the interesting historical food information.
Cook the Book: The Southern Italian Table
Al dente pasta sauted with butter and garlic and dredged with Pecorino Romano. My homemade spaghetti sauce and meatballs.
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Does Anyone Out There Make Homemade Corned Beef?
Posted by lamora, January 20, 2009 at 1:17 AM
Ok, I will follow with..how do you say Jalapeno
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Parents with different nationalities, what do you still make?
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Do You Like Eating Pie Crust By Itself?
YES, I love pie crust. I loved that this subject came up. I love making a pie crust and making a simple jam tart by spreading a little jam over it and baking, Growing up in England we adored jam tart with warm custard. My favorite dessert.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Without a doubt, Roast beef, Yorkshire pud, roasted veg, mashed potatoes and gravy and Brussel's. With Trifle for dessert if anyone can move after that!!
Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'
I'm addicted to SE and PWC, but I also like The Old Foodie for the interesting historical food information.
Cook the Book: The Southern Italian Table
Al dente pasta sauted with butter and garlic and dredged with Pecorino Romano. My homemade spaghetti sauce and meatballs.
What's your favorite food when drunk?
I am a salt freak...so, pretzels dipped in celtic grey sea salt.
Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'
I have loved making and trying fancy desserts, but it always comes back to my all time favorite. Jam tart with warm custard.
Cook the Book: 'Japanese Hot Pots'
Hot and Sour Soup from our local favorite Chinese place. At home in the winter we eat lots of soups, from Broccoli cheese soup to Caldo de Res and Chile Verde for my husband.
Cook the Book: 'Gourmet Today'
Definately the Betty Crocker cookbook along with various British Cookery books. My mother still has the original cookbook I learned to bake from. Very dog-eared and falling apart.
Cook the Book: 'Zingerman's Guide to Better Bacon'
Bacon is what Bacon Does, and that's all I have to say about that!!
Cook the Book: 'Dishing Up Vermont'
California: BBQ tri-tip, avocados, lemons/oranges and pistachios.
Cook the Book: '100 Best Vegetarian Recipes'
My absolute favorite veggie meal is roasted winter vegetables: potatoes, beets, carrots, onions, and brussels sprouts, tossed in a little olive oil, salt and pepper and roasted in a hot oven until browned and crispy. I make lots so I can have leftovers for lunch.
Cook the Book: '660 Curries' by Raghavan Iyer
My indoctrination to Indian food has been fairly recent. A local restaurant, a bowl of chicken tikka masala. Rich, creamy, spicy, decadent. Hot, fresh Naan....I was hooked!!
Cook the Book: 'Canal House Cooking, Vol. 1'
Grilled corn on the cob. I can't get enough of it!!!
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
Every time my pie crust does not shrink down into a 5 inch hockey puck...I consider that a triumph!! I did win an award once for my lemon cream cheese pie, but it had a graham cracker crust. Those I do well!!
Cook the Book: 'The Barcelona Cookbook'
The only place I've ever had tapas is at Flamenco Tapas in Fresno CA. Very good!!!
Cook the Book: 'L.A.'s Original Farmers Market Cookbook'
The best here is our local Saturday morning flea market that has avocados the size of your head for 1.00 each. So ripe you want to eat one right there. Fresh fruit samplings are also my favorite...especially the locally grown strawberries. Huge!
How do YOU make a tomato sandwich?
I have never liked raw tomatoes, it's a texture thing. I eat them only if finely diced in salsa. But I can eat them cooked in any other way, shape or form. My favorite, as a form of Welsh Rarebit, but with the sliced tomato. On ciabatta bread, sliced tomato, extra sharp chedder, broil until bubbly. I also make it with mozz and fresh basil and garlic. For breakfast or lunch...good eats.
Cook the Book: 'Seven Fires'
Fritanga and Pernil and arepas from Colombia.
Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'
Any Asian cuisine, Vietnamese, Korean, Thai. I love the flavors.
Cook the Book: 'Rustic Fruit Desserts'
Blackberry Crumble with warm custard.
Who uses recipes and who is winging it?
I find that I have a serious mental problem with recipes. I can't remember a time where I followed the recipe exactly. I might need counseling....what do you call that??? I was once employed as a baker in a 'chain' enterprise. I had daily bakery items I was not supposed to deviate from. Sorry, I did..and created some items that customers still ask me for...even though the restaurant/bakery went out of business.
I love cookboooks and buy them constantly..but use the recipes in them to lay a groundwork for the flavors and tastes my family enjoys.
Cook the Book: 'Rustic Fruit Desserts'
Blackberry and apple crumble, made with flour, sugar butter...with topping crumbled over fruit. Served with warm Bird's Custard.
Which do you prefer?
Barfetts...never. I only go at Christmas when the boss takes us to one. Since I'm not paying, it doesn't matter how little I eat.
Cooking at home is my favorite. I find that all our favorite meals can be made at home since I am such a wonderful cook. (just kidding). We in my family love ribs, lobster, etc....and the restaurants around here suck. So....we get the ingredients and cook them at home.
your opinion: calorie free / sugar free products
I hate, hate, hate..any food related products that are fat-free, sugar-free, and taste-free. I've learned that everything should be eaten in moderation, so unless there is a health issue, i never go there. BUT I use Splenda in my tea...sugar makes me climb the walls.
Cook the Book: 'Endangered Recipes' by Lari Robling
Sneaking into the kitchen after dinner and scraping out the mashed potato pot. I loved and still love my spuds....in any way shape or form.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Spaghetti with meatballs and chunks of Italian sausage in a smooth garlicky red sauce, caesar salad with homemade garlic croutons, warm crusty Italian bread with butter, a nice barolo, and lemon cheesecake for dessert.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
fajitas, hands down.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Layer sauerkraut in a casserole dish, place pork chops on top and season (I use cracked black pepper, garlic powder and smoked paprika), cover with lid or seal with foil, bake in 400 degree oven for 45 minutes. I like to make mashed potatoes with it, but have also just done steamed veggies on the side.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Grandy's roast beef, carrots, and mashed potatoes
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Mom's from-the-Campbell's-can versions of Chicken a la King and Beef Stroganoff!
Do You Like Eating Pie Crust By Itself?
I think whoever said "maybe crust haters are used to store bought crusts and never had a scratch crust" might be onto something. Well-made scratch crust...OMG, nothing like it. And you KNOW that someone making a scratch crust would not waste such a labor of love on acky Sandra Lee canned filling.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Mom's homemade lasagna, bread, and apple pie.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Coming from a Turkish household, my favorite family dinner is mercimek çorbasi (lentil soup) with köfte (ground beef/meatball-like patties), domatesli pilav (tomato rice), and yogurt.
Do You Like Eating Pie Crust By Itself?
I agree that a higher crust-to-fruit ratio is preferable with fruit pies. The filling is often too sweet and I like a good thick crust to balance it.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Favorite family dinner would have to be my childhood birthday meal of Earl Abel's fried chicken and black bottom pie.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Sauerbraten and homemade sides.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Really anything, as long as it's accompanied by family and laughter. We often have shrimp scampi in the summer and a roast with Yorkshire Pudding in the winter....mmm.... :)
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Our favorite family dinner is Homemade Lasagna with a green salad and homemade yeast rolls.
Thank you so much for the chance to win.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
spaghetti and meatballs
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
We called it "chicken and glop", but it was chicken and rice. How did my mother put up with us?
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
It depends on the weather for me, but at this time of year it's roast chicken, mashed potatoes, peas (homegrown, please; frozen peas from the store are inevitably overripe), green salad, and pie.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
meatloaf and mashed potatoes!
Do You Like Eating Pie Crust By Itself?
I loooooooove pie crust unplugged, especially hot, with a glass of ice cold (whole) milk. I usually make a two crust recipe even if I just need one for a pie so I can have a special treat.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
My favorite family dinner would have to be posole. We have it every christmas eve with fresh tamales and it is sooo good.
Do You Like Eating Pie Crust By Itself?
Not particularly but my husband loves, loves, loves pie crust by itself.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Gosh, my favorite family dinner!? That's hard . My family is full of great cooks so I guess it has more to do with the atmosphere. So then I would have to go with Christmas eve dinner. 14 cousins plus 16 Aunts and Uncles all eating and drinking and being merry. Usually there's a goose (which doesn't hurt) and floating islands for desert. super yummm, it warms my heart just to think about it.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
ribs. lasagna. soup. anything my mom makes
Do You Like Eating Pie Crust By Itself?
@PommeDG: Knowing Robyn's mom personally... yeah, this conversations definitely happened.
Do You Like Eating Pie Crust By Itself?
I totally ignore the fruit - especially when its way too gooey. I'm a crust eater all the way.
Do You Like Eating Pie Crust By Itself?
@PommeDG: Yeah, she was....I talked to her on the phone yesterday afternoon before I wrote this post. (Can't say I have a recording of the conversation, but my coworkers overheard me.) After she told me how much she liked crust and how not into filling she was, I said something like, "Uh mom, people usually like to eat both together," and she she responded with surprise. Not that she doesn't understand that people tend to eat both together, just that her tolerance for sweetness must be so low that she's surprised most people enjoy the fillings, or something like that.
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Does Anyone Out There Make Homemade Corned Beef?
Posted by lamora, January 20, 2009 at 1:17 AM
Ok, I will follow with..how do you say Jalapeno
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Parents with different nationalities, what do you still make?
Posted by lamora, December 19, 2008 at 1:29 AM
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YES, I love pie crust. I loved that this subject came up. I love making a pie crust and making a simple jam tart by spreading a little jam over it and baking, Growing up in England we adored jam tart with warm custard. My favorite dessert.