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Dinner Tonight: Miso-Glazed Catfish and Baby Bok Choy
I LOVE catfish. I'm glad NPR led you to give it a try! :) As a good Texan, I don't think there's any better way to cook it than coating it in cornmeal and frying it up, but this sounds wonderful too! I never would have thought to serve it with bok choy!
Favorite SE recipe?
My faaaavorite was
Lime Soup
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2009/07/dinner-tonight-lime-soup-sopa-de-lima.html
These have been some of my other favorites
Quick Tortilla Soup:
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2009/09/the_crisper_whisperer_quick_tortilla_soup_1.html
Kale and Mushrooms with Creamy Polenta
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2009/03/kale-and-mushrooms-with-creamy-polenta-recipe.html
Warm Chicken Salad with Arugula, Capers, and Pine Nuts
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2009/08/warm-chicken-salad-with-arugula-capers-pine-nuts-recipe.html
Cook the Book: Squash Half-Moons with Butter, Sesame, and Salt
I love all winter squash recipes (even the sleepy, safe, boring ones), so I can't wait to give this one a try! I haven't cooked kabocha yet, so if I find some I'll give it a whirl! If not, it'll be a good new way to make acorn squash! Thanks!
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Chicago BBQ is Better than Memphis BBQ
I appreciate the comment regarding the brisket being the best "this side of Texas." Anyone who tips their hat to Texas BBQ is a friend of mine. :) I would love to try the Chicago (and Memphis) BBQ scene that you mentioned (the pictures make it look wonderful), but all I've ever had to this point is what I grew up eating in Texas. I tell you what, I sure do miss it being up here in Boston where I'm pretty sure they think that a smoked brisket is somewhere along the same lines as a pot roast. :)
Dinner Tonight: Miso-Glazed Catfish and Baby Bok Choy
I LOVE catfish. I'm glad NPR led you to give it a try! :) As a good Texan, I don't think there's any better way to cook it than coating it in cornmeal and frying it up, but this sounds wonderful too! I never would have thought to serve it with bok choy!
Favorite SE recipe?
My faaaavorite was
Lime Soup
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2009/07/dinner-tonight-lime-soup-sopa-de-lima.html
These have been some of my other favorites
Quick Tortilla Soup:
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2009/09/the_crisper_whisperer_quick_tortilla_soup_1.html
Kale and Mushrooms with Creamy Polenta
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2009/03/kale-and-mushrooms-with-creamy-polenta-recipe.html
Warm Chicken Salad with Arugula, Capers, and Pine Nuts
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2009/08/warm-chicken-salad-with-arugula-capers-pine-nuts-recipe.html
Cook the Book: Squash Half-Moons with Butter, Sesame, and Salt
I love all winter squash recipes (even the sleepy, safe, boring ones), so I can't wait to give this one a try! I haven't cooked kabocha yet, so if I find some I'll give it a whirl! If not, it'll be a good new way to make acorn squash! Thanks!
Have You Ever Deep Fried a Turkey for Thanksgiving?
My roommate did it with incredible results (and no fireballs). He brined it overnight before throwing it in the fryer, and It was nice and crispy on the outside and oh so tender and juicy on the inside.
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
My absolute favorite is my mom's cornbread dressing. I eat at least two helpings too many and still can't wait for leftovers the net day!! Also, as terrible as I know it is, I LOVE canned cranberry sauce (we just call it "can" since it plops out onto the plate and retains the shape of the inside of the can)!
I also love the sounds of the Boiled Peanut Catalogue! I've got to check this out!
Serious Salsa: Habanero Hot Sauce
"habanero," not "haberno." Geez.
Serious Salsa: Habanero Hot Sauce
I know I am very much belated commenting on this post, but I made this hot sauce for a couple of parties this weekend, and it was a hit! I made my regular salsa (you know, just tomatoes, onion, garlic, serranos, cilantro, lime juice), but I think people liked the haberno even better! Thanks so much!
Unique Food Trends: Houston, Texas
Migas are another great Texas food trend that started in the Austin area. They're basically scrambled eggs with corn tortilla strips, jalapenos, cheese, and cilantro in the mix. I'm hungry just thinking about them!
This article makes living away from Texas even more difficult! I miss it!
Win a Free Organic D'Artagnan Turkey
Everything sounds so good, but what really got my mouth watering was the Cranberry Sauce with Champagne and Currants and the Pioneer Woman's Sweet Potatoes!
Dinner Tonight: Kale and Mushrooms with Creamy Polenta
I usually preboil the kale as I do with most greens because blanching it takes out a bit of the bitterness.
Cook the Book: Grilled Sardines with Chopped Salad and Skordalia Soup
This is too ironic! I just saw sardines at my local grocery store at the fish counter, and I thought "well, I thought those only came in a can." That got me wondering, "what do people do with fresh sardines?" and voila! You post this recipe! Thanks!! It sounds really good!
Black Iron Dude, a Blog about Cast Iron Cookware
Cool!! Thanks! I'm always looking for more tips/ideas/you name it about cast-iron skillets!!
Mixed Review: Ad Hoc's Fried Chicken Mix
I hate to be a purist, but I just can't see why a mix for fried chicken is needed. Salt water brine (or buttermilk which requires zero effort at all), and then shake in flour, salt, and pepper and fry. Done. The result is incredible fried chicken with no need for an expensive mix.
Now, I have to admit, the brine in the mix DOES sound incredible, so maybe I'll come off my stubborn high-horse and try it sometime, but for now, I'm sticking to my guns.
Cook the Book: Pork Soffrito with Spicy Peppers and Cabbage
Yum. This. Sounds. Awesome.
The Varying Food Preferences of Conservatives and Liberals
I'm a pretty darn conservative girl, and I do love my southern comfort foods. However, I also LOVE trying new cuisines, both at restaurants and in my own kitchen. I'm sure there is some truth behind this article, but plenty of conservatives love fresh veggies, seasonal produce, and ethnic cuisines! I also bet there are plenty of liberals out there that wouldn't touch tofu. Amusing article all the same, though! :)
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
I love lamb chops with garlic, lemon, crushed red pepper, parsley, and just a pinch of thyme! I'm hoping with a meat share I'm joining this winter, that I will get some new cuts of lamb meat to try! I'm going to look more into this cookbook. It sounds amazing!!
Weekend Giveaway: Nudo Olive Tree Adoption
Nicoise are definitely my favorite, but I'm a sucker for jalapeno-stuffed green olives too!
Cook the Book: Cornmeal-Crusted Pan-Fried Trout
if you put cornmeal on something and fry it, there is no way it can be bad.
Cook the Book: Bolognese Sauce
I wish you had said the result was awful....not worth it...terrible so that I could have washed my hands of it and thought "thank goodness I didn't bother wasting 3 days on something like that." When I read how much time this took, I was with schwerine and funkopolis, but then you had to go and say how good it was. I've never even made a 1 day bolognese, but here I am wanting to make a 3 day bolognese just so I can see how wonderful it is too.
Curiosity might have killed the cat, but this sounds like it could be worth a try. :)
Serious Heat: How Did You Become a Chilehead?
I was definitely a slow tolerance builder, and I'm still working on it. I went from not being able to eat mild hot sauce growing up (which was reason enough for being ostracized in Texas even as a child) to loving things with jalapenos, serranos, cayenne, sriracha sauce, you name it. I still haven't worked up the nerve to cook with habaneros (except for in a co-worker's AWESOME Belize hot sauce), but I'll get there!
Cook the Book: Steak with Anchovy Butter
I've been meaning to conquer my fear of anchovies , and this sounds like a great place to start. Also, thanks so much for the advice for meat cooking times! I'm always nervous about that too!
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
This has been so much fun to read everyone's favorite family dinners and how different they all are, but how they all center upon eating with family.
My favorite family dinner growing up was always chicken n' dumplins. When winter rolled around, I knew it would be on the menu soon. I would stand in the kitchen with mom and watch her make dumplins by dropping the batter into the pot of soup (it seemed almost like magic to me), and then we would all sit around the table over a warm bowls of soup. We had family dinners each night growing up, but chicken n' dumplins were always an extra special occasion to me!
What Your Beer Says About You
Granted, all of the craft beer drinkers I know DO like The Office. :)
What Your Beer Says About You
I do find this pretty amusing, but I know plenty of craft beer drinkers that are very responsible hard working folks. They just like good beer and trying new things!
Dinner Tonight: Miso-Glazed Catfish and Baby Bok Choy
Looks good. Gonna have to try that.
Also, belay.
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
I have made my great grandmother's carrot and zucchini o-shaped loaf for my in-laws for the past three years. I surround the loaf with and put in the middle tons of roasted broccoli - definitely a crowd pleaser, as it goes fantastic with the turkey and mashed potatoes and all the other classic sides!
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
Mom's and Grandma's Stuffing!
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
Mashed potatos and gravy, just not Thanksgiving without this side.
Unique Food Trends: Houston, Texas
If you are passing through the area around Temple it is absolutely worth it to make the short side trip to Zabcikville and stop in Green's Sausage House for some klobasniky! I have lived in Houston and used to make the trip to Austin all the time for school. Weikels does have some good ones, but Green's are the best I have encountered so far (although even a bad one is good!).....
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
Impossible to have just one, so the two would be cornbread dressing and Emmitt Smith's Sweet Potatoe Casserole.
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
I love sweet potatoes!
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
Cornbread stuffing with cranberry sauce! LOVE it!
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
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Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
My favorite is creamy mashed potatoes
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
sweet potatoes
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
Homemade stuffing with sausages.
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
My favorite side is homemade stuffing. Yummy!!
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
Stuffing, stuffing, stuffing. Love stuffing. Unless you count pie as a side.
Unique Food Trends: Houston, Texas
Proud Texan and TAMU former student here (whoop!! BTHOtu!). LOVE Shipley's, but...if you can...travel up North on I-35, North of Waco, toward Dallas and make a pitstop at The Czech Stop in Hillsboro. Truly wonderful kolaches. Just sayin'. ;)
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
My favorite "side" is the nut bread that my mother used to make for her entire married life. She found the recipe in a newspaper in 1948. It is chock-full of walnuts! Thanks!
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
stuffing and any kind of vegetable!
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
My favorite side is green bean casserole... geez will my boyfriends family have this? Eeek!
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
wild mushroom stuffing
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
the gravy, we make ours with lots of giblets and sliced hard boiled eggs
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
Mashed Potatoes is my favorite. garrettsambo@aol.com
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
Mashed potatoes and gravy :)
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
My fav side is the wonderful tasting cranberry sauce
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I appreciate the comment regarding the brisket being the best "this side of Texas." Anyone who tips their hat to Texas BBQ is a friend of mine. :) I would love to try the Chicago (and Memphis) BBQ scene that you mentioned (the pictures make it look wonderful), but all I've ever had to this point is what I grew up eating in Texas. I tell you what, I sure do miss it being up here in Boston where I'm pretty sure they think that a smoked brisket is somewhere along the same lines as a pot roast. :)