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Possiblity of contamination of coumarin in cinnamon?
Seriously though, you may want to talk to your doctor about this. Coumarin is a blood thinner and it may have effects with other medications that you are taking.
While the internet is a valuable source for medical research, and helping someone learn how to talk to their doctor, you should ALWAYS talk to your doctor regarding medical advice.
Question of the Day: How did you get your first cooking-related burn?
Making tea for my sick mom when I was 5. I have a very small scar on the knuckle of my left ring finger.
On another note, I worked at a bakery for years. The only time that I ever burned myself was during the 2 weeks that my boss was on vacation. I don't know if it was because I was under more stress or what..
Why does organic milk last so long?
I thought that the UHT milk was the stuff in the same containers that you can buy soup broth in. I have seen them on normal shelves in the market. I am talking about the stuff in the 'normal' milk containers.
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Cookbook Giveaway: 'A Twist of the Wrist'
Frozen broccoli florets. Most times they just look better, and I can just plunk them in whatever I am cooking. They also make a great base for soups.
Possiblity of contamination of coumarin in cinnamon?
Seriously though, you may want to talk to your doctor about this. Coumarin is a blood thinner and it may have effects with other medications that you are taking.
While the internet is a valuable source for medical research, and helping someone learn how to talk to their doctor, you should ALWAYS talk to your doctor regarding medical advice.
Question of the Day: How did you get your first cooking-related burn?
Making tea for my sick mom when I was 5. I have a very small scar on the knuckle of my left ring finger.
On another note, I worked at a bakery for years. The only time that I ever burned myself was during the 2 weeks that my boss was on vacation. I don't know if it was because I was under more stress or what..
Why does organic milk last so long?
I thought that the UHT milk was the stuff in the same containers that you can buy soup broth in. I have seen them on normal shelves in the market. I am talking about the stuff in the 'normal' milk containers.
Do you like 'chunks' in your ice cream?
I agree with Sarah P. I like nuts and brownie bits and chocolate chips, but the texture of frozen fruit just turns me.
Question of the Day: What kitchen gadget needs to be invented?
Something that cleans a box grater without getting shredded.
Actually, I would just be happy if things that we already had came apart easily, had user replacable parts, and lasted a long time.
Question of the Day: What were you making last time you set off the smoke alarm?
Bacon, I like mine just this side of cremated.
My cat and smoke alarm go off at the same time. One doesn't like the other, so it sounds like: Beep, Beep, Beep. MEOOOOOOOW! Beep, Beep,Beep. Both keeping perfect time.
Question of the Day: The five-second rule—is it OK to eat food you've dropped?
I have a dog, no food makes it on the floor for more than 2 seconds.
What to put on which kind of bagel?
Salt bagel with honey nut cream cheese.
Jalapeno bagel with plain cream cheese.
Poppy bagel with plain cream cheese and capers.
Problem with non-stick pans and cakes.
I get the restaurant type pans at sur la table.
I think that your cakes are rising because the batter has nothing to hold onto, try buttering and flouring them even though they are nonstick.
Love the site, hate the color scheme?
The colors are nicely muted (i.e. nothing is screaming), but seriously in advertising class they tell you never to use orange!
Any suggestions for what to do with leftover wine corks?
I have done the cork board thing. You can also go to halloween as one of the Bruces with a pith helmet. You can tie them into things that you are felting to give a 3-D quality to the fabric (craftzine.com).
You can also enter the design contest that makes a chair from the champagne cork and wire.
Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?
Ok, this is going to be weird: I like Alton, I can't stand RR.
I like Paula Deen more because she is entertaining: She gets bleeped! It's hilarious.
I like Nigella, but that is more because I always find something I want to make out of her cook books.
Michael Chiarello has the wrists of a magician, so that is entertaining.
Who I don't like:
I don't really like the concept of Dave Lieberman's show, mostly because the food that he is supposed to make is budget concious, it really isn't.
Sandra Lee is like nails on chalkboards.
Giada...I might like her better if her hair didn't always seem to be on the precipice of being in her food.
Question of the Day: What's your earliest food-related memory?
This is really geeky, and probably exlplains why I am a scientist.
My mom was trying really hard to convince me to eat some brocolli. I was young, probably four. I just wouldn't put it in my mouth.
She finally started telling me this story about what happens when you eat, how you chew up the food, and it goes down your esophagus, into your belly, and ending up as poop (because veggies were the best at that). And even though brocolli looks like trees, it was good for you.
Finally, she had to heat the broccoli up again because the story took so long. The fun part is that I loved it. I started asking for it all the time. Broccoli is my favorite veg, always has always will (and please, no cheese).
Question of the Day: Ever buy cookware, utensils, or gadgets from an infomercial?
I watched this biography of Ron Popeil once (I was sick...forgive me). He is rather an interesting guy.
But I am starting to think that Billy Mays (of orange glo fame) is the next Ron Popeil.
Rachael Ray - love, hate, ignore, pity, envy?
Spawn of the Devil.
Mostly, it bugs the hell out of me that her hair is in her face when she is cooking.
She seems to have certain gestures that she makes with certain word combos (not that I can stand watching her...she just is on right before AB).
Gather everything out of the shelves? What the hell is up with that? She is almost always (at least the times that I have seen her) on the verge of dropping something. Cleaning a smashed jar off the floor does not help the speediness of dinner.
I also hate her made up words: Stoup? Come on!
Question of the Day: Do you have a food-related pet name for your sweetheart?
Hmm. I call my cat 'Monkey Butt' too.
Hubby calls me sweet. Bugs the hell out of me because it is always reminding me of something sweet to eat and makes me hungry.
My dog and Alton Brown inspired my guinea pig's name: Mango. Because as AB put it: Ginger and Mango are best friends. And it's true too.
What's you favorite Non-Micro brew...
Normal Place: Hoegaarden
Dive: Blue Moon
Question of the Day: What's the worst meal someone's ever cooked for you?
My mom is a horrible cook.
She has made a pork roast that turned out green.
She made potato soup, once, and after 20 years I still remember how bad it was: I think that it was flake potatoes and enough water to make it a soup like consistency.
My brother and I refer to her 'chili' as hamburger soup, as it is just tomato soup, kidney beans and browned ground meat, no onions, no chili seasonings of any kind.
Question of the Day: Not for the squeamish--ever get food sickness?
Taco bell. Ended up in the hospital after 12 hours of 'both-ends' every 30 minutes (to the minute). Worst experience ever.
Do you know how to use chopsticks?
I do, my best friend growning up was chinese, and he taught me. I just bought my niece "starter' ones for kids.
Question of the Day: What is your favorite food-related magazine?
Cook's Illustrated, because I am a scientist, and really appreciate the approach. I also love the back covers.
There is one that I like from Australia, but I can't remember it's name.
Question of the Day: Other people say it's 'gross,' but you love it. What is it?
salt and vinegar potato chips with vanilla ice cream. The combo is sort of minty.
What do you order when you go to the cheap Chinese takeout?
chicken with garlic sauce, no green peppers or mushrooms, extra spicy
steamed dumplings
veg lo mein
Does Cooking Make You Gay?
This may not necessarily be the same thing, but people often assume that women that are good at math and science are gay. It is a gender role issue. I also like to cook, not because it is something I am supposed to do, but it is like science in my home lab. I am happily married.
I hated dolls as a child, but I could make a mean play-doh pierogi. I prefered designing the barbie house, rather than playing pretend with them.
There are somethings that we don't find out that we are good at until later in life. There is a span of time where we start to mature, and not care what everyone thinks anymore. We start to trust our own judgement. We figure out what makes us happy.
My husband can figure out how to grill, other than that, the kitchen is mine. Luckily, I like this. However, he realizes that it is a skill set that he should have learned in his younger days.
Maybe once people start to mature (and some take longer than others), things start falling in place. Maybe in this instance these two particular pieces of adam fell into places at similar times.
Everyone's got a regional specialty..
don't forget ny bagels!
Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?
I used to watch a lot of FN back in the early days. I enjoyed Jack McDavid, Mario Batali, Sara Moulton. Now, I never watch FN. The turning point, for me, was when Rachel Ray became a "star" (gag).
Now if I want to learn something about cooking, I tune in PBS, and watch Jacques Pepin, Lidia, or the two ladies on America's Test Kitchen.
Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?
Least: Ina Garten; from her voice to her food, personality, friends, etc. . .she drives me insane.
Most: Giada Di Laurentiis, I have a girl crush on her.
Possiblity of contamination of coumarin in cinnamon?
You can buy real organic Ceylon cinnamon at Amazon. You don't have to go around the world and pay through your nose to get the product. A company in California will ship you the product right away. I found this on the web
http://www.indusorganics.com/camparison.php
check the amazon.com
just search for organic Ceylon cinnamon at Amazon.com or click on this link
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=organic+ceylon+cinnamon&x=0&y=0
Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?
I have to agree with many comments here.I have studied culinary arts for years and these housewife cook wannabees do not know the difference between a good Veloute and a bowl of gravy.
Where does the food netwok find these people?
Sandra Lee gets so excited over her booze,you would think she was an alcoholic! Rachael Ray acts like the host of Sesame Street with her ignorant, goofy, childish sayings. Paula Dean serves so much fat in her food, it is more rich than her fake,overpronounced accent which is comparable to fingernails on a chalkboard.Giada dresses like a street walker and tries to sound italian with her fancy pronouncing og food.What happened to credible culinarians? are all we are left with are women's day readers like these four women who think they are teaching cooking? please!!!
Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?
My faves: Alton Brown, Anne Burrell, Ina Garten
Likes: Jaime O., Tyler F. Micheal Chirello (sp?)
My not so faves: Ray Ray, Sunny Anderson and the Neeleys...I started out liking Ray but her overexposure did me in...I haven't seen a thing on Sunny's show that I would make, and I can't stand her delivery, and the Neeleys...I like things they make but that lovey dovey crap really turns me off...and of course Sandra goes without saying...
Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?
My favorite is Ina and my very least favorite is Giada. Can Giada's tops get any lower without this show being rated as porn? I have nothing at all against showing some cleavage, but please...this is a cooking show, and if her cooking isn't good enough to stand on its own, they should take her off the air. Actually, I tried several of her recipes and thought they we just "okay". Her books are loaded with photos of her rather than of the food, and she is way too full of herself. She should stop the annoying Italian accent when she pronounces Italian food items. She was born and raised in California for goodness sakes!
Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?
I used to watch a lot of FN but honestly it's so overproduced these days I just can't get into it. I understand that they get the best ratings with these lame reality shows and camera-friendly cooks, but can't they appease everyone by having a few shows with hosts passionate about a particular part of cooking? Go ahead, play them at some weird-ass time of day, I'll tape it, but to me it's such a waste of a perfect medium to march out these clowns preparing the same bland recipe over and over and over again.
Favorites (none of these exist anymore): Jamie , Mario, Alton
Least favorites: Aida Whatever, Sunni Whatever
Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?
I used to watch this channel frequently for info on cooking techniques, and good recipes; not on much anymore. Weekend getaways at $40 and such rot are a waste of time. I have no problem with the dumbed-down shows for the chef-boyardee crowd, but I have the travel channel, with Bourdain, for the other stuff.
Faves: Alton, Mario, Sara
Middling: Sandra, Giada [OK....just eye candy....no turtlenecks needed]. Flay....I like the genre, so I follow his recipes. Emeril....shelf life date gone by......he's now a shill on the "green network".....and, not convincingly so. Paula.....on the fast track to Emeril status.
Least: Ray Ray. Well, Sandra too...although S doesn't annoy me me nearly as much as does RR.
Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?
Favorite: Ina Garten and Bobby Flay
Least Fave: Sandra Lee (worst), Sunny Anderson, Ellie Krieger, Ann Burell
Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?
FAVE: jamie oliver -- i LOVE jamie at home. also nigella -- apparently i love brits.
LEAST FAVES: sandra lee, hands down. not even a competition!
Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?
Favs: Ina Garten, Giada, Alton Brown. Duff Goldman & Mary Alice from Ace of Cakes - do they count?
also sort of Flay because, hey, a good looking guy who can cook? im all for it.
least favs - Paula Deen. something about her annoys the CRAP out of me. Sandra Lee - im in college and even i wouldnt eat some of the disgusting look things she makes
Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?
Favorites: Paula Dean, her recipes I can make and have. Sandra Lee because her recipes are very doable. Why do so many dislike her? I love to watch her. I also like the fact that with Sandra Lee, you can take common packaged stuff and make something great. Alton Brown, definitely a fav of mine. I can't stand Emeril. His recipes are so complicated, why bother? Ina Garten's recipes are too complicated as well.
Least Favorite: Obviously Rachel Ray is an amature when it comes to cooking. Come on folks, I mean, my teenage son can concoct what she comes up with. Also, she is extremely irritating with all of her hand gestures and her EEVO and her rolling eyes. I deliberately turn off the FN when she is scheduled. I just don't get it. She's awful. BEST: Alton Brown WORST: Rachel Ray
Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?
Most: Paula Deen, Alton Brown, and Ina Garten
Least: The Neelys and Sunny Anderson
Love the site, hate the color scheme?
lmao @ adams comment
What to put on which kind of bagel?
Montreal sesame seed bagel, toasted with avocado smushed on top
Cinnamon and raisin bagel, toasted, with crunchy peanut butter
Everything bagel, toasted, with herb and garlic cream cheese
What to put on which kind of bagel?
mmmm....let's see...a toasted cinnamon bagel with peanut butter smeared on top (so it melts slightly because of the warm bagel), a sliced banana, and drizzled with honey. filling, nutritious, and delicious.
What to put on which kind of bagel?
My favorites are a wheat or plain bagel with cream cheese and strawberry jam, a blueberry bagel with cinnamon walnut cream cheese, and an everything bagel with sharp cheddar and a slice of tomato. Mmm! I don't have bagels often, but this is really making me want one!
What to put on which kind of bagel?
Smoked cheddar bagel, toasted, with green olive cream cheese. Pumpernickle, not toasted, with plain cream cheese, lox, capers, red onion and maybe tomato.
What to put on which kind of bagel?
Plain, toasted, lox, capers, cream cheese (hey, I'm from the South; we're a little new to this party), or cinnamon-raisin, toasted, with sharp cheddar.
Of course, the game changes if they're *fresh* (and good) - but the only time that happens in my area is if I've made them. If then, the answer is always: fresh butter. Preferably homemade.
What to put on which kind of bagel?
i like the salt bagel toasted with just the right amount of butter....
but has anyone ever had a bialy????? also good toasted with a lite smear of cream cheese and butter.... also great egg & cheese sandwich.
kossars bialy shop way down the lower east side..... near the donut plant.
What to put on which kind of bagel?
Warm (not toasted) sesame with cream cheese and chives.
What to put on which kind of bagel?
Pumpernickel, cream cheese, lox & tomato - please!
What to put on which kind of bagel?
Butter on a pumpernickel bagel for sure!
Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?
First of all I have to recover from laughing sooo hard at the remarks from:
Nance- re: Sandra Lee on the Kwanzaa cake (topping in with corn nuts) please tell me your joking, I don't know if you or Sandra's Kwazaa cake recipe want to kill ME. rotfl.
Jensings- your comment also made me roll off the couch, well put.
Alssa- same as above
Thanks y'all for a very good laugh.
Now who I like:
Alton - becuz he is silly and informative, I like that.
Emeril- becuz of due respect, but he needs to (or has) retire, his "bam" has gotten a little too old.
Ina- like her soft spoken demure and her recipes seem very good, but did she make a pact with the devil? Read her bio eveything thing she did she is successful at... hmmmmmm. That nervous laugh does get to me though.
Tyler- tried some of his stuff....really good.
Sara Moulton- like her alot, she is so relaxed, I like her cooking, she teaches, and she covers UP!! I miss her.
Cat Cora-total professional, she is very pretty but like all chefs ( iam one myself) cover's UP!! She wears a chef coat. I like her demure and professional knowledge.
Anthony Bourdain- Love his shows, they tell the real shit that goes on in cultures.
Mario- real authentic chef. Love his shows and his foods. Wll miss him too.
Duff-I like but other then his oux and Mary Alice many of his workers seem liike there on drugs.
Guy- I like him. his show makes me sick becuz my city has very few diner, drive-ins and dives anymore( I live in Seattle). His other show I only saw a few times, but I liked what he made so far. He's funny.
Symon- I like him. He's professional and his giggles crack me up. I like his food.
Flay- His actual shows bore me to sleep but I do respect his success and I 'm sure his food is good. I hear good reviews about his restaurants.
Ming Tsi- I miss him, he too is a Pro. and I loved his show. I made a dish of his for Mother's Day once and it turned out great but man, I almost had to hop a plane to Asia to get some of the ingreds. for it.
Now for my dislikes:
Paula Deen- I like her home program (she's somewhat mellow) but the shit she makes.......
Paula's party- That is enough to make my ears bleed. Is she drunk on that show? She is flirting, forgetting what they are doing she is hamming it up. Nooooooooo!!
Robin What her name- Boring.
Giada- I liked her pogram when it first aired, but now it is a joke. Yes that phoney accent, the Farrah Fawcett smile, yes the low cut shirts. Shit she is making Italian food (maybe), she should be professional and wear a chef coat. You get shit all over yourself making Italian food. It's food food porn.
Sandra Lee- Ah wtf is she doing on FN? Yes she has a concept for making things go easy in the kitchen, yes someone above wrote that some chefs use canned this and that for fresh and its true, and that is good, but she can at least come through with some dishes that are homemade 100% for the times one has day off or special occasions ect. Anyone can open a box or packet and just add shit to it, but I thought the FN was to educate people how to make real dishes.
Bobblehead aka Rach Ray- She is over the top of WHAT???? Yes I play a game with my boyfriend, everytime 30 mins. airs we get beers ready and when she says her imfamous words "EVOO, sammies, delish, garbage bowl, awesome, eyeball it, giggles, ect., we take a drink. Guaranteed your tipsy (if not drunk) in 30 minutes. FN needs to restructure what their goal is really quick. Do they want the true chefs that really show people methods, ideas of real cooking or do they want to have circus acts like they are airing?
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Frozen broccoli florets. Most times they just look better, and I can just plunk them in whatever I am cooking. They also make a great base for soups.