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Mixed Review: Paula Deen's Sweet Potato Biscuits

Did you use sweetened, canned, sweet potatoes? Personally, I don't see anything wrong with canned produce :) Sorry they didn't turn out well!

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Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

Hmm...Wednesday Chef for fantastic writing, but Paupered Chef for the great recipes that I would actually cook.

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How Do You Use Foods Past Their Prime?

My mom was very late in harvesting one of her apple trees this summer, and by the time she pulled the fruit it was dark and alcoholic! The apples made fabulous apple butter, though. I cooked them briefly before sending them through a food mill. After about 15 hours in a crockpot, you can't tell the difference!

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What do you do with Tomatillos?

@ProfessorChaos Unfortunately, the seed packet came from a rather large seed company! An oops on their part... but wouldn't a tomatillo pie be funny? Perhaps I should make a delivery to company HQ :)

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From Serious Eats

Mixed Review: Paula Deen's Sweet Potato Biscuits

Did you use sweetened, canned, sweet potatoes? Personally, I don't see anything wrong with canned produce :) Sorry they didn't turn out well!

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Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

Hmm...Wednesday Chef for fantastic writing, but Paupered Chef for the great recipes that I would actually cook.

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How Do You Use Foods Past Their Prime?

My mom was very late in harvesting one of her apple trees this summer, and by the time she pulled the fruit it was dark and alcoholic! The apples made fabulous apple butter, though. I cooked them briefly before sending them through a food mill. After about 15 hours in a crockpot, you can't tell the difference!

From Talk

What do you do with Tomatillos?

@ProfessorChaos Unfortunately, the seed packet came from a rather large seed company! An oops on their part... but wouldn't a tomatillo pie be funny? Perhaps I should make a delivery to company HQ :)

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What do you do with Tomatillos?

@Professor Chaos- Yes, I'm pretty certain they're tomatillos. They're the size of my palm, and still stubbornly green! I've been comparing canning recipes all afternoon. Guess what everyone is getting for Christmas this year? :D

@CJ McD WOW those recipes look fabulous! If you're in the Pacific NW region, come on up!

@betteirene Mmm...white chili sounds AMAZING for this fall. I'll definitely try that out.

@July Thanks for the chicken heads up- sounds like a real winner for my family! Think it would freeze well?

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Cook the Book: '100 Best Vegetarian Recipes'

It's got to be my bean chili with rice. Perfect protein, low-fat, filling, and YUMMY! I could eat it every night :)

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Cook the Book: 'Canal House Cooking, Vol. 1'

Definitely mint ice cream, with mint fresh from the yard.

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Photo of the Day: Root Beer Float

The local "vintage burger diner" serves up Dad's root beer with a solid cap of soft-serve vanilla ice cream, and FIRM instructions as they hand it over "Do NOT push the ice cream down. Just eat it." Of course, hubby didn't hear that part as he took the order- our own personal carbonated geyser!

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Egg in Toast: What Do You Call It?

Wow, am I the only one who calls this a one-eyed-pirate? I LOVED these growing up!

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Cook the Book: Eugenia Bone's 'Well-Preserved'

I'd love to try my own mint jelly- I loved it when I was a kid!

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Serious Cheese: Macaroni and Cheese Product

I'm not sure it would make much of a difference. I mean, does anyone REALLY think that cheese can be made into an indefinitely shelf-stable, florescent orange, powder? There's no resemblance between Orange Death and a good cheddar. Or even a mediocre cheddar.

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Got Breast Milk?

Wow...yeah, until you find a group of women willing to be (literally) treated like cattle...and it has to be a LARGE group of women, simply because of the volume discrepancy between humans and cows...but I'll save what I've got for my baby, thanks!

From A Hamburger Today

New Identity for Jack in the Box

So, I grew up with my dad calling them Jack in the Yuck- we weren't allowed to eat there. The 1993 e. coli outbreak just sealed the deal.

But I have to agree with benzado- the logo doesn't really say "hamburger" to me!

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Dinner Tonight: Avgolemono (Greek Lemon and Rice Soup)

I blend the eggs in a blender, then drizzle in the lemon juice while it's running, followed by the hot stock. This is a family favorite!

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Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Zingerman's Praise the Lard Gift Box

When Grandma decided to make pork head cheese. Mom had just arrived, and peeked in the pot to see what was cooking!! Boy was she sorry :o)

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Cook the Book: 'How to Cook Everything, Revised Tenth Anniversary Edition'

His water-based soup tip is great. When Grandma was growing up in rural Alabama, there was always enough soup for guests she told me. They would add more of whatever they had the most of...and it was usually water!

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Is Panettone the New Fruitcake?

Ooh...my husband introduced it to me. He lived in Brazil for 2 years, and it's a big treat over there. I think it's like fruitcake- best served with cheese. Love it!

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Snapshots from the UK: Turkish Delight

We have a candy factory in the area that makes Aplets and Cotlets- 2 Turkish brothers moved here years ago and started making their traditional candy with what was available in the Yakima Valley (apples and apricots.) They have more flavors now, and they're all so yummy!

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Cook the Book: 'Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics'

Haha- pink salad is always my responsibility at Easter. Never had it? Red Jell-O, Cool Whip, and cottage cheese. Maybe throw in some pineapple or fruit cocktail. Oh boy ;o) Definitely not high-class!

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Dinner Tonight: Brussels Sprouts with Chorizo

This looks fantastic! I never liked brussel sprouts until I tried 101 Cookbooks method of searing and topping with parmesan cheese. This looks just as good!

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Freaky Frozen Food Habits?

Little Debbie nutty bars are great from the freezer, too.

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'Waiter Rant': The Giveaway

My husband I had a "fancy" dinner date, and each ordered a different pre-set menu. When the risotto came, I tasted wine and asked the waiter about it (we're teetotallers.) He asked the kitchen, and replaced the entree with a quick pasta dish. It was delicious, and he was very kind and courteous about it.

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Father and Daughter Visit the Farmers' Market

Too true! I secretly gloated that my daughter would eat anything, but it was premature...a fact I'm reminded of daily. Today, she ate buttered bread for lunch, and plain noodles for dinner. She ate one piece of beef from the stroganoff, but kept an onion in her mouth for TWO HOURS before finally swallowing so she could brush her teeth.

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Served: Cooks, Inspiration, and Giant Zucchini on Orcas Island

Ah, welcome to OUR neck of the woods. It's pretty cool, isn't it?

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Mixed Review: Paula Deen's Sweet Potato Biscuits

I'm not gonna sit here and defend the mix, but I will defend Ms. Deen to the last. THE LAST, do you hear me?!

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Mixed Review: Paula Deen's Sweet Potato Biscuits

Make biscuits from a mix? -- And, for $9.99???? I don't think so.

Make them from scratch - without canned anything - for under a dollar, with things you probably already have in your pantry! They're so easy to make, and they'll taste better and be better for you. I guarantee it.

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Mixed Review: Paula Deen's Sweet Potato Biscuits

I like Paula and RayRay but I wouldn't buy any product, of any kind, with a celebrity head on it. That includes not only food, but cookware, appliances, sneakers, sheets and blankets, tools, perfume, and even paint. They don't need the royalties as much as I need to budget my expenses.

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Mixed Review: Paula Deen's Sweet Potato Biscuits

wait, the mix for sweet potato biscuits doesn't contain any sweet potato? What makes it different than Bisquik then?

Bruce's Sweet Potato Pancake mix in the 1.5 pound bag includes a recipe for biscuits as well as pancakes. There is enough mix for (so far) 2 batches of pancakes, I think we'll get one more out of it. I'm not sure what I paid for it, but it must be less than $9.99 because I wouldn't pay that much!

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Mixed Review: Paula Deen's Sweet Potato Biscuits

I would personally never buy any product that has either Paula Deen or Rachael Ray on the items.
Cant stand either one of them.
You can make excellent biscuits at home with a minimal amount of effort.
And that effort will yield great results.

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Mixed Review: Paula Deen's Sweet Potato Biscuits

People really pay $10 for a Paula Deen mix?

I mean, really?

They could look up a recipe and assemble the dry ingredients for less than a buck. And the result can't be any worse than the thin, nasty looking outcome from the Deen mix. What a scam.

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Dinner Tonight: Brussels Sprouts with Chorizo

I made these for dinner last night and they were delicious!

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Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

Hard to choose. I started out in food blog land with I Was Just Hungry.

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Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

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Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

Serious Eats and The Wicked Noodle. Looks like a lot of people like Smitten Kitchen, so I'm going to have to check that out!

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Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

Serious Eats and The Wicked Noodle. Looks like a lot of people like Smitten Kitchen, so I'm going to have to check that out!

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Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

Serious Eats and The Wicked Noodle. Looks like a lot of people like Smitten Kitchen, so I'm going to have to check that out!

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Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

I like Serious Eats of course. I also like Smitten Kitchen.

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Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

My favorite food blogs are this one and Culinate.

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Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

Serious Eats is my favorite. Simply Recipes is my second favorite.

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Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

Baking Bites and Simply Recipes. I want to cook and eat pretty much everything from these sites!!

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Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'

I love so many sites. I love Serious Eats (of course), PW's and any cake blog. I have a major sweet tooth.

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