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Porterhouse. Peter Luger is the best!
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: D'Artagnan Boneless Heritage Ham
mustard. either spicy like coleman's or sweet honey mustard or even both
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Cook the Book: 'Baking Unplugged'
I left the eggs out of Nigella's chocolate loaf cake. It was undelicious. I had to appologize....for something chocolate...
Food Blog Award Nominees Announced
where is orangette?
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Two Peter Luger Steaks
Porterhouse. Peter Luger is the best!
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: D'Artagnan Boneless Heritage Ham
mustard. either spicy like coleman's or sweet honey mustard or even both
Ham-tastic recipe?
I'm doing Nigella's ham in coke. I asked people on this boad which kind of ham (Nigella isn't that specific). The recipe is much lauded round the net.
http://www.channel4.com/food/recipes/chefs/nigella-lawson/ham-in-coca-cola-recipe_p_1.html
A genuine kouign amann in New York City?
Alas Fauchon is gone. They had ones that were my choice for last meal.
Nigella's Ham in Coke-what ham?
I'm going to look for an uncooked cured bone-in. Her other recipe for ham in coke from another book calls for the bone. sounds better. thanks all, and if anyone has any comments from making it, I'd love to hear them. I'm going to make it for christmas, so I have time to think about it.
Nigella's Ham in Coke-what ham?
Thanks for the link, but she also states a "mild cure" and gives direction should one have a "salty" piece...fresh ham as we know it should have neither and is just a cut of pork leg, I believe.
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Two Peter Luger Steaks
Porterhouse. Rare and salty...
Cook the Book: 'Baked, New Frontiers in Baking'
pecan pie. I have not outgrown it, but unfortunately nobody else in my family likes it, so I'm making apple (as required by my brother "a good guest would bring apple...")
Win a Free Organic D'Artagnan Turkey Here!
Ham in coca-cola. I have a big crowd. Turkey & Ham are traditional at our house.
Cook the Book: 'Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics'
Ina's chocolate cake - Beales (?) I think she calls it. Everyone asks for that recipe. I love her coconut cake a little too much.
Cook the Book: 'Chocolate Epiphany'
Cruel question. Maison du Chocolat ganaches (in every flavor).
America's Best Ice Cream
What about Dr. Mike's in CT?
Cook the Book: 'Screen Doors and Sweet Tea'
Lemonade with seltzer.
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
What about the MARATHON BAR? The candy bar, not the newfangled energy bar. It was my childhood pick when I found change in the couch.
Cook the Book: The Sweet Melissa Baking Book
Coconut cupcakes or chocolate mousse. Unless it's coffee ice cream. Oh, but then there are brownies
Cook the Book: The Sweet Melissa Baking Book
I know she makes a favorite worthy butterscotch pudding. Could the recipe be in this book?
Serious Easter Artisanal Chocolate Egg Giveaway
anything chocolate
Serious Easter Artisanal Chocolate Egg Giveaway
Flourless chocolate cake for Passover and for Easter pass the lamb - I'm any denomination when food is involved.
Cook the Book: Simple Chocolate Mousse
Herme's mousse recipe is pretty rockin', but for everyday favorite dessertness, brownies are hard to beat.
A Red Velvet Affair
It's fun to make a Blue Velvet cake, too. Just swap out the food coloring.
Cook the Book: Milk Chocolate with Burnt Caramel Drink
Pam Anderson's Perfect Brownies.
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
I miss the S'mores cookies and Fudgies, the little Kraft chewy candies in a gold wrapper. Does anyone remember the cereal, Double-Dip Crunch? I was like a "frosted" Crispix. Mmmmm!!! Oh, and the Quacker "strawberry" snack/dessert bars that looked like Nutri-Grain but had a little "squiggle" of white "icing" on top. I'm hungry now.
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
This is hysterical - I have been trying to enlighten my fiance on the yumminess of Magic Middle cookies (apparently he was sheltered and never tried them) and he just doesn't get it. I guess if you never tried one, you wouldn't know what you were missing, but still. Also, LOVED Crystal Pepsi!!! Was it really only out for one year? That's surprising - I thought it was fairly popular in my little neck of the woods.
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
I miss everything on the top ten list with the exception of the C3PO's-never had those. I also miss Planters Cheeseballs and Cheesecurls, and O' Boises (those were by far my favorite potato chip growing up-especially the sour cream and onion).
But I'm super surprised that one of the most amazing foods of the 80's was left off of this list and wasn't named by anyone. I want to know what happened to Red Devil Cheese Puffs. My mom would buy them every year for New Years Eve and we were so excited to take them out of the freezer and bake them-and even if they were burnt they were still good. I really miss those and can't find them anywhere.
As far as fast food restaurants, I was very happy to find a Roy Rogers a couple of years ago (to only have it taken away from me) but all of their food from my childhood all tasted the same right down to the french fries and the pickles in the fixin bar.
Also, I don't know if any one has noticed but the good old "two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame bun" (of course I'm referring to the Big Mac), the special sauce is different from when I was a kid-which I kept telling my mom about and she thought I was crazy, but I saw something on food network recently that said McD's lost the special sauce recipe in the 90's and the sauce is different now-so that being said I also miss the original big mac.
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
Gizmosma , totally LOVED Boppers! Would love to see those again. I also remember Fruit Wrinkles and Fruit Bars.
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
I totally remember Doo Dads. I grew up in Michigan and my father loved that snack. Since moving to Florida 15 years ago I've never seen it again.
I'm also glad to see others that remember Cinnamon Chachos. I loved those and when I explain them to people (to see if they remember them) they look at me like I'm insane.
I didn't realize that Planter's discontinued Cheez Balls. That's a bummer.
sable42, I'm happy to report that here in Florida Little Caesar's has had a huge resurgence thanks to cheap $5 take-away pizzas. Years ago Caesar's started closing up, but in the last year or so they've exploded all over my area, even opening a Drive Thru location! Now all the pizza places in the area are trying to copy them (usually with a bigger $6 pizza) but L.C. is doing business like gangbusters.
Also, if you never had GatorGum don't worry, it was terrible.
Cook the Book: 'Baking Unplugged'
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Cook the Book: 'Baking Unplugged'
Burnt cookies don't smell nice!
Cook the Book: 'Baking Unplugged'
I hosted a White Trash Christmas party and some people were offended that I served refrigerated cookie dough for dessert.
Cook the Book: 'Baking Unplugged'
I hosted a White Trash Christmas party and some people were offfended that I made used refrigerated cookie dough for the dessert.
Cook the Book: 'Baking Unplugged'
My grandmother made the best classic country apple pie. Her recipe is a family institution, and no one can imagine Thanksgiving without it. A few years ago, I was in charge of bringing the apple pie. Being so wrapped up in holiday preparations, I thought I was following the recipe to a T. Turns out I not only FORGOT the sugar, but I also put in way too much cinnamon. The pie looked fine when we sliced it, but after everyone took their (huge) first bites, it became pure disaster. Have you ever seen anyone try to eat a spoonful of cinnamon? It's awful! My entire family was suddenly gagging, spitting out my pie and trying not to vomit. I am still not allowed to bringt he apple pie for holidays.
Cook the Book: 'Baking Unplugged'
i put sugar in my rice instead of salt and the bottom was all burned
Cook the Book: 'Baking Unplugged'
When I was 8, I made my first batch of brownies by myself. Instead of one cup of sugar, I added on cup of salt. Needless to say, I have never lived that one down!
Cook the Book: 'Baking Unplugged'
Mistakenly added sugar instead of salt. Sweet cheddar chive biscuits are not nice.
Cook the Book: 'Baking Unplugged'
I was making a sugar cookie pizza base late one night (basically, sugar cookie dough on a pizza stone). I put it in the oven and then began cutting up fruit and other things. I soon forgot about the cookie dough because I was sooooo tired. I went to bed, but awoke when, in my dream, something sure did smell good! Needless to say, the cookie was ruined and I had to start over.
Cook the Book: 'Baking Unplugged'
I was feeling the pressure of preparing a birthday dinner AND a layer cake for my wife's birthday. The dinner prep was done cooking in process. I was hurrying to get the cake and as I was beating the dough the rubber scrapper I was cleaning the sides with got caught in the beaters and bent them beyond use. I ended up finishing with a hand held mixer. Luckily it was not my fingers.
Cook the Book: 'Baking Unplugged'
it was more scary than funny but we were making tacos and my daughter put the shells in the oven on the top rack to heat up..ON BROIL..needless to say they all caught on fire :(
Cook the Book: 'Baking Unplugged'
I was taking a baking class and we were making pie crusts and mine got all cracked and crumbly. =(
Cook the Book: 'Baking Unplugged'
I was making my tried-and-true birthday cake using a recipe from the NY Times magazine. Somehow, I forgot to add both the baking powder AND the baking soda. Needless to say, I had a flat and not very tasty pancake instead of a fluffy, yummy birthday cake.
Cook the Book: 'Baking Unplugged'
The first Turkey I cooked for Thanksgiving I forgot to remove the giblet pack. Later checking on the Turkey I noticed paper inside the turkey.
Cook the Book: 'Baking Unplugged'
Frist time I baked anything was in 4-H, i think I was about 9? Me and my partner made chocolate chip cookies except we forgot one thing, flour! So when we pulled our proud creations from the oven it was one giant melted otgether in the shaped of the pan with no rise. Baffled our teacher since the dough looked perfectly fine. I heard about that for many years.
Cook the Book: 'Baking Unplugged'
Not sure if this is funny - but, while trying to impress my in-laws one year, I made the entire turkey dinner. If I had been someone else watching this happen, I might have laughed. Instead, I was very embarrassed - I dropped the turkey while moving it to the serving platter! It sort of reminds me of watching an episode of "I Love Lucy" - except that I was Lucy! Thanks for this chance.
Cook the Book: 'Baking Unplugged'
I was once in a hurry to get a cake made at the last second as I was headed to a party. In my attempt to cool the cake a bit faster, I immediately removed the cake from the pan right after it was removed from the oven. The cake broke in half and it looked terrible.
Cook the Book: 'Baking Unplugged'
While flipping through Nancy Silverton's "Pastries from La Brea Bakery" at the book store, I saw a recipe I just HAD to make right away - Nancy's Crotin de Choclat yeasted muffins/cupcakes. But I was too cheap to spend money on the book that day (the fact that I'm trying to get the book from this contest for free is suggestive of a trend...) - plus, I thought a test run of one recipe from the book wasn't too much to ask - if I liked the recipe, I'd go back and buy the book.
I memorized the recipe as best I could and wrote down a few notes. I mentioned that these were yeast-based muffins - in my notes, I wrote 1 Tablespoon yeast... though the recipe called only for a teaspoon. After adding yeast to the batter, one is to wait 30 minutes for the batter to expand - my batter expanded... and spilled onto the counter. A disaster indeed. And either a strong case for karma... or proof that I'm careless...
Cook the Book: 'Baking Unplugged'
One of my biggest disasters was attempting to frost a uncooled cake with buttercream frosting. A real mess...
Cook the Book: 'Baking Unplugged'
Never skimp on crust when baking a pie.
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I left the eggs out of Nigella's chocolate loaf cake. It was undelicious. I had to appologize....for something chocolate...