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Honeycrisp Season?

I have never even heard of a honeycrisp apple and I have worked in the grocery bus. for 14yrs,including the produce pt,do they go by some other name,I'm in n.c. I can't get much good in the way of apples,great cantalopes though,let me know,Pammy

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What to Do with Sunchoke?

I still do not know what a sunchoke is,can you be a little more spacific,I lived in vermont for 11yrs. and used to pick fiddle heads,they acualy can them in maine.I know poke weed or a weed that grows by cow pastures,is that it?pammy

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What goes with Fennel Salad for lunch party?

how are you preparing your fennel,not sure what to do with it.I love the taste raw,but how do you use it in a salad,do you grill it first or steam it ,don't have a clue but would like to experiment,let me know,Pammy

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watermelon sorbet or sherbert

Oh, how did your blueberry sorbet came out,I forgot to ask,sorry.Pammy

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Honeycrisp Season?

I have never even heard of a honeycrisp apple and I have worked in the grocery bus. for 14yrs,including the produce pt,do they go by some other name,I'm in n.c. I can't get much good in the way of apples,great cantalopes though,let me know,Pammy

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What to Do with Sunchoke?

I still do not know what a sunchoke is,can you be a little more spacific,I lived in vermont for 11yrs. and used to pick fiddle heads,they acualy can them in maine.I know poke weed or a weed that grows by cow pastures,is that it?pammy

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What goes with Fennel Salad for lunch party?

how are you preparing your fennel,not sure what to do with it.I love the taste raw,but how do you use it in a salad,do you grill it first or steam it ,don't have a clue but would like to experiment,let me know,Pammy

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watermelon sorbet or sherbert

Oh, how did your blueberry sorbet came out,I forgot to ask,sorry.Pammy

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watermelon sorbet or sherbert

thanks,ssMom,Ihaven't made it yet,Ihad to mow the lawn,will let you know guys how it turned out,thaanks for the info,Pammy

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watermelon sorbet or sherbert

To izatryt,thanks for your resp[onse ASAP;I will let you know how it comes out,thanks,Pammy....

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Grocery bagging violations

I work in a grocery store in Virginia,I bag my own grocerys. I am almost pschotic about my watermelon. In tne winter months when you can't by a whole watermelon for $4.99 I buy a section that has been cut and wrapped in the store.Usually about 1.00 a lb. not cheap. I take my time to pick out the best looking piece,nothing that looks bruised. I get up to the check out and carefully lay it on the belt.The check out person then procedes to scan it by dragging it face down across the scanner,then the bagger grabs it and has to literely put his thumb through the wrap to pick it up,In as little time as that takes my piece of watermelon is running with juice and hand and THUMB prints indented in it.Ibag my own grocerys!!!

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Truffles!

o.k.! exactly what is a truffle? i heard that they use pigs to sniff them out at the bottom of trees bt the roots,is this true,is it like a mushroom,pammy

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Lip smacking meat pies

hi from pammy,I don't know the exact amount of ingredients,flavor to your taste.I boil potatoes just until tender,not mush.dice them up with a mixture of your meat. venision,pork,I have used.put the meat through a food prossesor till it looks like hamburger,mix with potatoes,add some finely diced carrots celery and onion,add some poultry seasoning or ground sage,I prefer poultry seasoning,salt,not to muc,and pepper.fill pie shell and top.bake about 40 minutes till pie crust browns. heat a jar of mushroom gravy or better pork gravy,comes out really well.

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Are you guilty of lessipe?

can I ask a something really stupid,I'm not that good with the computer and don't know alot of terms,but whats a blog? don't laugh i'm serious,pammy

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Are you guilty of lessipe?

would there even be a cook book today or even something called a "reciepe" If not for every time someone made a dish it wasn't recorded and written down! and pasted down from family and friends!I have tried challengling reciepes and sometimes they were not what I expected,but I can't imagine some one leaving out a specific ingredient.I LOVE TO COOK,! I want more and more and if I have something great i will share,pammy

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pot stickers,help!

thank you all for your comments on my dumpling adventure.i used won ton wraps and they came out great! The reciepe yielded over 50. the ones I did'nt use i froze till firm and packaged them in freezer bags.thanks for all your help,pammy

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Grocery bagging violations

I live in the UK, where you bag your own groceries. We use our own heavy bags rather than disposable ones. Why not pack your own? It's not like you have crucial work to perform while being checked out.

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Grocery bagging violations

Rubbed, perky and ready to grill!

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Grocery bagging violations

But when are they getting their much-deserved rub down? And tell me you insured that your rub was environmentally friendly, containing no fragments of plastic bags. Nothing disgusts me more...

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Grocery bagging violations

She IS a nut Katie...but she's got a nice rack...of ribs.

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What to Do with Sunchoke?

Hasn't anyone else had problems after eating them? I was sure I had poisoned us all after I fixed them the first & last time. Doing a search for more info I found someone who said that they were gas forming when cooked but eaten raw didn't cause as much of a problem. I then could breath, I really did serve sun chokes and not something poisonous.

I just found this ~ Gerard's Herbal, printed in 1621, quotes the English planter John Goodyer on Jerusalem artichokes:

"which way soever they be dressed and eaten, they stir and cause a filthy loathsome stinking wind within the body, thereby causing the belly to be pained and tormented, and are a meat more fit for swine than men."

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What to Do with Sunchoke?

i like them prepared the same way as mashed potatoes...

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What to Do with Sunchoke?

I agree with Pooch - they are good thinly sliced, grated or matchsticked into a salad

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What to Do with Sunchoke?

Parboil them, peel them with a spoon, and roast them.

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What to Do with Sunchoke?

Ironically, I was planning on cooking with sunchokes tonight! I make a sunchoke risotto- peel and slice them, and incorporate them in with the broth.

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What to Do with Sunchoke?

Oh, my absolute favorite way to eat sunchokes (or Jerusalem artichokes, as I call them) is in relish form. It may be a little more labor than you're willing, but it is so worth it. I posted a recipe here:
http://macandcheesereview.blogspot.com/2007/03/artichoke-relish.html

Otherwise, I like them sliced thinly and eaten on a salad of fresh greens. Don't waste your time peeling them.

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What to Do with Sunchoke?

A friend of mine gave me a bag this past Fall.

They're very versatile since they can be eaten raw or cooked.
They have a nutrient in them that is good for diabetics called inulin (not insulin) which is stored in the tuber.

They're actually in the sunflower family.

I've used them in soups and stews and insalad, but the simplest way is just to wash them well and roast them at 375 degrees with a little olive oil, salt and pepper and an optional bit of rosemary.

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What to Do with Sunchoke?

At Batali's restaurant Otto in Manhattan they do this amazing salad with escarole, and I think hazelnuts and a ricotta-salata-like cheese, and lemon and olive oil. It's awesome.

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Honeycrisp Season?

ARGH! I am so addicted to Honeycrisps! The season is over, regrettably. I had one yesterday that was pretty lack luster...

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Honeycrisp Season?

@wookie~Interesting. There's an Asian market not too far from me. I'd be afraid I'd have to make pies and stuff if no one liked them though.

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Honeycrisp Season?

@carolrsfMISSESTEXAS--I saw them at Costco up til mid-November. Of course they were almost twice the price of the Granny Smiths, but sooo worth it since they were gone within the week; whereas the Granny Smiths sat around until I made a pie and some applesauce. We just didn't want the other apples while we could get Honeycrisps. My other favorite apples are the Fujis and the Galas from Asian Markets...for some reason they are just huge and totally perfect because of the way the cases are designed...oh yeah, you have to buy them by the case (around 12-16 ginormous apples depending on the distributor).

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Honeycrisp Season?

My daughter and youngest son are apple snobs. They used to be Braeburn only after graduating from Granny Smith. Then they discovered Honeycrisp. Angels sang. They are very seasonal though and harder to get here in Maryland. I could only find them for 2 weeks and not at every store. The rest of the time they stick to their precious Braeburns. We've even done blind tastings. They can still tell.

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What to Do with Sunchoke?

@pammy- Google sunchoke, than go to the Wikipedia site. They have a good write-up and picture.

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Honeycrisp Season?

Honeycrisps are addictive without a doubt, but I must say... they can get a little samey. The texture is always perfect, but they lack nuance. Larger rant at everyapple.tumblr.com

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What goes with Fennel Salad for lunch party?

Pork tenderloins, rolled in Dijon mustard and then in chopped herbs, roasted in the oven and then served alongside. Oh, and the wine? Sauvignon Blanc--one from New Zealand or California. It will pick up the herbal and citrus notes in the salad, and the herbs in the pork. Sounds great!

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Grocery bagging violations

"When it comes to bagging groceries, it's like fingerprints-everybody's different" Albert Einstein

(P.S. No, Einstein didn't really say that!!!!!!!!!)

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Grocery bagging violations

I am a grocery bagger part time, and there's this cashier I bag for who I totally can't stand. I ask the customer "Do you need help out?" when they have a big order, and one said no thank you and kindly rejected the help, well the cashier was like "Are you sure, Are you sure" and kept harassing her until she said yes. Then I asked one person "Do you want your milk bagged?" and she said no thanks, and the darn cashier put it in a bag anyway! And she like takes the items out of the baggers hands and won't let us bag, asks me to come bag for her while I'm bagging another lane, tells me what to do, etc.

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