Tuna. In a Can. Love it or Hate it?
Everyone should always have canned tuna in their pantry. It's saved my hungry butt more than once. I still love fresh tuna, but it is not something you can always have on hand or have time to go get or can afford.
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Favorite thing to eat with mayo
I grew up on fried egg sandwiches and still love them to this day and I like them with just mayo. Once in a while I will put on sprouts and tomato. I also love mayo and I like it on both sides of the sandwich. Another favorite are Vidalia Onion sandwiches (a James Beard classic). They are just good white bread preferably cut into circles with mayo and a thin slice of Vidalia onion. Pimento cheese and olive is also a good choice with just a smear of mayo.
Pie crisis: Why hasn't it set up yet?
Some of the tests you can do when making custard are as follows. When you cook custard make sure you stir it with a large spoon. Preferably use a wooden one. As it cooks lift the spoon occasionally to see how the custard sheets off the spoon. As it gets thicker it will start to sheet into two streams instead of one. Also, another sign as starts to thicken up, is to lift the spoon and drag your finger across the back of the spoon. If the custard is thick enough it will retain the mark of your finger. Another test you can do is to freeze a plate and put a dollop of the custard on the plate to cool and put in the freezer to cool it down quickly to see how thick it gets. These are some of the same tests you do when making jellies and jams.
Grape Jelly OR Orange Marmalade OR Strawberry Jam?
If it has to be one of those three then I choose orange marmalade and I love the orange marmalade made with seville oranges.
But I also love blackberry (my favorite berry) and has anyone ever had those incredible cherry preserves from Greece. I think they are made with the sour cherries and are just wonderful. As for texture, I have always loved the preserves the most with jam as second choice and jelly as my last choice.
What's the Best Mexican Food Town in the U.S.?
This is a hard one. Too bad you didn't go by state. Well I grew up in a suburb of Houston and they do have really good food there. San Antonio, Austin, El Paso, and Ft. Stockton all delicious. But I also lived in Alamogordo, NM, and I was always amazed that no matter what time of night and at the most out of the way places like truck stops you could get amazing Mexican food. Santa Fe and Albuqurque were also pretty amazing. I also lived in Phoenix and cannot say that I ever had anything that exciting there. California Mex is a whole different animal and so is the stuff from Chicago and while good they just are not the same as Tex-Mex and New Mex-Mex.
What to do with duck livers, etc.?
You can go a couple of different ways. What I like to do is throw them into a freezer bag in the freezer and save them up for things like rumaki, dirty rice, or paté. One liver is never enough to do anything with so that is why I always have different bags of parts in my freezer. I even save all my bones from different meats for stock. It doesn't matter if you have a mixture. It is also a way of cutting down on your grocery bill.
Baking With Dorie: Corniest Corn Muffins
Nooooo! these can't be called corniest muffins because they have too much flour in them and worst of all they have sugar. It's just wrong. You need to call them Yankee Corn-Cake Muffins and put some buttercream on them. Instead of a cup of cornmeal, increase it to 1-3/4 cups and only use a 1/4 cup of flour and eliminate the sugar. Also, put two eggs in a two cup measure and add enough buttermilk to make two cups. Also, add a chopped jalapeno, a few green onions, and some cheddar cheese. Sorry, but cornbread is a sensitve subject for me.
In Videos: Roger Clemens Doesn't Know What a Vegan Is
Humm! No B-12, a lack of which causes dementia. This explains a lot about vegans.
Overnight Macaroni and Cheese: Have You Tried It?
In the cookbook "Not Your Mother’s Slow Cooker Cookbook" by Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann there is a recipe for macaroni and cheese that uses uncooked macaroni. It is very good.
What little food "luxuries" do you allow yourself?
On Saturday or Sunday morning, I stop at the one French bakery in town and buy a Chocolate Croissant. Sometimes I will buy a baguette (I am not a big bread eater these days) and eat it with some marinated goat cheese or like last week I had it with some delicious smoked fish spread that I bought at the farmer's market. Other weaknesses or treats are cultured butter, cheese, dark chocolate, and as often as I can I love blackberries for my cereal in the morning. Good coffee is a must too along with organic milk. Of course these days I try to eat less, so I would rather eat a little of higher quality food than a lot of something that is poor. Also, I justify the cost because I save money by not cooking convenience food.
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What's the Best Mexican Food Town in the U.S.?
Houston? What you have there is Tex-Mex. Chicago? I think not. I have lived in both cities. San Diego, CA which is 15 miles north of the Mexican border by far, has the best Mexican in the US. Old Town is dedicated to offering you one Mexican restaurant after another in addition to all the other Mexican restaurants and taco stands located around the city. Real Mexican food is found there.
Tuna. In a Can. Love it or Hate it?
How much is 365 canned tuna vs Sunkist/Chicken of the Sea? We'll probably be out and about shopping all day today, I may stop by Whole Foods. We need to restock our fridge anyway. >.>
Tuna. In a Can. Love it or Hate it?
I don't really like Charlie, or any of the big brands, but I've finally found a canned (reasonably priced) tuna that I love---Whole Foods 365 brand.
What's the Best Mexican Food Town in the U.S.?
rozilla - there are some good Mexican restaurants in Nashville. Pueblo Viejo and Pueblo Real in Franklin, Las Cazuelas (can't beat the entertainment on Saturday night) or Los Arcos on Nolensville Rd. are all real good.
What's the Best Mexican Food Town in the U.S.?
C) Los Angeles. Taco trucks - 'nuff said.
I'm going to jump on the San Antonio is not real Mexican bandwagon, too. Some of the worst "Mexican" food I've ever had was there. Guess that's why they call it Tex-Mex.
Favorite thing to eat with mayo
In college my favorite sandwich was a peanut butter, strawberry jelly, banana and mayonnaise sandwich: Toast the bread, put mayo on both inside parts, then the peanut butter on one side, the jelly on the other, and then bananas. I know it seems disgusting, but it's absolutely delicious!
Favorite thing to eat with mayo
I like mayo on white bread with american cheese (deli sliced, not "singles"). For a while there, it was my favorite hangover helper. But it was just so yummy, I've kinda incorporated it into regular rotation.
During homegrown tomato season, I'll slap a few slices onto my cheese and mayo sandwich. East Coaster here.
Favorite thing to eat with mayo
A dip for artichokes: equal parts mayo and sour cream with curry powder. Yummmmm.
What's the Best Mexican Food Town in the U.S.?
This is a poorly worded question. There is quite a bit of difference between Mexican and Tex-Mex.
LA and Houston have the two largest Mexican populations and will have the best and most representative regional Mexican food. Houston does have an edge here because:
1) Mexican food is not segregated to one part of the city, as it is in LA. Houston is a working city without zoning, where people live and eat right next to one another. Try to find passable Mexican food in Beverly Hills, on the other hand.
2) Houston has Hugo Ortega (who bests even Rick Bayless if you ask me) and Hugo's, one of the best upscale Mexican restaurants in the country. LA doesn't even come close in this category.
Now, if you are looking for Tex-Mex, it's a completely different story. Houston and San Antonio have both originated very distinctive brands of Tex-Mex food, and I have trouble choosing one over the other.
Skirt steak has been cooked around Texas since 1930's, but fajitas in their current incarnation took off in Houston. Today you find them all over the world, but Houston is without a doubt a fajita city.
Similarly, San Antonio have signature dishes that you rarely find faithfully replicated anywhere else. Puffy tacos, cheese enchiladas, thick and doughy flour tortillas. All unique to San Antonio and in a different world when it comes to Tex-Mex.
So to sum up, Houston is the best city for Mexican food, with a tie between Houston and San Antonio for Tex-Mex.
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