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Honeycrisps Are Here!
I use them for everything as well. I do have to say that the crop of Honeycrisps we got in Seattle two years ago was sub-par compared to their usual taste, so if you didn't love the ones you had, you should try them again!
Honeycrisps Are Here!
I'm glad I'm not the only one rejoicing the return of the honeycrisp! LOVE THEM!
Tomatoes Are Evil
I can't understand tomato hate. I love tomatoes in any form!
I would join a cantaloupe haters group though! Yuck!
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Favorite Fall Foods?
honey crisp apples
steamed apple cider with chai and vanilla
apple fritters
love fall apples, mmm!
Honeycrisps Are Here!
I use them for everything as well. I do have to say that the crop of Honeycrisps we got in Seattle two years ago was sub-par compared to their usual taste, so if you didn't love the ones you had, you should try them again!
Honeycrisps Are Here!
I'm glad I'm not the only one rejoicing the return of the honeycrisp! LOVE THEM!
Tomatoes Are Evil
I can't understand tomato hate. I love tomatoes in any form!
I would join a cantaloupe haters group though! Yuck!
Oyster recipe?
My grandma always makes a oyster and corn casserole for holidays. I love it! This recipe is similar to the one my grandma makes. She adds more crushed crackers on the top with a little butter and uses smoked oysters. Yum!
Black and White Granola
flax seeds are soooooo yummy in granola.
Ahi Tuna Prep
I made a seared sesame ahi a few weeks ago and served it with an avocado "dip". I mixed avocado with a little mayo, lime, and chili oil. I think ahi tastes best with asian flavors. I had a pretty thin piece and it seared VERY quickly so if you are going to prepare it that way, it take less time than you think it will... hope that helps!
What one food mag should I get?
I really enjoy getting Everyday Food. It has great recipes every issue!
Help, I'm in a rut!
Whenever I need ideas I go photograzing! I always find something to make!
Regional Fast Food Chains
@cyberroo- are you talking about Wheelers?! Every trip to my grandparents house in Caldwell, includes a trip to Wheelers to get scotch and sodas and tots with fry sauce! LOOOOOOOOVE it!
Coke Light > Diet Coke. Where can I get some?
Love coke light!
I was madly in love with C2 until is was discontinued (C2 was a wonderful blend of Coke and Diet Coke). Coke Zero takes similar but not as good.
Seattle’s Best Dive Bars: A Toast to Seattle's Seedy Side
I think someone spilled a vat of malt vinegar on the floor of the Sloop...
How do you serve Gefilte Fish?
I like mine with horseradish (the non red variety).
Great Eats in Seattle?
Heres a previous thread on this topic...
http://www.seriouseats.com/talk/2008/09/seattle-restaurant-recommendations.html
My recommendation is Serious Pie! I always take out of towners there. I like the chantrelle and truffle cheese pizza.
In need of Feta cheese recipe ideas
I've been making a salad with chickpeas, olives, tomatoes, cucumbers, feta, red peppers and a light lemony dressing. I've made it twice in the past week! very refreshing.
Passover quinoa recipes
This is heavenly! Quinoa salad with shiitakes, fennel and cashews.
http://www.thewednesdaychef.com/the_wednesday_chef/2009/01/amy-scattergoods-quinoa-salad.html
How to Make S'meeps: S'mores Plus Peeps
peep peep. growing up we would always have peep races... we would select two different colored peeps to put in the microwave and then cheer on our favorite color! one of my favorite easter activities. :)
How much salt is too much salt?
There is never too much salt.
Vegetarians: What's for Dinner?
a specialty i like to called pho/ramen=broccoli, asparagus, green onions, fried tofu and ramen noodles... i make it like I do pho but with ramen noodles... yum!
Eating in Taipei
I've had several friends that lived in Taiwan for extended periods of time. They all ate very well for little. When I've traveled there, food is my least expense. From what my friends who lived there said, eating out is cheaper than buying the food and preparing at home.
Do You Put Ranch Dressing on Pizza?
How do you get a white trash girl to suck your d**k?
Dip it in ranch dressing.
Tomatoes Are Evil
It doesn't offend me that you don't like them, rather I am humoured that so many people think the same way as you. It is truly a matter of knowledge. For instance, a few years ago I abhored tequila. I tasted Patron and all the other popular bar tequilas that were supposedly better than Jose Cuervo and Sauza and I still didn't like it. When I delved into the brands that most people were not familiar with, I discovered there was a whole other world out there. These traditional yet unpopular brands had so much flavor it was shocking. It's the same with tomatoes. When all you're used to tasting is vegetal, bitter, bland, watery, herbal tomatoey flavors you are completely shocked when you first bite into a tomato that tastes like candy.
Tomatoes Are Evil
@ChefR0bert I've heard that before. I've risen to the challenge. Still don't like tomatoes. Unless, of course, as you suggest, the flavour of the tomato is obliterated by other ingredients.
But, as a person who has no taste for tomatoes, I've noticed that it does deeply offend people who do like them. So much so, that it doesn't matter that I make myself prepare something I've never tried before at least once a week, that I can suggest menu ideas and substitutions that make the neighbours say "wow", that guests never leave my table without a new food experience, that I've tried witchetty grubs; No, simply because I don't care for tomatoes, I need to "stop complaining and get out there to expand my culinary viewpoints".
Avocado Recipes
I tried a new sandwich combo, and it was delicious:
A good bread slice, toasted, topped with peanut butter, banana slices and avocado slices, drizzled with honey and sprinkled with a dash of cayenne pepper. Wow!
Do You Put Ranch Dressing on Pizza?
I don't put ranch on anything! Gross tasting stuff.
Do You Put Ranch Dressing on Pizza?
Amen "omnomnom"! (I'm from Mich, too. Same area)
Do You Put Ranch Dressing on Pizza?
I absolutely love ranch on my pizza. Granted, I am a middle-school student (though homeschooled), and got the idea from my (middle school, homeschooled) friends after we started dipping French-Fries in Ranch (that's justified in Mich--here most of the fries are way too greasy or way too dry). We decided to try it on our pizza--and it's great. Only Hidden Valley (tm) works though. Deep dish pizza doesn't need it, fortunately. A group fave for us is cayenne pepper, fresh black pepper, ranch, and tabasco sauce. I agree, if it's good pizza, it doesn't need condiments, but (1) pizza in metro-detroit isn't that good, and (2), it doesn't matter if it needs it--if ya want it, I say put it on unashamedly!
Favorite Fall Foods?
Pumpkin spiced lattes
Butternut Squash Soup with fresh crab
and Apple Pie of course!!!
Favorite Fall Foods?
@bareneed: We have delicata squash here in Oregon and I've seen it other places on the West coast. Fall is my favorite and I'm actually cooking a big Fall dinner this evening. On the menu: Herb-roasted salmon (which my dad just caught this weekend!) with wine-wine butter sauce, chanterelle mushroom risotto, and a salad of maple glazed delicata squash with blue cheese, warm bacon cider vinaigrette, on top of baby greens! Yay Fall!
Favorite Fall Foods?
I'm also a pumpkin kinda gal. I love all the fall/Halloween treats, even the much maligned candy corn. But pumpkin stuff (pie, bread, butter, cake, soup, curry, cookies etc.), along with gingerbread, are my special favorites.
Favorite Fall Foods?
Chalk me up as another hopeless pumpkin fan. I also adore winter squash in all shapes and varieties, apples, ginger (I have some fabulous ginger cookie dough chilling now in the fridge) and cranberry.
Favorite Fall Foods?
pumpkin, cinnamon, chocolate, apple, ... we really do go overboard on the apple baking though.
Favorite Fall Foods?
Anything spiced is what I go for. Gingerbread, pumpkin, sweet potato pie. I'd take a piece of spice cake over chocolate any day
Favorite Fall Foods?
Roasted sweet potatoes. At the Asian markets around me, they'll often set up big metal drums and roast them and sell them by the paper bagful. The roasting aroma is the very essence of fall.
Fall is also the season for mushrooms, also my mom's herbtastic chicken soup.
It's got all kinds of medicinal herbs in it but it's so good you forget all about them, its supposed to bolster the heaty properties in your body in preparation for winter! The soup is a comfort and a cure all for everything from a cold to fall allergies.
Also weirdly enough, around this time of year is wax apple season in California. Until very recently, wax apples were nearly impossible to find in the U.S let alone any that didn't taste like packing peanuts. We just ordered a few straight from a farm in CA and my mom was elated. She said they tasted just like they did in Taiwan.
If the crops continue to be a success in California, I have a feeling we'll be sending out for more of these every year.
Favorite Fall Foods?
HONEYCRISPS
omg they're soooooooo good
I also like any apple use in a recipe and hae really been into soup this year
yay comfort food!
Favorite Fall Foods?
I'm with watchforbears, anything apple. Make mine Macoun.
Honeycrisps Are Here!
The variety of apple types is bewildering. I like to make my own apple pies, cobbler, applesauce, and baked apples. I use Granny Smiths for the pies and cobbler, add in some Golden Delicious for the applesauce, and usually select Empire or Cortland apples for baking.
Would like some suggestions on other varieties, and which is best for what.
Honeycrisps Are Here!
I have a honeycrisp tree in my backyard. This is it's first year to produce apples and they are wonderful! The only way I have cooked them is to make applesauce and it was pretty tastly.
Honeycrisps Are Here!
I use them for everything while they are around. We dont have them yet, but I am watching.
Honeycrisps Are Here!
I've been waiting anxiously for them but haven't seen them yet down here in Georgia...has anyone else? My daughter keeps saying "Mom, don't forget the Honeycrisps!" every time I go shopping, and she's always disappointed when I get home Honeycrispless.
Honeycrisps Are Here!
I've tried them, and am probably the one person who wasn't won over. I thought they were a little bit too sweet and watery, at least from the 'barrel' I tried. Apples are not my favorite fruit, but when I do eat them, I like Pink Ladies the best, followed by Fujis.
@chiff--I don't think they'd be unusable, like a Red Delicious in cooking (which is really watery and bland) but I've never seen them recommended in a recipe, like you sometimes see suggestions for different combos of tart/sweet applies to suit a particular dessert.
Honeycrisps Are Here!
My heart belongs to Galas - but can one cook with Honeycrisps or are they just an obviously-loved eating apple?
Honeycrisps Are Here!
Same here. If any of you out there haven't tried a honey crisp, they're worth the premium.
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honey crisp apples
steamed apple cider with chai and vanilla
apple fritters
love fall apples, mmm!