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Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: Lemon Aid
Take a 2-qt pitcher. Add 1 cup granulated white sugar. Take 2 lemons. Roll each on a firm surface to soften them up. Cut each in half, and squeeze into the pitcher. Put "squozed" halves into the pitcher. Fill pitcher to halfway mark with cold water, stir with long wooden spoon until sugar is dissolved. Top off pitcher with cold water, stir. Serve.
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Bacon of the Month Club
I like my bacon crispy. I like it pliant. I like it burnt. I like it ground, raw, and then used as forcemeat. I like it in my apple pie. I like it with a maple-vodka martini. I like my bacon, I like my bacon, I LIKE MY BACON!
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Garrison Confections Ultimate Chocolate Cooler
Dark, dark, dark as night. Dark as sin. Dark as the closet harboring monsters and bad dreams. Dark as tar.
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Stolen Bacon
...to see how meaty the slices are? I mean, many boxes have a little window you can open to check it out, but w/o that, you'd have to do a little ripping or opening to check.
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: Lemon Aid
Take a 2-qt pitcher. Add 1 cup granulated white sugar. Take 2 lemons. Roll each on a firm surface to soften them up. Cut each in half, and squeeze into the pitcher. Put "squozed" halves into the pitcher. Fill pitcher to halfway mark with cold water, stir with long wooden spoon until sugar is dissolved. Top off pitcher with cold water, stir. Serve.
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Bacon of the Month Club
I like my bacon crispy. I like it pliant. I like it burnt. I like it ground, raw, and then used as forcemeat. I like it in my apple pie. I like it with a maple-vodka martini. I like my bacon, I like my bacon, I LIKE MY BACON!
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Garrison Confections Ultimate Chocolate Cooler
Dark, dark, dark as night. Dark as sin. Dark as the closet harboring monsters and bad dreams. Dark as tar.
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Two Peter Luger Steaks
Onglet/hanger, please. Medium rare, and with a side of pommes frites.
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: D'Artagnan Heritage Smoked Ham
Sourdough bread, thick slices of ham, mayo, spicy brown mustard, and thinly shaved gruyere. Mmmm.
Seriously Delicious Giveaway: Zingerman's Gift Certificate
Tillamook Vintage White Cheddar.
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Bacon of the Month Club
Oh, I do love a just-shy-of-crisp slice, one that yields to the pressure of tooth without shattering!
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Two Peter Luger Steaks
Onglet/hanger for me, please. Medium rare. With a side of frites.
Seriously Delicious Holiday Food Giveaway: Russ & Daughters
Strong coffee and a knish... what else can one stomach with a New York hangover?
Win Your Thanksgiving Turkey!
Spatchcocking that bad boy! He'll roast, butterflied, over aromatics. Mmmmmmmmmmm.
Win Your Thanksgiving Turkey!
The heart and liver get cooked up for a lucky Corgi to snack on. The rest get put in a pot with water and aromatics to simmer, simmer, simmer throughout the day. The stock that comes out of that brew is the basis for our gravy.
....yum!
Win Your Thanksgiving Turkey!
I like to both stuff the bird and cook up dressing outside of the bird, in a casserole. The texture and taste differences are amazing, and, oh, how I love the crispy crunchy bit of the in-the-bird stuffing!
Win Your Thanksgiving Turkey!
The meat around the wishbone, especially with the crispy skin attached. Mmmm, happy memories!
Win Your Thanksgiving Turkey!
Turkey hash. Mmmmmm!
Win Your Thanksgiving Turkey!
I know, I know. Dark has more flavor. Dark is more pure.
But, oh! For a slice of white meat from the breast, with crispy shreds of skin, and a hearty pour of gravy!
White meat for me, please, on Thanksgiving.
Dark meat, please, for the next day, when having a hot sandwich.
Stolen Bacon
Why can't American bacon be shown like Canadian and Italian bacons? Full out in plastic containers. We get to see all of it. Or start selling as they do down here in the South as a streak o' lean. Then you know you aren't getting any meat with your slab of fat.
Stolen Bacon
The meat packer probably came up with the idea to pack the stuff not good enough for the window packs in boxes, so people can't see the product. Not all bacon is created equal....
Must be a problem in that store they have 3 signs.
Stolen Bacon
I do it, same as when I open a carton of eggs to make sure none are cracked. I would never rip open a box, but if there is a way to wiggle it a bit so I can peer inside and see the meaty goodness... hell yeah.
Stolen Bacon
The joke is, it's not the marbling, it's the quality of the curing.
If you see any liquid at all, it's a bad sign.
If it has lots of sugar (or sugar alternatives), it's a bad sign.
If it has concentrated celery juice, it's a really bad sign (and may have semi-dangerous nitrates that were banned many years ago, but slip through because celery is "natural").
I'd rather buy ends and odd pieces from dry cured country bacon, than have the most even marbled nasty bacon.
Stolen Bacon
Absolutely, to check the marbling. If the retailer gets too many open boxes, he might let the producer know that his customers want to know what they are buying.
@roboppy, first try finding an employee and then you expect him to feel like he has the authority to authorize open packaging! Let's get serious... It could take all day to buy a pound of pork. The producers need to get it right and the retailer needs to be an advocate for his customers.
Stolen Bacon
I agree-- they want to see how meaty it is. The package window isn't enough for these people.
Seriously, tho', I remember when bacon was priced like a throw-away part and now it is priced like (cheap) steak!
Stolen Bacon
@wendywoowho: I could see wanting to do that, but then...I can't imagine actually opening boxes of stuff to see the size of something without asking an employee first.
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: Lemon Aid
Thanks to all who entered, and congrats to winner finsbigfan! You have been sent an email on how to claim your shirt.
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: Lemon Aid
With lemons!
If I don't have the will to squeeze a few of my own, Newman's Own is OK
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: Lemon Aid
Muddle together sugar and mint. Let sit for a little while, then add in plenty of fresh lemon juice. Mix in water to taste (seltzer water if you're feeling fancy), adjust sweetness/sourness, strain and serve, please!
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: Lemon Aid
Simple syrup, or honey. Lot's of lemon juice. I like tart lemonade!
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: Lemon Aid
Simple syrup squeezed with lots of fresh lime juice, fresh lemon juice (not concentrate or powder!) and filtered tap water. Shaken vigorously with a ridiculous amount of ice, and sometimes raspberry stoli.
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: Lemon Aid
I loves me the lemonade from Hot Dog On A Stick. So good - and freshly beaten lemons taste so good!
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: Lemon Aid
minute maid frozen lemonade and water....ahhh refreshing
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: Lemon Aid
I don't have a juicer, so from the store is usually the way I go. But if I do make it... it should be pretty tart, not too sweet. It's about the lemons, not the sugar.
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: Lemon Aid
lemon juice, simple syrup, ice, and seltzer water.
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: Lemon Aid
Fresh squeezed, simple syrup, pomagrante juice, and soda!
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: Lemon Aid
1 cup of boiling water combined with 1 cup of sugar (to make simple syrup)
Juice from 5 lemons (about 2 cups of juice)
4-5 cups of water depending on how tart you want the lemonade
ice
1/2 - 1 cup of Stoli Blueberry or Jack Daniels (depending on your poison)
Enjoy your summer day
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: Lemon Aid
I start with crystal light and add more lemons, sugar, and mint.
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: Lemon Aid
Open a bottle of "Simply Lemondade" and enjoy.
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: Lemon Aid
Fresh lemon juice, simple syrup and water.
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: Lemon Aid
lemon Juice, packet of splenda, ice, sprig o mint. water
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: Lemon Aid
Lemon juice, simple syrup, water and ice :) So delightful.
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: Lemon Aid
I like to buy it in its frozen form in Rhode Island
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...to see how meaty the slices are? I mean, many boxes have a little window you can open to check it out, but w/o that, you'd have to do a little ripping or opening to check.