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  1. Sprout

    Favorite used for whole cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla beans

    Thanks, Kayelle! I hope you are well! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Discuss Cooking mobile app
  2. Sprout

    Favorite used for whole cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla beans

    I did some recon and everyone has one. :) Thank for the suggestions! I'll add them to my list. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Discuss Cooking mobile app
  3. Sprout

    Favorite used for whole cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla beans

    For Christmas, I'm giving each of my sisters-in law and aunts a little package containing some nice vanilla beans, a few good quality cinnamon sticks, and a few whole nutmegs. I would like to include some simple use suggestions. I plan to suggest grating fresh cinnamon and/or nutmeg into their...
  4. Sprout

    Sandwich tricks???

    I love balsamic marinated tomatoes on sandwiches! I like to add a little basil and crushed garlic to the marinade. If I have a crowd, I'll buy a baguette or two, cut in half, and top one side with Italian meats, then the marinated tomatoes and provalone. I top the other side with baby spinach...
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    Sandwich tricks???

    I can't believe Chief didn't mention grilled PB&J! Make a PB& J how you like it, but on the heavier side of the pb & j. Use real, salted butter and grill until golden. I love Havarti, fresh ripe tomato, a bit of salt, pepper and dill. Then grill the whole thing. Cucumbers make a good addition...
  6. Sprout

    Fermented Sriracha?

    Thanks for the insight, all! Interesting stuff. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Discuss Cooking mobile app
  7. Sprout

    Fermented Sriracha?

    In the fridge. It was Lee Kum Kee brand. I don't mind too much. I have rooster in the pantry to replace it. :) Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Discuss Cooking mobile app
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    Fermented Sriracha?

    Can sriracha ferment? I know a lot of Asian sauces are already fermented and sriracha seems to have a high acidity level so I'm not sure how well it supports microorganisms, but I just put some on my food and it tasted a bit boozy. I opened the bottle and smelled it and it smells a bit like...
  9. Sprout

    Grilling whole fish?

    We are visiting friends and family in the Seattle area and I bought my first whole fish. It was labeled "rockfish." The fish guy said it's not the bass that I knew as rockfish in MD, but something more like snapper. At his suggestion, I plan to grill it with some olive oil, salt and pepper. He...
  10. Sprout

    Quick & Easy Refrigerator Pickles

    Perhaps the ones in Russia are the kind that ferment slightly and make their own vinegar? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Discuss Cooking mobile app
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    Quick & Easy Refrigerator Pickles

    I mentioned it in another post, but wanted to say it here too in case you didn't see that one. Thanks for the recipe, Steve! I used it as a base recipe for some pickles and I can't stop eating them. I tweaked it a bit for my tastes and what I had on hand, but I couldn't have done it without your...
  12. Sprout

    Shawarma, flatbread, and Steve-inspired pickles

    Last week after reading Steve Kroll's refrigerator pickle recipe and coming home from the garden plot with a hawl of pickling cukes, I made a batch. I modified it a touch. I added extra garlic and subbed black peppercorns, mustard seed, coriander seed and dill seed for the pickling spice and...
  13. Sprout

    Quick & Easy Refrigerator Pickles

    Cool. Thanks for the tips! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Discuss Cooking mobile app
  14. Sprout

    Quick & Easy Refrigerator Pickles

    If I can get to the farmer's market I might be able to get some. My schedule makes it difficult to get there when most of the vendors are there. I haven't found any in the grocery stores around here. You wouldn't add any extra seed to make up for the missing fresh? Sent from my...
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    Quick & Easy Refrigerator Pickles

    The chipmunks made sure I have no fresh dill this year and I have a pile of cukes on my table waiting to be pickled. Anyone have an idea of how much dried dill I would need to sub for the fresh? I have dillweed but I can also get my hands on dill seed if needed. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747...
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    Huge Bargain

    Thanks for the tip! I'm in the market for a new saute' pan. I'll check it out next time I'm in. Do you happen to have a rough estimate of the pan circumferance?
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    Recipe typo maybe?

    My husband was making waffles this morning using Malt-O-Meal and the Jean Alice pancake recipe. It gives instructions for making waffles instead, and one of the instructions is to increase the amount of oil from the 2 T in the pancake recipe to 1 cup! Surely this must be a typo? It yields 8...
  18. Sprout

    Last thing that made you smile?

    That's fantastic. I love the way little minds work. When Sproutlet #1 was about 2 years old, she asked me for a "piece of water," once. It took me a moment to figure out she was asking for ice. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Discuss Cooking mobile app
  19. Sprout

    Last thing that made you smile?

    Thanks for that. It made me smile. :) Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Discuss Cooking mobile app
  20. Sprout

    Petty Vents

    I really wish people would get it in their heads that saying "I love this," or "I support this," doesn't mean the same thing as "I hate everything else." The "offensive to immigrants" argument is ridiculous. How exactly is saying "I love and support the country you chose to live in" offensive...
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    What's for dinner? May 4, 2014

    I ordered a few boxes of Fisher Scone mix for dh for Valentine's Day and as much as he reminisces about "Puyallup Fair Scones," we still hadn't made any up. I decided it was about time so we had breakfast for dinner with scones, bacon, and scrambled eggs with sharp cheddar. He's right, those...
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    May 2, 2014 What's for dinner?

    Sounds like a great game! :smile: I didn't feel like actually cooking, so I whipped up a salad with greens, tomato, cucumber, capers, olives, since I barely had any capers left, a can of albacore tuna, a squeeze of lemon and the last of my homemade balsamic vinaigrette. It's a good thing...
  23. Sprout

    Finally! Soft tortillas!

    Yes! I keep forgetting to tell you every time I call. The coriander was exactly what it needed. I usually use coriander in all of my Mexican and Southwest flavored dishes (and anything else that strikes my fancy, I'm a fan :yum:) but for some reason I had it in my head that it wasn't the missing...
  24. Sprout

    Finally! Soft tortillas!

    I'm sorry it took me so long to respond! I'm not on the computer much, most of my DC posting is done from my phone. I needed to be on the computer to link the recipe I use and I kept forgetting when I was on. Anyway, I use this recipe with a couple modifications and cook them on my 2-burner...
  25. Sprout

    Mother-in-law

    It sounds like you have some excellent advice here and some solid ideas of your own. The only thing I can add is from my own experience living in someone else's home. When you do nail the finances down, set a future date, somewhere in the 3-6 month range to revisit the issue. Pick a date and...
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