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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...