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Thanks everyone. You've all given me good ideas. Diane

I roasted a smoked ham this weekend and then sliced it into family sized portions and froze it. After reading lately about not throwing away chicken carcasses and beef bones, I made chicken and beef broth last weekend. I looked at the big bone with the joint in the middle and the toasty...

Michael, I went to the Wikipedia site and read about the Maillard reaction. Very interesting. I love learning new things. Thanks for posting! Diane

Thanks for pointing that out. I did a Google search. I have cut resistant. Majestic Dyneema. This is the pair I have: The top right corner. Cut Resistant Gloves-Palmflex-1-800-856-4817 Now that I know it's cut-resistant, not cut-proof, I think I'll use the glove and a Scotch-Brite...

That's wonderful to know. I'll definitely try the flat stoneware pan too. Thank you! Diane

"cut your finger to the bone" That would be awful! I'll stick with the cut-proof gloves. Thanks for the warning. Diane

Thanks for saying that. I'm just bored with a lot of things I've been eating and have been looking for other ideas. I'm sure I'll still eat some canned vegies sometimes. I eat canned or frozen fruit sometimes too. I eat canned tuna and salmon. One thing I really don't like though is canned...

You've all given me wonderful tips. Thank you so much. Robo, I Googled au gratin pan to see what you meant by low sided. The ones I saw ranged from 1-1/4 to 2-1/2 high. I'm guessing the lower the better for roasting vegetables. I have a confession to make. I'm so culinarily challenged I...

What is best to roast vegetables in -- roasting pan, baking sheet lined with parchment paper or without parchment paper, casserole dish, cast iron skillet, enamel coated cast iron, or what? I'm going to be using olive oil and different seasonings/herbs. No butter. (C..r..e..a..k.)...

wysiwyg, I checked out the link you posted. I realized after I bought mine I would have been better off buying one like the one in your link. Here's a link similar to the one I bought: http://www.chefscatalog.com/product/22272-de-buyer-mandoline.aspx You'll notice the one I bought gets 2...

Wysiwyg and Breezycooking, Thanks for both of your tips! I've been using a serrated tomato knife but when I read BreezyCooking's idea about the serrated bread knife, I tried that and it did work better. I got super thin slices. It was better than the tomato knife and any other straight...

Pacanis, I did a search after clicking the link. It gets pretty high ratings. Does the pressure go up to the 15 psi? That's the standard used in most recipes or timing charts. It has some very nice features! Jeenkinz, Thanks for the compliment. I've learned a lot lately. There's still a...

Picanus, No, I don't have an electric pressure cooker. I have a Kuhn-Rikon stove top and a Fagor stove top. I cooked this in the Kuhn-Rikon. I cooked the bones with the pressure cooker lid on and reduced it in the pressure cooker pot with the lid off, using it as a stock pot, so I didn't have...

Thanks for answering my question Marko. Pacanis, Yes, that's a pretty long time for cooking it in a pressure cooker. I'm sure that was overkill because I couldn't remember how long to cook it and couldn't find any notes on it. I also didn't want to wait for an answer and wanted to get it...

This weekend I made my own homemade beef broth. I used four beef bones from the grocery store (lots of marrow), covered them with water (I'm guessing about 5 qts. of water), added spices, and cooked it in the pressure cooker for a couple of hours. Then I strained it and reduced it for eight...

I think I'll stick with cooking them first since taste is #1 priority so I'll try the french fry chopper and see if that's faster. I have a straight blade de Buyer mandoline. It won't slice tomatoes (I guess because it's not a V shaped blade) so it might not do soft cooked potatoes either but...

What's the quickest way to dice potatoes, any tool to speed this up, or just be fast with a knife? I'm trying to be more efficient in the kitchen and get things done quicker. Diane

After doing more research, I see that de Buyer has a "V mandoline" and regular straight across blade mandoline. Mine is not the V mandoline so maybe that's why it didn't cut the tomatoes well.

I tried my new de Buyer mandoline today. I was impressed and grateful there was a demonstration video because I don't know if I could have figured it out without it. I sliced onions, sweet potatoes, and tomatoes with the straight blade. The tomatoes didn't slice well at all. They pretty...

I appreciate all of these great tips. Thanks again! I hope to give it a try this weekend. Diane

Kitchenelf, You didn't tell me anything I didn't already know. Thank you. Right after I posted I thought I wonder if cooking with the chicken parts in a bag would change the taste? If so, it doesn't sound very tasty. I'll do it your way and GB's way. This will be my first time making...

What is the easiest way to get rid of the chicken carcus, neck, feet, etc. or beef bones after cooking broth? Some people who some type of bag (not sure if it's made out of cheese cloth or what). They lift the bag, empty it, and pop it in the washing machine. I'll be using a pressure and...

GotGarlic, Thank you! That's a huge help. A chart of what blends well together is wonderful. That will definitely get me started and then I can expand on it as I read more. Last night when I googled "blending flavors" I got hits, whereas before I didn't, so I think I could have worded my...

I'm not allergic to soy but it makes me retain water weight. My hands swell and I get puffy. I'm also gluten intolerant. I don't have celiac disease. I can have a little flour in gravy about once a week but anymore than that and I'm tired and depressed all the time and I swell up way more...

I did WW Core program. They have two programs, Flex and Core. Flex you could points for everything you eat. Core you don't count points for Core foods, and you get 35 points a week for non-Core foods. Both programs you can earn activity points. The Core program teaches you healthy...