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The cooks at Waffle House never fail to serve me a fluffy omelette. While I figure there are some secret ingredients in the mix to help my breakfast be so tasty, YouTube tells me the fluffiness is due to them whipping alot of air into the eggs, and then flipping the mixture with one deft...

I have a Raised Pork Pie Recipe which calls for two tsp "anchovy essence". All I can find is "anchovy paste". The paste's ingredients are anchovies, salt, olive oil, palm oil, sugar, spices, and preservative. I do not know what "essence" is. But I figure the paste is a good substitution...

I usually have real grits, the ones stone-ground at an historic mill, sitting in the freezer ready to cook in my Zojirushi, fuzzy logic rice maker at one part grits to two parts water. Grit success has always been achieved with the real thing. Today I do not have real grits. But I do Aunt...

The other night there was a show on cable about a BBQ competition for serious people. I was surprised to learn there are some people whose day job is to travel to these competitions to win the prize money. Typically, contestants smoked a whole pig, chicken thighs, some sort of pulled pork...

White versus Black pepper. In a blindfolded taste test, can anyone tell a taste difference between the two? From another thread: My impression is that white pepper is used for aesthetic reasons (no black specks in the dish). What do you think? Tom

Moderators, A whole 1 meg of picture space for each member? (under-whelmed smily) Are pictures not encouraged? Please point me to the appropriate thread that covers uploaded images and/or why the quota is so small. Thanks, Tom

Many years ago, I posted Wearever Chicken Bucket Instructions on one of my web pages. Someone emailed me this morning to advise me that someone was selling my scan of the instruction book on Ebay for $2.99. Feel free to buy it from him, but I don't mind anyone downloading the instruction...

Would queso para freir cheese be a good choice for stuffing poblano peppers as part of a chile rellenos dish? What would your choice of cheese be? Thanks, Tom

I just received a spice blend, from a mail-order company, to add to flour for frying chicken. Ingredients: Salt, MSG, Maltodextrin, spices, partially hydrogenated oil Useage is "2 - 3 tablespoons for two cups AP flour". While I am not thrilled about the MSG, I am puzzled by the...

When my seven-year old badgers me about what I'm making for dinner, I always reply with some line that focuses on "Cold gruel; I'll warm it up if you start smiling!". He always laughs in the most pleasing way, and dares me to make gruel because he does not believe the dish exists. So I found...

My seven-year old, Daniel, would like to have some fresh watermelon, and requested we plant some seeds in the backyard. Today, I returned home with a pack of seeds, and am a little confused by the directions. You can click on the image below for all the directions, but the part I am hoping...

My younger son has been home all week with a fever. He does not talk very much in general so it is sometimes difficult to figure out what foods to present when he does not feel well. Mandarin oranges with water or Gatorade usually go over well, but today he must have tired of the oranges as...

Tonight's meal is a sausage pie which is basically a conglomeration of tasty ideas I have both absorbed from reading many recipes, and knowing what I would like to eat. As with many other concoctions, I have stood ready with rolling out dough a certain way or adding a certain amount of spice...

My wife and I prefer thick-sliced bacon when we have bacon, and I have taken to convection-baking it in the oven due to the slices necessary to feed us & the Boyz (1st grader & pre-schooler). The other day I picked up a pound-&-a-half of thick sliced bacon and casually noted it was "maple...

No Nursing Home for Me About 2 years ago my wife and I were on a cruise through the western Mediterranean aboard a Princess liner. At dinner we noticed an elderly lady sitting alone along the rail of the grand stairway in the main dining room. I also noticed that all the staff, ships officers...

Since I have had pot stickers in both a Korean restaurant, and a Chinese take-out place, I do not know who originated them. :sad: But I do know that I enjoy them! :smile: So much that I tried my hand at making them the other evening. I was very happy with the end result, and will definitely...

The other evening, I declared (to myself) that I was fixing pork chops for our family of four. Unless breaded & fried, pork does not go over well with my two preschoolers. The Boyz also don't care much for either pan-fried-with-salt & pepper pork chops or pork chops baked in cream-O-mushroom...

My Westbend bread machine wore out after 11 years of regular use, and I was surprised that both Walmart & Target only offered one choice as a possible replacement. :sad: Are bread machines becoming a thing of the past? Tom

Seeing this recipe in another thread: reminded me that I have never been able to identify the ingredient in breakfast link sausages that gives them their special flavor. Does anyone know what that ingredient is? Thanks, Tom

While I wish I was more well rounded in the culinary arts, I usually end up throwing together what appeals to me for given meal usually without the aid of a cookbook. Alton Brown is somewhat of an inspiration to me. Although I enjoy experimenting, my taste buds are not that finely attuned, and...