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    Freezing Salsa?

    Quizzie...would love to try your version of salsa. Mine is usually a basic tomato, cilantro, onion, lime juice and jalapenos. Then I add various other ingredients depending on what I have on hand and what flavors I'm in the mood for. So, you say no need to freeze...do you process in a...
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    Freezing Salsa?

    Wanted to make a few batches of salsa made from canned tomatoes to get us by until the tomatoes from the garden are ready. Has anyone ever froze salsa with good results? I have canning supplies, but wasn't sure about re-canning the tomatoes...plus I don't have the time right now to spend...
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    Your Potluck Favorites

    Thanks for the ideas! I will be trying some of them. I will look for the cook-out thread. pdswife: Could you please post the mini-lemon cakes recipe? I love anything lemon! Also would like your stuffed mushrooms recipe.
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    Your Potluck Favorites

    Have to bring a dish or two to the in-laws for lunch on Easter and also have a baby shower coming up that I am hosting and need a few ideas on what to make. The main dishes are taken care of so would need a type of side dish or appetizer. I usually make coleslaw (copycat of KFC's) or Cheesy...
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    ISO: Tacos Al Carbon

    Several of our local Mexican restaurants here serve a dish called Tacos Al Carbon that my husband loves. It's strips of marinated steak servered in soft corn tortillas. The beef tastes like it has been seasoned with something similar to A-1 steak sauce. I tried to recreate at home but the...
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    Your Favorite Asparagus Dish?

    Thanks for all your ideas! I think I will try roasting them in the oven with some evoo, s&p and maybe some garlic for my first attempt. Will let you know how it turns out. How long do you usually roast it and at what temp.?
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    Your Favorite Asparagus Dish?

    I developed a dislike for asparagus as a kid and have always avoided it. Could be due to the lemon jello with mushy asparagus in it that my grandmother used to make for holidays!! Anyway, was really hungry a few weeks ago and tried some (maybe steamed or roasted) asparagus spears on my plate...
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    Pandemic or any Nat'l Emergency - how will you prepare?

    Normally, I only spend a day or two worrying about the lastest scare on the news, but this one kind of hits home as my husband is a big-time duck and goose hunter and also does bird taxidermy out of our home. From what I've read so far, none of the human cases have been contracted from...
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    Thursday 3/2, dinner?

    Fried chicken (Paula Deen recipe), mashed potatoes and green beans. Yum!
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    Homemade flour tortillas

    I've been wanting to try making these for the last several years, but am not sure about the process. Do you have a special tool like a press? Saw a tortilla maker in a catalog several years back, kind of like a waffle iron, but flat plates, so I asked my hubby for one for christmas. I ended...
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    Volcano cake suggestions needed

    My son is turning 7 next week and has requested a dinosaur-themed party. I have a Demarle tray that has cupcake-sized pyramid shapes, so thought I would make individual chocolate and vanilla "volcanoes" for each kid to decorate themselves. When everyone's finished, thought we could put all the...
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    I need a new Ground Beef recipe!

    We like this one, although it does include tomatoes and is topped with cheese. My 7 y.o. son does not like cheddar, only the plasticy sheets of American. Yuck! Almost A Meal Casserole 1 lb ground beef 1 c. onion, diced 1 Tbs Worchestershire sauce 1 tsp salt 2 c. potatoes, sliced 1/3 c. flour...
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    Food Bills?

    We spend about $50-$75 per week for my family of 5, however my kids are young and in the picky stage of eating, so all 3 of them probably add up to 1 adult! Anyway, I have been stockpiling non-perishable and freezer items for the past year and a half when they come up on a good sale, so I...
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    OR - Portland or coast between Lincoln City and Astoria - suggestions?

    We stay at a beach house in Lincoln City 2-4 times per year and also like Kyllo's. A few years back, we asked a few local people where they go for dinner in the area and they all said Dory Cove. It's nothing to look at, but the food was great and the prices are reasonable. It is located in...
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    Hot Milk Sponge Cake

    My grandmother used to make this cake, but poured the batter in a 9 x 13 dish, then cut cake into rectangular bars. I believe each bar was then dipped in a thin powdered sugar/milk mixture, then rolled in chopped walnuts. She called them Nut Bars.
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    Does anyone do "Freezer Cooking"?

    Jkath- I'm interested in how you work out the details when doing this with friends...like how do you split the cost and do you each do your 24 meals at your own homes or do you bring all your ingredients to one persons house and assemble the meals together? I have 3 small children underfoot, so...
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    Does anyone do "Freezer Cooking"?

    Just curious if anyone did "once a month cooking" or "freezer cooking". I did a couple sessions at Dream Dinners last year and really liked the convenience of having ready-to-go meals in the freezer, however the price was pretty high and some of the items my picky DH didn't like. Can anyone...
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    Need help identifying candy

    Thanks for your replies! I actually made the peppermint bark for christmas last week, but copied the stuff being sold at Williams Sonoma and melted a layer of milk chocolate in the bottom of the pan first and let that cool, then topped it with the peppermint bark (yum!). I will have to do...
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    Need help identifying candy

    My husband loves a candy from a local candy shop which they call, depending on the flavor, Lemon Ice, Lime Ice, Orange Ice or Raspberry Ice. It is creamy with tiny pieces of hard candy in it which are the same color and flavor as the base. It appears to be made by pouring the hot candy on...
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    Help with lemon juicer

    juicer I don't think my Mac computer is understanding the "add image" button. Tried to attach the photo, don't know if it worked. They show a photo of one at epinion.com/cooking. They call it a Bird Lemon Squeezer. I think maybe I'm trying to put too big of a piece of lemon in it might be...
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    Help with lemon juicer

    I received a metal juicer shaped like a bird for my birthday and am not sure how to use it. The back part lifts up and has a row of little teeth toward the front, then the juice is supposed to pour out the beak. I tried to use it with a lemon to make chicken piccata, but the lemon kept falling...
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    Grilled Pizza

    Read an article in a magazine about how good pizza tastes when cooked on your BBQ grill and decided to try it. We've had two different ones over the last week and a half...pepperoni with roasted red and yellow bell peppers and a garlic parmesan chicken with green onion and both were awesome...
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    Favorite Faire Food

    Some friends of mine run a BBQ chicken stand at the local rodeo/fair and the line is always very long. I think they cook it and shred it, then serve on buns. I always have to get an elephant ear when it's fair time. Not something you can just get anywhere, so makes it a special treat. I have...
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    Rub for Duck

    We found some great seasonings at the Waterfowl Festival here in Oregon a couple months ago. The company is Champion's Choice and can be purchased through Buck Gardner Calls, Inc. in Tennessee (Phone #901-946-2996). They have Jamaican Jerk, Smokey Mountain and, our favorite, Garlic Parmesan...
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    TNT Angelfood Cake?

    I always go for the boxed angelfood cake mix; just add water! I make it in my silicone sponge cake mold which is 3 quarts. It still rises over the dish a bit, so I would think with a bundt pan you may have some overflow problems. I have served it with strawberries and raspberries and whipped...
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