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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...

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...

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...

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...

I have tried to make tortillas a few times now. All of my attempts have been tasty, but I think I finally figured out the right time and temp combination for my stove last night. They cooked quickly enough to not shrink and thicken too much but slowly enough to be cooked through but still soft...

I made some ranch dressing from a packet with soy milk and yogurt. I don't think we'll finish it before it goes bad. There shouldn't be any problem with freezing half, should there? It will probably seperate when it thaws, but should be easily mixed back up, right?

I have long been in love with roasted red pepper aioli. I don't make it often though because I want to put it on everything and it's basically mayonnaise with a roasted rwd pepper, a clove or two of fresh garlic and a bit of lemon juice. I always make some when I make corned beef and cabbage...

I am cooking 2 corned beef roasts today, one to be eaten tonight and one to turned into sandsich meat with an electric slicer, so I went ahead and threw them both in the slow cooker. I've never bothered to check temp in a slow cooker because if it's fork-tender, it's obviously done. I...

I buy a big container of baby field greens from Costco every week or so. We never quite make it through. DH isn't home for dinner and won't ever go for the greens on his own and the sproutlets love salad, but can only eat so much. Plus, this time of year I want a hot meal most nights! Even with...

I am making rice stuffing for a big group dinner tomorrow night and I would like to keep it warm in a crock pot, but I'm worried that it will dry out. It will likely be in there for 4-5 hours. Should I add extra moisture? I'm worried that once it starts to dry out I'll be up a creek and it won't...

While I was up north last week my dad indulged my craving for poutine. He told me he had gotten a moose roast from a friend and for some reason, the idea of poutine made with moose gravy sounded incredible to me, so he braised up the roast for us while we were there. We made gravy from the...

I used to work at an Old Spaghetti Factory and have really been craving the food lately. I found a copycat recipe for their garlic cheese bread and their creamy pesto dressing, so the last thing I need is a good sauce to go with the cheese bread. I usually make a fairly rich, fully spiced...

We had my dad's (Chief Longwind's) barbecued turkey for Thanksgiving. We just finished the leftovers tonight. I've gotta say, for me, nobody does turkey like my dad. He uses a Weber kettle grill and cooks the bird indirectly over two side beds of charcoal and wood (tag alder this year) with a...

At my almost-4-year-old daughter's request, my girls' birthday party this year will be star themed. I have most of the food planned out, but just had an idea. I was planning on making a build-your-own sandwich platter with everything cut into stars, but then I saw where someone baked mini pizzas...

I decided to make cake pops to give out as favors for my daughters' birthday party, since my plan for the cake will result on a lot of trimmings. I have a little boy coming who is very allergic to peanuts and tree nuts (among other things). I found a website that sells candy melts that would be...

Does anyone know if the marshmallow-making process is any different in humid weather? I know a lot of candies won't set up properly if it's humid, but I'm hoping marshmallows will still work because of the gelatin. I keep seeing blog posts about making them during the summer, but has anyone...

I know I've seen this mentioned in threads on ice cream before, but I bought a container of Edy's Special Edition "ice cream" today. It didn't even say "Slow Churned" on the package. I was amazing at how insubstantial it was. When I was younger I occasionally liked to freeze Cool Whip and eat it...

I thought this might be fun for a thread. Let me know if there is one already in existence. Have you ever learned something, whether trivial or more significant, and just wanted to tell someone about it? This is a place to share any of those moments you've had in the kitchen today. It can be an...

I'm trying to nail down the details for our Easter dinner and I have a couple points i need some help with. I am roasting a leg of lamb and I don't have a large platter. I typically borrow one but I'd like to buy one of my own. I have no idea how large I'll need though. I don't pick the leg up...

A new privately owned small grocer opened up just down the street from us. Their shelves are filled mostly with cool ethnic foods from around the world. Their produce section has a rotating selection of fruits and veggies that are outside of the norm here, as well as a few basics like tomatoes...

Last night we had a few friends over and I used some of my plethora of leftover turkey to make curry. I loosely based it on a recipe I found for a Thai coconut curry. I realized halfway in that this was not going to be enough food, even with the rice and quinoa. I had plenty of all the...

Thanksgiving was at my place this year and I was left with a lot of leftovers. Chief Longwind threw me a curveball when he decided to roast another turkey (we already had one I was roasting and his smoked beauty) and bring it down with him. Then he and Mom left without taking any leftovers. Our...

I keep meaning to try the boil-for-3-hours method of turning sweetened condensed milk into caramel, but I wanted something a bit quicker tonight. I saw online that you can make caramel out of condensed milk the same way you would make it from sugar and water, by boiling it until it browns and...

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