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Hi thar! My sister is a 25 year vegan and is coming for a visit! She can also cook, wow can she cook. I want to make something that she will like but feel like I'd be serving catfish in a seafood house if I just broke out with a vegan soup. I want to make some kind of veggie soup or...

I entered a chili cookoff this weekend and practiced all week to get a pot the way I wanted it. At 2:00 PM on Sunday I went up to present my prize winnin chili, only to find out the contest was on Saturday!!!!!!! I lauged at myself all the way to the local Mexican restaraunt, only to find...

Well I done gots me sum veggies planted! I got 25 mater plants of many kinds, eggplant, squash, zuccs, okra, every pepper known to this hemisphere, two types of corn, bush beans, carrots, potatoes, radishes, brussel sprouts, two types cantelopes, two types watermelons, giant pumpkins, spices and...

The farmer just left from de house and he cut me a garden GOOD about 50 feet wide and 150 foot long. I got enough rows to feed da neighborhood! I love lettin folks come pick fresh veggies almost as much as I like feedin them. Folks who dont garden are just wide eyed when they see them big ole...

If anyone knows any contact information about this event please post it. I have several friends who insist I do this gig just to see. I at least want to go down once and see whats up before I enter. I can only find one web page at tabasco about it but how to get in is another matter...

And all because of the judges........ Why cant they find people who know food?

I love my cast iron but long time simmer in the oven with tomatoes and peppers in the mix, it did not work so good. I could taste the pot, that is the first time that this ever happend to me. Goin with stainless on round two. I thought I had it seasoned well after the last run but it sure...

Does anybody ever indulge? I'm doing a chili cook off next weekend, the easy kind of contest. Cook it at home and bring it in a crock pot. Im gonnd do two different versions just for the fun of it. I want to do a black bean and corn chili, never done it but I think I can make it work. I was...

I bought 4 pork butts and people just fight over the bones left once I get dont gettin the meat off them for sausage. PINTO seems to be the goes word but these people want them bones. I gladly contribute, even though I truly believe that one smoked hock can do justice to beans that no dang...

I just got my first stuffer, already have a grinder, and three books with the science of this stuff and what are supposed to be authentic recipes from around the world. I have learned much just reading them and dont feel like I will make something you cant eat. But it's a new twist to...

Here of late (the last 5 years maybe) I have grown to seriously respect the power of good stock. The casual standard, MaryquaW, [I cant spellit] is just the tip of the ice burg. It's like at least better than water to me. Generally these days if it calls for "water" in anything I cook, I am...

Just was wonderin if you guys and gals got this "almost burnt" onion thing going on. Im cuttin onion in half and making slivers across the grain of the onion, and cooking them in rendered bacon fat until they are almost crispy brown. Brown, but not crispy, almost there. You put them in...

How do you guys feel about these? I bought some and was shocked at how good the flavor is on them. I've started using them in all kinds of stuff.

I have this big ole skillet that someone gave me for Christmas a long time ago. The Teflon is long gone, at least in big places. It's thin, it aint exactly a great skillet, but I know what it does. I just cant make myself throw it away. It's not that the Caphalon I want to replace it...

I saw Alton using one that is digital and magnetically hangs on the front of the oven and thought that seems pretty sharp. I need one, dont own one, but am about to start working with salami and need a good meat meter. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I am having a Cajun Fais Do-Do this Sunday complete with Cajun Music! (pronounced fay doe doe) It's a gathering of neighbors to eat good food, play music, and dance and have fun. I'm doing sausages all day Saturday so I'm going to have Boudin Blanc Andouille Seafood and andouille gumbo...

Watching FTV I regularly see grocery stores with shelves packed with items I have never even seen before. (chutney, specialty olives, Evoo, wild mushrooms, other veggies, certain cheeses, etc) The Chefs rarely use them on FTV, sticking to basic ingredients, but I am still very intrigued with all...

Has anyone used this software? If so what do you think about it? Here's da link http://www.busycooks.com/

I won a local contest with this recipe so a couple folks like it anyway! I cant remember exactly the measurements on this and always just make it as I go, tasting it to see if it's right. The stock: 3 smoked ham hocks 3 cut up onions 2 cut up bell pepper several stalk celery carrots tsp...

This stuff is really tasty if you like Gumbo Seafood Gumbo Supreme 1 pound Hillshire farms smoked sausage or andoullie if you can get it 2 pounds medium shrimp, use shells for stock. 1 quart of oysters in liquor 1 container crab meat or more if you can afford it 1 package of frozen bay...

Howdy folks! Im new around here just thought I'd see if anyone else is playing with toys similar to what Im doing these days. I bought a Dakotah TNT stuffer three days ago and should get it early this week. Does anyone own one of these? I cant wait for the thing to get here, I have the...

Hey thar folks! I got Paula on the boob tube behind me tawkin bout makin beef stew and I got the fixings for one in the ice box! Reckon I need to git up and git r done! I'm lookin fer sum pinto beans to hang out wit, yall knows any? :tongue: