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  1. chiklitmanfan

    Grilled Pizza advice please?

    This thread has my curiosity piqued. I have several large air-bake pizza pans (the ones with thousands of little holes) and think it would make an ideal pizza baking pan for an outdoor grill. My grill, with the lid lowered, gets up to just over 500 degrees which is almost ideal for a pizza...
  2. chiklitmanfan

    Grilling corn on the cob questions

    The corn crop this season has been excellent. We strip all the husk and silk away, Get out just enough tin foil to wrap each corn around once. First, we take a spatula and spread butter liberally on the tinfoil, then sprinkle salt and pepper on top of that to taste. We put the wrapped corn...
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    A Thoughtful Decision

    I hope your new direction does wonder for improving your health. My wife and I eat a lot of lacto-ovo vegetarian and I hope you will share some new vegan recipes with us. Best wishes.....
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    I need some simple, inexpensive, healthy menu ideas

    For lunch try this little invention of mine: Greek Salad Rollups: Flour tortillas Your favorite hummus Feta cheese Greek (or just green olives) sliced scallions Chopped Greek peppers Shredded cabbage or kale or romaine lettuce Salt and pepper Small amount of Greek salad dressing (or vinegar...
  5. chiklitmanfan

    Sweet Potato and Spinach Lasagne

    My wife and I eat a LOT of vegetarian meals and this one looks wonderful since we both enjoy sweet potatoes in a variety of ways. I wouldn't have thought of nutmeg as a seasoning. Perhaps a little smoked paprika. Thanks!
  6. chiklitmanfan

    A very pleasant surprise

    Sounds like a great place to be a patron of, Hoot. If you're from "the great dismal swamp" you have probably heard of chiterlings, which in the south is pronounced "chitlins." Well, I have never tried Menudo or Chitlins and probably never will. It just doesn't sound appetizing. Probably...
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    Sandwich bread is changing

    Well here's someone who does buy commercial bread but not the traditional sandwich loaf. We like the "sandwich rounds" in multi grain for sandwiches because there is less bread and seemingly more of what's inside. Normally, we will make sandwiches out of our home-baked whole wheat (recipe...
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    Today's Funny

    I shot an arrow into the air It fell to the earth I know not where Lose more (^&%#@#!! arrows that way....
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    Today's Funny

    Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet eating her curds and whey along came a spider who sat down beside her and said "Hey lady, whatcha got in the bowl??"
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    Today's Funny

    Hi diddle-diddle the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon..........and ripped her bag.
  11. chiklitmanfan

    Granite Cleaner and Polish Not Food Safe

    This whole discussion reinforces why I don't prepare ANY food directly on our granite countertops. I'm always on top of a cutting board, sometimes 2 or 3 spread around. Not to mention that granite is porous and stains caused by various foodstuffs, especially oil, are tough to get out of granite.
  12. chiklitmanfan

    Homemade bread, your favorite recipe?

    On our trip to England, all of the B & B's featured lime marmalade for their famous breakfasts. That stuff was the BEST marmalade I have ever tasted.
  13. chiklitmanfan

    Homemade bread, your favorite recipe?

    We've been making this 100% whole wheat bread for about 10 years in our Zojiruchi bread machine. I have the exact ingredients memorized but can't tell you a thing about baking times or temperatures but I'm sure this can be done by hand using a loaf pan. We grind our own flour from red winter...
  14. chiklitmanfan

    A fresh hello!

    Welcome to DC, Linda. We look forward to your contributions.
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    Greetings from a Hampton Roads kitchen!

    Welcome to DC. Looking forward to your sharing recipes from that wonderful part of the USA.
  16. chiklitmanfan

    Help on Cast Iron Skillet

    Voultsi, I wished I'd begun cooking at your age! You're off to a great start. I have a large frying pan and large Dutch oven. I pre-seasoned them with cooking oil in a hot oven. Both of them are probably 30 years old and don't show a speck of wear. I use the Dutch oven for everything, especially...
  17. chiklitmanfan

    Huevos Rancheros

    That looks scrumptious! My Mexican-flavor-loving wife would go nuts over this dish. I'm going to surprise her this weekend. Thanks for the great offering.
  18. chiklitmanfan

    Cod in Soft Corn Tortillas with Spicey Mayo (because "fish tacos" is already taken)

    Thanks for the tip, Cheryl J. Sounds like I could use chipotle dressing for a number of dishes too. My favorite fish for tacos is mahi-mahi or tilapia. Never tried cod but I do like a good meaty fish. (the tilapia tends to crumble up but still grabs cooking flavors.)
  19. chiklitmanfan

    Duration of sourdough starter theory?

    Hi Taxlady: I would let my sourdough pot sit sometimes for weeks in the fridge without freshening it up. It would just go dormant. And Frank Z: Yep, you're correct on the lactic acid. I usually kept my sourdough pot pretty rank so got probably a larger % of alcohol on the surface. Even...
  20. chiklitmanfan

    ISO - Sourdough Pancake Recipe

    The best most 'sourdough' tasting pancakes are started the night before by pre-combining the sourdough, fresh flour, milk, and a couple of tablespoons of sugar to really activate the mixture. The next morning, the oil, salt, and eggs are added to the mixture. Baking soda is sometimes an...
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    Duration of sourdough starter theory?

    As a native San Franciscan, sourdough got into my blood at an early age. I have kept a sourdough pot in the fridge for years. I'm no expert but there are some basic do's and don'ts. Here are some iron-clad rules for starting and keeping sourdough. To start, there should only be THREE (3)...
  22. chiklitmanfan

    YOUR Top 5 Spices?

    I thought this would be easy, however I'm finding it deceptively difficult to narrow my choices down. In no particular order: Garlic powder Chili powder Cumin Red pepper flakes Tumeric
  23. chiklitmanfan

    Pepper Jelly!

    Rheesa, our sweet across-the-street neighbor, drops by at least once a week to gift us with samples of her baked goods, jellies, and other scrumptious offerings. She always worries about how they taste but this woman has a talent in the kitchen she's afraid to admit to. This week, she dropped...
  24. chiklitmanfan

    Cod in Soft Corn Tortillas with Spicey Mayo (because "fish tacos" is already taken)

    Drool!! What a great-looking recipe. I want share with you a condiment I borrowed from a small vegetarian restaurant in, of all places, Boone, North Carolina. We make our fish tacos using a fairly simple recipe but the condiment sauce really makes it. We mix up just 4 ingredients: plain...
  25. chiklitmanfan

    'Hawaiian' Fried Rice

    WHAT? No pineapple? Being a native Hawaiian, is that blasphemy?? I love the recipe and love the salty taste of Spam. Although my wife does not like pineapple, I love the sweet and sour flavor of fried rice with that fruit in it.
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