Posts by bluedogz

Good afternoon-   Several of my family's favorite recipes include a jalapeno or two, which I buy in the produce section (not much of a gardener, me...)   Anyhow, the heat produced by these jalapenos seems wildly...

Ok, so years ago, my niece (then 4 years old) came for a visit for the Christmas holiday from Iceland.  At the time she had no knowledge of English, but was sweet all the same.  I tried to stock up on fun things for a...

Quote: Originally Posted by PrairieChef    Customers that have no clue what they're ordering drive me nuts. Isn't that the job of  good server?  I'm not a chef but I am a...

Actually, I didn't say no duck stock... I just wasn't sure what else to do.   There's barely any meat on the thing... just scraps really.  The wings are there but that's about it.  No legs...

The gully out back gave me a pleasant surprise this year... yards and yards of raspberry canes!

So I pulled out (from the freezer) what I thought was some bone-in pork chops to defrost for a recipe for tomorrow.  After defrosting in the fridge overnight, I opened up the (unlabelled... duh) freezer bag to discover.. a bird...

Good afternoon-   This morning's project was raspberry-picking in the yard.  And now I'm 4 cups deep ready to make scones.   Ran to the market to pick up a container of light cream for my scone recipe,...

Good questions there... this was a cheap roast gotten on sale and prepared to slice up for sandwiches.  Ordinarily, I'd have been motivated to turn fond into gravy, but this wasn't really fond as much as 'burnt-on...

Well, I'm coming here to settle an argument, again...   After roasting a rump roast the other night, my perennial houseguest volunteered to 'clean up.'  An hour later, I found my roasting pan and v-rack out on...

As one of the non-professionals here, I have to agree- even disagreements here are based on comparisons of knowledge, and the undercurrent seems to be one of helping each other learn, not proving who is right and who is wrong.