Posts by elchivito

I have several Griswolds that have been in continuous use for a hundred plus years in my family. I'd never sell them. People who visit here just love my cast iron "collection". It's not a collection, they're my cook pans....

You're so right. The only personal solution any of us can accomplish is to either produce as much of your own food as you can or if that isn't possible get yourself connected to local producers. We buy almost nothing except dry goods...

Well said. Whenever I hear or read "liberals" this or "conservatives" that I understand that I am in the presence of someone who would blame all their woes on one side or the other. This is the definition of...

Ditto what everyone else has said, and add: Failure to disclose the price of verbally described specials. Spare me the phony snob appeal, how much is it? poorly timed courses. If I want my salad with my dinner I'll let you know....

I don't as a rule buy meat in stores as we raise our own. Once in a very great while there's something I want that I don't have in the freezer and I'll buy it in the store on a trip to town. I'm rarely impressed with quality when this...

Interesting thread. I don't know where the chicken bit comes in, do people in Kyoto REALLY eat raw poultry, or were you just using that as an example? I raise my own free range birds, have never bought grocery store or butcher counter...

the white goat cheddar I just finished aging (for the first time) the Mortgage Lifter tomatoes that are coming out my ears The Golden Bantam corn that's as prolific as the tomatoes this spring's lamb and kid meat the crop of...

I've had several of the cable connected thermometers and they all failed. Impossible to use on the grill. It seems the heat from the lid throws the whole thing off. Two of them had cable failures withing a few weeks of purchase. Maybe...

An excellent book. I liked The Omnivore's Dilemma also.

I guess we eat predominantly local produce out of necessity. We buy whatever produce looks good in the store when we go to town, but we only go to town about once a month and this time of year store produce doesn't keep very long, so...