Posts by summer57

I was on a low-carb diet for 2 or 3 years. A good thing, too, because I was eating too much pasta, white bread, starch and sugar. I learned to eat a lot more vegetables, complex carbohydrates (lentils, oatbran, barley), and a lot less...

We also make bread a couple of times a week, but I usually use Panko for breadcrumbs.

I have a neighbour with a couple of fig trees, and yes, they're Greek! but this year, I was sad to see the figs all fell to the ground & sidewalk, squashed.  No one picked them! Next year, I'll ask if I can harvest...

Exact measurements when making pastry is deceptive. A cup of all purpose flour doesn't weigh or act the same as pastry flour. Protein level and humidity make a difference. Here in Canada, all-purpose flour is around 13 gm of protein,...

I've been thinking seriously about getting a pressure cooker ever since I had the Pork Thai Consomme with Poached Cod and Pulled Pork sandwich at a Vancouver restaurant. The chef, Dale McKay, uses a pressure cooker for both...

For Chinese cooking (and yes, I know China has so many regional cuisines), I like Pei Mei's 3 volume series with Chinese/English parallel text. Beautiful photographs. Although out of print, these books do come up from time to time in...

Hi Worldcook, No-sugar or low-sugar jams and jellies are easy to make, especially if you have access to no-sugar pectin and recipes.  Here are a couple of links - http://www.pomonapectin.com/ and...

HP sauce has always been a staple in our (Canadian) family. But, until Ishbel mentioned it, I didn't realize that HP stood for Houses of Parliament!  Kind of clueless of me, now that I think about it. Is it uncommon in the US?

I can my own tomato paste (just cooked-down paste tomatoes), but usually use the tomato paste in a tube.  But what about the Sugo Ortolina, which looks like tomato paste in a tube, but includes vegetables and olive oil?  ...

Hi foodpump -- do you think blood oranges would work for your marmalade? I love the colour, but maybe too sweet for marmalade? (and no jokes from me about a Vancouver garden!)