Posts by ChefBazookas

Quote: Originally Posted by KYHeirloomer   I've been promised seed for a Cherokee variety that comes right from the reservation. If that arrives, it will be one of them for sure. And probably Red Striped...

We always soak fresh-picked morels in salt water for a few hours and sometimes overnight.  They get a water rinse just before they're rolled in flour and fried (or put up in the freezer).  Because they're so corrugated,...

I thank each of you so much for your delicious suggestions.  I want to try them all!  I was going to exclude the pea soup from that sentiment but anything flavored with ham juice can't be all bad.    If I...

Since I'm not cooking for Christmas, I thought I'd try to wrangle the family into spending New Year's Day gorging and chatting like we used to when my grandmother was alive.   For the main dish, I'm thinking I'll prepare a...

My father once told me never to leap without a lily pad.  It would have had to be a supremely toxic environment for me to leave without having something else in line first.   That said, look at the following site:...

I missed the show but my father and I were just chatting on this subject over the weekend.  We were marveling at how my grandmother could always have an entire meal for 13 - 18 on the table from seemingly nothing and in no...

Favorite:  Frying or otherwise cooking bananas.  Others at the top: Bacon.  Pumpkin seeds toasting.  Morels.  Olive oil.  Peppers being prepared or cooked.  Bread baking.  Citrus.

1) My Proctor Silex 1.5 cup Food Chopper  - because it's miniscule, perfect for combining two-person meal ingredients, hasn't keeled over after 3 years of regular use and cost around $14.  Before I acquired it I'd...

And is "pecan" a native Indian word?    'Pecan' does derive from an Algonquin word spelled in English as 'paccan' which is a word referring to a nut that needed to be cracked open with a stone.  The...

Hi Darkwon,   Have you thought about popping by or calling those places where you've interviewed to ask politely why you didn't get the job?  I have done this numerous times over the years and have...