Posts by ChefBazookas

Quote: Originally Posted by Chefross  Thomas Jefferson's wife Martha penned a recipe cookbook called "The Virginia Housewife" The original is in the Smithsonian but you can go online and download it. For...

Quote: Originally Posted by siduri    I believe you don';t like the taste, - stuffing outside the bird is pretty dry and tasteless.      I don't like the taste no matter how...

I'll leave the explanation to KYH.  But below is a pic I found.  I do not enjoy the taste of stuffing, personally.  However, making it this way is definitely more popular with the stuffin' lovin' folks than the...

Thanks so much, all.  This gives me a great start for a winter reading series.  <3

Teamfat - They actually only plated for the judges as presentation wasn't supposed to be a factor in the competition.  The challenge was to use ground beef (the 'secret ingredient') to make 200 samples for patrons in 1.5...

KYHeirloomer recently answered a post regarding 'Must Have Cookbooks'.  He mentioned that Cajun and Creole Cooking with Miss Edie & The Colonel provided the historical and cultural background of the cuisines.   What...

I absolutely loved my grandmother's fried chicken.  It would always be tender, juicy and fried with a delicious crisp.  No one in the family has been able to duplicate it.  I've never seen anyone else outside the...

Here are a couple pics of a local chef's competition at our farmer's market in August that I took photos for.  I had good lighting (it was an outdoor event under shelter) and the plating was done by the...

I once worked for "Chee-Chee's" for about three weeks in a managment trainee program.  The floor was red square tile and had about a half-inch layer of greasy slime coating on it.  I could barely hold myself upright...

I believe they're called Winged Gourds.  These appear to be dried since they're brown, but when fresh they'd likely be two-toned (some green on the bottom and yellow or orange on the top) and/or variegated.   They're...