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Tonight was a "sort of" Quiche Lorraine--it had the Gruyere and the bacon, but I also put in caramelized onions.  I started doing that a while ago and the husbandly unit thinks it's a good addition.
????  That's pretty much the same recipe I use for Scots shortbread minus the vanilla (shortbread should taste like butter).  The recipe I use calls for AP flour and rice flour or corn starch.  No sprinkles or egg wash,...
Soy oil shouldn't be a problem.  The most common difficulty for chiffon cakes is the egg white foam--a little oil in the bowl or on the beaters or a tiny drop of egg yoke and the whites don't get the volume they should....
After soaking the grains have you tried pouring off any excess water?  Or giving it a squeeze to express some extra moisture content?  Also, if the regular toaster isn't cutting it, have you tried toasting your bread under...
Put my vote on some sort of onion as well. How about something crunchier? Peanuts? Pine nuts? Pepitas?
Well, since it was "vegetarian", I went with so-called "straight" vegetarian (no meat). I figured if there were other restrictions, it would've been stated. If there are other restrictions, the Porobello Burgers are...
Spanikopita - easy and tasty. Package of frozen phyllo dough 3 boxes of frozen chopped spinach 3 eggs 1/2-3/4 lb. feta (I use Mt. Vikos sheep & goat's milk feta. It's a young, tangy, not-strong-at-all feta and it takes two...
I'm not familiar with an "Opera Cream Cake". The closest I can think of is a "Gateau L'Opera" and the filling for that is just a coffee-flavored buttercream. Doing a quick Google, there's a blog that mentions a cake...
1. Cakes just out of the oven are delicate things. I let them cool for a while (YMMV on what a "while" might be) before removing them from the pan. It also depends on the type of cake--angel food, for example, you want to...
Ugh! The "never-disappearing, constantly checking waiter" is one pet peeve. I can't remember who wrote it, but talking about overly-solicitous waiters they said something like, "Oh, come on! One more bite for...
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