Overheard on the Home Cooking Boards

Published on Thursday, April 1, 2010, by Caitlin McGrath / Edit Post

"Teach her where food comes from. My experience picking tomatoes from the vine, pulling onions from the ground, and watching flowers turn into melons in my grandmother's garden were invaluable lessons. So too was the experience of making cookies, sausages, mincemeat instead of buying them pre-made, pre-packaged in the grocery store." - JungMann, on involving a young child with cooking

"I've had mixed success making gnocchi. Sometimes it works and they are lovely little pillows; sometimes it doesn't and they are just leaden. I've used potatoes and I've used roasted squash, which I actually prefer. Either way, the 'light hand' is essential. You have to handle it as little as possible." - LNG212

"Frozen peas are great. Sweeter than the so-called 'fresh' English peas in pods in markets, unless you're getting ones that have just been picked from a farmers' market. They lose their sweetness so quickly. The frozen ones are flash-frozen within minutes after picking. I throw them in frozen and the heat of the dish defrosts and heats them through. That's all the cooking they need." - MakingSense

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