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Best and Worst Recipes You Made From a Cooking Show
56 plants! and i see what you mean about a lousy harvest. i heard the same thing about pumpkins this year -- too much rain.
i used to grow tomatoes, but they were more trouble than they were worth -- esp. when the dang squirrels would steal the near-ripe tomatoes right off the plant. i caught one in the act once, and as he was carrying it in his mouth, i shouted "STOP THIEF!" and he dropped it and ran off lickety-split. that was priceless.
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whole smoked turkey- where to find today near Arlington
excellent! happy thanksgiving! (i'm a smoked turkey fan, too). btw, look at their sale flyer when you go in, they have some good sale items.
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For T'Day--can apple cobbler or crisp be made ahead?
sometimes i think they're even better reheated! especially when i can put on a big scoop of vanilla ice cream. happy thanksgiving!
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whole smoked turkey- where to find today near Arlington
call the cherrydale safeway -- 703-841-1155 --- and ask to talk to the meat manager -- or just go there. usually they have the smoked turkeys for $20.
the other one on harrison: 703-538-6700
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Thanksgiving relish tray?
oh right!!!! the spiced apples in the jar!!!! i'd forgotten about those. they always tasted too strong for me. i have to see if they're still sold. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/470818
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What Kind of Cooking Show Host Do You Prefer?
if you ever saw her shows at the beginning -- when i think the name of the show was "paula's home cooking," she had her ***much more natural*** accent -- unforced and not loud or "in your face."
"her" kitchen was that of her producer, gordon elliott, by the way.
paula has always tried to please, according to her memoir, but she needs to "displease" her handlers on this topic of "trumping up" her accent.
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Your worst Thanksgiving meal?
she must be related to an old boyfriend of mine, whose favorite color was *beige.*
my nieces know him as "mr. beige."
i picked a fight when i taunted him that my favorite color was magenta. (to keep on a "food" topic: beet juice is magenta. beets can be on a thanksgiving relish tray. many people don't like beets. i learned to love beets on a particular diet. beets can be prepared in many delicious ways. roasted beets. pickled beets. harvard beets.
~~~~ phew! any more beet facts i can dredge up? ;-).
happy thanksgiving!
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Pumpkin Garam Masala Latte
"""""This recipe, while from a trusted source, may not have been tested by the CHOW food team."""
hmmmm. why not? are we the guinea pigs?
plus, you have to make a big batch of pumpkin base? how much base does one use?
sounds like one could just use some canned pumpkin pie filling, and some garam masala.
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What is your favorite non-citrus flavor companion to cranberries?
horseradish is good with the cranberries, for sure. here is a cranberry "jezebel" sauce: http://kitchensherpa.wordpress.com/20...
i've made cran sauce with jalapeños and cumin.
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Tiny Kitchen Disasters that are totally annoying!!
i've never seen anything like the older avocado green bacon cooker you describe. it was probably taken off the market as a "fire or grease" hazard. there is that design for the microwave, where the bacon hangs on a "t" shaped rack.
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when i was googling "micro bacon t" to show you, i came upon this instead! ;-).
http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=21148
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happy thanksgiving!
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Trader Joe's Holiday Items. What are you looking forward to?
is it just me, or are this year's lebkuchen a bit wimpy in the flavor department, and too soft in texture? ;-(.
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Thanksgiving relish tray?
that's fun!
for a recent brunch, i made a "hedgehog" with a cantaloupe half, then stuck with toothpicks of little smokies and grapes. some toothpicks had a cube of cheese with the little smokie, instead.
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'fess up, "i'm a hog when it comes to eating ____ ."
hellava good onion dip *is* addictive -- esp. with ruffles.
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Amusing menu gaffes - what's yours? [moved from Boston board]
imams faint.
priests get strangled.
for some other funny italian stuff, watch conan and mario in this cooking demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6qCC1...
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Your worst Thanksgiving meal?
""""The DIL's ("I won't eat that, too many colors") sweet potato marshmallow casserole and green bean casserole ("I cook by smell and sight - I don't taste anything.") was awful"""
her *quotes* are priceless! LOL!
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Best and worst cooking show set designs
paula deen's first shows were done in her producer's kitchen (the english guy, whose name escapes me, but it is "follow productions").
giada's first shows were done in a friend's home's kitchen in california, iirc.
alton brown's first shows were done in his home, and the neighbors complained so much that they had to go to a set.
ina garten's kitchen is her home kitchen.
i'm pretty sure michael chiarello's kitchen is his there in napa valley.
the neely's kitchen i'm pretty sure is theirs in their home.
i'm sure there are more instances of "real" (i.e., not "set") kitchens on tv.
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Help! Did I ruin my turkey???
turkey hot line: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wi...
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Next Iron Chef Finale - Spoilers
but they had their female already, cat cora.
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Best Trader Joe's cookies?
year round: cranberry-white chocolate dunkers!
christmas: lebkuchen (sans chocolate).
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Thanksgiving relish tray?
yum! he was lucky! (and yes, a fresh stick of butter on a cut glass butter dish was the fanciest we got).
and a size 10 in the 60's -- what's that today?
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Substitute butter for Crisco?
my niece makes some cookies with that butter-flavored crisco, and my mom is absolutely crazy about them. i'm not much help though, as i don't recall the specific cookie. and there are tons of recipes, it seems: http://www.crisco.com/Recipes/Browse....
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Best and Worst Recipes You Made From a Cooking Show
did you blanch them in quarters, or what? i'm envious of your access to lots of good tomatoes, ripe and green. i wonder how tomatillos would substitute?
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Things I ate/drank in college that I will never eat again
ok, back to food:
la choy egg foo young from the cans, where you add your own eggs. quite the exotic, was i not? (redeeming feature: at same time, would play (well, "blast" with a harman-kardon amp) led zeppelin's "black dog" with JBL speakers sitting on my window ledges to ward off roving gangs of frat boys "serenading" the women's dorms).
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Your worst Thanksgiving meal?
yes, i was thinking that -- depending on the cheese-- $50 may not go very far.
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Thanksgiving relish tray?
yes, indeedy -- at fancy places. at our house, i don't ever recall any fancy butter curls. http://www.recipetips.com/glossary-te...
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chicken liver pate with pastis?
i'm not lovin' the pastis in liver pate idea. i think the flavors would clash. there is a thread that may have some thoughts on the combo....but i'm not sure. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/576330
here are ideas with liver & fennel: http://www.google.com/search?client=s...
i use cognac.
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What to do with Cabbage?
if you like rutabaga, i make a cabbage and rutabaga dish that i (and mom) love.
one head of cabbage, chopped, one large-ish rutabaga, cubed in about 1/2" cubes. sweat some chopped bacon in a big stock pot, then when it's pretty much rendered, add in the rutabaga, and cook till half-way tender. then add in the cabbage, add about a cup of water (check during simmer to make sure you're not going to scorch the bottom), and maybe a heaping teaspoon of salt, cover and simmer till cabbage is cooked tender but not mushy. makes your kitchen smell, but it is goo--oood. sometimes i splash on some texas pete pepper vinegar when i serve it.
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Thanksgiving relish tray?
or garlic and herb cream cheese, or other strong cheese piped in.
but i love your crunchy idea, bt! hmm, cheese and almonds! ? !
maybe a little anchovy paste with the cheese, now that i'm thinking about it.
