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The maligned iceberg lettuce

My favorite lettuce.

about 9 hours ago
Antilope in General Topics

Enough with the 'green juice'!!!

If you have ever been to a park with ducks, you would not want and "green juice" drinks. Gak.

about 9 hours ago
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how do you eat your grits?

With canned Hormel beanless chili on top.

about 9 hours ago
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Emeril's Mexican Breakfast Casserole: WOW

Emeril's recipe sounds really good. I will have to try it with my homemade Mexican Chorizo. I always make my own Mexican Chorizo anyway (and usually serve it with scrambled eggs):

Homemade Mexican Chorizo

1 lb ground lean pork, ground turkey or ground chicken can be substituted
1/4 cup cider vinegar
2 tablespoons chili powder
1 tablespoon sweet paprika
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon table salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano, crushed
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes (add more pepper flakes and a little ground cayenne pepper for more heat)
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper

Combine chili powder, paprika, cumin, salt, garlic powder, coriander,
oregano, red pepper flakes, ground cloves and black pepper in mixing bowl and stir until well combined.

Add cider vinegar and stir until dry ingredients are moistened.
Add ground meat and knead until spice mixture is well incorporated into the meat.

You can use the chorizo immediately, but for best flavor development,
place chorizo mixture in an airtight container and store overnight in fridge.

Form chorizo meat into small patties or just scramble and fry the meat in a skillet until done.

Use within 2 or 3 days. May be frozen.

about 22 hours ago
Antilope in Home Cooking

Need 70's Better Homes & Gardens pistachio chocolate candy recipe

I'm reminded of the Watergate Cakes of the mid-1970's that used the green tinted (newly released product) Pistachio Instant Pudding mix. Maybe your fudge recipe also used this pistachio instant pudding in the top layer?

Could this recipe be similar?

Pistachio Bar Dessert
http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/p...

1 day ago
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Space food - it's not just tubes anymore!

Here's a link to info about a BBQ rub that NASA used on the last Space Shuttle flight (STS-135 in July 2011). Also links to the NASA BBQ rub recipe.

I've made the NASA BBQ rub, and it's a real keeper. Really good on slow cooker meat, also.

Special American Meal Planned for Final Space Shuttle Crew
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts135/american_meal.html

Original NASA bbq rub recipe (food formula in percentage by weight).
Beef Brisket, Barbecued, Sliced
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/567294main_American_meal_Formulations.pdf

NASA bbq rub recipe in Cups, Tablespoons and Teaspoons.
http://www.food.com/recipe/nasa-barbe...

May 15, 2013
Antilope in Food Media & News

Space food - it's not just tubes anymore!

Early on in the space program they ate regular food. Here's a video of Buzz Aldrin, on Apollo 11 in 1969, making a deviled ham sandwich. He used a regular slice of bread and a can of deviled ham.

Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin makes a makes a ham spread sandwich
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j36k8k...

May 15, 2013
Antilope in Food Media & News

Which soft flour is best for southern cooking? [split from Traditional Southern Cooking: Cookbooks thread]

You can make a substitute for soft flour by replacing 2 Tbsp per cup of all purpose flour with cornstarch (so each cup used would equal 14 Tbsp all purpose flour and 2 Tbsp cornstarch).

Apr 28, 2013
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Searching for cast iron? Go Griswold, not Lodge.

Here's a 1937 newspaper ad for Griswold cast iron skillets.
The ad states, "...Smooth, polished inside--they're a cinch to clean."

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=flsbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CU0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5850%2C8312322

Here's another 1936 newspaper ad stating that Griswold skillets have a "Polished Inside Finish".

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xeNBAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4akMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2514%2C6671846

Here's a 1949 ad for "Pre-Seasoned" Griswolds skillets:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=11VdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uFsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4712%2C5391157

Here's a 1992 newspaper article about Griswold. It states they stopped production in 1957.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Iq9JAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zw4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1641%2C713491

How about "Teflon" coated Griswold skillets? Someone was selling them in 1965. Maybe made from new "old" stock, since the real Griswold was out of business in 1957. Here's a link to an ad for the Teflon Griswold:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=...

Apr 27, 2013
Antilope in Cookware

Not happy with pizza dough outcome

Of course you must be correct, because, after all, what does Pizzamaking.com know about making pizzas or recommending pizza reference books?

Encyclopizza
http://www.pizzamaking.com/pizza_link...

Apr 23, 2013
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Not happy with pizza dough outcome

Obviously for some, it's casting pearls before swine. The book is often referenced on Pizzamaking.com

http://www.pizzamaking.com/pizza_link...

Apr 23, 2013
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Unable to respond to other posters

I had this problem on the Serious Eats site. It turned out my AdBlock ap was to blame. After turning it off on that site, everything was fine.

Apr 23, 2013
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Szechuan Cuisine RIP 1983 recipe help [Moved from Manhattan]

Apr 23, 2013
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Dip ideas for vegetable tray other than ranch?

Yogurt Fruit Salad Dressing

I also use this dressing on fruit salad, on carrot and celery sticks and on packaged broccoli slaw.

3/4 cup Vanilla flavored Yogurt (like Dannon)
1/4 cup mayonnaise (or to taste)

Mix well. Use as dressing. It's that simple

Apr 23, 2013
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Dip ideas for vegetable tray other than ranch?

Burger King Ken's Creamy Apple Cider Vinaigrette Copycat

1/2 tsp Spiced Cider Apple Flavor Drink Mix powder (sugar-free like Alpine or Mott's)
1/3 cup Vanilla Yogurt (like Dannon)
1/2 cup Mayonnaise
2 tsp Cider Vinegar

Add ingredients to a small mixing bowl. Mix well.
Use on Chicken, Apple & Cranberry Garden Fresh Salad, etc.

Makes about 1 cup.

Apr 23, 2013
Antilope in Home Cooking

What's wrong with my homemade pizza dough?

Here's a link to the online "Encyclopizza" at Archive.org. Nearly everything you need to know about pizza.

http://web.archive.org/web/2011102803...

Apr 23, 2013
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Not happy with pizza dough outcome

Here's a link to the online "Encyclopizza" at Archive.org. Nearly everything you need to know about pizza.

http://web.archive.org/web/2011102803...

Apr 23, 2013
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Not happy with pizza dough outcome

"All-purpose Dough for Retarding" Pizza formula from the book, "Encyclopizza"

16 oz oz High-gluten (Bread) Flour
9 oz Water
5/8 tsp Active Dry Yeast
1-1/8 tsp Sugar
1-5/8 tsp Salt
1/2 oz Oil
       
Yield 26 oz of dough, enough for two 12-inch pizzas.

Apr 23, 2013
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Not happy with pizza dough outcome

"Rich ‘n’ Tender Crust" Pizza formula from the book, "Encyclopizza"

16 oz oz Medium-gluten Flour (10 to 11.5% protein)
8-1/2 oz Water
2-1/2 tsp Active Dry Yeast
1-1/4 oz Sugar
3/4 tsp Salt
5/8 oz Non-fat Dry Milk
3/8 oz Egg Yolks
1-1/4 oz Oil
       
Yield 29 oz of dough, enough for two 12-inch pizzas.

Apr 23, 2013
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Not happy with pizza dough outcome

"Lean ‘n’ Chewy Crust" Pizza formula from the book, "Encyclopizza"

13-5/8 oz High-gluten (Bread) Flour
2-3/8 oz Semolina
8-3/4 oz Water
2-1/2 tsp Active Dry Yeast
2 tsp Salt
1/3 oz Egg Whites
       
Yield 25 oz of dough, enough for two 12-inch pizzas

Apr 22, 2013
Antilope in Home Cooking

Best and Worst Recipes You Made From a Cooking Show

Most "cooking" shows are for "entertainment" and don't really teach correct cooking techniques or provide good recipes.

Apr 21, 2013
Antilope in Home Cooking

Creamy tortilla soup recipe. Help.

One of the reviewers of this recipe mentioned that the corn tortillas dissolve.

Neiman Marcus Cafe Chicken Tortilla Soup

http://www.food.com/recipe/neiman-marcus-cafe-chicken-tortilla-soup-291243

Other recipes that mention the tortillas dissolve.

Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup
http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/slow-cooker-chicken-tortilla-soup/fd85222e-5037-49d6-816b-173eedea92e3

Chicken Tortilla Soup - Easy!
http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=950597

Tortilla soup
http://andrea-thekitchenwitch.blogspot.com/2010/02/tortilla-soup.html

Creamy Chicken Tortilla Soup in the Slow Cooker
http://debbidoesdinnerhealthy.blogspo...

Apr 16, 2013
Antilope in Home Cooking

best immersion blender?

That one looks great for blending 5-gallon bucket portions. It might be a little large for most home uses.

If you put wheels on it, you would have a blender and a Segway. ;-)

Apr 16, 2013
Antilope in Cookware

Excess of olives

duplicate post deleted.

Apr 13, 2013
Antilope in Home Cooking

Favorite Turkish recipe?

You also mentioned Armenian recipes. Here's a link to an American-Armenian family's online cookbook.
Some really good stuff there:

http://georgefamily.net/cookbook/Cont...

Apr 07, 2013
Antilope in Home Cooking

Whole grains cookbooks and web sites?

King Arthur Flour has some good whole grain recipes on its website.

http://search.kingarthurflour.com/sea...

Apr 07, 2013
Antilope in Home Cooking

Why is this happening now, to my bread?

Here's a tried and true recipe that always works for me:

Buttermilk Honey Wheat Bread
http://www.copykatchat.com/tried-true...

Apr 07, 2013
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Sub for dark corn syrup in German potato salad?

I would take a little brown sugar and a little water, boil it (stovetop or microwave) and make a little dark sugar syrup.

Another dark sugar syrup many people have on hand is pancake syrup.

Apr 06, 2013
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Let's Compare Recipes of Favorite Brownies

Here is a corrected list with cocoa and chocolate noted where used:

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Alton Brown Cocoa Brownies

Flour 100%
Cocoa 172.35%
Baking Powder 0%
Salt 2.24% - kosher
Sugar 640.16% - 50/50 white & brown, sifted
Eggs 320.21%
Butter 363.11% - melted
Vanilla Extract 13.87%
Nuts 0%

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Katharine Hepburn Brownies

Flour 100%
Cocoa 181.52% - or bakers chocolate
Baking Powder 0%
Salt 4.87%
Sugar 640.14%
Eggs 320.2%
Butter 363.05% - unsalted
Vanilla Extract 6.94%
Nuts 352.27%

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Maida Heatter Chocolate Mint Brownies

Flour 100%
unsweetened chocolate 132.35%
Baking Powder 0%
Salt 0.89%
Sugar 411.76%
Eggs 147.06%
Butter 132.35% - unsalted
Vanilla Extract 5.1%
Nuts 88.24%
peppermint 588.24%
patties
instant coffee or espresso 8.72%

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Alice Medrich Best Cocoa Brownies

Flour 100%
Cocoa 120.65%
Baking Powder 0%
Salt 2.43%
Sugar 400.01%
Eggs 160.11%
Butter 227.04% - unsalted
Vanilla Extract 3.47%
Nuts 116.25%

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Hersheys Best Brownies

Flour 100%
Cocoa 45.5%
Baking Powder 1.42%
Salt 2.44%
Sugar 320.1%
Eggs 160.11%
Butter 181.63% - or margarine
Vanilla Extract 6.94%
Nuts 88.07%

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Nick Malgieri Supernatural Brownies

Flour 100%
bittersweet chocolate 182.2%
Baking Powder 0%
Salt 2.43% - fine
Sugar 320.07% - 50/50 white & brown
Eggs 160.1%
Butter 181.63% - unsalted
Vanilla Extract 6.94%
Nuts 176.16%

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Joy of Cooking Brownies Cockaigne

Flour 100%
chocolate 90.76%
Baking Powder 0%
Salt 1.22%
Sugar 320.07%
Eggs 160.1%
Butter 90.81%
Vanilla Extract 3.47%
Nuts 88.07%

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Mark Bittman Brownies

Flour 100%
unsweetened chocolate 136.15%
Baking Powder 0%
Salt 0.61%
Sugar 320.08%
Eggs 160.11%
Butter 181.63%
Vanilla Extract 3.47%
Nuts 0%

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Ina Garten Outrageous Brownies

Flour 100%
semisweet chocolate chips, unsweetened chocolate 638.82% - 82/18
Baking Powder 6.83%
Salt 3.9%
Sugar 288.07%
Eggs 192.13%
Butter 290.44% - unsalted
Vanilla Extract 16.65%
Nuts 211.36%
chocolate chips 508.27%
coffee granules 1.21%

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Ghirardelli Cocoa Can Label Brownies

Flour 100%
Cocoa 78.35%
Baking Powder 1.08%
Salt 1.85%
Sugar 181.86%
Eggs 121.29%
Butter 137.6% - melted
Vanilla Extract 5.26%
Nuts 66.72%

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CHOW's Intense Brownies

Flour 100%
bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened) 140.45%
Baking Powder 0%
Salt 1.83% - fine
Sugar 160.04%
Eggs 80.05%
Butter 90.81% - unsalted
Vanilla Extract 3.47%
Nuts 0%
brewed espresso 3.95%

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Apr 03, 2013
Antilope in Home Cooking

recipe search: danish-like sweet bread with pineapple filling

Jane 'Dough's' Pineapple Squares
http://gardenvibe.blogspot.com/2012/1...

Apr 03, 2013
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