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What do you listen to while cooking?
Put your seat belts on...
http://vodpod.com/watch/1116988-ray-charles-jerry-lee-lewis-fats-domino
Cleaving by Julie Powell
Interesting.
The reviews on the book Julie & Julia were not good. Most people bored to tears. I will still see the film though because of JULIA :)
Cleaving by Julie Powell
An excerpt from the book "Cleaving" by Julie Powell of Julie and Julia fame.
Does not seem to be available in North America yet but is listed on Amazon.UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/aug/02/julie-powell-butchery-marriage
No difference with organic food
Further comments on the article by The Atlantic
http://food.theatlantic.com/nutrition/so-what-if-organic-isnt-more-nutritious.php
Michael Pollan on Julia Child
Long article....8 pages
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/magazine/02cooking-t.html?hpw
Help! Preserving & Canning
Cleargel is cooked cornstarch. Cornstarch will make a product cloudy, cleargel will not...hence the name. If you see on an ingredient list of some processed food "modified cornstarch"...that's cleargel.
Be careful thickening things you want to can. The thickening can upset the timing. Takes longer for heat to get to the center of thickened goodies.
"Falling Cloudberries" book + recipe
I have been thinking of buying that book for awhile now, but other priorities.....
I did a google on the book and found many GLOWING reviews. It looks wonderful. Will buy this week. Thanks for the memory jog.
Iron Chef Japan is Back
Just an aside....Chen Kenichi has a cookbook out. I have it, but have only glanced at it so cannot comment yet.
http://www.amazon.com/Iron-Chef-Chens-Knockout-Chinese/dp/1934287466/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1248790924&sr=1-1
Idiotic things you do in the kitchen
Not mine, but my wife. Many years ago my two little darlings about 3yrs old were playing on the kitchen floor rolling cans of tomato paste back and forth. When they were tired of it they put them in the bottom drawer of the stove which was not a storage unit as usual but the broiler. They announced their presence a day or two later when Lynne was making meatloaf. BANG BANG!!!
Home Canning fruits and vegetables
I was looking at this post again and I noticed I did not give you the link....sorry
BTW, I am Canadian and they still let me take the course free. Wonderful course and I can everything I can get my hands on with confidence. Thank you Georgia.
http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/
Canadians are a Salty bunch
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/07/23/salt-food-cereal.html
One part of this amuses me. Kelloggs is working on reducing salt in it's breakfast cereal. Have you tried NOT PUTTING ANY IN????
Home Canning fruits and vegetables
Take this course from the University of Georgia. It's free and will answer all your questions and you will be sure you are canning safely. Do not rely on others for your safety. Take the course.
Knife (or other tool) for Cake Splitting
I use nylon fishing line. Cheap, clean and works well.
A great food personality has died R.I.P.
We will miss you
http://www.cbc.ca/video/popup_nlp.html?http://www.cbc.ca/mrl3/8752/news/features/gidget090723.wmv
Another short article about Julie & Julia
From Atlantic magazine
http://food.theatlantic.com/cooking-for-julie-and-julia/getting-food-ready-for-its-closeup.php
Cooking for the TdF Riders.
Oh God. That was many years ago. I am 70 now. The only biking I do now is to get groceries on my touring bike with saddle bags. I race to get home before the ice cream melts. :-)
dumb restaurant names [Moved from Ontario Board]
There was or maybe still is a resto in Hamilton, Ontario called "The Pheasant Plucker"
Cooking for the TdF Riders.
I have never done any road racing, but was involved with track for awhile. Mostly sprint and some pursuit.
I remember reading about the 6 day races from many years ago. I cannot imagine what they must have gone through and how they ever managed to keep their energy levels up.
Seriously, funny.
I would have liked to see a "Tablescape" with the thick 9" um, er, ah...cookie dough roll.
Dutch processed Cocoa
Thanks, Jitterbug. Yes I have been to that site and could not get the info I wanted. It is a nightmare.
BTW the cookies are from Dorie Greenspan. Korova cookies or as she calls them now, World Peace Cookies. Supposed to be the best choc chip cookies in the world. Likely being fancy-pants as you say. I will be buying her book at the end of the month.
You need to roll the dough in a tube and cool, slice and then bake. Recipe on line.
Is this going to be a bad year for tomatoes?
I'll do better than that. I will mail you a Canadian treat...Buttertarts...yumm-o
Is this going to be a bad year for tomatoes?
I didn't realize this subject had already been done. So sorry. I LOVE tomatoes. Hope all is ok up here too.
the word decadent applying to food
You stole that from the Betty Crocker Bisquick book didn't you? :-)
Dutch processed Cocoa
I have a recipe for choc chip cookies that calls for Dutch processed cocoa powder. My local stores do not carry it. I understand that the Dutch process makes the cocoa alkaline instead of acid and can be used with baking soda. Can I sub regular Fry's cocoa and sub the baking soda with baking powder. Will it change the taste much? Any other suggestions?
Here is the recipe.......
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
8 tablespoons plus 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
2/3 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon fleur de sel, or 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
5 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped into small bits
Is this going to be a bad year for tomatoes?
I seems the cool wet weather is playing hell with tomatoes. Anybody notice any shortages yet?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/nyregion/18tomatoes.html?hp
Help with Lasagne
Lasagne is one of those things that are actually better the next day. Cook it up and when cool put in the fridge overnight. Reheat in oven the next day.
Before re-heating, you can cut it into portions. Don't take them out, just make the cuts. Easier to serve.
