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Monthly Archives: March 2008

Potato Salad With Bacon and Egg

I’ve always liked my potato salad much drier than what you usually get from a store. The dressing is mostly mayonnaise with just enough vinegar to add some “bite” to it. And hard boiled egg … lots of hard boiled egg. So today’s recipe is a little bit of a departure, since the dressing is [...]

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How To Dice Hard Boiled Eggs

Have you ever seen hard boiled eggs diced into those perfect little cubes and wondered how they did that? It’s really easy to do as long as you have a wire egg slicer. I’m generally not a fan of single-purpose gadgets in the kitchen, but this one makes the cut. Start by cutting perpendicular to [...]

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How To Dice a Bell Pepper

There’s lots of slow ways to seed and chop a pepper, and a couple simple ways. I like this one.

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Buttermilk Ranch Dressing with Home-made Mayonnaise

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As much as I prefer cooking from scratch, there are a few things that require so many ingredients that I’ll give in and just buy it. Worcestercire sauce is one of those. (But I’ll be fixing that soon. Stay tuned.) Ranch dressing used to be another thing that I’d just buy. Not any more. Now [...]

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Beef Roast

I always keep a vacuum-sealed beef roast in the freezer. (Usually there’s a pork roast right next to it.) With two hours notice I can have it on the table. Sure, it’s better fresh, but it’s an easy thing to keep for emergencies. As soon as as you decide you’re going to make it, put [...]

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