How To Cook Like Your Grandmother
A Guide to Cooking with Real Food the Way Your Grandma Used to
I know I promised the next two posts were going to be apples and pie crust. But I had to share. I was sitting down to write the apple post and my wife asked me to make her some chicken salad. I had the laptop on the lap desk, my feet up on the table ... I was all settled in! "Oh, but you make it so much better. And I already set everything out for you." But ... the lap desk ... and ... yes dear. … [Read more...]
Quesadillas are one of my favorite ways to use up leftovers. They're basically an unwrapped wrap. Get the same tortillas you'd use for a wrap, add some meat, veggies and cheese, and toast for a couple of minutes. … [Read more...]
Unless you're really good friends with them, you probably wouldn't serve franks and beans to dinner guests.[1] And unless you're hosting a party for kids, your wife may not let you make tuna puffs or BP&J. But some things, no matter how much you love it, you have to admit to yourself that it just doesn't look good enough to serve to anyone else. I'd like to believe this salad doesn't fall into that last category, but looking at the pictures I've got to say I'd be a little suspicious of it … [Read more...]
Every now and then when I stop to think about it I wonder why ketchup is so much more popular than thousand island dressing. As far as I'm concerned thousand island is much more flavorful, and works on just about everything ketchup works on. Any fast food place that brags about their "secret sauce" is really talking about thousand island. (Oops, now it's not a secret any more.) One of my favorite uses -- and the one that gets the strangest looks -- is to use it instead of duck sauce with egg … [Read more...]
Some people swear by ceramic or plastic knives for cutting lettuce. The idea is that metal knives cause the leaves to turn brown at the edges faster. Actually, it's not the metal that does it. What happens is any cutting will cut cells, which then turn brown. If you want your lettuce to last longer don't cut it. Rip the leaves by hand. I usually don't see the problem, though. When I buy lettuce, I have salad at every meal until it's gone. … [Read more...]
