How To Cook Like Your Grandmother
A Guide to Cooking with Real Food the Way Your Grandma Used to
When you buy a whole chicken or turkey, you usually get the giblets stuffed inside the cavity. You can toss them out, feed them to the dog or, if you like flavor, make gravy out of them. It's surprisingly easy although, to be honest, you shouldn't go into it expecting the same kind of texture you get from instant or pre-made gravy. … [Read more...]
This has to be a joke, right? I mean egg salad for Pete's sake! First of all, who actually eats egg salad past about eight years old? And second, who needs a step-by-step recipe guide to make it? As to the first question, I eat egg salad. It's like deviled eggs, on bread. And I like me some deviled eggs. So who needs directions for it? Anyone who's never made it. No matter how easy something is, until you've seen it for the first time you don't know that it's easy. More important is … [Read more...]
I'd never had purple beans before. I saw them at the farmers market where a friend of mine was buying some. I asked and she told me that they taste just like green beans, and in fact turn the same color green when you cook them. Well what would be the point of that? So I knew I needed to get some, and I knew I couldn't cook them. I decided this would be a perfect time to use some of the chive blossom vinegar. The result not only tastes great, it looks incredibly cool. Oh, and I … [Read more...]
I'm lucky enough to live near the West Side Market. As good as it is though, the produce mostly isn't locally grown. So I've been looking forward to the local farmers market, which sets up Friday night in the local community center parking lot. I thought it was starting several weeks ago, but this past Friday was the first time I finally made it when they were there. And of course I forgot to go to the bank first. Good thing I didn't, or I would have bought a lot more than we could possibly … [Read more...]
Since I asked people for suggestions of what to make next, I've seen a bunch of requests for things that people remember from their childhoods. Things that nobody makes any more. Some of them sound really good, though, so I'm going to have to do some research and give it a shot. Dave, on the other hand, went for the sure thing when he suggested meatloaf. That's almost cheating. You just know I had to do meatloaf eventually. And here it is. … [Read more...]
