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How To Dehydrate Cheese

June 2, 2010 (Updated March 20, 2014) by Keep It Simple Engineer

This is part 3 of a 4-part series on Larry’s Jalapeño Cheese Bread. Act II — The Cheese I grate my own, but then I'm retired and often bored. Probably easier just to get cheese already shredded. I tried shredding cheese in my trusty Cuisinart™, but with the mild cheddar I use, it didn't work out too well. I get my best results from my ancient Moulinex™ appliance which is so old it's model number is in Roman numerals. If I didn't have it, I'd probably buy (shudder) already grated … [Read more...]

How To Dehydrate Jalapeños

June 2, 2010 (Updated March 13, 2014) by Keep It Simple Engineer

Technique guest post, Undieting

This is Part 2 of a 4-part series on Larry's Jalapeño Cheese Bread. Act I — The Jalapeño ¡Ay, caramba! ¡Ariba, ariba, andalay! You can get these in cans, but I like the food grade plastic bottles. Just dump the pequeñas jalapeños nacho in a strainer and wash them. ¡Caliente Caliente! Hot, hot! One or two jalapeños aren't too bad, but in large groups jalapeños can be dangerous. Seriously consider latex gloves. Under no circumstances rub your eyes! ¡Santo Toledo! … [Read more...]

Larry’s Jalapeño Cheese Bread For The Grill

June 1, 2010 (Updated March 20, 2014) by Keep It Simple Engineer

Bread guest post

Every Thursday afternoon (except on Superbowl Sunday), a group of very nice folks gathers together behind a local neighborhood pub, fire up a Weber™ grill, bring out their contributions, usually sausages, marinated meats, shrimp and other delights for the fire. I bring Jalapeño-cheese sourdough bread (and sometimes smoked-pepper sourdough). If I don't show up for a week or two, when I return, there are comments about how much they missed the bread. Not me, just the bread. … [Read more...]

Make It Yourself Monday: Dairy Extravaganza

May 31, 2010 (Updated March 23, 2014) by The Frugal Hostess

Dairy guest post, MIYM

The Frugal Hostess is very sophisticated and also extra fancy. However, she does enjoy some good, old-fashioned, hand-made vittles. In particular, she likes to try to make things herself that you might ordinarily just purchase. Much to her delight, TFH found a soulmate in one Ms. Karen Solomon, author of the book "Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It." And thus was inspired a Dairy Extravaganza. … [Read more...]

How To Make Custard Cream for Cream Puffs

May 27, 2010 (Updated March 20, 2014) by Drew Kime

Dessert recipe card

We wanted to do cream puffs, and I kept finding recipes that said to fill them with vanilla pudding from a box. Yeah, I'd rather just buy them ready-made if I can't do any better than that. So I went looking for a scratch recipe. Not only did it come out as a great filling, it's the best vanilla pudding I've ever had. I'll be making this again soon, minus the cream puffs. … [Read more...]