How To Cook Like Your Grandmother
A Guide to Cooking with Real Food the Way Your Grandma Used to
If you were here last week, you saw the first version of these as asiago cheddar rolls. The wife and kids didn't get any of those, so I made them again, but this time added some ham and turned them into the main course. Sort of like mini-personal pizzas but without the sauce. You can do just about any toppings you like with this method. … [Read more...]
Remember Larry's sourdough bread method? In case you missed it, Larry, the Keep It Simple Engineer, has got sourdough bread making down to a science. He shared a four-part series showing how he does it. Larry mentioned in the introduction that he does a jalapeño-cheese variation, which I'm still waiting to see. (Hint-hint, Larry. :-) ) While we're waiting for that one, here are an onion version, and one with pepper. … [Read more...]
I promised the girls I'd post the pictures of what they made. Yes, those are Ritz crackers with cheese-from-a-can. The Slovenian sausage is good though. And I'm not going to be saying anything about what they look like. … [Read more...]
I grew up thinking "vinaigrette" just meant oil and vinegar. I also thought it didn't matter much what kind of vegetable oil you were using, and the only kind of vinegar was white distilled. Not surprisingly, I couldn't understand why would anyone want that on their salad. So I used the "creamy" stuff in bottles ... which of course didn't have any cream in them. (Rule of thumb: If the label on the front says "creamy" the ingredients listed on the back probably won't.) Then a couple of years … [Read more...]
A reader asked me recently if the pasteurized milk in her grocery store would work for making yogurt. The directions said not to use ultra-pasteurized, is that the same thing? The short answer is no, pasteurized and ultra-pasteurized are not the same thing. And the "regular" pasteurized your grocery store most-likely carries will work for yogurt. This is a really good question, though, because there are a lot of different labels floating around for milk: pasteurized, ultra-pasteurized, … [Read more...]
