How To Cook Like Your Grandmother
A Guide to Cooking with Real Food the Way Your Grandma Used to
Just a quick note about how I did one of the ingredients for my twice baked potatoes. I've done bacon bits before, but that was with prosciutto. I expected the bacon would have a lot more fat, but it turns out he bacon ends I used have no more fat than the prosciutto did. Bacon ends are a double win: leaner than regular bacon and cheaper, too. … [Read more...]
The great thing about having holiday traditions is that people expect to have the same thing they ate last year. So no experiments, no stress ... and no taking pictures of the whole process for me. Everything I made for Christmas was something I did on the blog during the year. And please check out the request at the end. … [Read more...]
If I'm going to fall for some great marketing -- and know that I'm falling for it the whole time -- I sure better make something that's worth losing my self-respect. So this time I didn't take a shortcut and put the slow cooker on "Hi" for three hours. This one gets the full 7-plus hours it needs to be fork tender. And oh my goodness ... this is what pot roast is supposed to taste like. … [Read more...]
I've mentioned before the difference between chile and chili, but didn't have a good reference for the claim. In case you missed it the last time: The hot peppers used in spicy dishes are chile peppers; the meaty (well, usually meaty, though you can do a vegetarian version) prepared food you eat with nachos is chili. Also, when you dry and grind a single pepper, that is chile powder. When you dry and grind one or more peppers, plus add garlic, cumin, salt and other seasonings to use in making … [Read more...]
I wasn't there for a roast. I was very careful not to look at anything too close, so I wouldn't be tempted to buy it. Then I saw the sign above. And wasn't I just saying how I'm going to start using the crock pot more? They got me. Dammit. Middle one on the left, I'll be making it tomorrow. (The 23rd actually. I'm writing this on Monday.) Marketing lesson for the day: Don't tell your customers what you have. Tell them what they can do with it. Otherwise known as, "Don't sell features, sell … [Read more...]
