How To Cook Like Your Grandmother
A Guide to Cooking with Real Food the Way Your Grandma Used to
I love horseradish, the hotter the better. When you buy it prepared you're pretty much stuck with what comes in the jar. But it turns out it's pretty simple to make your own. A knife, a food processor, two ingredients and five minutes later you're done. Awesome. … [Read more...]
I wanted to do twice baked potatoes for a cookout, but I wasn't in the mood for cheese. So I thought I'd do the same preparation, but using the ingredients I'd normally put on a baked potato. I wasn't sure how successful it would be, but everyone said it was better than the normal cheesy kind. … [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...]
