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Restore That Old Cast Iron Cookware, Using Ingredients You Probably Already Have!
Once your pan is too hot, it will remain too hot much longer than a lightweight pan. (I never pour cold water into a hot pan! I'd be devastated if it cracked my beloved pan!) Let it soak a bit while you eat, preferably less than an hour.
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Follow Your Dreams And Make A Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Pam has to be back on bus-driving duty in the afternoon.Tea, Thyme, And Toast sprang from Pam's desire to bake and cook and the availability of the little one room school sitting empty in the town of Eddyville.
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Let\'s Make Ginger Beer
Again, the boundary between ale and beer is unclear. Other recipes include ingredients such as instant coffee, raw cane sugar, palm sugar and honey. The benefits of ginger in terms of health and nutrition have been recognised for thousands of years, so...
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Basil, the King of Herbs
Frozen pesto is convenient and accessible all year long and can be used for all sorts of recipes.Pesto can be used to season baked fish or to flavor pasta sauces, such as classic. A more appealing green color can shine through and the dark color can be...
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The Many and Varied Uses of Rosemary
With a huge plant like this, I have learned to be very creative when it comes to using rosemary. I sell plants, make bath products and cook with it as well. In my zone 8 garden, rosemary is an evergreen bush.The ‘ARP' cultivar is said to be the hardiest...
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Lavender, the Versatile Herb
Commonly used for aromatherapy, lavender has more than just a lovely scent. Start out with small amounts, you can always add more, but if you add too much it will taste like perfume! Lavender is much stronger dried so be sure to use 1/2 the amount if...
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Living High on Grits and Tomato Gravy
And with the cost of everything going up these days, an economical meal that tastes wonderful is a good thing.. Sprinkle flour into the drippings and stir until it is bubbly and brown.
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Hominy
It was hung from a tree branch. Stir periodically, and after the skins and nibs have all floated to the surface, skim the debris all off the top of the water, and you will have nutritional hominy.
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Greens, Pepper Sauce, and Cornbread: Southern Cuisine
The leaves are washed in the sink at least three times. The "heat" is controlled by the choice of peppers. In it we fry two strips of bacon. Place as much cornmeal as needed in a bowl.
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Stevia, Sweet Stevia
Stevia is an herb that has been much talked about in recent years. Dried leaves will be bright green and crumbly. After they are dry, strip the leaves from the branches and store them in clean containers.
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What to Do With All That . . . Cilantro
Add a little more ghee or butter, and brown a pound of your choice of meat (or saute 3 cups worth of mixed veggies until they are crisp tender). Freeze the pesto in ice cube trays, and you have an effective way of preserving this annual herb for later...
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Co-Co-Coconuts!
And since I can count 86 trees just from my chair on the lanai - without even turning around, and not counting my own six trees - you can see why it takes a few months. More importantly, those are the entryway INTO the wondrous sphere.
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Get the most from your herbs I: Pinch, pinch, pinch!
And letting the leaves get larger means you'll have that much more fresh basil to enjoy.Pinching to control flowering is also useful if you plan toasil often comes true for me from saved seeds regardless, butcan happen if you're growing more than one...
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Sherry--What it is, How it\'s Made, and How to Use it
Connoisseurs consider sherry to be an under-appreciated type of wine. These wines ferment "oxidatively" (in the presence of oxygen) until they are darker, richer and amber, and usually sweetened with grape juice., which produces Tio Pepe sherry as well...
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Glace (Candied) Fruit
And then, of course, there is the simple beauty of the glistening jewel-like candies that result. You can make a variation on this by stirring candied fruit into nut clusters or sprinkling minced pieces onto the top of wet chocolate bark.Traditional processes...
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Cauliflower - a boring vegetable?
When cooking, the outer leaves and thick stalks are removed, leaving only the florets.If you want to minimize the typical cabbage cooking odor, retain the vegetable's crisp texture, and reduce nutrient loss, cook the cauliflower for only a short time.Abandon...
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January is National Oatmeal Month
Grown extensively in Europe, the seeds eventually made their way to the New World and, today, oats are the third most important grain grown in the United States.But 95% of this crop is used for livestock feed, not human food.Oat plants are annual grasses...
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What to Do With All That . . . Dill
For a creamier result, also add a tablespoon of either mascarpone or cream cheese.Goat cheese is another cheese that blends naturally with dill. The ideas I've presented here are just a few to get you started.
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Dill, parsley and lovage: the most used herbs in the Romanian cuisine
We also flavor meatballs with chopped dill, and any other dish made with ground meat. Fresh dill leaves are also added to fresh cabbage and green bean casserole, the last one also needing some parsley.
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Canola: Where Does it Come From?
Less dependence on foreign oils, more jobs in our country, any way you do the math, more canola oil is a good thing for North Americans. Buses are rolling across the continent fueled by mustard greens.Butterflies and bees love canola's intensely yellow...
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Eggplant: Growing Basics and Benefits
If you have a short summer, growing these early types is for you. Not only will sweating cut down on bitterness, but this technique will also prevent the eggplant from soaking up excessive oil if you're frying it.Eggplants are beautiful, relatively easy...
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What to do with all that . . . oregano
If yours gets out of hand, the only thing left to do is start cooking with it. To make easy charro beans, soak a pound of pinto beans overnight, then toss in some onion tomato and garlic.
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There are Strange Things Done in the Midnight Sun By the Pigs Who Search for... Truffles??
The truffle is an expensive, highly sought-after fungus about the size of a walnut, famous in French cuisine, and grows 15-20 inches deep among the roots of trees. (Think underground mushrooms.) They are indeed hunted with female pigs capable of sniffing...
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Butternuts, by the bushel
The week before I enjoyed a delicious bowl (OK, two or three!) ofwith nutmeg. Butternut is my favorite of the winter squash, and 'became popular after Bob Young introduced the variety in Massachusetts in 1960, and especially since 'Waltham' was named...
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What to Do WIth All Those . . . Chives
Many people consider chives the easiest herb to grow. This may be because they start so easily from seed, and grow into dense grass-like clumps. What can you do to make the most of all those chives?
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The Summery Flavor of Lavender
Of sour cream.Is a separate bowl, stir together 2 ½ cups of flour, a teaspoon of salt, a teaspoon of baking powder and half a teaspoon of baking soda.In the bowl of a mixer, combine half a cup of butter with a cup of sugar.Beat until light and fluffy,...
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20 Ways to Soup Up Your Soup
Cut cubes of bread, toss the cubes in the herb mixture, then spread on a baking sheet. These warm, easy to eat concoctions are the very definition of comfort food. Make it fit for royalty.
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