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susan-cooks! (teaches, reads cookbooks): November 2011
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Teaches, reads cookbooks). Musings, experiments, and book reviews. Thursday, November 24, 2011. Cayenne Shortbread: a kickstarter appetizer. Cayenne and Chili Shortbread. The challenge for a Thanksgiving appetizer is to bring a big flavor but not to be an appetite-killer. Cayenne Shortbread fills the bill. Truth in recipe writing:. This shortbread has two kinds of chili, cayenne and red (Ancho preferred) and might also be called Double-Chili Shortbread. SOME EASY-PEASY FOOD GROUP CHARACTERISTICS. Dump th...
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susan-cooks! (teaches, reads cookbooks): December 2012
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Teaches, reads cookbooks). Musings, experiments, and book reviews. Monday, December 31, 2012. Chubby Vegetarian's Jalapeno Poppers. Baked Poppers: Made at home. The first time I had a Jalapeno Popper in a restaurant, I said "Ah ha! This should be Minnesota State Fair Food! They are perfect little bites of spicy and cheesy fried deliciousness. Not being a fry-at-home person, I never imagined that I would ever make them. Bloggers at The Chubby Vegetarian. Fixed that for me with baked Better Jalapeno Poppers.
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susan-cooks! (teaches, reads cookbooks): Cooking Under the Influence: Post-surgical culinary adventures
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Teaches, reads cookbooks). Musings, experiments, and book reviews. Tuesday, December 31, 2013. Cooking Under the Influence: Post-surgical culinary adventures. I ripped my rotator cuff in very late October 2013, and had surgery two weeks later. For the two weeks after surgery, I was well-medicated but functional, depending on your definition of "functional.". I have forgotten almost everything from that time, however, I was able to discover one new Rule of Life:. Labels: impaired culinary judgment. I am a...
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susan-cooks! (teaches, reads cookbooks): Nina Simonds' Chinese Peanut Dressing - Huzzah!
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Teaches, reads cookbooks). Musings, experiments, and book reviews. Saturday, May 11, 2013. Nina Simonds' Chinese Peanut Dressing - Huzzah! Should be on your bookshelf. Interviewed Nina Simonds on WHYY's Fresh Air. About her new book, Asian Noodles: Deliciously Simple Dishes to Twirl, Slurp and Savor. On April 2, 1997. I bought it the next day, and it remains on my "absolute favorite" shelf. Why I love this book (beyond the recipes). Remember, this was 1997, before you could buy rice noodles and Sriracha.
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susan-cooks! (teaches, reads cookbooks): September 2011
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Teaches, reads cookbooks). Musings, experiments, and book reviews. Sunday, September 25, 2011. Trifecta of Bad Baking: Mistakes were made. Not nearly ripe enough to be. The four ripe bananas on the counter screamed “Banana Bread! 8221; I should have roasted them and stuck them into the freezer for another day. 1 Don't bake when you are very very tired;. 2 Don't do discretionary baking when you aren't super-double-keen. On the recipe or the intended result;. 3 Don't re-read the instructions. This would be...
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susan-cooks! (teaches, reads cookbooks): October 2012
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Teaches, reads cookbooks). Musings, experiments, and book reviews. Tuesday, October 30, 2012. Spicy Lamb and Beef Meatballs with Crispy Onions. Lamb and Beef Meatballs with Crispy Onions. Who doesn't love a meatball? Have meatballs. Wikipedia helpfully lists meatballs from 28 countries alphabetically from Afghanistan to Vietnam. So many families have their favorite meatball. My Mother's best meatball used a powder called Spatini. And leftover meatball sandwiches were treasured lunches. 1 Fry the onions f...
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susan-cooks! (teaches, reads cookbooks): Spicy Lamb and Beef Meatballs with Crispy Onions
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Teaches, reads cookbooks). Musings, experiments, and book reviews. Tuesday, October 30, 2012. Spicy Lamb and Beef Meatballs with Crispy Onions. Lamb and Beef Meatballs with Crispy Onions. Who doesn't love a meatball? Have meatballs. Wikipedia helpfully lists meatballs from 28 countries alphabetically from Afghanistan to Vietnam. So many families have their favorite meatball. My Mother's best meatball used a powder called Spatini. And leftover meatball sandwiches were treasured lunches. 1 Fry the onions f...
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susan-cooks! (teaches, reads cookbooks): April 2013
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Teaches, reads cookbooks). Musings, experiments, and book reviews. Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Growing food in straw bales: Thank you, Ruth Stout. Everything old is new again. A headline in the April 16, 2013 Pioneer Press caught my eye: New garden technique grows plants in straw bales. If I were still gardening, I would use this method in a minute. Ruth Stout was on to "no-till gardening". By 1961 when she published Gardening Without Work: For the Aging, the Busy, and the Indolent. During its six-year ru...
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susan-cooks! (teaches, reads cookbooks): December 2013
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Teaches, reads cookbooks). Musings, experiments, and book reviews. Tuesday, December 31, 2013. Cooking Under the Influence: Post-surgical culinary adventures. I ripped my rotator cuff in very late October 2013, and had surgery two weeks later. For the two weeks after surgery, I was well-medicated but functional, depending on your definition of "functional.". I have forgotten almost everything from that time, however, I was able to discover one new Rule of Life:. Links to this post. Subscribe in a reader.
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