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The Menu Cafe: Burger Night

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Thursday, June 25, 2009. When the notion crept into my head to create a new and somewhat original burger recipe once a week, I knew we'd stumble across some new and yummy burger ideas. Never did I think we'd hit burger jackpot gold. Last night's burger was just that.Burger-Jackpot-Gold. I had been working on not only the burger recipe, but a sauce of some sort to top it with. I much prefer to preseason my shrimp this way, no matter what I'm making. Shrimp Burger with Spicy Creamy Caper Sauce. Rough chop ...

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The Menu Cafe: Weekend Treats

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Monday, June 8, 2009. It seems like it's the weekend's job to treat us. We always save the best of the best for the weekend. Who doesn't? This weekend was no exception. We were busy planting in our portable garden, doing housework, playing! And making the dreaded. When we realized we needed to get the heck outta here and go get a treat.but what? Well worth the 20 minute drive. I wish I could tell you that every time we go we all try different flavors. That, would be a lie! 3rd Mgood gosh, she's all over ...

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The Menu Cafe: Growing my Baking Legs

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Tuesday, June 23, 2009. Growing my Baking Legs. To say that the past week was incredible is an understatement. Never would I have thought that I would ever attempt, much less succeed, at baking anything. In my entire life, the only cake I've ever had or made was from a box.and back home, that's called "from scratch". lol. I had no idea now easy or how tasty "scratch" really was. Is this a lost art? Why aren't more people baking from scratch? Of course, the kids thought it. It was well worth the wait....

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The Menu Cafe: Spicy is not a flavor!

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Wednesday, June 10, 2009. Spicy is not a flavor! What do you think? Is "spicy" a flavor? Depends on who you ask, I suppose. I, personally, don't think that it is. Whatever is. The spice is a flavor, but the feeling of spice in your mouth is not. One thing that I struggle with when it comes to ethnic flavors is that although the spice factor is always adequate, I'm left feeling a bit underwhelmed with the overall flavor. There's always. Missing that I just can't put my finger on. 2 T fish sauce. Cut chick...

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The Menu Cafe: It Was My First Time...

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009. It Was My First Time. And it was sooo worth the wait! I'm not what you'd call a baker. On any level. That Focaccia I made a couple of weeks ago was my first dabble into bread-making. And before you say it, I know.Focaccia isn't really "break-making", but for me, it really was. I rocked that bread too! Back to the bread. Wow! Fresh baked bread is a lovely thing. And, quite an easy thing. Why wasn't I making bread before? 2 tablespoons warm water. 1 cup warm milk. I love your descri...

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The Menu Cafe: July 2009

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Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Channeling her inner.Paula? Say it ain't so! As I do every Sunday, I made a big brunch. It's become a much anticipated tradition, that it's seldom broken. There's a bevy of biscuits, eggs, bacon (or sausage), grits.etc. Everyone truly enjoys brunch. So, here we are, having brunch and she is devouring bacon. For a shrimpy little girl, she can eat a ton of bacon! As she begins her. Slice, I notice what she's doing. I know pork fat rules.but a butter dipped strip of bacon? View my c...

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The Menu Cafe: June 2009

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Thursday, June 25, 2009. When the notion crept into my head to create a new and somewhat original burger recipe once a week, I knew we'd stumble across some new and yummy burger ideas. Never did I think we'd hit burger jackpot gold. Last night's burger was just that.Burger-Jackpot-Gold. I had been working on not only the burger recipe, but a sauce of some sort to top it with. I much prefer to preseason my shrimp this way, no matter what I'm making. Shrimp Burger with Spicy Creamy Caper Sauce. Rough chop ...

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The Menu Cafe: Burger Time

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Thursday, June 11, 2009. We thought it would be fun to see how many different burgers we can come up with over the summer grilling season. And since we've decided to try to come up with one original (at least to us) burger a week, I thought it should not be limited to only beef. This week's original burger is none other than the. One that thought the whole SPAM / Hawaii thing was all made up? I decided on 90/10 ground pork. To the (almost 2 lbs) ground pork I added:. A little teriyaki (about 2 T). I gril...

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The Menu Cafe: Channeling her inner....Paula?

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Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Channeling her inner.Paula? Say it ain't so! As I do every Sunday, I made a big brunch. It's become a much anticipated tradition, that it's seldom broken. There's a bevy of biscuits, eggs, bacon (or sausage), grits.etc. Everyone truly enjoys brunch. So, here we are, having brunch and she is devouring bacon. For a shrimpy little girl, she can eat a ton of bacon! As she begins her. Slice, I notice what she's doing. I know pork fat rules.but a butter dipped strip of bacon? View my c...