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Since CoCo will be in control of the remote tonight (Westminster Agility), thought I would make pizza using the leftover spaghetti sauce the KN made and a salad. Asked the KN what he wanted for toppings....wait for it...ham and pineapple (yuck). CoCo would have preferred sausage, peppers, black...

Thought this was interesting. Can nail both--the food and the tools. https://nypost.com/2020/02/03/americans-are-most-confident-cooking-this-meal/

I haven't made bagels since the last century. I have been researching cinnamon raisin bagel recipes. I like a bagel that has a chewy texture, nice crust, but still tender on the inside. Several of the recipes I am investigating include making a yukone and letting the dough proof in the fridge...

This was my Mom's second favorite cookie--her first fav was Grandma's orange cookies. Ingedients: 1/2 c shortening (I use 1/2 butter, 1/2 Crisco) 2 c brown sugar, packed 1/2 c cocoa, sifted 1/2 c sour cream 1 tsp soda 2 eggs, beaten 1-2 tsp vanilla (Grandma never measured that) 3-1/2 c AP...

I guess I'll start today's dinner thread. The KN is curling and requested burgers, so burgers it is. I am making fries in the Air Fryer and a hot fudge shake to round out the meal. I made the hot fudge sauce earlier since that isn't something he has in the house...hope he likes it. He's already...

I made a batch of this today. This recipe has been in the family for generations. Relatives owned the fish-processing plant in Henningsvaer, Norway for approx. 100 years. Serves 6-8 1.3 l Fish Stock 350 g (12 oz) cod (haddock works, too) 60 g (2 T) butter 1 onion, finely chopped (about 1/2 c)...

I wanted a new recipe for Chawan Mushi (and yes, I do have a set of those "cups" but they are in Ottawa but I am wintering in Northern Minnesota...). I stumbled across this site: https://www.kikkoman.com/en/cookbook/search/recipe/00000487/index.html Curious if any DCers have made any of the...

Since my Mom passed away, I am having to be more diligent about what is in the fridge. When my Mom was alive, I managed the fridge contents. Now I have let my Dad have more control over that. Yesterday, I pulled out a pack of bacon (opened) that was GREEN. That went in the garbage. A "can" of...

I had my Grandma's handwritten cookbook scanned to give to my cousins. I made this recipe yesterday for my Dad. It is perfect for a small household. It made 18 2" cookies. Ingredients 1/2 c brown sugar, packed 1/2 c white sugar 1/2 c creamy peanut butter 1/2 c shortening 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla...

I have been resisting placing my order for a copy. I want it, I want it...but...wondering if it is a good addition to my already bloated collection of cookbooks and food reference books. Should I get the Flavor Bible at the same time...decisions...decisions. I missed out on ATK and Cook's...

One of my favourite things to substitute for fresh parsley are carrot tops. I chop them up and fresh them like parsley so I can use them throughout the winter. I find the carrot tops have more flavour than parsley.

The KN (a/k/a my Dad) loaded the freezer with ground beef the other day. Ground beef is not my go to. Other than spaghetti, chili, meatloaf, meatballs, burgers, tacos, and shepherd's pie/tater tot hotdish, I really hit a brick wall when it comes to ground beef and the Elders. I can't use...

Not cheese pizza, but I am recycling the leftover chili and making it into Chili Mac-n-Cheese. So I was making the cheese and macaroni (from scratch). My Dad stormed out of the pantry waving a box of Kraft Dinner above his head. "Why don't you use this? What you are doing is so much work!" I...

For some reason, a friend got several cans of black-eyed peas. Not sure why, anyway, her family won't eat them, so she gave them to me. The KN won't eat them, but I love legumes of every kind. My first thought was to turn them into hummus but decided to make a bean salad. Here goes: 1 cucumber...

In the '80s. I worked as a tour guide. I spent a lot of time in Montreal. We stayed at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel and ate at The Beaver Club (closed in 2014). There were two things I loved. One was the banana bread, the other was the chocolate mousse. (The banana bread recipe is available on the...

I can't find the link to the recipe I used to use back in Ontario. I want to say Andy, Frank, or Larry posted it. I know I have all the ingredients, I just can't remember how I used to make it. The KN will be away next weekend, a caregiver loves Kimchi (she's from Alaska) and I thought it would...

I love my LeCreuset pans. My Mom bought my brother and I a starter set each in 1978. I love it, BUT....unpacking it all...how did I end up with, I kid you not, 52 pieces? Did my starter set behave like rabbits in the dark? You would think I was running a restaurant. This is not counting the...

Finished unpacking the last box I brought to the cabin...Why do I have 9 (that's right, NINE) rolling pins? I have a teeny-tiny one (think I got that because Addie said it was good to have when rolling pastry for bars), a Springle one, a "french one," for making pasta, a lefse one, a flat bread...

Am I the only one on DC who loves making puff pastry? Found a recipe for peach turnovers that needed puff pastry. Too lazy to drive the 16 miles to town and back to buy it. Got it in the fridge chilling so I can roll it out. I love making puff pastry. The process is so much fun. Anyone else?

Well, I finally did it. I made Minnesota Tater Tot hotdish for the first time. That's what the Elders are eating tonight. Dad'll have a tossed salad, Mom will have some fruit.

I am craving some Vietnamese food...several of the dishes on this blog look interesting. Wish I had my garden for all the eggplant recipes! https://danangcuisine.com/category/recipes/

Twenty-two years ago the Elders moved back to MN from Canada. At the time, my Dad planted a black walnut tree. Not sure if he bought the sapling or planted it from the tree that grew in my paternal grandmother's yard. Finally, it has produced some black walnuts. I hate cracking them. Black...

There was a recipe posted using real maple syrup. Maple syrup comes from the sap of sugar maple trees. To describe it as real maple syrup is wrong. There is only one kind of maple syrup. It is the evaporated sap from the Sugar Maple tree. Everything else is 'maple syrup wannabe.' Having tapped...

CWS' Tex-Mex Black Beans Caveat: These are made to taste. No measurements Ingredients: 2-3 c cooked and drained black beans tamari sauce (ratio of tamari:cocoa ~3:1) Dark cocoa powder Jalapeno garlic cayenne pepper (scant - to taste) Zapata Mexican oregano Simmer for 15-20 minutes over low...

I am wondering if DCers have favourite tamale filling recipes? I like TVP with black beans and chili, pulled pork, chicken. Planning on making a batch while Dad's away (easy lunch food for my Mom) next weekend.