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  1. RCJoe

    Any Juneteenth Recipes?

    Anyone here have any Juneteenth recipes to offer ? What would be on your table Saturday ?
  2. RCJoe

    Taking your Fudge Recipe to your Grave

    Do you have a recipe you would share from the "great beyond" ? Well, this lady had her Fudge recipe engraved on her tombstone. Perhaps every Chef/Cook should leave a recipe behind for posterity. Notice the Army Air Corp B-24 Bomber ? She was probably a "Rosie the Riveter" during her young...
  3. RCJoe

    Shape Shifting Pasta

    News from Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania. A new development in the production of Pasta will allow it to change it's shape when boiled in water. Consider the Pasta isle in the grocery store with all the many shapes pasta comes in. Now imagine that area much smaller with small...
  4. RCJoe

    Know any less fortunate who are hungry?

    Here is a link to a site that list food pantry/food banks State by State. Let them know about this link. It may help them and take some of the burden off over worked volunteers in one facility while those in others may be wishing they had people coming to their facility to pick up what they...
  5. RCJoe

    Restaurant & Bar Business Conditions in your State

    I was listening to Ohio NPR as I was driving today and the news was alarming. Ohio has always had great restaurants and Bar/taverns many of which were small businesses owned for decades by families. The state has always had a diverse group of people from around the world so that the culinary...
  6. RCJoe

    "A Consumers Dictionary of Food Additives"

    A number of years ago I was involved with/dating a young woman who operated a "Health Food" store. I learned so much from her about food and additives used in so many processed foods. Her store had a book section and I purchases several books including a "Dictionary of Food Additives" and a...
  7. RCJoe

    Do you own an Aloe?

    Growing up, all of the women in my family had an Aloe Vera cactus in their kitchens. It was the "go-to" in case of a burn of any kind. The soothing jell in one of the "leaves" (which look like an octopus tentacle) can be released after breaking it off the plant. Then, trim any spikes away...
  8. RCJoe

    Salmon Salad or Dip

    Salmon Salad or Dip a summer time treat INGREDIENTS 5-6 oz. canned salmon, drained 3 oz softened cream cheese or sour cream (more for a dip) 2 Tbsp. mayonnaise 1 small stalk celery, chopped 2 diced green onions 2 Tbsp. Lemon Juice 1 Tbsp. chopped onion 2 tsp dijon mustard 1 tsp. dried dill...
  9. RCJoe

    As Restaurants Open With Limited Seating

    Today numerous States will allow Restaurants to open with 50% seating capacity. Many stores have been limiting the number of people who can be in them for awhile now with tape stripes on the floors to maintain six feet of distance. But has anyone noticed people standing way too close together...
  10. RCJoe

    Who were the good cooks in your family?

    Except for my mom's father almost all of mine were. But grandad was our gardener, and the brewer of our wine, beer, and vinegars.
  11. RCJoe

    What Did We Ever Do Before Fast Food?

    Anyone remember signs like this? Before Fast Food Restaurants, eating places were more in the line of small individual family businesses with a sign out by the road that simply said "EAT". Nothing much franchised outside of the larger cities. Some places were in buildings and some were in...
  12. RCJoe

    Junket Flan

    Not exactly frozen but chilled quite nicely. Junket Flan can be put together fairly quickly as a process. You will need some small glass custard bowls into which dark brown sugar that is dissolved in a little hot water glazes the bottom. Pour this into the bottom of the cups to a depth of...
  13. RCJoe

    Hello, I'm Joe

    I've been cooking since I was a kid but find myself more interested now in good nutrition and better meal planning. I've cooked for groups in my Fraternal Lodges, Church, and in City Missions for the less fortunate. I'm wanting to cook on a River Boat as a crew cook now days. This is why my...
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