Weekly Cooking (and related issues) Thread

[miss marmelstein]

Also think clafouti - a French dessert that is basically Yorkshire pudding with cherries.

[ken5050]

many thanks...someone gave me a link to it earlier..I’ve already ordered one...can’t wait

[trisham]

My pleasure. We have one. It works. :)

[Jamestown1630]

I think I saw it years ago, in a catalog; so it’s been around awhile. We just ordered the leaf-shaped one, for kale. Will let folks know how it does.

-JT

[trisham]

Excellent! I love gadgets, as does Mr. trisham. :)

[V K Lee]

Thanks, just remembered there was a dust up awhile back LOL he may have the temper, but she is the wive with a knife :)
LOl never thought about cousin to Clafouti- a foreign cousin

[V K Lee]

A few more crock pot sites for you, if interested
CROCKIN GIRLS
http://crockingirls.com/

CROCKPOT
http://www.crock-pot.com/index.aspx
http://www.crock-pot.com/stories?cgid=recipes

CROCKPOT EASY RECIPES
http://www.crockpoteasyrecipes.com/

CROCKPOT LADIES
http://crockpotladies.com/

CROCK POT RECIPES.INFO
www.crock-pot-recipes.info/
A note regarding this one. it is no longer active but you will be able to find it shown in the Web Archive Wayback Machine. To view there copy the URL address and paste it in their machine and proceed with their instructions.
http://archive.org/web/web.php

Love our crock pots down here in Texas! Easy cooking with no heating up the house too much in the 100+ degree, ‘balmy’ summer days.

[kalee]

Have you ever substituted this for bacon in a BLT? It is delicious! In the 90s there was sandwich shop in Decatur GA, which served crispy cheese wafers in a sandwich with lettuce and tomato on toast. YUM!

[V K Lee]

A few more crock pot sites for you, if interested
CROCKIN GIRLS
http://crockingirls.com/

CROCKPOT
http://www.crock-pot.com/index.aspx
http://www.crock-pot.com/stories?cgid=recipes

CROCKPOT EASY RECIPES
http://www.crockpoteasyrecipes.com/

CROCKPOT LADIES
http://crockpotladies.com/

CROCK POT RECIPES.INFO
www.crock-pot-recipes.info/
A note regarding this one. it is no longer active but you will be able to find it shown in the Web Archive Wayback Machine. To view there copy the URL address and paste it in their machine and proceed with their instructions.
http://archive.org/web/web.php

Love our crock pots down here in Texas! Easy cooking with no heating up the house too much in the 100+ degree, ‘balmy’ summer days

[Liz]

Wow-—great idea.

[Liz]

Your impatience is rewarded---chocolate cake w/ cream cheese icing.
Flip-flops as it bakes--chocolate bottom; yellow batter turns light green on top.

CREME DE MENTHE CAKE
San Antonio Junior League cookbook

METHOD Combine 18 1/2 oz box yellow cake mix, 3 3/4 oz pkg vanilla instant
pudding mix, 1/2 c ea oj, oil, green creme de menthe. Add 4 eggs, singly, beating
10 min on med. Pour 2/3 into greased/floured 10" Bund. Add cup Hershey's
chocolate syrup to rest batter; pour over 1st batter.

Bake 350 deg an hour. Cool completely; frost.

ICING mix 11 oz cr/cheese, 1/4 c butter. Add tsp vanilla, stir in lb conf;
beat smooth. Stir in 2 tb creme de menthe, optional nuts/cocount.

[kalee]

When my children were little, I made it with bananas. Yum!

[V K Lee]

SUNDAY SUPPERS

SUNDAY DINNERS
http://food52.com/blog/category/148-sunday-dinners

SUNDAY SUPPER
http://www.sundaysupper.com/

SUNDAY SUPPERS
http://sunday-suppers.com/

[Jamestown1630]

Oh gosh; gadgets are going to be my downfall. I realized today that I need to stop watching cooking videos and then running to Amazon for the gadgets in them; or my bank will break.

This morning I found a video by my favorite You-Tuber, where he made Tsukemono (Japanese pickle) and demonstrated a Japanese pickle press .

Of course, I had to have one; and a book to go with it; and you can see where this is headed if it remains a routine habit ;-)

However, while watching the video I got the instinctive feeling that the rectangular shape is not ideal for this gizmo; and indeed, they make round ones, and some Amazon reviewers indicate that the round ones function much better. Here’s Dale using his press:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9sk9JaKRM4

But first, I need something else more urgently. Yesterday the grocery had lovely celery, so I bought four big bunches and diced them up for the Excalibur dehydrator. Now my hands and fingers insist that they are never participating in such an exercise again, so I need some kind of manual chopper/dicer.

Does anyone have experience with things like ‘Slap Chop’ or the Vidalia Chop Wizard? I’m wondering which would be better for dicing celery uniformly, and if any of these things really hold up.

Thanks for any suggestions.

-JT

[trisham]

I’ve never had any luck with those chopper gadgets. Imho, nothing works better than a good sharp knife.

[Jamestown1630]

Well, I found this, which looks like it would hold up; but I haven’t won the lottery yet:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002KXH0WG/ref=cm_cd_asin_lnk

[trisham]

It looks good, but it is expensive. Still, if you were to use it often, it might be worth spending the money.

[Jamestown1630]

It has to get in line...a LONG line ;-)

[trisham]

I hear you. :)

[V K Lee]

Two more sites you might enjoy

FABULOUS FOODS
http://www.fabulousfoods.com/
FEASTIE
http://www.feastie.com/