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foods you didn't realize might have HFCS
I went in for allergy testing (skin prick test) last year at 39 years old and was informed I was highly allergic to wheat and corn ( as well as milk and soy). My Dr.s office handed me pamphlets on each of the items and the Foods...
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Understanding Americans: Food Terminologies
From FoodSubs.com: golden syrup = cane juice = jus de canne = cane syrup = sugar cane juice = light treacle Notes: This amber-colored liquid sweetener is popular among British, Caribbean, and Creole cooks. It’s made by...
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chinese/chinese-americans: tell us about home cooking?
that sweets are not huge at my house. If they’re made, it’s classic Chinese sweets like red bean soup (is soup the right word), tapioca, and the ubiquitous almond jello (Mom jazzes up the mix with evaporated milk)....
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New "Burmese Cafe" in Jackson Heights
, coated and deep fried and served with a nice sambal. I also enjoyed the Burmese tea, made with both evaporated and condensed milk, somewhat strange taste but good enough that I ordered two. Dessert was two variations of shweggi...
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What did you cook today, and was it good?
Last night I cracked open Cradle of Flavor, which I’ve been looking at for a while. We had an excellent meal: Javanese Grilled Chicken, Lemongrass scented Coconut Rice, and Green Beans with the rest of the coconut milk. Am...
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South African lunch truck? + misc Devon notes + other sightings
, like India Sari Palace. In terms of the “bengali sweets”, Bengalis are well known in India for their sweets, these are almost all variations on a milk/evaporated milk base. In terms of getting explanations for each...
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"I made ____ myself!" - the Thrill of Home Cooking Victory
recipe, and then kept it on really low because I was afraid of it getting too dark too fast. But all it did was evaporate and start becoming hard, with noooo colour. So I added more water, remelted it, and turned the heat on...
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cheap and labor-intensive food-- do you do it?
of juice, try to evaporate most of it. You can add a little white wine near the end of cooking, if you wish, but I often don’t. The results last for at least a week, and I use as a spread on toasts and sandwiches (it makes...
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Stretching a buck?
evaporated milk, made into thin patties and wrapped around a cornbread/herb stuffing, then covered with condensed cream of mushroom soup (undiluted.) and baked till golden brown. i tell you it is so YUMMY!!! (i’ll try and...
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High fructose corn syrup commercial on Food Network?!?
by introducing milk to an acid or an enzyme (typically a naturally-occurring enzyme such as the rennet in an animal’s stomach) and straining out the resulting curds. The process was well-established by the dawn of the Roman...
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call for Thanksgiving debriefing: the good, the bad & the ugly. Please share your greatest successes and also any duds to learn by
The best hits were the dressing (mom made it from Prudhomme’s cornbread dressing recipe, except adding andouille sausage, and removing the egg and the evaporated milk, it was perfect), and the cheese crackers from the...
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Ann Burrell's new show on FN - June 29
salted. Salty as the ocean! TASTE IT! If your pasta water is under seasoned it doesn’t matter how good your sauce is, your complete dish will always taste under seasoned.” and “As the water evaporates you will gradually need...
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APRIL 2008 Cookbook of the Month - Suggestions Gladly Accepted
would work (for the recipes that call for a lot of butter) or substituting evaporated milk or something like quark would work (for the recipes that call for a lot of heavy cream) or what... I also have been substituing Canadian...
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What are your least favorite Thanksgiving recipes??
and definately no evaporated milk!!) This pie is very similar to traditional pumpkin pie, but just creamy enough to not glop...I’ll never go back to the old recipes. I too have graduated into making my own cranberry sauce I...
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In-N-Out near LAX help
I find the well-done fries to be grease bombs with an after-taste that lingers for quite a while, since it is basically sitting and absorbing the oil after all natural potato moisture has evaporated. Definitely keeps coronary...
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