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Decreasing size of packaging for store bought ice cream.
What jfood has found is the home made beats the craving faster and jfood eats less than store bought Turkey Hill. And for some reason when he buys Phish Food it seems to disappear in one sitting. So jfood keeps his Cuisinart bagel
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Best countertop surfaces
have room for canisters/coffeemaker/ Cuisinart convection oven/utensil crocks/etc. at the back with plenty of workspace in front of them.) I grouted it with a soft dusty umber/earth colored grout that never looks dingy, and it...
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Jfood Can't Bake - Any Other Home Cooks Have This Problem
that are necessary to reliably bake and that would include a decent digital scale, liquid and dry measuring cups and a probe thermo. A Kitchen-Aid mixer and Cuisinart food processor help, but aren’t required. The best books...
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Is there anything you just can't make, no matter how hard you try? [Moved from General Topics board]
Mayonnaise. No matter how “room temperature” all my ingredients are, no matter how “drop-by-drop” I add the oil, I cannot emulsify oil into eggs. By hand, or in the Cuisinart, I have the same horrendous...
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Top Chef Las Vegas Ep. 6 - 09/23/09 (Spoilers)
I worked for Cuisinart for years, and one thing they ALWAYS stressed was that you could NOT make masked potatoes in the fp. Oh dear! that guarantees a gummy mess. and there is no way out once they are gummy, except to boil some...
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Low Carb Ideas???
Make a low-carb version (no bread) of gazpacho by putting tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and onions through the Cuisinart and combining with a tall can of tomato juice; season with salt, garlic, hot chile pepper, and cumin and a...
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Clean up tips/secrets?
keep a Cuisinart rimmed cutting tray next to me. It gives me a place to set down messy stuff and contain spills so there is less counter clean up. When I am done I just pick the thing up and carry it to the sink. Bowls, spoons...
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What foods have traveled in your carry-on?
of the meat coarsely in the Cuisinart, bind with ketchup, and flavor with salt and garlic powder. The night before you leave, make a couple of thick sandwiches apiece and refrigerate until morning. Then pack them with a small...
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What is the one spice in your cupboard you seldom use but if you threw it away you think you may need it?
And wouldn’t you know? I just made a mousse recipe for a client that required it. I went ahead and made it anyway without, and it came out fine. That was only due to my whisking attachment on the Cuisinart Hand blender.
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How do you make rice?
I also use a Cuisinart rice cooker. I really love it , however I do seem to have a problem. When the cooking has finished , there is always a kind of crusty bottom. to the rice. The rest of the rice is great though. Any ideas why...
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Condiment-aholics, listen up! The Condiment Police are here to help....
, beans & rice type of meal. It’s not hot, just a nice hearty taste. It’s the only salsa I buy. The Pace Picante cooked red type and the pico de gallo/salsa crudo raw salsa with cilantro are so very easy to make in...
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heresy or acceptable shortcut?
the worst I do is not perfectly prepping vegetables, especially if they are going into a stew/braise/chili — I even will chop onions in the cuisinart, so long as the whole thing is getting cooked, and the appearance of the...
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what's for dinner Part V?
I made a very fabulous Fresh Mint Ice Cream with Lavender. It’s chilling as we speak, ready to go for a spin in the Cuisinart tomorrow. I sampled for quality control and can assure you IT ROCKS!...
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03/08 Ubuntu: From The Same Folks That Sold You Bottled Water
I ground my spices in a mortar and pestle—even after 12 hours at work. Marble. I doen’t think pureeing by Cuisinart is much different than by fork and sieve. I think you COULD, given the made ahead reductions and...
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Peculiar Passover Practices
Understand the 18-minute rule, but modern technolgy can get me from combining to out of the water. i make the pasta dough in the cuisinart, into the pasta machine and into the water in under 18. Sorta cheating but it can be done.
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