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balls!
, and remove with a strainer (the longer they cook, the tougher they get).
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What is the most useless thing in your kitchen you won't get rid of?
I just have a CA juicer that I got for like 40 bucks. When you think about the parts of a juicer there are really only 3- the round piece you force your citrus on, the motor, and the strainer. The CA plastic is heavy food grade...
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It's a texture thing...
I agree, as a child, before the invention of pulp free orange juice, I spent many a time with mom’s metal mesh strainer straining out the pulp from the orange juice. I didn’t like carrots in my orange jello salad at...
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What have you given up trying to cook?
chinese wire spider strainer and place each batch onto a clean, cotton bar towel to dry the surface water (fold up the ends into one hand and lightly roll them around inside for 15 seconds. (I end up using 4 or 5 towels for a 2...
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Kitchen Disasters
I’ve had that experience in a cooking class myself. Ofttimes it’s chunks of baking SODA that do that. It lumps up really easily, so it’s best to put it through a strainer unless it’s totally smooth.
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Bittman's In/Out Pantry List for the New Year
prices to buy an equivalent # of lemons. I often buy whole dried chilis from Penderry’s, toast them in dry cast iron skillet, soak, reserving the water, ad blend to a paste and push through a strainer to separate the skins...
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I'll go first - Recipes from the SF Hounds Picnic - Frito Pie
is really spicy) 2 T. honey Coating: 1 C. Cocoa powder ¼ t. cayenne (to taste, or omit, if the mole is already spicy enough) 1 T. refined sugar (can be omitted, if you like it less sweet) Sieve all ingredients together through a fine...
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Pinole Restaurant Recap Not Just for Pinoleans
Blend tea mildly flavored with grenadine and vanilla. The tea cup was removed and warmed. A little tea strainer with caddy is placed over the cup to catch the tea leaves. The baked goods are from Gourmet Express is San Francisco...
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October 2008 COTM Batali: Primi
into the sauce, even though I scrubbed the clams well.....so I steamed the clams and then ran the sauce through a lined strainer to catch any sand. I also cut the clams in half. I used count neck clams (littlenecks), because that...
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On the subject of a cup of tea....rant!
What is proper tea service worth to you? i.e what is a reasonable price for correct tea service (hot water, big pot, good quality loose tea, strainer, milk, lemon, sugar) at a cafe (not restaurant)?
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"I made ____ myself!" - the Thrill of Home Cooking Victory
the mixture in a strainer lined with cheesecloth, or a teatowel or paper towels. Don’t press down on the curds and let it strain then pick it up by the cloth and tie it up so the cheese is like in a bag of cloth and let it...
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The nit-picky cook/baker: what shortcuts do you take, and what shortcuts make you cringe?
a vegetable from a can, or olives, or soup, but for some reason, beans are ok as long as they are well-rinsed in a strainer. Ditto for chicken stock- I nix the can but will go for the organic carton kind. The last time I tasted...
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Little tricks that help make cooking faster, easier?
I have to agree with you Rhee. . . . I find paper towels to be so wasteful. The whitecloths are key. They do a much better job at drying veggies and salad. I just rinse salad in a strainer, transfer it onto the white cloth, or...
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Dealing with food snobbery?
to eat mushrooms or asparagus, and put their jarred spaghetti sauce through a strainer because they don’t like chunks. We have a monthly company luncheon, and everybody hated the Thai food, but loved the crock pot kielbasa...
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Arabesque: Starters, Kemia, Meze, and Mezze
of putting the pulp in a fine strainer and pushing it all through with a knife seemed nuts. i just threw everything iin the food processor and let it whip. It is cooling in my fridge but tastes ptretty darned good. May have to...
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