Tip: Still Tasty (How Long Will Food Stay Good?)
If you ever wanted to know how long food lasts in the freezer or refrigerator, this link is invaluable: Still Tasty
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Tip: Handling Hot Peppers
Hot peppers contain an nutrient in them called capsicum. Capsicum is what creates the burning sensation in your mouth when you eat something that’s made with hot peppers. It can also burn your skin. When you pick peppers with your bare hands, the capsicum can get on your skin and burn. If you touch your eyes or your mouth with the capsicum on your skin, you can actually get burns that need to be treated medically.
Tip: Baking with Evaporated Milk
I grew up in a family of six. Other than my mom, we were all big milk drinkers. Our household went through a gallon of milk every day.
When my mom baked, she never used the milk out of our gallons – she always used canned “evaporated milk.” It’s how I grew up baking.
Food Fast Without Fast Food
When you eat the way my family eats, and when you cook the way I cook, you will occasionally face the same dilemma I have faced: Something has interrupted my schedule/planning/coordinating or I’m sick. I haven’t prepped a thing, nothing is defrosted, soaked, steamed — what in the world can I cook for dinner?
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Avoiding Salmonella in Melons
The more I researched, the more I discovered that you could not only catch salmonella from melons, you could also get E.coli 0157, hepatitis A, Cryptosporidium and Shigella. These food born illnesses can be found in the dirt where melons grow – and since melons grow in the dirt, the rinds get contaminated. When you run a knife through the melon to cut it, it touches the rind then it touches the fruit inside.
Perfect Every Time Hard Boiled Egg
There are as many methods to cook hard boiled eggs as there are people out there telling you how to cook anything. Every cooking show on television has some different trick or quirk about it. I’ll tell you that I’ve tried all of the tips I’ve ever heard, because I’m curious about things like that and want to find “the best way”. But, I always go back to the way my mom taught me, because it works every single time. When I use this method, I always have perfectly cooked hard boiled eggs.
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Stainless Steel vs. Cast Iron
The other day, I made grilled cheese sandwiches. For some reason, I had my stainless steel frying pan out and for some reason, I used it to make the sandwich. There was a time, a decade or more ago, when I had a cheep teflon coated frying pan and tried different times to cook grilled cheese with no success. That’s when I switched to cast iron and never looked back.
Slice It, Twist It, Pit It, Scoop It
How to cut an avocado.
Thanksgiving Extravaganza
Welcome to the Thanksgiving Extravaganza! I’m so happy that you joined us!
I cooked a big Thanksgiving Dinner for my family, and am excited to share it with you! Everything has its own separate and more detailed post, so I’ve linked each one here.
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Roasting the Perfect Turkey
Roasting a turkey may seem like a daunting task, but it’s really not that difficult. It’s just a matter of making sure it’s cooked all the way more than anything, and making sure you don’t over-cook it. Under-cooked turkey is a health hazard, and over-cooked turkey can be dry.
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