Archive for November, 2007
In a recent poll of sane people reading the title of this article the most common response was, “Huh”.
I am normally sane and I do not usually mix math, philosophy, and cooking in my titles, but it somehow seemed right.
For Thanksgiving we had turkey of course, but we also had ham. As I have mentioned […]
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
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Our final stop on this tour of my favorite spices and the companies behind them is Zach’s Spice Company. They offer a huge selection of spices for a variety of cooking needs. Whether you need BBQ rubs, jerky spices, sausage making ingredients, or seasonigs for a variety of dishes you can make at home, Zach’s […]
Sunday, November 25th, 2007
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As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, I had a strange idea. I am always surprised at the number of people who don’t know how to make good gravy. First of all, most people who love to cook can make good gravy and may have some advice different than mine. Feel free to share. For the […]
Saturday, November 17th, 2007
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As we continue looking at some spices I use in my cooking, and the companies behind them, I am taken back to my time in the Meat Department. Quite a bit of what I learned about meat comes from that time, including my experience with Vecchi’s Seasonings.
We used spices from several different companies in […]
Thursday, November 15th, 2007
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Cooking is like any other bit of art. Whether made with paint or music, the artist is the ingredient that differentiates between one piece of work and another.
The same is true for cooking. The dish may be the same between two cooks and the ingredients largely the same, but the way they are combined makes […]
Thursday, November 15th, 2007
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One of the beneficial things I look at on the blog are the search terms people use to get to my site. In these search terms I hope to see questions that I have answered or information I have provided. Sometimes, however, I see questions that went unanswered. While I can’t go give that person […]
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
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Most of us don’t know the horrors of war. We do not see the chaos in our country that is so common in other nations around the world. This is thanks in large part to the sacrifice of our veterans over the many decades of our nations history.
The fact that these events are foreign to […]
Sunday, November 11th, 2007
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