In recipes, a sprig usually refers to a 2 to 4 inch piece of an herb plant. Before substituting with a dried version of the same herb check your recipe. Often a spring is called for because at some point the recipe calls for the spring to be removed. Springs can be removed but dried […]
Summer squash usually has thin and edible skin, soft seeds, tender flesh, mild flavor and cooks quickly. Most varieties of summer squash peak from early to late summer but select varieties may be found year round depending on where you live. Look for brightly colored skin with no bruises or spots when shopping. Summer squash […]
Q. What did the first oyster say to the second oyster when the first oyster said he wasn’t feeling well?
A. Well you must not be that sick because you don’t feel clammy to me.
Vibrio Vulnificus is a bacterial infection that grows in the seawater that is often shared by oysters. People can get this illness […]
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I ate my first piece of pound cake at my Grandma’s. She always had a pound cake in the house. If I remember correctly they were Chock Full O Nuts. I don’t know if they make them any more, but they were really good. I have always wondered where pound cake got it’s name, as […]
Every Friday morning where I work they bring in either bagels or donuts, depending on what week it is. Also on Fridays, as well as other random days, they bring in lots of fresh fruit. Today I noticed an empty box ready to be taken out that said table grapes. I’d not heard of table […]
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I am not a big fan of tuna, but my hubby likes it. I always bought whatever was on sale, which was usually chunk light. I learned early on he preferred the tuna packed in water. I’d tasted it myself and agreed, I thought tuna packed in water was lighter than tuna packed in oil, […]
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Interested in helping stop world hunger? Do you like to learn new things? Or do you enjoy testing what you do know? If you’ve answered yes to any of those then you’ve just got to check out the Free Rice website. When you visit Free Rice you’re given the opportunity to play a word game. […]
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Easy. Enter Le Gourmet’s first monthly contest, in which the prize is a Cuisinart Grind Central Coffee Grinder. This is a gorgeous stainless steel coffee grinder with a capacity to grind up to 18 cups of coffee. To enter, you need to watch a short video and answer a question at the end. I found […]
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Last week my Mom sent down this giant container of pea soup for me and my hubby. She’d made a big batch and was sharing. Now I haven’t eaten her soup in a couple of years, because it’s kind of gross. She makes it so thick that your utensil can stand up in it. […]
That’s an easy answer. Enter Elizabeth’s contest, of course. Elizabeth over at Table for Five is running a very tasty contest. The contest winner receives a year’s supply of Orville Redenbacher’s Natural Popcorn AND a one year subscription to Netflix. We boy a box or two of microwave popcorn every week, so this would save […]
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I have no idea what I’m getting my husband for Christmas and it’s a week away. I don’t have a ton of money, so can’t get anything really extravagant. He’s not a clothes type of guy, because he’s a self employed painter. I’ve tried to find out but have had no success. The one thing […]
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Obviously the answer there is yes. Would you also like to win a contest? Of course you do. I have a site just for you. It called Fun, Crafts and Recipes. Every day there’s a new recipe, craft or activity idea posted. Also, for the month of December there is a contest. There are numerous […]
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I was thinking a lot about rice this week and started wondering what the difference between brown and white rice was. I don’t mean the color or the flavor, I mean the how and the why. So I did a little reading. I found that brown rice is actually white rice, before it becomes white […]
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For as far back as I can remember everyone always used those white paper coffee filters. Then a number of years back all of a sudden the brown filters started becoming more visible. I recall someone somewhere telling me that if you brewed coffee with the brown filters the coffee would taste better. I think […]
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