Susan G
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My disdain has much public health philosophy behind it........but then there's also the aesthetic: Food is meant to be shared and savored and anticipated> What about the dumpster leads one down this path?
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Tearing apart garbage bags to see what's inside really helps the rat population grow..........
Not giving anyone six dollars for organically raised food, "because they might use it to go to McDonalds" is the biggest load of self-serving crap I've heard all month.
Oh, and one does not "brew" apple cider..............
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dill
black pepper
cumin
garlic
almond extract
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I'm gonna have to go with Chinese dried plums as my biggest regret. Think raisins dipped in ascorbic acid, and rolled in coarse salt. Not only did I immediately spit it out, I hesitiated to put my tongue back in my mouth for the residual Round Two.
Oooh! The shivers I get just thinking about it!
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I'd go Indian: Some dishes meat only, some dishes veggie, and all those condiments.............people can then serve themselves according to their (dis)likes, and nobody notices who's eating what.
My condolences. That's a tough crowd!
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Yeah! What Bux said!
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I agree that awareness about food is a useful tool, but this article is giving more than just information, it seems to me.
The tone in the snippet you posted sounds half like finger-wagging, and half like doomesday prophets: Beware! Beware!
What did that writer conclude was a reasonable healthy choice in menus? It seems the usual options got completely riddled with objections.
Guilt about eating, discomfort about menu choices, and a healthy dose of paranoia of professional chefs are laddled up as "awareness"
OK, paranoia about chefs may be warranted.............
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Oh, Lord! Another reminder to people to worry about their food!
Sometimes I think the editors of Shape believe people should exist on triple-filtered water, protein shakes, and little else.
I *despise* these kinds of articles...................
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Leftover skillet cornbread with butter and chokecherry jam. Hot mug of herbal tea.
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Might one assume that the hosting station is PBS?
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"Me time" comes cheaper for me (Simple minds, simple pleasures?)
Half a dozen Mozartkugeln and a good book.
And yes, that's the "no expense spared" answer!
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Susan, I'd like to use your garlic-in-containers query as a demo question for next week's class...do you want to grow garlic just for the mature cloves, or are you more interested in cropping the flower stems and buds?
I plan to use the garlic shoots in scrambled eggs, as garnish and in pork dumplings.........I didn't plant enough to last me throughout the winter for mature cloves!!
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Here in New Mexico (Land of the Liquor Store Drive-Thru Window), a vestigal blue law remains: No liquor sales between 2am and noon on Sunday. The supermarkets have yellow tape like the crime scene stufff to keep customers away from the goods.........other places use tarps.
Not that it cuts down on the drunk driving on Sunday mornings!
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Mini boxes of Junior Mints. (If I buy the Reeces Peanut Butter Cups the kids never get 'em!) I try not to buy candy I wouldn't have enjoyed eating as a kid: So the kiddoes who come to *my* door get the benefit of my food snobbery! Tootsie pops, tootsie rolls, snickers, Hershey's special dark bars...........etc.
OT: Last year we were the only house in the neighborhood with jack 'o lanterns lit with candles.......does anyone else do this?
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Steamed baby bok choy, chicken and vegetable potstickers, hot and sour soup (with extra wood ear mushrooms!), and a roasted duck I picked up at the Chinese market............where I met a Mandarin-speaking Cambodian - -oooohhh.
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When I was a student in Nanjing, the most popular restaurant near the university (popular with the gweilos, that is) bent the culinary guidelines and offered kung pao shrimp, kung pao tofu, and other assorted abominations...........sadly, I believe these dshes sold as well as the traditional one, so the owner had little incentive to guard the traditional.
My other blue-eyed friends viewed this positively, as market forces influencing trade.............
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Check the back issues of Cooks Illustrated........about a year ago, this was the subject of the test kitchen.
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I recently planted garlic cloves into a windowsill container which also had miniature pansies, chives and parlsley...........does the garlic prefer sandier, drier soil than its roommates? Do I ned to replant them to get happy shoots?
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"How to cath your lobster". Ergh.
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Lamb saag
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About a year ago (can't find the issue, sorry), Cooks Illustrated suggested using red onions and red wine in the beef stock.
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I had the friends, the family, and the feast, but no visible moon.............
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Thank you Rachael Perlow for clarifying what dairy kosher might be: I had read through the linked article on kosher preparations and rules and still hadn't seen the answer to the question!
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I saw my very first double-yolker two days ago!
Freegans & Dumpster Diving
in Food Traditions & Culture
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Do you believe free rotting food, or free contaminated food, leads one to an educated palate and an appreciation of the gentle pleasures of the table?
I suspect it's the reverse: Reduce the satiation of hunger to a revolting experience enough times and one despises hunger - or any desire - because of the consequences.
I call it an eating disorder wrapped in sanctimony.