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    Crazy Good e-Book Bargains

    in Cookbooks & References

    Posted

    It looks like Humble bundle has some quarto cookbooks up for grabs. It's $25 to get all 39. You get certain books depending on how much you donate.  I think a dollar gets you 5 books and you get more books if you donate more etc.  You get to see which books are listed as you select the amount you want to donate. It's less than a dollar a book!

     

    Link : Humble Bundle books bundle : Cookbooks by Quarto

     

    Some of the books: 

     

    Fish by Jon Wipeli

     

    Bread lover's bread machine cookbook by Beth Hensperger

     

    Simply Bento by Yuko Noriko

     

    Biscuit Head by Jason Roy, Carolyn Roy

     

    Simply Ramen by Amy Kimoto- Kahn

     

    The craft cocktail compendium by Warren Babrow

     

    Making wine from a kit?

    in Wine

    Posted

    4 hours ago, heidih said:

    Good grief. When you see keto and vegan as marketing buzzwords - think! So they picked all the insects off the grapes before crushing? lets just set some Welch's grape juice to ferment in a cool dark place... Then treat yourself to a winery tour and see the process, smell that primal scent of the process. 

    I saw that too!! They claim you can make keto friendly wine with only 1g of sugar....  so so so many doubts. LOL.

    Making wine from a kit?

    in Wine

    Posted · Edited by jasie (log)

    Has anyone here tried making their own wine from a kit? I've been getting inundated with ads from brewsy (https://getbrewsy.com) and it looks interesting.  Not sure if what they make is actually wine though? Google searches for it came up with ppl using it with mountain dew etc too! Just wondering if anyone here has tried it or anything like it with successful results.  

    Tovala Smart Oven

    in Kitchen Consumer

    Posted

    I've wanted an Anova but price has been steep... Ordered a Tovala as their memorial day sale was pretty attractive.  $149 price point with a promise to purchase 6 weeks of meal kits within 6 months.  Haven't seen any reviews etc on here so I've resorted to the fb grp,  reddit etc and since they were mostly positive,  grabbed one.  Hopefully it lives up to its hype.  

    Food in the time of a pandemic

    in Food Traditions & Culture

    Posted

    On 5/13/2020 at 2:29 PM, Shelby said:

     (we have the worst luck trying to start cuke plants in the greenhouse...no idea why, but we will try again). 

     

    I have seen some people start seeds in the instant pot with the yogurt function successfully. Maybe that's worth a shot? :) Good luck!

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    eG Bake-Off XX: Holiday Quick Breads

    in Pastry & Baking

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    On 10/29/2017 at 6:59 PM, Darienne said:

    To date my favorite festive quick bread would be the one I got from e G member, Arey, a couple of years ago when we had such a glut of apples on the farm.  He called it "Mother's Applesauce Cake (Poor Man's Fruitcake)  and we loved it.  The recipe made two loaf pans and so one always went into the freezer...although it didn't often stay there for long.  (Not the most appetizing photo...but then I am no photographer.
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    That looks amazing. Would you care to share or link the recipe pretty please? :)

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    Onion Confit

    in Cooking

    Posted

    Onions are cheap right now... $0.39/lb for yellow onions. So guess what's cooking? The whole apartment SMELLS of onions...

    6 large yellow onions

    1/2 cup butter

    1/4 cup olive oil

    1/4 tsp brown sugar

    1 tsp of beef base.

    Splash of pinot gris

    Now the waiting begins... :)

    Onion Confit

    in Cooking

    Posted

    I made it in my sanyo rice cooker (which has a slow cooker function) and it worked well. :) Took about 12 hrs from start to finish and it smells soooo good! There's no high/low setting though so its either on high or on warm so I just set it on high for a few hrs, let it warm for a few and then high for a few etc until I was satisfied. :)

    Utilization of ginger

    in Kitchen Consumer

    Posted

    This sounds really weird but if I want/need ginger for like a quick stir fry or dish where ginger is just an accent and not the dominant flavor, I just grab Gari. Yes. The pickled ginger that sushi places serve. I get a jar of that for around $3 at the asian supermarkets and it lasts forever. The sweet vinegary brine that it sits in doesn't affect the flavor of whatever I'm cooking (so far), and all I have to do is grab a few slivers (or more) and decide whether to use it whole, or julienne it since its already sliced up for me. It is always in the fridge, fast, easy, no waste, and... Did I mention it lasts forever? :D

    If i want to use regular ginger (not that often now though), I peel it using an oxo vegetable peeler and then slice/chop/mince with a chinese cleaver. Works well. :P

    Vegemite: The Topic

    in Ready to Eat

    Posted

    Re: Vegemite ban - http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/vegemite.asp

    Can always get it online if the local stores don't have it. :)

    http://www.britishdelights.com/prod_S281.htm -This is just one of the online e-tailers that sell it... can probably find it cheap(er) elsewhere too.

    There's also marmite ( http://www.amazon.com/Marmite-125g/dp/B000...89821217&sr=8-1 ) or bovril ( http://www.amazon.com/Bovril-125g/dp/B000B...89821217&sr=8-1 ) :wub: Bovril is beef flavored though. :)

    Pickles--Cook-Off 32

    in Cooking

    Posted

    Made the Everyday Daikon and Carrot Pickle from "Into the Vietnamese Kitchen". It goes awesome in summer rolls, cold noodles etc. :) Its even good as an acompaniment to hot savory stuff like fish sauce wings/lemongrass beef etc. The pickles are slightly sweet and tart. And not to mention, pretty easy to make with a mandoline & basic household ingredients. Hubby was kinda amused that I had to "massage" the daikon and carrots for a few minutes though. :D

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