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Doddie--
It would be neat to share Tupperware love with your Mom!
At first I was surprised to hear from you that tupperware has been in the Phillipines for so long--but it makes sense--I have a Phillipina friend and from what she tells me, the US was a huge presence there after WWII, and americanization was a big push--american commerce a big part of that--Mickey Mouse and all!
Your Mom has some fancy pieces--is this the cake stand she has?
I love it! I did just acquire a cake taker--and it's great--it really keeps a cake or dessert fresh for a long time.
Zoe
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chef crash said
"Fried properly, the oil carries away the chicken fat, the wings come out drier, i.e. less oily, and hold the sauce better."
this is what a friend of mine swears--I'd love to see someone do a comparison of fried and baked wings to prove or disprove this.
I DO bake, however--at 425--I brush the wings with melted butter, sprinkle a lot of paprika on top (necessary) and bake until crispy--I then throw them into a bowl with a couple pieces of butter and a lot of Crystal Sauce and mix and serve.
I've found that you really don't need the half butter in the sauce--my one effort at making wings "healthier".
Which I agree is not an appropriate way to think about wings--have em and enjoy em, and eat super healthy for the next two days to balance it up.
Zoe
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This will be a fun event!!!
For other inspiration--try any of of Bob Blumer's Surreal Gourmet Cookbooks--maybe the library has them--I picked one up at a thrift store and enjoyed reading it--and looking at the pictures--I sold it as i didn't really have any use for it.
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Ok, I'll admit it, I love Tupperware. It's such a quintessentially American product--a combination of ingenuity, flim flam, a chance to better yourself, and all seasoned with a little religion--the Dale Carnegie kind.
Plus, Tupperware just happens to be great stuff--I have thirty year old Tupperware that's as good as new--and just as efficient at keeping foods fresh as the day it was bought.
There is an interesting documentary that I saw on PBS last summer--
I highly recommend it--has lots about the early days, power struggles, a wonderful female fireball named Brownie Wise who worked at Tupperware, and was ousted, and super vintage film of corny and sybaritic Jubilees for the Tupperware ladies.
I don't think I've ever attended a Tupperware party, and hardly ever buy new Tupperware, but I have tons of it--I find it at thrift stores. It is, mostly, in the Harvest colors--orange, paprika, avocado and gold--man, there's a ton of that stuff around.
I generally just find it by chance, but sometimes I NEED a certain item--as right now, my 1 cup measuring cup has disappeared--and I've been hunting on ebay for a new set--and seeing all kinds of nifty items I now NEED, also.
These are my measuring cups--they also come in lime green--I'm thinking I'd like them, but will probably go for the cheapest as i don't really have a "color" in my kitchen.
This shaker I did actually buy new--in blue--as something happened to my old one, and I rely on this to keep salad dressing in--I know you are supposed to lovingly make it fresh each time, but it's darn convenient to be able to mix up enough for a week--and the seal keeps it nice and fresh.
I just picked up a second one of these yesterday at the thrift--this is fab for nuke/steaming veggies--does a great job--also for heating tortillas. I will either ebay it or give it to my daughter if she wants it.
Tupperware always had great design--but in recent years has gotten self conscious about it--not always a successful move--some of the new designs are a bit silly, they even have design contest each year now
But there was a great 90's designer who died not too long ago--can't remember his name and couldn't google it--he designed the steamer above, and he also designed these cute s&P shakers. I don't have these, but I do have two bottles that look like them--they hold about eight ounces--I use one for soy sauce, the other for my syrups I put on yogurt.
Speaking of silly, in a good way, I found these in my measuring cup hunt--my new Holy Grail in Tupperware--they just crack me up---
So, anyone else love the Tup? Want to share your favorites? Talk about your experiences?
Zoe
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peter green said
What do you discipline your kids with!
OWWW--this brings back painful memories of getting rapped on the top of my head as a kid--my mom wielded a mean wooden spoon.
I was a wimpy parent--my kids knew I didn't believe in corporal punishment so when I threatened that I was getting my spanking hand ready they laughed at me.
feedmec00kies said
i don't mind those egg slicers, they're great for making egg salad really fast, but i wouldn't buy one especially unless i needed to dice that many hardboiled eggs.
I dunno--it's not a bad tool, but it seems to me that by the time you find the slicer in your clutter drawer you could chop 2 dozen eggs, and one less thing to wash--which is a goal at all times for me....
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Gifted Gourmet said--
"Miracle Thaw ranks high in the money wasters category ..."
I was just looking at this at the thrift store the other day and thinking wha????
"the Salad Shooter was used briefly before being stashed away for posterity ...."
I'll tell you a use for the salad shooter--I'm a soapmaker, and the salad shooter is fab at shredding soap--which I occasionally need to do--you can make confetti shreds in different colors and add them to a new batch of soap--it's very pretty.
and there is always one at the thrift store.
"Truffle Shavers are useless unless you use a million truffles at home ..."
it does get rahther exhausting slicing all those truffles by hand.....
"a little rubber tube that "peels" garlic cloves ...put the cloves inside and massage the tube ... peeled garlic comes out .. seems useless to me .. I just smack garlic with my cleaver blade and get the same result ...
and then there is the much maligned shrimp deveiner which one can do with a simple small sharp knife ... but that is so yesterday!
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yeah, these last two are silly--I'm sure I'll be getting one for christmas--or maybe a garlic roaster--for those who have never heard of tin foil!
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haha--I can answer this as I have a drawerful of them--my mom gives one to me for Christmas every year!
Let's see, mushroom brushes, the infamous bagel slicer, I think I got an english muffin slicer, too, that year, the lemon zester that's supposed to peel a thin strip fom a lemon and doesn't, any number of vegetable peelers that don't work, a garlic press, an egg slicer--I can come up with more later....
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I would watch ebay for the old issues you are looking for--I did a quick check for you and there is a mag called the pleasures of cooking but it doesn't seem to be the one you are looking for.
If you have exact info you can do a more effective search than I could.
Everything turns up on ebay eventually.
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I keep a scoop of my yogurt from each batch to add to the next one, but eventually it becomes less effective--the yogurt comes out grainy rather than smooth, and then in the last batch refuses to become yogurt.
I should keep track of how long it lasts, and this time I will--but has anyone noticed this?
Zoe
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That sounds really delish, Katie--I have a ton of basil right now so I think I'll try it--I wonder how it would taste in iced tea? Maybe made with grren tea?
Zoe
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aren't your own eggs the best! My MIL's chickens got wiped out by a raccoon in June and until the new hens started laying I was like a junky waiting for my fix.
deviled eggs
huevos rancheros
eggs benedict--2 for 1 on this one!
in any baked good
flan
sabayon
not quite hard boiled eggs in a salad with potatoes and bacon
the list is endless--Zoe
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the fancy chocolate bars sound good, but I can't stop thinking about chocolate covered marshmallow bunnies at a discount!!!
I have fond memories of eating one and loving it, then pigging out on the second one and feeling sick.
Zoe
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how about a beautiful fresh fruit salad?
I always make a turkey breast --you can make a dinner from it or just hack off pieces whenever anyone is hungry.
sesame noodles are good--and tabbouleh, as someone mentioned.
devilled eggs.
and i love Maggie's neighbor's gift--a bowl of berries or ripe tomatoes or corn all ready to cook would be lovely.
a container of pesto sauce and a bag of pasta.
I, unfortunately, never lose my appetite, and agree that food offers great solace--and alcohol isn't too shabby either--some nice wine or champagne would be comforting--I always say that there's no sorrow too great to be eased by champagne.
Zoe
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This is the second time this week I've made the Cranberry Upside Down Cake--but I'm using wineberries--they are so plentiful this year that i can cook with them--we usually just get a cup or so at a time--only enough to eat .
I like this recipe--it comes out a little flat because i only have 9" cake pans, but it is moist and delicious--and is super fast to make.
I save a step and a pan by melting the butter and sugar on top of the stove in the cake pan--and i also let it caramelize slightly this time--to give it more flavor.
I'll serve it with dulce de leche ice cream on top.
Zoe
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I also make snickerdoodle green tea cookies--they are delicious--the slight egginess of them really works with the green tea powder--I also cut the cinnamon down to just a touch.
mukki said
They weren't terribly well received by the other party in my house, but I finished the small batch I made in one dayto my mind that is an advantage--it's seldom I can manage to get even a half share of anything good in the house--the excuse being that he's bigger!
I sometimes deliberately make something i know he doesn't much like if i'm feeling greedy rather than generous!
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another possibility would be adding York Peppermint Patties--chopped up--the brrrr-ownies from Baking From My Home, etc--have them added and they are fab--I believe it's 6oz of chopped PPs
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ok, we're back, and i just wanted to thank you all for the picks--we didn't try any of them, though, because we weren't near them when we were hungry--although were near the Quick Lube, but the hub refused to go out of his way for wings--oh well...
so we ate going west at Plyler's in Brookville--we have eaten there before--a recco from a person on my thrift-list--it's a big buffet--the hub likes it--I think it's filled with grease and salt--and not that i'm against this--a Southern buffet is my idea of heaven--this one doesn't have food good enough to spend the calories.
Pretty good real mashed potatoes with skins--with brown gravy on top, ok fried chicken, no vegetables to speak of--a salad bar with nice fresh crunchy lettuce--actually everything at the salad bar was impeccable--chopped hard boiled eggs, beans, the usual--best thing there was a really good mixed pickle--with cauliflower and onions--sweet and sour.
desserts were gross--pies with hard as a rock prepared crusts and rubber meringue on top--I had a chocolate pie--chocolate filling was also rubbery.
I didn't use Google Earth--my computer doesn't have a lot of memory--sites using flash cause it to shut down=--so I thought downloading it might be a mistake.
I was dying about the Heartland get-together being in Cleveland while we were out there--it looks and sounds like it was fab--but we were visiting my step son and family--so we focussed on family matters.
Ate at a not very good restaurant there--Smokey Bones--I think it was called.--one step above an Applebees and the interior is dark, all wood beams, and there are a million tv screens flashing at you--I think it could cause an epileptic attack in anyone!
On the way back--depressing--we stopped and the hub was gonna get Burger King and I was getting a bean burrito at Taco Bell--he decided to get a snacker special Of Buffalo chicken sandwiches from KFC when he saw the pic--he thought it wasn't very good--too much sauce, not enough chicken (what a surprise)
It was a pleasure to get home and have a dish of pasta with fresh sauteed veggies and a big salad for dinner.
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all I can say is--WOW!!!!
what an interesting project--I'm exhausted just reading about it, though--although i guess it will become easier each time.
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willows, i actually sold my copy of LK'sC because of the non onion and garlic issue--the recipes i made tasted flat to me without them--and although it is a beautuful and interesting book, asafoetida is no sub for my buddies, o & g.
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what great news--and pat yourself on the back for being instrumental in the return of RB--a treasure of a book.
It has traveled with us for many years! And i look forward to an update--and possibly some new, great BBQ spots.
Zoe
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oh, this sounds really elegant--I sometimes get turned off by theme dinners, but each element sounds lovely--what did you drink for this dinner?
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we're visiting my step son and he's been talking about this idea--anyone have thoughts about this--whether a good or bad idea?
I'm thinking it would be terribly expensive to set up--state of the art movie equipment, liquor licenceseating, restaurant kitchen, large staff--I can't imagine it being a money maker.
although when we were in Costa Rica we ate at a really fun restaurant--a roof only on the sand, tables and a bar and a huge sheet for a movie screen==you could see all kinds of odd movies and eat an ok dinner and drink beer all night--for not much money at all.
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ooh, andi--I'm making these--thanks!
I managed to get rid of one last night (3 to go)--the fritters were sublime--Joy of Cooking fritter batter--I was lazy and didn't separate the eggs--used beer for the liquid--the good advice from Joy was that if you don't have time to let the batter rest use beer for the liquid--
used leftover corn and grated zuke--just kept adding until the batter looked right--and the advantage of watery zukes is that the fritter batter was quite thick--I like working with the qualities of an ingredient rather than fighting it.
Added a lot of chopped basil, forgot to add onion, but it wasn't actually needed.
Served sprinkled with parmesan and a delicious green salad--all from the garden--the first cherry tomatoes and tender leaf lettuce.
I'm actually considering making them again tonight, they were so good.
zOE
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I grow my zucchini/courgettes next to the compost heap. That way they can go straight on there, rather than festering for a week in the fridge first.
Courgette souffle is OK (there is a recipe in Elizabeth David. Even better without the courgette.
HAH!
yes, we do love/hate the zukes.
I feel slightly inspired by all the delicious sounding dishes--I think I'll make zuke/corn fritters for dinner tonight--if I make about 500 of them i'll have worked my way through half of the zukes looming on the kitchen table....
I love Tupperware
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KLwood said--
oh, thanks for posting about Dixie--I'd read about her in the NYT and couldn't find the article to add to this!! Gwwz, she is a riot--and I think in the article it said that she's one of the big sellers!
Glori said--
heck--I sold that book without ever reading it--will borrow it from the lib--I guess you don't want to give a hint, Miss Tease?
CP said--
I have a bad feeling about the cups pricewise--I think I'm going to just wait for them to show up at the thrift--it's great that you got 22 bucks for the cups, but noway am I spending that much for them!
And there are often the little tupper chotchkies at the thrift--I always admire but don't buy--if anyone is looking for a particar something I'll watch for them--the bowl is the cutest!!
Domestic Goddess said--
my sister has them--the sheer ones with the ridges? I've been thinking lately that I want them, too--what is the matter with me? I haven't had an obsession for awhile, but looks like one is coming on....
kouign aman said
yeah we had them, too--and those lids work--I just use the bottoms now for holding essential oils and fragrance when i weigh them out for soapmaking--still good as new.
Zoe