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Two that I found this evening: Lucinda Scala Quinn's "Lucinda's Rustic Italian Kitchen" Kindle Edition $1.99US You may recognize her from her "Mad Hungry" series or as a co-host of "Everyday Food". Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes. "The Farmer's Cookbook: A Back to Basics Guide to: Making Cheese, Soups and Stews, Curing Meat, Preserving, Baking Bread, Fermenting, Pies and Cookies, and More (The Handbook Series)" Kindle Edition $2.99US Organized by months of the year, each month has it's own list of recipes. Use the "Look Inside" feature to see a sample of this. I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

Reviving this ancient discussion in time for the upcoming holidays... For the less discriminating foodie, I give you a Magnum of Hidden Valley Ranch dressing (click). It's the third from the top item on that web page. Available in a few weeks.

I've got three words for you: @HungryChris's marinated mushrooms.

I learned something new from Honey Baked Hams. A friend had a death in the family and I bought them a Honey Baked Ham dinner. The instructions for the ham said it was fully cooked and to NOT reheat it in the oven. Instead, they recommended slicing off the portion needed and either heat it in the microwave or wrap the slices in foil and heat that in the oven. Reheating the entire spiral-sliced ham will dry it out. Which is why my Mom had disdain for spiral-sliced hams. She always found them too dry. This "new" method of re-heating the ham changed her mind about them.

Too late for my suggestion, as well. Every Christmas my mom would make peanut clusters using redskin peanuts and melted chocolate. Spoon the clusters onto parchment or wax paper. Easy peasy. Great for holiday goodies gifts.

I'd say don't heat it/cook it since it's already fully cooked. It's the same with the Costco Turkey breasts you can buy. They're fully cooked. You can just start slicing it up at room temperature. The turkey breast does have reheating instructions on the packaging if you want it hot but who wants to wait an hour while it heats up? As for your original question, I think you're good to go as is for the ham. edited to remove the unnecessary.

Some new cookbooks from today's TASTE email, some previously posted but notable cookbooks on sale again: Yotam Ottolenghi's "Ottolenghi: The Cookbook" Kindle Edition $2.99US There are two recipes you can download on this cookbook's Amazon info page. Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the main index followed by a long list of recipes included in the book. Scroll down towards the end to see a few actual recipes. "Moosewood Restaurant Book of Desserts" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the main index followed by a long list of recipes included in the book. Scroll down towards the end to see a few actual recipes. "Tartine All Day: Modern Recipes for the Home Cook" Kindle Edition $2.99US From the Amazon info page for this cookbook: "A comprehensive cookbook with 200 recipes for the way people want to eat and bake at home today, with gluten-free options, from James Beard Award-winning and best-selling author Elisabeth Prueitt, cofounder of San Francisco's acclaimed Tartine Bakery." Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes included in the book. Karen Mordechai's "Sunday Suppers: Recipes + Gatherings" Kindle Edition $1.99US No listing of a recipe index, but she's posting menus and the recipes for them. You can see some recipes using the "Look Inside" feature. Not sure if this is a Kindle "single" since it only has 60 recipes in it: "The Southern Slow Cooker: Big-Flavor, Low-Fuss Recipes for Comfort Food Classics" Kindle Edition $2.99US The cookbooks below have been on sale before...I'm re-posting them in case anyone missed them the first time. Note that the David Chang cookbook has a slightly higher price than the normal bargain-priced books that I post: Eric Ripert's "Le Bernardin Cookbook: Four-Star Simplicity" Kindle Edition $2.99US David Chang's "Momofuku" Kindle Edition $3.99US There is a recipe for "Ginger Scallion Noodles and Ginger Scallion Sauce" posted on this cookbook's Amazon info page. Mark Bittman's "How to Cook Everything (Completely Revised 10th Anniversary Edition): 2,000 Simple Recipes for Great Food" Kindle Edition $2.99US "Lidgate's: The Meat Cookbook: Buy and cook meat for every occasion" Kindle Edition $.99US I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

From my BookBub email this morning: Winner of the International Association of Culinary Professionals Award for best baking book...Named to the James Beard Baker’s Dozen list of thirteen indispensable baking books of all time - Carol Field's "The Italian Baker, Revised: The Classic Tastes of the Italian Countryside--Its Breads, Pizza, Focaccia, Cakes, Pastries, and Cookies" Kindle Edition $1.99US There's a recipe from the book for a Pear Tart on the Amazon info page for this cookbook. One reviewer said there weren't enough pictures of finished recipes. Another reviewer said a lot of illustrations in the original book were replaced by photographs in the revision. YMMV.

From this morning's BookBub email...plus one other I found stumbling around: "Marinades, Rubs, Brines, Cures and Glazes: 400 Recipes for Poultry, Meat, Seafood, and Vegetables" Kindle Edition $1.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the long list of recipes (400!) from the book. "Preservation Pantry: Modern Canning From Root to Top & Stem to Core" Kindle Edition $.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes, sorted by the fruit/veggie/spice involved in the recipe. I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

Will you leave it like that (drier than expected) or will you add more oil to loosen it up again? Dry, it can be used as a spread, as you suggested. But looser would make it more usable to dip stuff in.

I found this cookbook this afternoon. It has a similar title to one of her other cookbooks, "Everyday Italian..." which is still sale-priced. See the link for that cookbook in the top post on this page. Giada De Laurentiis' "Everyday Pasta" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes. I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

"Duncan Hines cake mix recalled due to salmonella outbreak" The article names the 4 flavors of cake mix being recalled.

Is there any heat to it? It looks like a chili oil a local Chinese buffet used to serve. I would dunk my egg rolls in it or anything else that was deep fried and crunchy. Can you post the recipe? I'll put it on my list of things to make when i retire.

We've deep fried turkeys in the past. We did it on a flat concrete area away from the house, putting down a wet/dampened canvas tarp first so any oil drips or spills get on the tarp and not your concrete. Keep children and drunks away from the cooking area. Kiss the wings goodbye before you submerge the turkey...they rarely survive the deep frying cooking process in an edible state. You could always wrap them in foil to see if that will lessen their destruction. Same thing with the "knob" end of the drumsticks. The fry pot will limit how big a turkey you can use. I think 16 pounds is the maximum size. Read your fry pot instructions for specifics. The tip posted above about days before cooking pre-submerging the frozen turkey into the pot and filling it with water so the turkey is just covered, removing the turkey and marking on the inside of the pot the level of the water is great. That will show you how much oil you need for the deep frying. Then dump out the water and thoroughly dry the pot before use. We've injected turkeys with a marinade before cooking (let them sit overnight in the refrigerator to give them time to absorb it) and they turned out good and sometimes great. We mistakenly applied a rub one year. Most of it came off the turkey at first dunk. DOH! Live and learn. But every time we deep fried turkey it was quite moist and the crispy skin was fought over. The other bonus is that the cooking is quite quick compared to an oven-roasted turkey. Just remember if you're feeding a large crowd with your deep fried turkey, it won't feed everyone since it's smaller than typical turkeys. My mom usually oven-roasted a turkey, as well, when we deep fried one.

I started with my BookBub email pick and found the other three international-themed cookbooks along the way: "Country Cooking: 175 Fun and Flavorful Recipes for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner" Kindle Edition $1.99US "Coconut. Ginger. Shrimp. Rum.: Caribbean Flavors for Every Season" Kindle Edition $1.20US "Food From Across Africa: Recipes to Share" Kindle Edition $2.99US "Spain: Recipes and Traditions from the Verdant Hills of the Basque Country to the Coastal Waters of Andalucia" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes. Scroll down to see the very odd layout of the recipes themselves. All of the measurements/ingredients aren't laid out plainly to see...they're lumped together into a paragraph. I guess that's one way to make sure you read the cookbook carefully. I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

The yin & yang of bargain-priced books on Amazon...the first book has 225 recipes. The second cookbook has 75 recipes. Both currently selling for the same low price. "Ultimate Appetizer Ideabook: 225 Simple, All-Occasion Recipes" Kindle Edition $1.99US Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee's "Quick & Easy Korean Cooking: More Than 70 Everyday Recipes (Gourmet Cook Book Club Selection (Paperback))" Kindle Edition $1.99US I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

The biggest difference with this new breakfast sandwich (aside from the extra sausage patty) is you can choose what kind of bun/bread it's served on. You have a choice between the standard English muffin, a biscuit, or a McGriddle bun (which is a sweet tasting bread). I like the fact that I can have it the way I want it. Choice is a good thing.

A new month, more cookbooks on sale. A lot of the Kindle ecookbooks on sale this month have been on sale before...let the buyer beware. I am posting a mix of "new to this on-sale discussion" through "it's been on sale before". There were a number of cookbooks on sale that cost a little bit more than the usual "$2.99US or less" and I would recommend you peruse the sale cookbooks on your own to see what is not being posted here. Two from Dorie Greenspan that have been on sale before: Dorie Greenspan's "Around My French Table: More than 300 Recipes from My Home to Yours" Kindle Edition $2.99US Dorie Greenspan's "Baking Chez Moi: Recipes from My Paris Home to Your Home Anywhere" Kindle Edition $2.99US Bobby Flay's "Brunch at Bobby's: 140 Recipes for the Best Part of the Weekend" Kindle Edition $2.99US "Martha Stewart's Cookies: The Very Best Treats to Bake and to Share" Kindle Edition $1.99US "James Beard's Theory and Practice of Good Cooking" Kindle Edition $1.99US Basic cooking techniques but well reviewed...300 recipes, I believe. Padma Lakshmi's "The Encyclopedia of Spices and Herbs: An Essential Guide to the Flavors of the World" Kindle Edition $2.99US A resource book. I don't think it includes any recipes. Reviews say the photos are great. Giada De Laurentiis' "Everyday Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes" Kindle Edition $2.99US Luca Manfé's "My Italian Kitchen: Favorite Family Recipes from the Winner of MasterChef Season 4 on FOX" Kindle Edition $1.99US "Verdura: Vegetables Italian Style" Kindle Edition $1.99US "The Berry Bible: With 175 Recipes Using Cultivated and Wild, Fresh and Frozen Berries" Kindle Edition $1.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the long list of recipes. "Not Your Mother's Make-Ahead and Freeze Cookbook Revised and Expanded Edition" Kindle Edition $2.99US America's Test Kitchen's "The Complete Make-Ahead Cookbook: From Appetizers to Desserts 500 Recipes You Can Make in Advance" Kindle Edition $2.99US "Cooking with Nonna" Kindle Edition $2.99US From the Editors of Garden and Gun: "The Southerner's Handbook: A Guide to Living the Good Life" Kindle Edition $1.99US The author gave me pause...essays from the magazine along with recipes. "The Complete Mushroom Hunter" Kindle Edition $2.99US "Roots: The Definitive Compendium with more than 225 Recipes" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the long list of recipes that are sorted by the vegetable used in the recipes. Slightly more expensive but well-reviewed Rose Levy Beranbaum's "The Pie and Pastry Bible" Kindle Edition $3.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the long list of recipes. I am a US prime member and the price you see may vary.

Yes, it's that time of year. It's supposed to be back at local McD's for a limited time.

You're welcome. I post them as I encounter them. I forgot to post this first non-cookbook sale-priced yesterday given the season: Agatha Christie's "Hallowe'en Party: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot series Book 36)" Kindle Edition $1.99US Cookbooks!: David Lebovitz's "The Great Book of Chocolate: The Chocolate Lover's Guide with Recipes" Kindle Edition $2.99US José Andres' "Tapas: A Taste of Spain in America" Kindle Edition $2.99US Christine Ha's "Recipes from My Home Kitchen: Asian and American Comfort Food from the Winner of MasterChef Season 3 on FOX" Kindle Edition $1.99US Some may remember her as the legally blind contestant who won Season 3. Lauryn Chun's "The Kimchi Cookbook: 60 Traditional and Modern Ways to Make and Eat Kimchi" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes for different kimchis and then recipes to make with kimchi as an ingredient. Plus, on the cookbook's Amazon info page, there's a recipe from the book for Quick Cucumber and Chive Kimchi. Also, please note that I came across a lot of ecookbooks that have been previously on sale, on sale again. I'm not posting them since I've posted them before and don't want to be redundant. I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

This first one is from my BookBub email...the other I stumbled across... "Brindisa: The True Food of Spain" Kindle Edition $2.99US Though there doesn't seem to be a list of recipes, you can use the "Look Inside" recipe to see one sample recipe , I believe. It looks like this book uses metric/weights in its recipes. "Fix-It and Forget-It Lazy and Slow Cookbook: 365 Days of Slow Cooker Recipes" Kindle Edition $1.99US Using the "Look Inside" feature, there isn't a list, per se, of recipes. The book is set up by season. But each season does have a list of recipes. An interesting thing is they suggest weekly menus and provide a list of ingredients (pantry and fresh) that are used with each weekly menu; a feature that reviewers seemed to like. I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

I think Costco sells the Madras Lentils in microwaveable pouches. What concerns me is the sodium content. I think the microwaveable lentils from Costco taste great and are convenient but when I read the sodium content I hesitated to buy them again. It's the same with a lot of the Trader Joe's frozen products. I read the sodium per serving and just put them back in TJ's freezer. I think it's great that more cuisines are finding their way to our local grocery stores so we have more options. I just wish they were made a little healthier.

"Chik-fil-A testing out mac and cheese as new menu item" Are there any eGulleteers close to a testing area who can try it out? It sounds like it would be a great addition to their menu.

The recall has expanded...more veggies may have been contaminated which has led to more ready-to-eat products being recalled from more stores. This article lists the stores impacted and some of the products: "Recall hits millions of pounds of food from Harris Teeter, 7-Eleven, Kroger and more"

One from a BookBub email, the other found down the rabbit hole: "The Art of Living According to Joe Beef: A Cookbook of Sorts" Kindle Edition $2.99US From the Canadian restaurant of the same name. Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the recipes. "Egg Shop: The Cookbook" Kindle Edition $2.99US From the NYC restaurant brunch & cocktail restaurant "The Egg Shop". Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the many breakfast/cocktail recipes. I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.