jsolomon

Scandalous! Should work fine.

That is certainly from the area of the world I came from... where spices found in grandmothers' kitchens hail from the time they got married. I assure you, my grandmother cooks that way. If my parents had more active jobs, they would still cook that way. That's how the people in the central part of the US, where the agricultural German immigrants (and many others) cook and eat. bergerka, come on, you can't knock the jello with green olives and pimento like that can you?

There also may not have been an even split between the two vessels. My first thought was that you had many of the large bones in one and fatty portions in the other.

We now know why Popeye was so smitten by Olive Oyl... From BBC news

What I ended up doing was braising the butterflied heart in tomato juice with garlic and onions. Oven, 250 degrees for ~6 hours. The braising liquid was beautiful. Leftovers were sliced and browned for first serving--again delicious. The remainder are going into goulash to use the final braising liquid and to use some leftover turkey stock. Wow. It was good.

You could put the dressing in a bain marie while roasting the chicken. That should help the "eek, I'm burning" sensation that the dressing would otherwise feel.

Fodder kale is two words, that's probably why your googling didn't come up. What it is used for is an alternative grazing crop. University of Massachusetts publication on such things.

2.5 gallons? Holy crap, from one 13 pound bird I got just over a quart (reduced siginificantly, though.) Should I be stock-making in more water?

Decanting usually provides much better aeration. Although, I have had some wines with a decided burnt rubber taste wherein that burnt rubber taste actually did go well with the wine.

Anti-cancer Compound In Beer Gaining Interest Sounds like it's a miracle cure, all right, but...double link from Slashdot, so you know it's true.

Last weekend I had Upstream Brewing Company's Blackstone Stout. Creamy, rich, hints of chocolate, coffee, and good beef fond. Highly suggested if you find yourself looking for a quaff in Omaha, NE.

What do you plan on doing with your pressure cooker? If you're planning on processing food in mason jars (or Kerr), you may want to go with a (much) larger model. If that's not your aim, any of the mentioned should serve you well.

I found This on an E-bay search for "thermocouple".

How does it compare to Burger King's new blend?

Would anyone use heart for sauerbraten?

That sounds like a good recipe, but, alas, I am in an ethnic wasteland known as Nebraska. Half of the spices called for in this dish, I can't find (I looked). *sigh* Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink.

I work at a land-grant University. Our Animal Science department offers USDA grading courses to students. So, all of that meat they grade goes somewhere--the Meat Sales store. I was visiting there the other day, and picked up a boned lamb shoulder, some bacon, and a whole beef heart. What the hell do I do with a whole beef heart? I'm tempted to thaw it, cube, sear, and braise in a stew. But, I'm welcoming all ideas.

This is in a Gruner Veltliner that I have in my possession. Any ideas?

Hmm... would this count? Found it in my gruner veltliner and the fiance asked me what it is. No good answer. Any ideas?

Yeah... if only my case were epithelial cells instead of corpuscles.

So, I was just hacking away at some onion for a risotto (my first ever) when there was a nice burn in my thumb... yep, got myself a decent cut. What do you do when you're cooking something and end up putting a dash of yourself in with the food? Keep cooking? Toss it out and start over? What are your conditions for one or the other?

According to this paper there is a link between LDL receptor function and cyclic AMP levels. This link details the links between caffeine and cyclic AMP levels. So, it may be the amount of caffeine that helps mediate how much LDL these people have in their blood stream. The question I am curious about is about how many of the people in each group were usually drinking caffeinated, decaffeinated, and no coffee before the study was done.

Check out these folks for 2 hours of lunges, twice weekly. That's exercise! Example movies at the bottom of this page.

That's right! Eating diabetics causes diabetes. Wait... nevermind.

There is research going into the effectiveness of multiple-lumen cellulose cardio-puncture devices used in this therapy.