[Trader Joe's Products (2017–)]

Oooh! I can't wait to see if my TJ's has these. I'd planned to go today but we are still under excessive heat warning so am not making the trek. Next week, for sure!

[Bake a cake (or whatever) for Gully!]

I had to go check to see when I joined. In 2003! At the time, it seemed to be such a well-established board that had been around forever. I felt like such a newcomer. Time sure does fly!

[RIP member IowaDee]

So very sorry to hear this. Many condolences to all her family and friends. I hope she is soaring with the birds she loved to watch and watching over all her loved ones.

[Cooking with "This Will Make It Taste Good", by Vivian Howard]

That looks delicious!

 

[Don't ask for steak tartare in my neck of the woods...]

I seldom see it on menus here in Kansas City and we are beef country. Go figure. 

[Help Please! We need some quick ideas for ground beef!]

22 hours ago, Porthos said:

 

Ground Beef and Onions in White Sauce over a Baked Potato or Noodles

We had this sometimes growing up. Mom called it hamburger gravy. Usually served over white bread or biscuits. I never thought about it, but probably something she made when money and time were tight.

[Old Menus]

14 hours ago, rotuts said:

@David Ross

 

You bet !  I remember 

 

came w carrot sticks , cut exactly like the celery :

 

pretty fancy place.  and black pitted olives ,

 

canned , probably from California 

 

just awful ,  had a characteristic metalic flavor !

 

We had this at many big dinners at my Mom & Dad's, too. The best part for the kids were the olives--you could put them on your fingers!

[Old Menus]

I love that! How wonderful that she kept it.

[A Year of Cooking, And I'm Using (blank) More Than Ever Before]

Shortcuts. I'm so burned out on cooking that I take shortcuts that I never would have in the past. I use Penzey's spice blends a lot. I can sprinkle on whatever protein and or vegetables I am cooking. And cooking now usually means roasting because it is easier.

 

[Chef Branded Cookware ?]

I fell into the celebrity chef trap and bought a set of cookware by Wolfgang Puck that was on sale at Costco. It is horrible. Nothing is airtight. The lids are not airtight. Definitely was not worth the price, even though it was cheap. Never again.

[What is your favorite "go-to recipe" for a quick meal when you are pressed for time or just don't feel like cooking?]

I'm also a frittata person. I've always got something I can toss into one. Or, if out of eggs, I can usually find some pasta. Worst case, a can of soup.

[Jiffy love]

18 hours ago, blue_dolphin said:

 

 I think they used to have a full range of cake flavors but now only a yellow cake mix. My mom always kept some of the Jiffy cake mixes on hand exactly because they only made one layer.  It was perfect for this type of 11" flan/tart pan (eG-friendly Amazon.com link) with a fairly deep indent for the filling of your choice.  Mom generally used a layer of pudding, topped with fruit and edged with whipped cream. Fresh fruit ruled in the summer but a chocolate cake could be topped chocolate pudding and cherry pie filling, spice cake with banana pudding and banana slices.  It was her signature pot-luck contribution and always well received.  I shared a photo of her in her 90's making one of these creations over in this post on Cake Memories.

 

Thank you for sharing that. I love the photos of your Mom!

[Jiffy love]

There are cookie mixes, various muffin mixes, cake mixes, etc. I haven't looked on the website to see if they still make all of them. This cookbooklet was published in 2004, I think.

[Jiffy love]

I found my Jiffy cook booklet. I remember now being amazed at how many different types of mix they make that I have never seen. I'd guess they can be ordered online, but haven't checked. I'll post some of the more "interesting" recipes when I get upstairs to the pC.

 

[If anyone knows the actual name for this, let me know. I think of it as "fried gratin potatoes."]

OMG! I need this for breakfast right now! Yum!!

[Jiffy love]

I love Jiffy. Pretty sure I have a little recipe booklet from them somewhere, but I can't find it at the moment. My favorite breakfast growing up was pancakes (corncakes) made with Jiffy mix.

[Imperfect, Misfit, Etc. (The Food Delivery Services)]

Apparently I had a bad warehouse for both Misfits and Imperfect because I had bad stuff with both. Not always bad, but often stuff I'd have to use immediately on receipt or it would be rotten. 

[Amish Friendship Bread Starter vs Sourdough Starter]

13 hours ago, cteavin said:

That's funny. 

 

I'm interested in some 'sourdough' pancakes I saw online but at the same time I'm like, SOURdough PANCAKES and then wondered about AFB because it goes on for years. 

 

So what happened to that starter you were gifted?

 

Well, sourdough starter goes on forever, too. You can freeze both AFB and sourdough starter if you want to take a break. I've had a sourdough starter going for over a year. I might still have an AFB starter in the back of the freezer. Because the AFB is mostly sweet, we burn out on it (and the calories) after about 2 loaves.

[Does anyone have this ground beef tool? Recommendations?]

18 hours ago, Kim Shook said:

I've been seeing these ground beef utensils on TV lately and have become interested.  Does anyone have any experience of them?  What I use now when cooking and breaking up ground meats is a flat edged wooden spoon (about the only thing I use a wooden utensil for - I find them mostly useless).  I have arthritic hands and holding onto the wooden spoon for long periods breaking up the meat as it cooks is uncomfortable.  Do you think this would be useful for me.  Or should I just concentrate on trying to remember to crumble the meat up with my fingers as I'm putting it in the pan? 😁

 

Years ago I bought a couple of them on some sort of special deal--BOGO or whatever--figuring I'd keep one and give one to someone. I have absolutely no idea where they went, but I decided recently that I wanted to try one and couldn't find it. My arthritic hands and tendinitis make certain motions extremely painful and stirring more solid or harder things is not fun. If I am using a regular pan, I can use one of the other tools suggested, but if it is a non-stick skillet, I can't use a metal tool. Soooo, a friend recently was having a Pampered Chef party and I felt obligated to buy something. I bought one of these and it is now here. I plan to keep track of it so I can actually find it when that occasion arises. Mind you, this means that I will now find the original one or two of them that I bought. I guess it will mean I will then have a collection of ground meat breaker-uppers.😝

[Aldi]

Ours are also Weds-Tues. Often they don't even get some of the items in the circular. They have some distribution issues in this area. The odd part to me is that while my nearest store may not get something, I can usually get it at another store that is about 10 miles away. I keep wondering if it depends on what they think will sell at each location or if the store managers have something to do with it.

[Epicurious to Stop Publishing Beef Recipes]

That is just ridiculous.

[Vintage Cooking Booklets and Pamphlets]

13 hours ago, Kim Shook said:

Thank you, @Janet Helm!  Can you give us an idea of how many there are?  I know I'd love to have some and would be glad to pay the postage, but I'd need an estimate.  

 

Yes, please tell us more. 

[Happy to join this group, and looking to donate old cookbooks and food pamphlets]

If I lived in Chicago, iI'd be parked on your doorstep to take a look at those books. 😉 Welcome!!

[Trader Joe's Products (2017–)]

I have sworn off their frozen pie crust, too. I bought it a second time because it had been so long since I bought it that I'd forgotten. I won't forget again. What a mess. I hope that wine is in our store here!

[Coping In the Kitchen (and Cooking) After This (or That)]

As someone with chronic hand issues, I am super sympathetic. Hope it is better soon!!