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Monthly Cooking Thread - December 2020

Posted on 12/01/2020 4:14:05 PM PST by Jamestown1630

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To: vis a vis

If all you want to do is coat the pretzel sticks, I don’t see why it wouldn’t work to just melt the chips in a double boiler and dip the stick into that.

I’ve never been a great fan of this nor made it, but hopefully someone will have a good recipe.


101 posted on 12/23/2020 4:51:52 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Liz; All
“There are only 10 minutes in the life of a pear when it is perfect to eat,” Ralph Waldo Emerson once quipped.


102 posted on 12/23/2020 5:42:30 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Liz

Thanks for the tag tip! I’ve missed a few pings this month, obviously!


103 posted on 12/23/2020 5:45:26 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I found the trick w/ avocados is buying only those that are slightly soft.......so when you get them home, they’re “almost” ready to use.

Not so with those finicky pears.


104 posted on 12/23/2020 9:26:45 PM PST by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
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To: Liz; All

I would eat more pears if they weren’t so darn DIFFICULT to gauge.

I use a service called ‘Imperfect Foods’ where you get ‘ugly produce’ that wouldn’t sell other wise. They have MONSTER carrots that go to the mule, and I’ve been using them for about a year now, so I know what’s good to order and what is a waste of money. For example - I got pears that went strait from rock-hard to mush; no in-between! Not crazy about their TINY avocados, and their celery hasn’t been very impressive; limp!

Anyone that wants to look into using this service, let me know. I can give you a referral and I win a free Grapefruit or something, LOL!

http://www.imperfectfoods.com

I think they are up to serving 25-30 states so far. The company is based out of CA but your food will be shipped locally. Mine comes out of Chicago to SW Wisconsin. Cost is $45 minimum order plus shipping of $8 or so, but you can also get grains and meats, organics and CHOCOLATE. Their boneless, skinless chicken breasts and boneless porch chops are really good! It saves me a trip to the grocery store each month.


105 posted on 12/24/2020 8:34:46 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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106 posted on 12/24/2020 10:30:18 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin; Jamestown1630
A delectable fudge-like treat just made for Christmas.

Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies / makes 48 cookies

Ing 1 ½ cups flour ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder ½ cup butter, 1 cup sugar
¼ tsp ea salt, baking powder, baking soda 1 egg 1 ½ tsp vanilla
48 undrained maraschino cherries (10-ounce jar) Icing: 6 oz real semi/choc/chips (not imitation) ½ cup sweetened condensed milk

METHOD combine flour and cocoa; set aside. Elec/mixer butter on med 30 sec to soften. Add sugar, salt, baking powder,
baking soda. Beat well. Add egg and vanilla. Beat well. Gradually beat in flour/cocoa mixture.

Shape dough into 1-inch balls; place on ungreased baking sheet. Press down center of each ball with thumb.
Drain maraschino cherries, reserving juice. Place a cherry in the center of each cookie.
Icing: combine chocolate and sweetened condensed milk; heat til melted. Stir in 4 tsp cherry juice.

Spoon teaspoon frosting over each cherry on unbaked cookie, spreading to cover cherry.
(Frosting may be thinned with additional cherry juice, if necessary.) Bake 350 deg 10 minutes til done. Cool on wire rack.

CHEF Cover and store at room temp up to 2 days.

107 posted on 12/24/2020 11:59:10 AM PST by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
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108 posted on 12/24/2020 12:03:01 PM PST by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
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To: Liz

Oh man, I did NOT need to know about this recipe...LOL

Thank you very much, I will have to try it.


109 posted on 12/24/2020 12:55:33 PM PST by vis a vis
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To: Jamestown1630

You would think so but the chocolate never wants to stick.


110 posted on 12/24/2020 12:58:58 PM PST by vis a vis
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To: vis a vis

This pretzel confection is beyond addictive......


111 posted on 12/24/2020 1:29:29 PM PST by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
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To: Liz

My Grandma used to make those. They are SO good! :)


112 posted on 12/24/2020 1:34:50 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

And you never had the recipe?


113 posted on 12/24/2020 1:38:03 PM PST by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
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To: Jamestown1630

Same as with octopus: you have to drive over it with a car before cooking.


114 posted on 12/24/2020 1:43:58 PM PST by firebrand ( )
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To: Liz

Saw a meme on Facebook of a marijuana sprig coated with batter and fried.

The caption is “When the South legalizes marijuana.”


115 posted on 12/24/2020 1:51:12 PM PST by firebrand ( Wish I knew how to transfer those things.)
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To: kiryandil

🤤


116 posted on 12/24/2020 2:02:22 PM PST by vis a vis
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To: firebrand

Sounds like marijuana tempura.


117 posted on 12/24/2020 2:03:38 PM PST by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
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To: firebrand

Sounds like marijuana tempura.


118 posted on 12/24/2020 2:03:38 PM PST by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
...And there is always, ALWAYS cheese in the house! :)

Wisconsin...say no more. ;>)

The FIL of my dads partner was raised in Wisconsin and every year made the trip to visit with SIL and grandaughter. And always brought several long blocks of aged Cheddar. Mom and dad received one or two every year. These blocks filled the fridge shelf front to back. One block went to our church, rest split up between neighbors. In suburban Maryland we had cheese for years.

The FIL was an interesting man, made grandfather style clocks from bicycle gears and chains, steel angle iron and anything else that struck his fancy. Clatter and sparks were key attributes, nothing like Swiss cuckoo clocks. The Smithsonian took two for an exhibit ....kind of an Americana Rube Goldberg thing. Also made black powder cannons for the grand kids and neighbors. Well loved by all as he continued making stuff well into his 80s.

119 posted on 12/24/2020 2:12:52 PM PST by Covenantor (We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who can not govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Liz

It is!


120 posted on 12/24/2020 2:24:11 PM PST by firebrand ( Wish I knew how to transfer those things.)
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