Adapted from The Noble Pig
White cheddar cheese soup is a real treat and is really easy to make. When we lived in Austin, the Driskill Hotel was the acknowledged leader in the cheese soup competition. The Upper Crust bakery also had a contender. I couldn’t find either of their recipes, so I [...]
Finding a good commercial enchilada sauce is really difficult. Even the Hatch brand is tepid at best. So, we decided to make our own green enchilada sauce, and it turned out to be really good, not only as a sauce, but also as a salsa. The consistency is chunky, unlike the commercial [...]
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That was how I started. Thank everyone for being so understanding. I just get frustrated by my own failure and sometimes lash out towards those who are least deserving. Thank you again for being nicer [...]
Continue reading about Pique the Geek: Cooking Utensil Chemistry II 23 November 2008
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Poke, also known as Pokeweed, Poke Salad (or Sallet), Pigeonberry, Inkberry, Garget, American Poke, Indian Poke, as well as several others is know by the Latin name of Phytolacca americana. It is very widespread in the United States, [...]
When I turned seventeen, as part of having successfully finished my end of school exam, one of my uncle took me to Tunisia for a week of R&R. That same uncle had taken me to Senegal a few years earlier, and my encounter with an elephant foot was part of a What’s For Dinner diary [...]
Having read recent reports about the food crisis developing, I thought I’d share some thoughts about preparing inexpensive foods. I lived for a few years in a very poor monastery in South Texas, and as the primary cook tried to find recipies that were simple, inexpensive, and tasty. Although what I offer today is not [...]