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Find a small white half round Japanese serving bown about 4" in max diameter and 2.25" deep. Add 8 top quality Queen Stuffed Olives, One tall shooter glass of Tito's vodka, and a dash of very dry vermouth. Chill in the freezer for 15 minutes. ...
It was 250 years ago today that the lease was signed on a disused brewery in Dublin. Long live the black stuff, one of the greatest drinks ever created. And creator of some excellent adverts as well. Like this one
So, at what point of calorie-reduction does it stop being beer at all?
A friend of mine (who stayed in my house when I was back in L.A. for a year, and who was my roommate for a while after I got back) wrote a cookbook. Colombe's Cooking in Your Kitchen. He worked nights, and I worked days; but I did manage to...
That most cultured of Rock Bands AC/DC have released several types of own wine named after several of their songs in collabaration with a major Australian Wine producer. Anyone for a glass of You Shook Me All Night Long muscat. More here....
Seems there's always something not-too-good-for-me that I indulge in. This month: Skittles I am on a diet, and doing pretty well, but shortly after lunch I seem to need a little sugar boost, and these little round bundles of artificial flavor...
I love Polish sausage and sauerkraut, but my husband is not a fan of the latter. So, I'm trying to come up with recipes and ways of using the sausage that don't involve the kraut. One thing I do with it is make sort of a mock cassoulet thing...
We're going to a chili potluck this weekend, and I've been charged with bringing some with no beans. Anyone have a good recipe they could share?
Yeah so I realized I don't think I've ever had real salsa verde, or for that matter tomatillos in any form. Hopefully I can find some around here. So, if I do, how do I make a good salsa verde? Hopefully something simple, with a good kick -- I'm not...
What's the better part of a fish?
I was rooting around the Royal Bacon Society, but as I went deeper and deeper into the site, and came across the bacon caramels, I started getting a little nervous. What sent me fleeing the website was the manufacture of bacon bourbon. There is...
How do you feel about a nice bagel with cream cheese? Also, what kind of bagel do you like? What kind of cream cheese? Do you like your bagel toasted? Bonus questions: When did bagels come out of the closet?
You got your beer. One sudsy domestic brew, warming in a paper cup. What one snack do you choose to go with it?
Let's see who wins out in the breakfast bread battle royal.
Never would I advocate underage drinking, but it has been known to happen. Recently I walked past the liquor aisle in my supermarket and once again that reminded my that there are alcoholic drinks that few self-respecting adults would ever buy...
Ben And Jerry's Ice cream is going to have to drop the "all-natural" part os its description, because .... well.... it isn't. Looks like Corn syrup and partially hydrogenated soya bean oil really don't fit the bill of what is supposed to be an...
Please pair some type of liquor with a food item. Let's assume you can only consume those two items until you hork. What combos would be nastiest?
What's your favorite diet pop? (I don't say soda and don't want to talk about it.) I am a dedicate Diet Pepsi guy, but just had Cherry Coke Zero and found that to be pretty yummy.
I don't know why it is but brand name foods usually taste just that little bit better than the shop's own equivalent and so if I can, I always prefer to get the brand name products. Kellogg's Cornflakes always taste better than the other brands,...
Check out this commercial: Tell me if it's just me: This ad makes the product seem sterile and characterless. The colors, even the name, Platinum, feels nothing like something you'd want to ingest. I compare this add to any Sam...
Anyone got any good recipes for either cabbage rolls or pyrogies?
Two things, pretty closely related. Anyone know how much caffeine the black tea at Starbucks packs? I am an iced tea hound, and consume a lot of it daily--usually with no ill effect. BUT, a couple of vente teas fron SB and my head feels...
I have a can of honey roasted peanuts on my desk, and I can't stop diving into it! What are your favorite addictive snacks?
Yes, let's speak up. How many of you have planned your meal, and had all the ingredients ready. And then, something else came to your attention, and you just had to add that. And a little more of this. Oooh, and some of those. And these go with...
What's your favourite variety of cheese? I'm hoping for some gouda responses. *ba-boom!*
Specifically, the deep dish kind. I just had it for the first time and it is, frankly, obscene. I don't think food like this should be allowed to exist. It's like somebody took the term "pizza pie" and took it to some bizarre, wonderful new...
Despite the fact I like it, a friend pointed out that Chicken Omelette is really just chicken wrapped in chicken and as such it is something that sounds just so very wrong. Are there any other dishes like this, where you wrap one part of a...
it is a truth universally acknowledged that kids are weird, and do weird things. It is for this reason that they sometimes make up odd foodstuffs. Sometimes for the purpose of being gross and sometimes ... just because. Kids. Weirdness. My...
Two thoughts here. First off, when making chili, do you use a recipe, or is it just "some of this, some of that, look what I found in the back of the fridge, and oh, a few of those?" That's the poll. For those of you who use an actual...
Our local shop does lots of filled doughnuts. Everyone eats the jam-filled, apple-filled or custard-filled doughnuts. But no-one will even look at the chocolate-filled doughnuts. Would anyone here eat them, or is it just a sugar overload?
Finally, a science report that I can fully endorse and I'll ignore any naysayers who might claim otherwise. Science has shown that eating small but regular amounts of chocolate can keep you slim. Yay for science :madsci: And easter is just...
I'm going to do some baking this weekend because I want to give out gifts on Monday. I've got a few tried and true recipes (including some unbelievable sugar cookies) but I always like to experiment with new things. Does anybody have any traditional...
I love lime. I love all citrus, but I LOVE lime. I'm a lime first, orange second, lemon last kinda guy. You? (I'm narfing Skittles right now, BTW)
This thread is the result of me buying some cocktail sauce last night. Yum! In high school I worked--for seven hellish months--at a Long John Silvers. There I was exposed to both cocktail sauce and malt vinegar. I can live without the...
Was chatting with someone yesterday about how set in our food ways we tend to get. Tell a Chicagoan that you eat your fries with mayo and they will likely gag. Likewise, tell some Belgian you dip yours in catsup and they'll likely cringe. ...
I've got peach schnapps, orange juice, vodka, cranberry juice, whiskey (bourbon and irish), coca-cola, and can probably muster up some wine and/or beer, what cocktails can i make??
The Coffee thread. Inspired from Chat. I found the Starbucks coffee is overpriced and overcooked. I also found the coffee itself is not very good and skunks surprisingly fast. A good Drip Maker is fast and easy. I think it is mostly...
Please pick your favorite cola. For fair comparison, let's assume we're talking about drinking from a 12-oz can. :hoj:
What's your favorite comfort meal? Not necessarily the best meal of all, but the one that makes you feel the best? Smothered Chicken Livers and Onions over Rice Green beans Sweet tea Banana Pudding (with those vanilla wafers and meringue)
My son is coming over in a little bit, so I'm fixing some of his favorites. I fried some gigantic pork chops and I plan to smother some with onions and gravy and leave a few as is. I'm making a pot of mashed potatoes. I might toss a simple...
My kid and I went on one of our regular weekend culture trips today, this time to a fairly well-known German deli near our house. Along with the deli, which is packed with all things pork, there's a nifty assortment of German packaged food, all...
You didn't know we were having monthly cooking contests? Well. That's probably because I just decided we are. Also this month is actually more of a baking contest. Anyway. December's cooking baking contest challenge is.... MAKE AN EDIBLE...
I've only recently moved to a place where I have my own kitchen, so this is probably the first of many of these sort of questions I bought some beef from the butchers to make a curry on Thursday. It turned out to be rather more than I actually...
The gods have been cruel, and besides water have limited your beverage choices to the following. Which do you choose?
I put a bowl with unpopped kernels in a plastic bowl in my microwave. I saw flames, quickly opened the door. Flames died right down, no smoke, bowl didn't scorch.
Simple poll and conversation thread. We'll be having a fondue tonight. We’ll run probably two oil pots and one cheese. Usually we have beef and chicken for the meats. Carrots, broccoli, cauliflower are the basics for the veggies. There will...
The weekend after next my nephew (he's an adult, fwiw) is coming up to visit me, and the last time we spoke, he mentioned having become a vegetarian. One of the two nights he'll be here I've invited some other people over for dinner, and I'm kind...
There is a large online campaign developing due to the change in recipe of one of Britain's favourites HP Sauce. The owners have changed the recipe slightly and reduced the salt content. Just a simple little change, but it appears to have had a...
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