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Old Fashioned Goulash - Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts

Old Fashioned Goulash - Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts Ground beef, onions, elbow macaroni, diced tomatoes. This looks like a recipe Mom made when we were kids. "So to make this old fashioned goulash, you brown the ground beef and onions...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 15, 2019 9:04 PM

The Mysterious, Stubborn Appeal of Mass-Produced Fried Chicken - VICE

The Mysterious, Stubborn Appeal of Mass-Produced Fried Chicken - VICE This article explains the complexity of frying chicken, why mass-production works so well, and why nicer restaurants either specialize in it or don't offer it at all. Makes you appreciate...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 30, 2019 3:13 PM

Baker's Coconut ~ Animal Cut-Up Cakes Booklet [1959] | Retro Musings

Baker's Coconut ~ Animal Cut-Up Cakes Booklet [1959] | Retro Musings This is the entire booklet -- second in a series from Baker's Angel Flake Coconut -- with patterns for cutting round or rectangular cakes and arranging the pieces to...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 2, 2019 11:25 PM

A Very Proper English Custard Recipe - Genius Kitchen

A Very Proper English Custard Recipe - Genius Kitchen This is the traditional accompaniment for fruit crumbles and Christmas pudding. We had it with a store-bought Walker's Christmas pudding from Cost Plus World Market. Simple recipe, very tasty -- milk,...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 9, 2019 1:06 AM

Thanksgiving Biscuits: The Secret to the South's Recipe - The Atlantic

Thanksgiving Biscuits: The Secret to the South's Recipe - The Atlantic "The one ingredient I took for granted had indeed been the key all along, says Robert Dixon Phillips, a retired professor of food science at the University of Georgia....

Posted by Michael Bates on November 23, 2018 12:55 PM

Silver Dollar City Harvest Skillet, Succotash recipes on The Food Channel®

Silver Dollar City Harvest Skillet in Recipes on The Food Channel® Smoked sausage, green beans, wax beans, red potatoes, carrots. Silver Dollar City Succotash in Recipes on The Food Channel® Chicken, okra, kernel corn, yellow squash, green peppers, onion....

Posted by Michael Bates on January 19, 2016 6:44 PM

How to Brown Meat and Poultry: Tips: Bon Appétit

How to Brown Meat and Poultry: Tips: Bon Appétit Why you want a hot skillet, how to tell when it's ready to turn over, and why too crowded a pan will result in "grayed" meat instead of properly browned meat....

Posted by Michael Bates on July 30, 2013 8:48 PM

Recipe: Flourless chocolate almond cake.

Recipe: Flourless chocolate almond cake. From the kitchen of Julie R. Neidlinger: "The cake will be very dense, gooey and moist, almost like a brownie. It will neither look nor behave like a 'typical' cake, so you shouldn't overbake it...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 27, 2011 11:49 PM