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Comments (3)You can pick them at any stage. Some prefer them when they just begin to show a blush of color. We prefer them still green and firm but past the "hard-as-a-rock" stage for both frying and pickling. You may be interested in the link below as it offeres several different recipes. Also check out the Harvest Forum here for even more tips and recipes. Dave Here is a link that might be useful: Fried green tomatoes...See MoreWhen should dinner be served after guests arrive?
Comments (3)OMG, kiwichase, our in-laws must be related. The SIL always says to come "around noon". I have always asked what I could bring and she has always insisted "nothing". There have been times she hasn't served food until after 7pm!!! and she NEVER offers a drink, and never serves appetizers or munchies. These are usually get-togethers for 10-12 people, most of them driving one hour or more to get there (including us). Once I realized this was her usual 'MO', I tried to bring plenty to drink and munch on -- and she would get MAD at me because everyone would eat what I brought. Of course they would! they were HUNGRY! ugh! This is the first year I ever declined their holiday get-together invitation. lol! I always plan to serve dinner one hour after the time I tell people to arrive. [BTW: SIL always shows up TWO HOURS or more late... once with a bag of sweetcorn that needed to be shucked and cooked. I just stuck it in the fridge. lol!] :)...See MoreWhen did you learn how to cook?
Comments (84)I keep trying to read this whole thread before responding but it keeps growing LOL. I didn't learn from my mom. My father would always shoo me into the kitchen to help her, which I detested because (2) I wasn't interested in learning. (1) Her style in the kitchen would make me CRAZY - 'mom, dad sent me in here to help. What do you want me to do?' she would then put her finger in her mouth, say 'hmmmm, let me think', then she would take a few minutes to THINK and come up with 'peel those carrots'. I would then have to bug her (or my dad would jump on me) to find another task. She wasn't organized or able to be a manager to delegate to me. OTOH she did LOVE international cuisine and exposed us to varieties of food far and wide, especially Chinese. I taught myself to cook my second year in the college apartments. I bought The Campus Survival Cookbook Parts 1 and 2 which helped me learn basics via appropriate college kid type menus, at my level. I also bought, on a lark, The Silver Palate and loved many of those recipes. I still have the Campus books and I think they are the best kind to give a college kid since they helped with shopping, stocking a small kitchen, and potlucks. My DH, who is a better 'technical' cook than I, also taught himself. He says his mother was a dreadful cook and his grandmother would say 'bring your girlfriend over and I'll teach her'. Didn't help that he didn't have a GF at the time....He taught himself via 9th grade 'Bachelor Cooking' in HS and the Joy of Cooking, which is his bible. He is now reading Bittman's How to Cook Everything, LOL. So we both pretty much taught ourselves. I wish I would have had more of a 'basics' foundation, about cuts of meats and baking science, but I can find that out on my own. I do love working with my DH in the kitchen!...See MoreWhat do you cook when it's hot?
Comments (28)I thought about going out today but decided against it. Thought I'd just snack or skip. Then I got this powerful hankering for spaghetti. Don't know why, but I just wanted spaghetti. So, I just made the one pot version so I wouldn't fill the place up with steam. Yes, it was warm in the kitchen but it sure tickled the tastebuds. And an hour or two later the storms moved through and the temp dropped about 15°-20° in about 10-15 minutes. Lots of lightning and LOUD thunder. Cat was a bit upset. She likes watching lightning and distant thunder but this was loud enough to bother her a bit. Much cooler right now albeit humid. There's leftovers in the frig... maybe a midnight snack??...See Moreweedmeister
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