Instead of peeling AND coring the apple, you can save a step by not coring and grating from the side. Once you’ve grated down close to the core, rotate the apple and continue. That way, even when you get down to the last bit of usable apple, you still have something to hole onto (i.e. the core).

If chicken in a duck, in a turkey is a turducken, then shouldn’t garlic in mushroom in squash be “squamushlic”?

I’m glad to see that using cream-of-whatever soup for casseroles didn’t make the list.

I whole heartedly agree. Any time I need to put something in a jar, it goes through a canning funnel. In addition to that, just last week I used it to pour hot apple cider from a pot into an insulated growler. It was way quicker than using a standard funnel, which would have restricted the flow too much, especially…

Still not a traditional method, but it does allow a traditional presentation: deep fried. I’ve been doing this for about 7 years now, and it’s fantastic. The only issue we’ve had is that we end up with a lot less leftovers (and not because there’s less meat). In fact one year my uncle got a second turkey to fry, just…

Just because it’s cooked in oil, does not necessarily mean it’s fried (e.g. duck confit, oil poached salmon)

Try brining and deep frying. Since I started doing the turkey that way, we haven’t had a dry one in years.

A Wellington? As in beef wellington, or a boot? Or some third definition of the word I don’t know about?

• What dish is unique to your family, and is made every year without fail? Every year my family has dumplings which are only ever called “dumplings.” Searching for a recipe (and a name more descriptive name) I believe they’re kluski kładzione or “laid dumplings” because they’re made by laying dollops of the dough into…

I think it a phenomenon a lot of people who move far from where they grew up contend with. You grow up thinking something is perfectly normal and ubiquitous, only to move and realize people outside of the region have no idea what you’re talking about.

By your own definition, Dunkin Donuts is fast food. 1) Every one I’ve ever been to has a drive through 2) Donuts are deep fried 3) If you can’t safely eat a donut (or even one of their breakfast sandwiches) in a car, I worry for you.

Then of course there are the augments. You can stick nuts, small candies, cookie crumbs, or a whole host of other delicious bits to a caramel apple. With the candied apple, you have maybe 5 seconds where the coating is still sticky enough to add things, but not so liquid that everything slides off. Plus, what are you…

Wow... I was trying to figure out why someone would keep empty bowls from Chipotle. Took me longer than I’d like to admit to realize this meant leftover Chipotle IN a bowl. I guess if I ever actually had leftover Chipotle it might have occurred to me sooner.

It’s above my fireplace

It’s above my fireplace

If you leave out the mushrooms you may want to add something like Worcestershire sauce to replace some of the meaty, savory* elements

That’s still just heating the cheese on the grill. This on the other hand...

This has been my complaint about “boneless wings” for years. They’re nothing but grown up chicken nuggets. The major difference is that boneless wings are usually whole chunks of chicken whereas chicken nuggets are, more often than not, ground up meat formed into nugget shapes.

Wing ARE white meat. White vs. dark is a matter of the amount of myoglobin in the muscles. The more a muscle is used, the more myoglobin, and the darker the meat. Since chickens walk and don’t fly, there is very little of it in the breast and wings compared to the legs and thighs. Hence, breast and wings are white…

I’m partial to Root candles, as Amos I. Root made major contributions to modern beekeeping, and his book on beekeeping is still in print nearly a century and a half later.

I’m partial to Root candles, as Amos I. Root made major contributions to modern beekeeping, and his book on…

Being able to stay afloat without using your hands is actually one of the skill requirements to become a SCUBA Divemaster.