Can it still be considered a burger if it has pork, breadcrumbs and egg in it? I only ask because last week, I used a mixture made with ground pork, rib rub seasoning, breadcrumbs, and an egg. When asked what we were having for dinner, I just shrugged and replied “pork rib burgers”. No one seemed to object and they…

The cornstarch is there to give the sauce body and to help it cling to the meat. For a while, I tried using my own taco seasoning blends and they all felt like they were coming up a little flat. At some point I came across “professional help” in the form of Alton Brown and he was using cornstarch while I never even…

I live in a place where choice edible mushrooms grow everywhere in the fall, and fresh chanterelles still go for north of $20/lb in the bigger chain markets. I’d check the farmer’s markets to see what the prices are like during peak season, but frankly, I’m just not super big into mushrooms to begin with. A buddy of…

When it comes to jerky, Oberto’s original thin style will always be my gold standard. It’s tough enough that chewing it takes a little effort, plus it contains enough MSG to ensure that even a vigorously masticated wad will still have some flavor to it. I used to pick up cheap one pound bags of the stuff from the…

Thanks, I’ll give this a try. I’ll just have to make sure the amount of water covering the rice maintains the proper rice/water ratio.

Thanks for the suggestion!

I’ve never had much of an issue with boiling pasta. I have a huge pot and I don’t typically boil more than one box of pasta at a time. I just stir frequently and turn the heat down from 10 to about 6 or 7 - that seems to do the trick just fine.

While it’s true that nuts are legumes are sources of plant-based proteins, they also have a fairly low calorie-to-protein ratio, and it’s especially more stark when compared to leaner sources of meat like chicken breast and canned tuna. As much as I like having a burger made with my homemade chickpea patties, I can’t…

They ride in a well-formed group because it substantially reduces drag. A rider in the middle of the peloton can be going as fast as the riders doing the pulling while only expending a fraction of the energy. Single-file riding is fine for a few riders but it’s not as effective for a larger group.

A few years ago I could’ve said that I didn’t like cucumbers and it wouldn’t have been that much of a tall tale. Fast forward to a very hot evening yesterday and I found myself enjoying a cold falafel wrap with cucumber tahini. I’m actually amazed at how much my taste buds have changed in the past five years or so,…

Before I went to bed, I decided that I’d use that time make some quinoa so that it’d have a chance to spend all day to get nice and cool in the fridge. I briefly thought about using the microwave to boil the water but I’ve always used the stovetop to make quinoa and I didn’t want to screw that process up. I just bit…

Many grocery stores in the US won’t have any actual yams so what you’re looking at are most likely varieties of sweet potato. The true yam features an almost bark-like skin while being considerably starchier than sweet potatoes.

When the woman was contacted and asked how she plans to proceed after this harrowing tale, she simply smiled and stated, “I’d just like to put this whole ordeal behind me.”

I got my mattress at a Costco, so I’m literally “sleeping on a Costco product.”

I’d just like to add on to your point on long-distance cardio that something like bike riding for 20-60 minutes at a moderate to low intensity is apparently considered long-distance cardio. I’d like to believe that the 60 to 90 minute long rides I started to frequently go on played a role in my weight loss but I was…

If you have to resort to the “...but you won’t even notice it!” line when you include mayo in something that it’s not normally found in, then what’s the point of even putting it in there in the first place? At that point it’s just empty calories AND empty flavor.

I wouldn’t mind places using fresh red jalapeno but green ones just don’t really do much for me. Red jalapenos are still fresh and crisp but they have an extra dimension in sweetness that green peppers lack. 

Thanks to the shortage, I went out and bought a bottle of Jufran’s hot n’ spicy banana ketchup and discovered I liked it more than bog-standard tomato ketchup. I thought the banana ketchup and plantain chips were a natural pairing but it really went well with chicken strips. I normally don’t use ketchup for chicken…

Whenever I dump frozen fries out onto a baking sheet, I eat a few of them while they’re still frozen and mostly hard. Hell, I did this with a certain brand of sweet potato fries and found out that I liked them better frozen than fully cooked. 

I like to throw sauteed peppers, onion, and carrots into the food processor. I’d like to believe that cooking the liquid out of the veggies helps concentrate the flavor and to prevent the meatloaf from cracking open from excess steam. I’ve started to eschew fresh garlic in favor of garlic sauteed in butter and I…