I am a Loud Sneezer... I have scared people across a Big Box store... I come by “sneezing” honestly... For many many years my mother would sneeze in the name of Ethel... One time she stifled a sneeze so it sounded like a gun shot and Ethel was not heard of again... we figure she had shot ethel.

After reading an article that said cooking steaks from frozen would give excellent results. I tried that rather than my now usual of sous vide followed by a sear... We had Peanut butter sandwiches for supper.

Slightly Off topic Rant ... Purina make a Gluten free dog food (Our Mal is gluten intolerant - farts that could peel paint)... Good stuff ... We ordered from Amazon as having the bag delivered was easier than schlepping from the store.
They kept on having Difficulties in getting the product found out why .. First the…

In Australia Vegemite beat out Marmite for sales (in the 20 -30'3). Failing a rebrand the Producers of Marmite withdrew from the Aussie market.
They have similar tastes although each supporter will claim their is the best.... A “Royal” tea sandwich is Marmite & cucumber (cucumber peeled and crusts cut off white…

If you were of Australian Descent ... you’d insist on A Vegemite Martini ... people come to blows over it

Why 1 1/5 ounces of Bourbon? seems a little too specific... (translated from metric?)

Muscat Grapes .. rich full bodied and floral .. rarely seen in stores... I wonder what the preoccupation with seedless grapes is?

I would also up your ratio’s a bit .. 2 tablespoons flour & 2 tablespoons fat to 2 cups of liquid... But that’s just my experience.

One word ... Wondra (or its Canadian equivalent Robin Hood Blending Flour)... You really have to try hard to lumpify your sauces with it....

My cake kept on telling me to eat bananas and grapes at the grocery store, not rewind my tapes at Block Buster, Buy the cheap booze and put it in expensive bottles and re gift Christmas Presents.....
The I realised it was Devils Food Cake!

Clare do we need to have an intervention?

Yes.

Many years ago, my wife who doesn’t really cook decided to surprise me with a chocolate cake when I got home from work. She read the recipe calling for vegetable oil.... Looking through my cupboards she saw olive oil... didn’t use that .. then spied oh this must be what they needed ... white truffle oil... used the…

You know if you want to improve your relationships you should drink this liquor ... because as you know Absinth makes the heart grow fonder..... I’ll leave now! 

You have indicated a ratio of 1:1 acid to oil .... I was always taught 1:3 (acid to oil) with a 1:2 acid to oil for stuff like sesame oil & rice wine vinegar.... Is that why you include a sweetner to Cut the acid?

When translated, monter au beurre means “to mount with butter.” To the cook, this means to finish a sauce with butter, giving it that gloss and ...

Spam Fritters (and chips) .. the staple of a UK school boy’s lunch....

Will the States pay for it?

Rebecca I am living in Nova Scotia. Up until last week we had had 11 days of NO new covid 19 cases ... then 2 individuals flew in and also infected others on the plane. At this time to quote our Premiere ... Stay the blazes home!

The same rule applies to “fix ups”... my wife and I re did our “upstairs bathroom” just before we sold the house (to help improve selling price)... afterwards we asked why didn’t we do it sooner so we could enjoy it...