May 11
For reasons for which I inherently understand, but cannot fully explain is that when preparing the sausage recipe allowing time for the seasonings and spices to infuse into the meat, significantly increases the depth and complexity of the overall flavor of the sausage is achieved. Although these steps refer to Ground Pork, these instructions are …
May 05
My backyard is in an older suburb of Katy, TX with mature trees and must be paradise for birds. I hear and see birds every day, all year long. There are Blue Jays, Cardinals, Finches, migratory Hummingbirds Chickadees (my personal favorite), Doves, Mockingbirds, Woodpeckers and an occasional Hawk to name a few. I enjoy watching …
May 04
Wondering what I was going to have for lunch I realized that I had not had Egg Salad in quite some time. I remembered that Stuart had posted a short article to the website about Hard Cooked Eggs (Baking Versus Boiling). I figured it was time for me to try a recipe / technique contributed …
Apr 27
The word ‘scallop’ comes from the old French word ‘escalope’, meaning ‘shell’ and scallops are the worlds only only migratory bivalve. They are able to swim by ejecting water by clamping their shell using their adductor muscle (the part we eat). In the US, Sea scallops (Placopecten magellanicus) or the UK, King scallops (Pecten maximus) are …
Apr 22
‘Bread is the staff of life’. Most of us take bread so much for granted that we wouldn’t know what to do if it no longer available. This is pretty much what happened to me, when I came to America. Sure, there is plenty of bread available in the shops, but it wasn’t what I …
