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Entries from February 2011

Potato Chip Review – Herr’s – Baby Back Ribs

February 6th, 2011 · No Comments

Talk about a crazy sounding flavor, this is almost like out of the Chappelle Show skit for “Ribs Sleep-Aid.” But being someone that lovers crazy flavors of potato chips, I just had to get a bag of the stuff. Honestly I really didn’t know what to expect, since it seems like every week, someone is [...]

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In search of an English Muffin Recipe – Part 1

February 6th, 2011 · No Comments

Maybe I really don’t know what an English muffin should taste like, since the Ruhlman recipe that I used seemed more like a crumpet or johnny cake and less like the English muffin that you would normally get at the grocery store. Personally I think it has to do with the egg & baking powder [...]

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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies – v1

February 6th, 2011 · No Comments

This recipe ended up being just the first of many future recipes, in trying to use up 9 lbs of rolled oats that I picked up at Sam’s Club for a dinner party desert. And seeing how I can only eat so much hot oatmeal for breakfast, it was time to starting getting a bit [...]

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Homemade Tahini recipe – v1

February 6th, 2011 · 2 Comments

Part of the reason I wanted to try and make my own tahini, was just to see if it could be done. Since really how hard could it be to turn whole sesame seeds into a smooth paste? (see side notes) So with a little bit of searching on the interest, I found three recipes [...]

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