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USCHO Cooks: Maybe We Can Beat Bobby Flay

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Good Gravy. I am still working on organizing myself for Turkey Day. Christmas cookies are a bit further down the road.

That's what the freezer is for. Although right now, I have about 20 pounds of fruit and 10 loaves of bread in my freezer. :cool:
 
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Crust, crapload of cheese, then sauce striped on top. Baked in a blue steel pan (like a 9x13 lasagna pan), so the cheese caramelizes on the crust.

I hesitate to call it deep dish (even though, technically, it is), because it's very different than Chicago-style, which I don't like.

Yeah... more of a pan pizza than a deep dish. That was the first term that popped into my head.

Where did you have said pizza?
 
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Oooh... yum!

I really need to do a class over there sometime.

Detroit Classics was really good - we did the pizza, speculaas, and a long john coffee cake. Actually, everything I've taken there is really good. :)
 
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2017 cookies -

New:
<a href="http://www.bhg.com/recipe/cookies/peppermint-palmiers/">Peppermint Palmiers</a>. Palmiers and I have an ugly history together, so we'll see how this goes.
<a href="http://allrecipes.com/recipe/9729/pistachio-wreaths/">Pistachio Wreaths</a>
<a href="https://www.marthastewart.com/336645/buttered-rum-meltaways">Buttered Rum Meltaways</a>
<a href="http://www.bhg.com/recipe/candy/cherry-almond-fudge/">Cherry Almond Fudge</a>
<a href="https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/gluten-free-maple-pecan-shortbread-cookies-recipe">Gluten Free Maple Pecan Shortbread</a>
<a href="http://desertculinary.blogspot.com/2005/05/cranberry-eggnog-twirls.html">Cranberry Eggnog Twirls</a> - not this exact recipe, but close
<a href="https://glutenfreeonashoestring.com/red-velvet-gluten-free-crinkle-cookies/">Gluten Free Red Velvet Crinkle cookies</a>
Cherry, Pistachio, Hazelnut Nougat - not online

Repeats:
<a href="http://www.davidlebovitz.com/zimtsterne/">Zimsterne</a> - these are cutouts, but they were easy to work with. and my cousin loved them.
<a href="http://www.lovefromtheoven.com/2014/11/26/hot-chocolate-cookies/">Hot Cocoa Cookies</a>
<a href="http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/gluten-free-chocolate-chip-oatmeal-cookies-recipe?utm_campaign=content&utm_source=pinterest&utm_medium=social">Gluten Free Chocolate Oatmeal</a> with cherries, blueberries and white chocolate
<a href="http://www.crunchycreamysweet.com/2013/12/09/gingerbread-snickerdoodles-recipe/">Gingerbread Snickerdoodles </a>
<a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/food-drink/recipe-grasshopper-cookies/">Grasshoppers</a>
<a href="http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/peanut-butter-maple-cookies">Peanut Butter Maple</a>
<a href="http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/dark-chocolate-buttercrunch-recipe#.UMScfTa25kw.pinterest">Dark Chocolate Buttercrunch</a>
<a href="http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/peppermint-crunch-bark-recipe">Peppermint Bark</a>
Ginger Jump Ups - not online
Ginger Bark - not online - just chocolate and ginger

Also doing <a href="http://www.news-herald.com/article/HR/20101214/NEWS/312149975">Vanilla Spiced Pecans</a>, <a href="https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/eggnog-mini-cakes-recipe">Eggnog Mini Cakes</a> and homemade Nutella as gifts. And four kinds of cookies at Zingerman's.

Most likely to regret: nougat and palmiers.

And I still have no idea what I'm making for Thanksgiving, but thankfully, I don't have to cook everything this year.

I think you make more different types than my mom did. She did traditional types from Germany and France/ Everyone in the neighborhood looked forward to the holidays :) I'm sure your friends and family do also :)
 
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Crust, crapload of cheese, then sauce striped on top. Baked in a blue steel pan (like a 9x13 lasagna pan), so the cheese caramelizes on the crust.

I hesitate to call it deep dish (even though, technically, it is), because it's very different than Chicago-style, which I don't like.

Lou Malnati's classic with sausage is good. The rest of Chicago-style "pizz-agna" is meh at best.

In Detroit, definitely Buddy's. Shield's is very hit-or-miss, it depends on the location & management. I have yet to try Cloverleaf (similar to Uno/Lou Malnati in Chicago, they claim to have been started by the chef who developed Buddy's square pie, then spun-off on his own). I have one "secret" local joint a short drive from my apartment, but I'd have to kill you if I told you the name...:p It's buried in the back of an unassuming strip mall, but always has a packed dining room and does booming take-out. I think it's as good as Buddy's, but a bit cheaper, and they have a heart-stopping garlic-cheese dip that is a must.

Jet's is passable in a pinch, but being a national chain, I think their crust tastes too much like vegetable oil and their sauce is pretty bland/industrialized.

It goes without saying, but for the love of Cthulhu, please never eat Little Caesar's - I apologize for that crap.
 
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Lou Malnati's classic with sausage is good. The rest of Chicago-style "pizz-agna" is meh at best.

In Detroit, definitely Buddy's. Shield's is very hit-or-miss, it depends on the location & management. I have yet to try Cloverleaf (similar to Uno/Lou Malnati in Chicago, they claim to have been started by the chef who developed Buddy's square pie, then spun-off on his own). I have one "secret" local joint a short drive from my apartment, but I'd have to kill you if I told you the name...:p It's buried in the back of an unassuming strip mall, but always has a packed dining room and does booming take-out. I think it's as good as Buddy's, but a bit cheaper, and they have a heart-stopping garlic-cheese dip that is a must.

Jet's is passable in a pinch, but being a national chain, I think their crust tastes too much like vegetable oil and their sauce is pretty bland/industrialized.

It goes without saying, but for the love of Cthulhu, please never eat Little Caesar's - I apologize for that crap.

In 2014, I saw an ad claiming Little Caesars was voted the Best Pizza in Detroit. By who?
 
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Oooh... yum!

I really need to do a class over there sometime.
I've done 3.
Savory baking
Buttery biscuits
Savory pies (not sure if that was the title, but pasties, empanadas and knish).
Everything is delicious, and you come home with a lot of food.
I want to take another class and am considering the baguettes one. Now they are getting into the holiday schedule where before Thanksgiving, it's all pie classes and then through Christmas it's all cookie classes
 
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I bought vanilla yesterday, and almost had to take out a loan. Is there some sort of nasty vanilla plant disease ravaging Madagascar? The cashier's mouth dropped open when she told me my total ($20 for 4 oz). :eek:

I think you make more different types than my mom did. She did traditional types from Germany and France/ Everyone in the neighborhood looked forward to the holidays :) I'm sure your friends and family do also :)

I'd like to make more traditional cookies, but I am told those are "old people" cookies. :) And I don't have traditional recipes to rely on, since I don't remember my grandmother baking much (cooking yes, but not so much baking). Not much baking in my house growing up.
 
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I bought vanilla yesterday, and almost had to take out a loan. Is there some sort of nasty vanilla plant disease ravaging Madagascar? The cashier's mouth dropped open when she told me my total ($20 for 4 oz). :eek:



I'd like to make more traditional cookies, but I am told those are "old people" cookies. :) And I don't have traditional recipes to rely on, since I don't remember my grandmother baking much (cooking yes, but not so much baking). Not much baking in my house growing up.
My mother had all recipes on cards. They may be old but they were good. I think my brothers wife has all cards? . My mom could cook or bake with the best of them. I'm grateful that her love of cooking got me in the kitchen. I'm shocked at how many folks today can't even roast a chicken.

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I bought vanilla yesterday, and almost had to take out a loan. Is there some sort of nasty vanilla plant disease ravaging Madagascar? The cashier's mouth dropped open when she told me my total ($20 for 4 oz). :eek:
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IIRC, the bubonic plague is out of control over there right now. Like the actual plague.
 
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I bought vanilla yesterday, and almost had to take out a loan. Is there some sort of nasty vanilla plant disease ravaging Madagascar? The cashier's mouth dropped open when she told me my total ($20 for 4 oz). :eek:



I'd like to make more traditional cookies, but I am told those are "old people" cookies. :) And I don't have traditional recipes to rely on, since I don't remember my grandmother baking much (cooking yes, but not so much baking). Not much baking in my house growing up.
Out here the 'naturla brand of vanilla beans is much cheaper as in 4 times less expensive and way fresher. BJs has big bottles of vanilla extract- the real deal, for way less.
 
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Out here the 'naturla brand of vanilla beans is much cheaper as in 4 times less expensive and way fresher. BJs has big bottles of vanilla extract- the real deal, for way less.

Sams Club used to have big bottles, no more, little ones. Vanilla beans, bourbon, let it sit for months, real good. Can use vodka also
 
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Sams Club used to have big bottles, no more, little ones. Vanilla beans, bourbon, let it sit for months, real good. Can use vodka also

BJs (16 oz ?) has both McCormick and BJ brand- try online for Sams
 
Planning on pork tenderloin with spinach tonight. And I have about 6 strips of bacon.

Do I take the bacon and wrap the pork?

Or do I take the bacon, dice it, render it, and add the spinach and garlic?
 
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In 2014, I saw an ad claiming Little Caesars was voted the Best Pizza in Detroit. By who?

Our crap floats to the right, and always Downriver. Probably those "fine" folk. :cool:

Planning on pork tenderloin with spinach tonight. And I have about 6 strips of bacon.

Do I take the bacon and wrap the pork?

Or do I take the bacon, dice it, render it, and add the spinach and garlic?

I would take 5 strips of bacon and wrap the tenderloin. Reserve one strip for flavoring the spinach.
 
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