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USCHO Cooks: Open Your Mystery Basket.

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leswp1 said:
Depends on the type of stove. Put a towel on the area and pour some boiling water on it- enough to get the towel wet but not drool over everything. Most spills will release if you get them hot enough.
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Okay, I'll try that. Right now, I'm working on the counter, trying to get that cleaned off. I also need to empty the refrigerator and scrub the shelves and walls, plus give the oven a good scrub-down. Tall order, but not impossible.
 
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ShirtlessBob said:
Okay, I'll try that. Right now, I'm working on the counter, trying to get that cleaned off. I also need to empty the refrigerator and scrub the shelves and walls, plus give the oven a good scrub-down. Tall order, but not impossible.
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Think of how wonderful it will be when you look at the finished product
 
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leswp1 said:
Think of how wonderful it will be when you look at the finished product
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That's what I'm hoping. I also need to get it organized... and since my mom bought processed food like the zombie apocalypse was imminent, I'm going through the cupboards and dumping it all out.
 
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Got the DASH cookbook for Christmas, and I'm getting a kitchen scale tomorrow. I could do some damage with this. I need to clean my kitchen out, too. I'm down to 2 clean glasses before I get into the beer steins.
 
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Hammer said:
Got the DASH cookbook for Christmas, and I'm getting a kitchen scale tomorrow. I could do some damage with this. I need to clean my kitchen out, too. I'm down to 2 clean glasses before I get into the beer steins.
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I'm thinking of getting a kitchen scale too, especially since baking is an exact science.
 
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You can get one at Macy's for $40-50. I've got to go there tomorrow anyway. Although I do need my head examined for going there this time of the year..
 
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Hammer said:
You can get one at Macy's for $40-50. I've got to go there tomorrow anyway. Although I do need my head examined for going there this time of the year..
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There's no Macy's in Muskegon. I know I can get a scale at Meijer or Target for about $20.
 
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Bed bath and beyond had scales for sig less- I just gave one as a present.
 
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And BB&B always has the 20% off coups. I think I have three or four right now. I'd be willing to part with one, if needed.

On a cooking note, I made a new recipe from Allrecipes the other night for dinner - Old Charleston Style Shrimp and Grits. Definitely a keeper.
 
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Used the thermometer mode on my slow cooker today - very handy. Roasted a chicken with lemon and garlic, and it turned out perfectly juicy.

Also made Grant Achatz' <a href="http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/german-soft-pretzel-sticks">German Soft Pretzel sticks</a>. I've never been impressed with my previous pretzel efforts before, but these are delicious. Dark and chewy.
 
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Go ahead, find a recipe where you'd actually use these.

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/12/30/worlds-hottest-pepper-grown-in-south-carolina/?intcmp=features
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The Guinness Book of World Records has recently declared Ed Currie's Carolina Reaper peppers as the hottest on Earth, ending a more than four-year drive to prove no one grows a more scorching chili. The heat of Currie's peppers was certified by students at Winthrop University who test food as part of their undergraduate classes.

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The heat of a pepper is measured in Scoville Heat Units. Zero is bland, and a regular jalapeno pepper registers around 5,000 on the Scoville scale. Currie's world record batch of Carolina Reapers comes in at 1,569,300 Scoville Heat Units, with an individual pepper measured at 2.2 million. Pepper spray weighs in at about 2 million Scoville Units.

But Currie's peppers aren't just about heat. He aims for sweetness, too. He makes sauces and mustards with names like "Voodoo Prince Death Mamba," ''Edible Lava" and "I Dare You Stupit" with a goal to enhance the flavor of food.

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The girl and I made a big homemade NYE dinner. Surf and Turf!

Ribeyes - seasoned simply with salt and pepper, pan seared, finished in the oven, because the grill was froze solid. Worked out pretty well, and the steaks tasted almost as good as they do on the grill.
Creamy crab steak topping - I made a buttery cream sauce, added crab meat, and just a touch of some very good fontina cheese. Used this chunky, creamy sauce on top of the steaks, and it was excellent.
Lobster tails - roasted them in olive oil and butter, and made a scallion lemon butter to dip the lobster in
Twice cooked mashed potatoes - Made mashed potatos with freshly roasted garlic, cream cheese, butter, sour cream and onions. Put them in a roasting pan and oven-baked them for 30 minutes, to get a golden brown crust on it. Finished them with a light sprinkle of the same fontina cheese. These also turned out excellent.
Steamed broccoli - Simple veggie side, broccoli with some butter and salt and pepper.

Awesome meal. All home-made.
 
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Mrs. EoDS wants to take a 30-day Paleo diet challenge.

She's taking it pretty seriously. I'm going to cheat on this diet sooooo much in the next 30 days.
 
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I would cheat, too, because I have no idea what a Paleo diet is nor would I learn.
 
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It's also known as the "caveman diet". It's modeled after the idea of what mankind's diet would've been like in the Paleolithic era. From Wikipedia:

Centered on commonly available modern foods, the contemporary "Paleolithic diet" consists mainly of fish, grass-fed pasture raised meats, eggs, vegetables, fruit, fungi, roots, and nuts, and excludes grains, legumes, dairy products, potatoes, refined salt, refined sugar, and processed oils.
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I'm less than two days in and I'm already craving half a dozen donuts.
 
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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
It's also known as the "caveman diet". It's modeled after the idea of what mankind's diet would've been like in the Paleolithic era. From Wikipedia:



I'm less than two days in and I'm already craving half a dozen donuts.
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Grains, Beans, Dairy, Potatos, Salt, Sugar and Oils....all things I won't give up. :p
 
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goldy_331 said:
Ahem, from what I've heard of paleo: ALCOHOL. :eek:
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Yeah, restrictions on grains, sugar and potatoes pretty much limits you to wine, brandy and next to nothing that you would mix with it. And I'm pretty sure Angostura bitters aren't going to be allowed, which rules out my "let's do a diet of only brandy old fashioneds where I use fruit instead of sugar" plan.
 
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