Category: Cooking

These will turn out fantastic. They’re best served warm or right off the frying pan. This isn’t a recipe so much as a process. Remove the shells from the thawed, uncooked shrimp. Traditionally, the tail part is left on, but it’s annoying at eating time, so you can take the whole shell off if you…

In preparation for the new year party I attended, I decided to make coconut shrimp. I found many recipes, and all were very different. You’d think there’d be some consistency between recipes when making a specific dish, but this was not the case. I decided on one for which I had all the ingredients (I…

When the recipe says to use a 13x9x2 pan, don’t use a 12x7x2 pan. I’ll be cleaning hardened coffee cake off the side of this pan for days. Ugh.

350* until toothpick is clean, about 40 minutes Main cake: 3 cups grated carrots (about 6) 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 cups white sugar 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 4 eggs 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 (8 ounce) can…

Today’s lesson is about cankersores. These are stress-induced sores on the inside of the mouth that are very painful. They are not bacterial or viral. After a few days, they will go away on their own. Since I have been under a lot of stress lately with the end of the fiscal year approaching at…

I’ve been cooking on my own for the past couple years, and I can honestly say that I’ve gotten the hang of a lot of it. I know how to do some things really well, and I’m getting pretty quick about putting my dishes together, so that my average meal, with an entree and two…

Necessity is the mother of invention, and I was in serious need of food. My problem, though, was that I had hot dog buns but no hot dogs, and hamburger but no hamburger buns. May god have mercy on my soul for what transpired in my kitchen today at lunch, for what I bred was…

Meringues are hard but really soft cookies, like solidified marshmallows. The most appealing part of them is the texture. They only require 4 ingredients that you probably already have. 4 egg whites (WHITES ONLY. ANY yolk will prevent the whites from whipping. Be very careful) pinch of salt 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup powdered…

6 cups all-purpose flour 2 1/2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast (or 5 1/2 tsp) 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 2 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C) 1 tablespoon cornmeal 1 egg white 1 tablespoon water In a large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, yeast and salt. Stir in 2 cups warm water,…

Not the money kind, though that would have been satisfying, too. Today I made real French bread. It came out great. It’s my first time with bread (other than pizza dough), so I was really worried about it. In the end, I had some good loaves; slightly crunchy on the outside, fluffy on the inside….