Category: cooking
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Tea Experts – Foam in tea bags?
I’m normally a coffee drinker; however, I get in tea moods and do a switch over. Recently, I was making Taylors of Harrogate, Yorkshire Gold black tea. I like the flavor of this tea. Black teas do have different flavors. As I was letting the tea steep I noticed this foam in the tea bag.…
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Cooking a spatchcock turkey – SUCCESS!
This year, for Thanksgiving, my brothers were in charge of cooking, They decided to do a spatchcock turkey. The turkey came out beautifully. There was a thermometer in the turkey. My brother bragged that he had it all under control. The thermometer was connected to an App on his phone, so he didn’t even have…
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American Made: Cast Iron Skillets
I came across a show that was talking about cast iron skillets. I’ve always wanted to use one, but I don’t know much about them. It seems like a lot of work to season them all the time. Maybe I’m wrong. American Skillet Company is out of Madison, Wisconsin. Founding owner and metal artist, Alisa…
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Munich: My favorite cake…
Recently, I was dreaming about my favorite raspberry cake that I would alway buy in Munich, Germany. I couldn’t remember the name of this cake, but I could visualize every layer of it. I’ve never seen this cake in America. The search began. Hours of searching. I truly mean hours. So many raspberry cake recipes…
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The Sunflower…
It’s sunflower season. I‘m always amazed at how tall they grow, but I don’t know much about them, so I did some investigating. A sunflower can hold approximately 1,000 seeds. The seeds are found under the tiny blossoms. The bigger seeds are on the outside of the flower, which makes sense. I don’t have time…
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