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    Cooking Tip-How to Braise Meat

    If you want to enjoy a gourmet meal using inexpensive cuts of meat then you’ll want to learn how to “braise”. Braising means browning the meat oil and/or butter then slowly cooking in a covered roasting pan. The meat is covered in a liquid which usually includes some combination of water, broth...
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    Need help with a post

    Anyone's help.. How do I insert a pic from my 'album " ?
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    Scallops...Brown Rice....Roasted Brocoli

    Get a 1/2 dozen large DRY sea scallops and sauté..(a few more if you're hungry :smile:) 2. Bag of 'instant' brown rice (10 mins in boiling water) and a 'head' of broccoli. Brake broccoli into pieces, lay out on baking sheet.. Drizzle broccoli with olive oil, salt and pepper and roast in 400*...
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    Have Fun with a Tagine

    If you enjoy trying international cuisine, then invest in a tagine. A Moroccan tagine is a two part cooking vessel that traditionally is made of clay or ceramic. It has a cone shaped top. Tagines are used to cook stew like dishes. Part of the fun is that tagine recipes can be very easy to...
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    Charcuterie Boards-Whatever You Want Them To Be

    If there is a better place (forum) for this discussion/idea, please let me know...until then.. I was just introduced to the idea of a “charcuterie” board recently when shopping on one of my favorite on-line stores for specialty meat, poultry and game products. They were having a sale on...
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    Dado's Chicken with Bacon, Mushrooms, Wine

    Chicken with Bacon,Mushrooms & White Wine Sauce... (the bacon grease, heavy cream & white wine make an "awesome sauce") Ingredients · 3 tablespoons unsalted butter · Splash of neutral oil · 5-6 Chicken Thighs-Bone in with Skin · 4 ounces Bacon –chopped ( I used thick cut bacon slices) · 2...
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    Fondue for the Beginners

    If you want to have a fun...and simple… dinner…try fondue. First..for the “newcomers”…what is fondue? Traditional fondue is a sauce, either chocolate or cheese melted in the pot. For either one, you put all the ingredients in the pot and heat until melted. Once it is completed melted and...
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    Lamb tagine with dates, almonds and pistachios

    Ingredients: 2-3 tbsp. olive oil and a pat of butter 2 onions-finely chopped 1-2 tsp ground turmeric 2 tsps. ground cinnamon 2-2 ½ lbs. lamb stew meats (cubes) 8 oz. ready to eat pitted figs (if can’t find pitted-very easy to remove pits yourself) 1 tbsp. honey 2-3 tbsps. slivered almonds 2...
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    Turn A "Charcuterie" (Meat) Board Into a Dinner Party

    I was just introduced to the idea of a “charcuterie” board recently when shopping on one of my favorite on-line stores for specialty meat, poultry and game products. They were having a sale on suggested ingredients and included their definition and history of the charcuterie board. It was...
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    Posting cell phone pictures on NCT.

    This question is outside the "What's Cooking" thread and Net Cooking Talk forum "boxes" but could use some help to make my posts & replies better. I take pics of some meals with my cell phone. How do I get them a "URL" to be able to put in a post. Any help very much appreciated. I'm...
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