Peter Stromquist

Category: Home Cooking

  • Giacobbinos Take Bake Pizza Review

    Giacobbinos Take Bake Pizza Review Although I have seen these in Chicagoland groceries for some time, I’ve been reluctant to try Giacobbinos, at $13 I thought that was a little spendy for a take and bake pie. At last, the local Jewel-Osco chain had a BOGO on them last week, so greedy pizza monster that […]

  • Vollwerths Blood Sausage Review

    Vollwerths Blood Sausage Review Blood sausage is made all over the world with varying protein ingredients, including pork, beef, goat and other meats.  The meat is added in different amounts, depending on the region, along with the animals blood and it is allowed to dry or congeal enough to be put into a natural casing. […]

  • Please-U Restaurant Review New Orleans

    Please-U Restaurant Review New Orleans Please-U Restaurant Review. “Since 1946.” Doesn’t that tell you all you need to know about the Please-U Restaurant, on St. Charles Avenue close into downtown?  Open from 6A – 6PM, this old-timey diner serves all the American favorites as well as traditional New Orleans sandwiches and hot plate meals. I […]

  • Panamei Seafood Review – in Grocery Stores Nationwide

    Panamei is one of the brands available from Quirch Foods, an importer, exporter, distributor of quality products to groceries and industrial accounts. They trace their roots back to the early 20th century in Cuba, then after 59, immigrated to Puerto Rico, set up there, and finally to establish a base in the Miami area, where […]

  • Gloriosos Fresh Italian Sausage Review – Milwaukee, WI

    Today I used some of their fresh Italian sausages for a home-made pizza. I only picked up two, of the “hot” not “sweet” variety, and they run about four ounces apiece at about a buck twenty per. I have this quirk which there is no rhyme nor reason for. When I’m making a sausage pizza, I […]

  • Hot Dog-aghetti Recipe

    Hot Dog-aghetti Recipe Today’s recipe from the “New Hotdog Cookbook” (McFadden Publishing, 1968) (Recipe their property)  is “Hot Dog-aghetti!” 8 small onions – about 1 inch diameter 1 1/2 c water 1 8 ounce can tomato sauce 2 cups tomatoes 1 cup macaroni noodles 1 package garlic flavored salad dressing mix 1/2 cup sweet pickle […]

  • Bread Soup with Hot Dogs Recipe

    My favorite niece found this old cookbook, the “New Hotdog Cookbook,”  McFadden Press, 1968. Thought I’d put up some of their recipes, a lot of them are pretty funky! Bread Soup with Hotdogs Ingredients 6 C hot beef stock 6 slices enriched white bread, lightly toasted 6 eggs, poached until just firm 6 hot dogs, […]

  • Red Baron Deep Dish Singles Review

    I like to check in with the mainstream frozen pizza choices once a year or so.  See if they’ve improved, changed at all. For the most part, I don’t care for any of them, with the exception of hyperlocal brands like Vito and Nicks in Chicago (absolute #1 favorite), and for the pies at Trader […]

  • Great Value Beef Meatballs Review – WalMart Nationwide

    “Great Value” is one of  the in-house brands for many WalMart products. They aren’t actually manufacturered by WalMart, of course, they are contracted out to be made to Bentonville’s specifications. I take great pride in my own meatballs, it’s a recipe that I have screwed around with for decades. When I make them, I do […]

  • Pork Tenderloin Recipe

    Pork “tenderloins” are an Iowa thing.  And Indiana thing.  We’ll leave it at that.  It’s a boneless pork chop, hammered with a mallet to make it larger and thinner, dipped in batter and deep-fried, served on a hamburger bun about 1/10th the size of the ‘loin. You might also call it wienerschnitzel, of a sort. […]