Category: Home Cooking
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Chicken Fried Steak Recipe – Weekend Breakfasts At My House
When I was growing up, it was etched in stone that the family had a big Saturday breakfast together; often my dad cooked the elaborate set-up, which might have been steak and eggs, pancakes or waffles, fruit turnovers, sausage or bacon. It got so that friends of me and my siblings wanted to do sleepovers on Friday nites just for the […]
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Luscos Review, Greenwood, MS
For me, “discovering” someplace “new” is a kick. Even if the entire rest of the world knows about it. I get suggestions on places to stop from friends, acquaintances, strangers, locals and world travelers alike – look at tourism materials, websites, stop and ask people on the street. But the thing that jazzes me the […]
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StoneRidge Italian Sausage Review
In the U.S, the term “Italian Sausage” refers to an uncooked pork sausage, seasoned with various herbs and spices. You’ll see them labeled at “hot” or “sweet” (also sometimes mild). The primary difference is the “hot” may have some red pepper flakes added, or in many cases, a dose of fennel seeds. I must prefer […]
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StoneRidge Meats Chorizo Review
Chorizo is a type of sausage that originated in the Iberian peninsula (Spain/Portugal), made up of pork, spices, and smoked pimento peppers, which gives it a bright red color. It’s available in a smoked/cured version for eating or including in dishes, and raw, to be used as a cooking ingredient. There are variations of chorizo […]
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Johnsonville Andouille Review
It’s not real easy to find true Andouille sausage up here in the winter wasteland. The Louisiana version is a pork, coarse-grained smoked sausage made using pork, garlic, pepper, onions, wine, and seasonings. It’s stuffed in a natural casing and smoked again. There are hundreds of sausage makers in Louisiana, and so there is a lot of […]
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Those Crispy Fried Onion Thingies
Green bean casserole is the ubiquitous Thanksgiving (and other holidays) side dish. Does anybody make it on days other than holidays? The original recipe was developed in 1955 (happy 60th birthday!) by Dorcas Reilly, who headed the “home economics” team at Campbell’s Soup Company. They wanted to create a fast and easy dish from two ingredients […]
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IONutrition Meal Home Delivery Review
Used to be if you wanted to take advantage of a “home meal delivery” service, the companies that were available in the genre were focused on weight loss; or you could try and put together your own plan with a company like Schwans. But lately we been presented with a gaggle of choices from different companies, […]
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Trident Fish & Chips Review
Seattle based Trident Seafood is America’s largest seafood processor, with plants across the lower 48 and Alaska. They create seafood offerings for the retail and commercial markets. Consumer products are available under eight different brand names. I picked up Trident brand’s “Alaska Fish & Chips” a heat and eat product of fried pollock and french fries. […]
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Red Robin Frozen Onion Rings Review
I keep hoping that a single one of these restaurant branded foods you find in the grocery is worth buying a second time; unfortunately, in my opinion, that hasn’t happened. This is my second Red Robin product, I tried their fries previously, which didn’t wow me. They are an extruded potato product, something I am […]
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Hmong Marketplace Review – St. Paul, MN
Forty years ago, the first Hmong arrived in Minnesota, due to the efforts of volunteer relief groups in the State. (The Hmong are members of mountainous tribes across Southeast Asia, but many of the refugees come from Laos). Today there are nearly 80,000 Hmong living in Minneapolis- St. Paul, and of course, any indigenous group […]