Peter Stromquist

Tag: home cooking

  • 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 […]

  • Pizza Sauces Compared – Home Cooking

    It literally took me decades to figure out how to make a great pizza at home. Now I prefer my own to nearly any pizzeria. You have to pick and choose your ingredients, there are so many options in a standard pie, flour, sauce, cheese, meats, veggies.  I’m really picky about Italian sausage and pepperoni […]

  • Home Brewing with Mr Beer Reviews

    It’s been two weeks since I completed the first step of making beer at home with the Mr. Beer kit. The mixture has been ‘brewing’ in the brew keg, and today I washed the (furnished) bottles and caps with the special “no dry” was solution that comes with the kit. The kit includes tablets (made […]

  • Home Brewed Beer with Mr. Beer Review

    When the good folks at MrBeer approached me and asked if I would like to try out their home brew kit, I said “heck yes!” America has gone “beer crazy” the past few years, with all the micro-brews, gastropubs, and specialty drinks. You can’t get much more ‘micro’ and artisan than brewing your own at […]

  • Microwave Magic Cookware – New Product

    Kim Harvey may well be the woman of my dreams – inventor, entrepreneur, kitchen magician,  bakery brainiac, yard yoda – she has  all the bases covered. Ms Harvey reached out and asked me if I’d like to try out her “Microwave Magic” cookware – patented technology to cook burgers (and other foods) in your microwave in minutes. […]

  • Home Cookin’ – Lasagna Recipe

    I don’t remember the last time I made lasagna at home….it’s been years.  During the reign of the late Mrs BurgerDogBoy, the dish was pretty much her purview.  Before she set out to actually try and kill me, she messed with me once by trying to sneak turkey Italian sausage past me in the dish, […]

  • Smokin’ in the Boy’s Room…..er, Oven

    I used to have a couple thousand dollars worth of barbecuing gear. Got disposed of when I wasn’t looking to fuel somebody’s addictions. Oh, well. So I’ve been looking at smokers again, and I spotted these “in oven smoking bags” made by Camerons.  They are a couple-three bucks, and come in a wide variety of […]

  • Hello Fresh Review, Part 2

    The other day I wrote about popping my cherry with home meal delivery service, HelloFresh.  I had received a pack of three meals (for two persons), a salmon meal, which I reviewed, chicken with orange glob, and peppercorn steak.  I made the chicken but won’t bother to review it, despite following the recipe to the […]

  • Trader Joes Mahi Mahi Burger

    Mahi Mahi?  Isn’t that dolphin?  No, but you sure hear that from a lot of people.  The common name (Mahi Mahi is Hawaiian) is dolphinfish (one word), and like so many things in the English language, similar words cause confusion.  This fish is no relation to Flipper.  It is also known widely as Dorado. The […]

  • HelloFresh Reviews – Home Meal Delivery

    A few years ago, I was offered a job running a home meal delivery company; it was an interesting concept, but there were bound to be some chemistry problems with the founders, so I passed. But I have noted the growth of the segment over the years, and how many different niches the industry has […]