Trussing the Bird

Why do you have to tie up a bird before you cook it?  You don’t, but it helps to cook the bird a little more evenly, and it’s a fun skill to pull out out at thanksgiving.

The whole idea here is that you’re trying to create a uniformly dense object that absorbs heat evenly.  Everything [...]

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Pickling

It’s summertime. Not really, but if I can wear shorts three days out of the week, close enough.

On these hot so-called summer days, I like a cold pickle.  Not the stork brand, or the green labeled brand, or the thinly sliced gigundo mutant ones.  Have you seen these freak pickles?  They are the size of [...]

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Quick Question

Can someone explain to me what “Slow-baking” is?  Let alone why it makes cinnamon taste so much better?  Peppe… Farms is killing me with these commercials.

May I introduce the rant portion of Recimplify.  Think “What up With That” without R.J. Sizzle (Who? The world’s greatest ambidextrous disco flute player, that’s who).  Or you [...]

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Poached Egg

I was reading a favorite blog of mine and came across an entry that focused on the ease of good quality cooking.  The example offered was a simple/easy recipe for poached eggs and sauteed spinach.  I run across this from time to time.  Not the poached egg, but the self-fitted straight jacket people don with [...]

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