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I haven't done any deep fat frying in awhile - like, several years (or even several more years before that :lol:) - but I understand that a very good fat for such things is tallow - the rendered fat from beef. Apparently even McDonalds (I think it was) used to use it for their fries before it...

Home made mayonnaise is ... well ... not exactly easy, but really, not that difficult. One just needs to follow the rules. Having everything at room temperature is one of the rules. Adding the oil really, really, r e a l l y slowly is another. There are quicker methods, using a blender or...

There is a mounting body of evidence (in whole food circles) that vegetable oils are not as health promoting as was once believed (and as is still being given out by certain authorities). Better choices are fruit oils (olive, avocado, etc), nut oils (coconut, walnut, hazelnut etc.); butter and...

In my OP I did state that the reason I appreciated the Irish recipe over the American "translation" was because it measured (where appropriate) by weight. You are absolutely correct that measuring dry ingredients is equally inaccurate whether done in cups or milliliters; more so in the latter...

And I'm not in any way math or logic oriented, but I do find that metric is easier - once it has been learned! Nothing is easy if one doesn't know how to do it.

Nobody likes change. When I first moved to Ireland as a schoolgirl I hated having to deal with the pounds/shillings/pence, but by the time I left, several years later, I had it straight, and hated (as I said above) when the changeover to metric money took place in 1971. My DH is German, and...

I guess there were too many other things putting stress on Carter for him to be able to push too hard for metric. Too bad, really; if he had succeeded we'd all be over the learning phase now.

Emerald, I cook this way too :lol:. The advantage that I see with metric is in baking, as a little more exactitude is required. Especially now that I have a grain mill I appreciate being able to weigh the grain before grinding, and ending up with the proper amount of flour after grinding - not...

Happy St Patrick's Day. Along with all the other stuff - corned beef etc - I decided to bake some soda bread --- which I love, and my diet strongly discourages - but its only one day, right? As it turns out, the best recipe I have comes from one of my Irish cookbooks. And, as it also turns...

I know I am spoiled. I have no desire whatsoever to give up my refrigerator or my washing machine. The freezer would also be a loss. I could manage without the clothes drier, though the climate here is damp during the winter, so clothes won't dry outdoors, only mildew. I'd have to rig up...

You're not a slacker; sometimes things just get overwhelming, and then you need to do a bit of picking and choosing. Of all the things you are doing/want to do at the moment which are the ones you can let slide a little to have time to keep up with the others? If buying laundry soap means you...

Interesting idea, BB. And how are the results? Obviously the crunch is gone, but how is it otherwise? Have you used the canned celery, and if so, how? I often have part of a head of celery left over, and am interested in another way (other than drying) for saving it.

This is the Sriracha recipe I mentioned. She has two; I made the fermented one. Didn't have the particular peppers she suggests, so just used the hottest that I could find. http://www.vietworldkitchen.com/blog/2009/07/homemade-thai-style-sriracha-chile-sauce-recipe-tuong-ot-sriracha.html

Throttlejockey wrote I don't know that I have ever had commercial Sriracha, but I made some last year that is really tasty. Let me know if you want the recipe. I suppose the weirdest things I have in the pantry are all the various Asian ingredients, and the weirdest from that lot are probably...

That makes me curious. We need to start a new thread - "Pantry items that others would find unneeded or gross" :lol:

Peanut butter contains no cholesterol, as it is a vegetable product. As stated, it can have other things - bad fats, trans fats, sugars - but pure peanut butter isn't bad for you.

Nice crop! I wasn't aware that a banana plant would produce so many at once. DH, who does not generally show interest in the fruit I dry (meaning, I have to transform it into "dessert" for him to eat it), cleaned me out of several jars of dehydrated banana chips just over the last few days...

Wax paper, and maybe then in a bigger plastic bag if it needs more protection from the drying elements.

"Disastrous?" -- This was my first time making ghee, but I'm not unfamiliar with the process, or with the result, and would hardly say my results were disastrous. In fact, I think it turned out pretty well. As K15n1 says, the salt seems to have precipitated out with the milk solids, leaving...

Moolie, like you I like to cook, and I like good food, (and, I should add, I'm retired, and so have time), and I also usually chop rather than process, and knead rather than use the mixer. But that also, in my opinion, really belongs in the K.I.S.S. category as there are often fewer, and...