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Kitchen Tips

Removing Grease Stains From Clothes

March 11, 2010

I love aprons, but I am terrible about wearing them. I don’t know how many clothes I have stained because I did not wear an apron. Many times the stain has been grease, which in my experience is one of the hardest stains to remove.
In fact, I recently thought I ruined a pair of pants due [...]

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Kitchen Essentials – A Whisk

March 2, 2010

Do we really need a whisk or any other kitchen gadget?
No, probably not. We could definitely whip eggs, egg whites, pudding, or whipping cream with a fork. Many people in past generations have done that exact thing.
However, as much as I like to cook, I do not enjoy spending hours, whisking something with a fork, [...]

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The Importance of Presentation

February 25, 2010

I will admit, that not only do I love cookbooks, I love dishes. I am not a minimalist when it comes to my dishes. I have been collecting them since I was first married. I believe simple and unique dishes are an important part of a kitchen.
My grandmother used to say that presentation is half [...]

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Kitchen Essentials – A Citrus Juicer

February 23, 2010

This is not exactly an essential for the kitchen, you can make do with out it, but it definitely makes life in the kitchen easier.
I am talking about a juicer and I don’t mean a big juicer that makes apple or tomato juice. I am talking about a small, hand held, citrus juicer.

This makes juicing lemons and limes for [...]

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Making Perfect Homemade Pudding

February 13, 2010

I love homemade pudding, and I make a lot of it. It is a dessert that you can make with basic pantry ingredients. I love it because you can use it in many different ways. Pudding is great on it’s own, but it also works well in a pie or as a layer in a [...]

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Cooking Cornbread In Cast Iron

February 2, 2010

Growing up we did not eat a lot of cornbread, but when we did it was northern style and more cake like. This is my favorite way to eat cornbread, but after living in Oklahoma for over 15 yrs, I have learned to enjoy southern style cornbread.
One of the things that I like about southern [...]

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Organizing My Spice Cupboard

January 10, 2010

One thing I want to do this year is to keep my kitchen more organized. I have a really small kitchen. Well, maybe not really small, but pretty small for someone who loves to cook.

These are really the only cupboards I have in my kitchen. I have a couple of drawers next to my sink [...]

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Taking Care Of Your Cast Iron Pans

November 24, 2009

 
 
Last week when I posted on cast iron I recieved lots of comments and emails. I had no idea it would be such a popular subject. Because there were so many questions, I decided to do a second post on cast iron.
First, let me say I am not a cast iron expert. I have only [...]

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Cooking With Cast Iron

November 17, 2009

When it comes to cooking I often think that modern is best. We have so many new things and gadgets. These items must be better than what cooks used to cook right, right? Well, I have found that I am often wrong and that we can learn a lot from how previous generations cooked.
My mother [...]

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