Cal and Christa DeMercurioUsually when you cook rice on the stovetop, the common recipe is to bring 2 parts water to boil in a saucepan, with your oil/butter and seasonings, then add 1 part rice, cover, reduce heat …
Scrambled Eggs
Chef Husband pulled together a quick breakfast this morning, by making scrambled eggs. As I watched, I learned a few techniques. Take the pan off the burner: I noticed the pan full of liquid eggs, …
Investigating Boiled Peanuts
Rummaging through the pantry, I came upon something long forgotten. Awhile back I had picked up a canned product called Boiled Peanuts. I can’t for the life of me remember why I was intrigued at …
Have Pan Will Flip
Seriously? Seriously. I’m watching TV and working on flipping a piece of bread in a little sautée pan. No beans yet. There’s a rhythm to be found, almost like a locomotive, chugga chugga, chugga chugga. Until next …
Hooch There It Is
When seeking to build your own “wild yeast” starter, called Levain and used to make sourdough breads, you have to regularly feed this new organism living in your kitchen. After a few days in the refrigerator, especially …
Jumping Beans
Sautée: a French term meaning tossed (from sauter to jump) or the Latin term saltāre meaning to dance (from salīre to spring). Sautée has always been intimidating to me. To take a heavy hot pan and to move …
Small Dice
My homework for tonight, as assigned by Chef Husband, was to take the smoked chicken breasts from last night and prep them for lettuce wraps, specifically cutting them into a “small dice”. Knife skills are …
Mr. Resourceful
Chef Husband had been marinating a lovely set of chicken breasts for 24 hours. When the time arrived to get cooking, he opted to smoke them in our 55-gallon drum smoker, also known in our …
