Month: January 2013

Seasoned rice

White rice is great.  I grew up eating it.  I still love it. For health reasons we switched to brown rice.  I find it needs help.  In fact, with a few minutes extra work and a handful of ingredients, brown…

Full-flavored pressure cooker chicken stock

If you need a full-flavored chicken stock recipe, here’s mine.  It is based on the recipe starting on page 91 of James Peterson’s Sauces.  For what it’s worth, the book is a classic.  Following his procedure exactly will obtain superior…

Two chickens

Last summer I stopped buying pre-cut chicken parts and started buying whole chickens. That’s a big change for someone like me. Let me describe what a whole-bird-buyer gets himself into. Yield Of course, it depends. I took How to Cook…

Thyme salt brussels sprout chips

This is a thoroughly investigated space. However, recommended cooking temperatures vary widely online. I’ve tried many recipes and gotten a wide range of results. Furthermore, there may be room for more twists. To help sort things out, and in case…