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Simple Grilled Buffalo Chicken Wings
Traditional buffalo chicken wings are fried, but I have found that grilling them over a charcoal grill and then adding hot sauce give the wings a better taste and hopefully less fat than frying.
After cutting up the wings I place them directly on the fire to start with only pepper added. After searing all sides, I [...]
Whipping Up A Ragu
They come in bunches and once I saw almost a dozen homegrown tomatoes on our counter-top, I knew I had to do something. It was time for some pasta and homemade sauce.
I took about 6 of those tomatoes and dropped them in boiling water for about a minute to remove the skins. After letting them cool, [...]
Pimento Cheese
Got the first red pimento on my pimento pepper plant. So what to do?
Make pimento cheese of course.
I managed to get my mother-in-laws secret recipe. She adds a little more mayo than I did, 1/4 cup per 4 oz of cheese, and 1/4 tsp of vinegar, 1/2 tsp. of sugar, 1/8 tsp of salt. I [...]
Grilled Pizza
I am still mesmerized by making the perfect homemade pizza. I have got my dough down well for cooking in a 500 degree oven with a pizza stone. I decided to try it on my new Smoky Joe grill. I am thinking that I could get that small grill hot with a lot of charcoal. [...]
Good Greek Grilled Cheese
Ok, I was at a local restaurant yesterday, Saladelia in Durham, and tasted their Greek Grilled Cheese. It was so simple it was brilliant. The main thing that was different from all other Greek grilled cheese sandwiches that I have eaten was that there was no tzatziki or cucumber sauce.
Here is how I dissected the sandwich. [...]
Grilling With A Brick
I might of overcooked the chicken a bit last night, but I was excited to try something new in my charcoal grill. Since I was using my small compact grill I needed to find something to separate the charcoal from one side of the grill. This will give me a ”hot” side and a “cooler side”. After I did [...]
First Tomato Of The Season
Finally, after patiently waiting and watching my tomato plants grow over the last couple of months, I found our first ripe tomato! We have a bunch more green ones that will ripen soon. So I better get ready for tomato sandwiches, tomato based pasta sauce, baked tomatoes, tomatoes with everything! By the way, as of [...]
Trying Some Homemade Hummus
Hummus seems to have become pretty popular over the last several years. I understand it is from the Middle East, but when I got to eat some on the beach, I knew it has become mainstream American.
I have sampled hummus in restaurants and at parties before and thought that it was alright. Maybe it was [...]
Cookie Dough Recall
I take pride in baking my own homemade cookies, but you can’t beat the convenience of ready to scoop and bake cookie dough. So about a month ago we bought some Nestle Cookie Dough to take to the beach this summer. This way we could have fresh cookies without losing much beach time. Well that [...]
Mayo Or Miracle Whip?
What do you like on your sandwich? I grew up with Miracle Whip in our house. My wife grew up with mayonnaise in her house. Consequently when you open our refrigerator we have 2 jars, one of each.
I have never been a huge mayonnaise fan, but I do use it in recipes for cole slaw [...]
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