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Nov 14, 2012 20:59

Cooking is a tremendous chore lately, but I did manage to get riled up about it after getting a new cookbook, digital, from the library!!! A digital copy of a cookbook in full glorious PDF quality images and text, wow, it's pretty amazing for a reader on a budget. It's the first book of a popular food blogger, smittenkitchen, and she knows what to ( Read more... )

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clea November 16 2012, 23:22:32 UTC
I'm bored with cooking, too. If I could feed the family the way I feed my pets (out of sacks) I would.

Vanilla is way over used in cake making. I had to train myself to stop adding it to things as a basic ingredient (like flour or sugar). I think it is a leftover from my mother's era. I also used to think that every savoury recipe began with a diced onion (fried in margarine) - especially stews, curries and rice dishes. Then I wondered why everything I made had a sort of underlying sameness to it. That sweetish, metallic sort of taste. Then I realised, OOOHHHHH it's the onion!

Now I don't add vanilla to a recipe unless I specifically want a vanilla flavoured cake. Most of the time I'd prefer something else - such as almond essence, or a dash of brandy, or nutmeg....

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