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Facts About the Colonel and His Famous KFC Coleslaw Recipe
How much do you really know about Colonel Sanders, the man behind Kentucky Fried Chicken? 1. Harland David Sanders was his full name 2. He was born in Indiana 3. His father died when he was 5 4. Because his mother worked he had to cook 5. He dropped out of school in 7th grade 6. When his mother remarried, the stepfather beat Colonel Sanders and so he ran away from home 7. He had several different jobs and finally enlisted in the Army at the age of 16 (fibbing about his age) 9. He had a gas station in Kentucky and started cooking chicken for his customers at the…
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Pizza Dough the Minimalist’s Way
I never have success making homemade pizza. It’s always doughy on the bottom despite any pan or cookie sheet I choose to use. Is it because I’m making it with whole wheat pastry flour?? I have pretty much given up on attempting it, it’s just too frustrating. The tops always look beautiful but then we’ve got the problem of it being (say it with me) “doughy.” However, I was given a recipe by my niece for an easy pizza dough that they said worked with whole wheat flour, was easy to make and tasted good. Sounds like a winner. After having the recipe in my collection and avoiding it for several…
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Pizza Dough the Minimalist's Way
I never have success making homemade pizza. It’s always doughy on the bottom despite any pan or cookie sheet I choose to use. Is it because I’m making it with whole wheat pastry flour?? I have pretty much given up on attempting it, it’s just too frustrating. The tops always look beautiful but then we’ve got the problem of it being (say it with me) “doughy.” However, I was given a recipe by my niece for an easy pizza dough that they said worked with whole wheat flour, was easy to make and tasted good. Sounds like a winner. After having the recipe in my collection and avoiding it for several…
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Using Basil from the Garden in Pesto Sauce
When you think of pesto, do you think gourmet? I guess I think it’s rather unique but in actuality it’s one of the easiest things to make. We have basil growing in our garden. It was getting overgrown and needed to be harvested. If you never use the leaves it will quit producing and start to flower. At that point your harvest time is pretty much over. Would you like me to show you how I made this delicious pesto sauce? First thing you need is some basil leaves which you rinse/wash. I didn’t worry too much about the brown on the leaves but if you don’t like the looks of it, just tear…
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Chicken & Potato Packets Over Coals
At our elk hunting camp everyone joins together in the evenings for supper. I plan the menu and assign each person what they need to make/bring. If the husbands come without their wives I always assign them foods that require no last-minute preparation. This year I decided to try grilling one night. Now I’m the type to try new recipes on my guests but since I’m making an effort to change that habit, I did practice this at home – once. 🙂 It turned out so well that I felt confident we could do it at camp. I was a little concerned about wrapping the chicken in aluminum foil because of all the negative things I’ve heard aluminum…
