Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Desserts of Asian cuisines generally suck.
Mahout your mouth. Mango and sticky rice is one of the best desserts ever.
Do they mean Asian minus Indian? I love Indian sweets.
Anonymous wrote:This is not an opinion. It is a fact in our house. My DH, kids and I, we all cook. We use organic and fresh ingredients (as much as possible) and we make food from scratch to the best of our abilities.
- we use fresh minced garlic, ginger, herbs, onions, tomatoes.
- we grate our own cheese
- we make our own pasta, pasta sauce, rotis, bread, yogurt, ghee.
- yes to using kerrigold butter.
- we also make fresh cream from raw milk. we use farm fresh eggs. You have to be careful using it and hygiene is very important.
- we grind our own meat instead of buying it from store. The quality and taste is amazing.
- I only use basmati rice imported from India and I make it in the traditional way - wash three times, cook in water like pasta.
- we like quinoa but we no longer eat it plain. we mainly make a spicy upma or pilaf out of it. That is the only way we can make it appealing.
- we make our own tea masala. roast, grind and brew our own coffee.
- we do not use sugar substitute. We use honey, sugar or jaggery. I also make a puree of dates to sweeten my drinks.
Anonymous wrote:This is not an opinion. It is a fact in our house. My DH, kids and I, we all cook. We use organic and fresh ingredients (as much as possible) and we make food from scratch to the best of our abilities.
- we use fresh minced garlic, ginger, herbs, onions, tomatoes.
- we grate our own cheese
- we make our own pasta, pasta sauce, rotis, bread, yogurt, ghee.
- yes to using kerrigold butter.
- we also make fresh cream from raw milk. we use farm fresh eggs. You have to be careful using it and hygiene is very important.
- we grind our own meat instead of buying it from store. The quality and taste is amazing.
- I only use basmati rice imported from India and I make it in the traditional way - wash three times, cook in water like pasta.
- we like quinoa but we no longer eat it plain. we mainly make a spicy upma or pilaf out of it. That is the only way we can make it appealing.
- we make our own tea masala. roast, grind and brew our own coffee.
- we do not use sugar substitute. We use honey, sugar or jaggery. I also make a puree of dates to sweeten my drinks.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Desserts of Asian cuisines generally suck.
Mahout your mouth. Mango and sticky rice is one of the best desserts ever.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Desserts of Asian cuisines generally suck.
+1
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'm appalled by our culture's need to add sweetness to everything. Pasta sauce, bread, salad dressing, yogurt. I am convinced everything is sweeter (and in a different way) than it was when we were kids. I was trying to find a lower sugar bread for my kids and picked up one that was advertised as such only to find it had stevia in it. What's wrong with things being just...not sweet?
Really? I have no problems finding all of the above without sugar. Just read labels and there are plenty of options
I am sort of appalled at how much sugar has been demonized in recent years. Many of you don’t remember the similar treatment “cholesterol” got and how we would recoil from butter. Pasta used to be considered a healthful choice in the 90s. I like to add a little sugar to my red sauce to balance the acidity.
That’s different, and fine. But go look at the packaged bread aisle, condiments, packaged cereals, snacks, beverages, ice cream, etc. All full of sugar and especially corn syrup. It’s absolutely different than what you would have seen on the shelves when I was a kid and not in a good way.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Those recipe videos you see online of people making "easy" dinners and adding a brick of cream cheese look disgusting.
I bet if it was a tub of mascarpone you would feel differently…
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Today at Giant, I saw a number of customers put prepackaged Panera soups in their carts (the kind in the refrigerated section in plastic containers with a lid)….just why?? Panera soups taste bad enough when they’re freshly made I can’t imagine what they taste like sitting in a grocery store for a few days.
Okay, but hear me out… Trader Joe’s Tomato and Roasted Red Pepper soup in a carton is pretty tasty and handy, too. I add veggies, basil and Parmesan.