I was making a marinade for chicken fajitas which calls for several items including cilantro. In the past I would mix up the ingredients and put in the spices last. This resulted in a lot of floaters. Tonight I put the spices in first then the dry stuff then mixed in the wet ingredients. Practically no floaters. Another mystery solved.
Doug
I love to save time and not dirty up dishes. Which brings me to an experiment I did last night.
Garlic chicken, my favorite meal, was on the menu. Normally, the chicken is cooked, drained, and set aside then the vegetables are stir-fried and the chicken merged. I didn’t like the idea of draining the chicken and putting it aside so I came up with this:
Stir-fry the vegetables and set aside
Cook the chicken for a minute or so then merge in the vegetables and cashews. Sounds like a plan.
Well, the dish turned out pretty good but the vegetables were not crisp-tender; more like soggy-tender. All in all, it was still an acceptable dinner and a little time saver. Maybe you will have better results.
Doug
The past several Thanksgivings I took the easy way out of cooking a turkey – I used a cooking bag. This may be an out-of-style way to cook but it has always worked. Nice moist turkey with a good shade of brown.
First thing is to get a cooking bag large enough for the turkey. And make sure the turkey is thawed. To save a half hour cooking, the turkey should be at room temperature. I shake a tablespoon of flour in the bag then put a layer of roughly cut onions, celery, and carrots on the bottom. The turkey goes on the veg layer and into a roasting pan. A few small cuts in the bag and you are ready to go. I put the thermometer right through the bag into the thigh. The last turkey I cooked was 16 pounds and it took about 2 1/2 hours at 325 degrees.
Have a nice Thanksgiving!
Doug
I have come across this scenario many times:
1 cup walnuts, chopped
1 cup chopped walnuts
The difference is: the first example calls for 1 cup of walnuts then chopping them. The second calls for chopping walnuts until a cupful is attained (which may be 1 1/4 cupfuls of unchopped walnuts) .
Doug