September, 2010
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Sunday, September 19th, 2010
In Lovell, Maine, fifty miles north-west of Portland, on a Lake Kezar Country Club and Golf course, you will find the best beer bar in the world according to Beer Advocate Magazine. Ebenezer’s Pub serves 35 Belgian beers on tap and over 700 well kept bottles.
By far, this is one of the most fantastic places to find beer anywhere. Upon our arrival, we were lucky enough to be carrying a camera. Often, this blatant exhibition of a photographic device will get you sneers, or at least sidewards glances of disquiet. However, we happened out of our vehicle just as one of the owners was entering his hallowed beer cellar. He shouted to us, “if you want some good photos, follow me.” We followed him into the basement of a house easily built before the Jackson administration had taken office. Click to continue »
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Tags: Beer, Best Beer Bar in the World, Drinks, Ebenezer's Pub, Maine, Out of Town
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
This is another 101cookbooks.com recipe. We made these beans without the Tofu as a side dish to be served with tri-tip and the Spiced Tomato Gratin. It is another straight-up winner of a recipe (one of the best of year that we have made) with almonds and raisins! It goes well as a side dish with the Gratin because they both have curry powder in the spice mixtures. It is a sure party hit to bring to a potluck.
We doubled the recipe and had eight for dinner. There were no leftovers.
Feisty Green Beans Recipe
http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/feisty-green-beans-recipe.html
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Tags: 101cookbooks.com, Casserole, Curry Spice, Feisty Green Beans, Green Beans, Home Cookin', Hot Dish, recipe, Side Dish, Vegetarian
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
This is one of the greatest recipes that we have found this year. This Gratin is not overly rich like a typical potato hot dish or casserole but the spices make it unique. It sings in your mouth! We used our Dry Farm Tomatoes and Yukon potatoes. Once again 101cookbooks.com gave us this great recipe.
Spiced Tomato Gratin Recipe
http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/spiced-tomato-gratin-recipe.html
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Tags: 101cookbooks.com, Casserole, Dry Farm Tomatoes, Gratin, Hot Dish, Potatoes, Side Dish, Vegetarian
Sunday, September 12th, 2010
We made these stuffed peppers from a whole variety of peppers that we had in our CSA food box. The peppers came out looking beautiful and were fairly fast to create. Don’t forget to cover them in foil when you bake them so that they come out steamed and moist. Kellie has a “Camp Stuffed Peppers Recipe” where you grill them in stead of baking, check it out.
Stuffed Peppers Recipe
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Tags: CSA Box, Green Bell Peppers, Main Dish, Peppers
Saturday, September 11th, 2010
What to do with an accumulation of radishes? This is it! Make this quick appetizer before dinner for a tasty treat. This recipe came from a Bon Appetit Magazine Recipe from a small restaurant, Taste, that sits next door to the larger dinner spot, Niche in St. Louis. Taste is a spot for guests to get drinks and small plates before dinner. Taste calls this dish, Roasted Radish Bruschetta. Also check out the creative cocktails served at Taste.
Bruschetta with Sauteed Radishes Recipe
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Tags: appetizer, Bruschetta, CSA Box, Italian Food, Radishes, Snack, Vegetarian
Friday, September 10th, 2010
We made a big batch of this salsa and put it on Carrot Soup, Frozen-Microwaved Burritos, Chips, Scrambled Eggs and anything else you can think of this week.
Roasted Tomatillo Salsa Recipe
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Tags: CSA Box, Mexican, Salsa, Tomatillos, Vegetarian
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
We made these fries over the weekend with steak and everybody liked them. The burnt fries seemed to be the best. The well-done version were crispier while the others were a bit limp. From research I found that if you crowd the cookie sheets the sweet potatoes tend to steam rather than bake to a crisp. Also don’t put anything else in the oven with them as they can garner moisture. A lot of folks have this problem with baking sweet potato fries and wrote about it here on this thread on Chowhound: Why don’t my sweet potato fries get crispy?
- For Crispy Sweet Potato Fries (much more work and probably less healthy): … no par boiling, no baking, just cut, soaked in water for about 20 minutes, dredged in cornstarch and fried..in minutes, wonderful sweet potato crunchy goodness! Then you would have to coat them afterward with the spice mixture!
Baked Sweet Potato Fries with Honey-Meyer Lemon Dipping Sauce Recipe
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Tags: Home Cookin', Meyer Lemon, recipe, Side Dish, Sweet Potato, Sweet Potato Fries, Vegetable, Vegetarian
