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Any foodies out there?

Oh and Mo, don’t worry about the metric conversion, I have a cookbook that converts it for me….

Your English is pretty good, my German Great Grandmother’s english was terrible as I recall, but she got us kids to listen!

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 14, 2009 @ 4:16 pm

Thanx Mo, just looked up the recipe on other food sites, some use flank steak or beef sirloin cut 1/4″ thick…

Will re-copy the newer version, thanks, my husband is going to like this, loves anything made with smoked bacon!

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 14, 2009 @ 4:11 pm

javaz, heres three that I found for you from http://www.justpierecipes.com

Heart Healthy Pie Crust

2 c Unbleached flour
1/3 c Olive oil
1/4 c Water; ice cold

oven at 350. Prepare a 9″ pie pan with cooking spray and flour. Place flour in a bowl and drizzle with oil. Use a pastry blender to evenly distribute the oil and produce a mixture the consistency of coarse cornmeal. Sprinkle on the water, 1 tablespoon at a time, and continue mixing until you can gather the dough into a ball. Roll the dough into a 11″ circle onto a floured surface. Patch any cracks that may form, but otherwise try not to handle the dough more than necessary. Transfer the dough to a pie plate. Trim the dough, leaving a 1″ overhang. Crimp the overhanging dough into a decorative edge. Chill the crust 20 minutes. Fill and bake according to your pie recipe directions.

Light and Flaky Low Fat Pie Crust

1 c Unbleached white flour; plus
2 tb Unbleached white flour
1 ds Salt
1/4 c Chilled oil
1 Egg white; beaten lightly
1 ts Apple cider vinegar
Ice water

In medium bowl, mix together flour and salt. Make small well in center of flour; add oil. Lightly mix with fingertips, fork or food processor until dough is like cornmeal. Do not overmix. Add egg white and vinegar; mix just until incorporated. With fingertips, form dough into ball. If still crumbly, add ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until dough is slightly sticky and holds together. Form into flattened circle about 1/2-inch thick. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap; refrigerate for 20 minutes. Working on lightly floured table or countertop, roll dough into 11-inch circle. Fold in half and drape over 9-inch pie pan. Unfold, being careful not to stretch or tear. Trim excess dough, leaving 1/2-inch overhang. Flute edges. Yield: 1 crust.

Bread Crumb Pie Crust

1 1/2 c Bread crumbs
Broth or water
Salt; pepper, garlic powder, onion powder

Mix crumbs with seasonings and enough liquid to hold together. Press into pie pan. If desired, prebake at 350F till dried. Fill, bake and serve.

Just Pie Recipes is located at http://www.justpierecipes.com

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 14, 2009 @ 4:07 pm

I just google ‘pie crust with out shortening’, several came up, but they seem to use butter. One stated that the use of butter cuts the fat in the crust by 20%.

The eggs will act a binding agent, like shortening and butter would.

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 14, 2009 @ 3:58 pm

This looks good, made a copy of the recipe. What type of beef or cut of beef do you use. What do you consider breakfast ham, canadian bacon?
Thanks

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 14, 2009 @ 3:40 pm

All the ones that I have either have shortening or butter in them, check FoodNetwork.com or Recipe.com

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 14, 2009 @ 3:35 pm

Me too, my husband is a wonderful cook, his food always taste better than what I made!

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 13, 2009 @ 2:13 pm

I’ve built some raised beds for some of my older clients…they are the best way to go for veggies.

I’m not so sure you should feed the squirrels, it will attract more to your yard.

You may want to put some netting over you garden when you are not in the yard to scoot them away…they love tomatos!

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 13, 2009 @ 2:10 pm

That’s too bad, I see that a lot around here. Some of the landscapers here have no idea how to plant, or know what plants to use. So the customer usually has to rip them out in a year or sooner because they are dead.

My designs and my work is my business card, I have never advertised. I get all my work from word of mouth and only use installers that I know are good and fair.

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 13, 2009 @ 2:07 pm

Working outdoors and in the dirt is heaven for me and other gardeners!

There’s nothing creating something, installing it and stepping back to see the plan come to fruition. Then going back after a couple of years growth…love it.

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 13, 2009 @ 1:51 pm

Here that’s considered “Hardscaping’ or ‘Xeriscaping’ which is labor intensive, here gravel is $35.00 my cost per ton, billed out as $60.00 per ton.

Labor rate for installation is usually $35.00 per hr.

We’re in the NYC/Metro area so our rates are extreamly high for labor…I try to be fair to my customers and not gouge them, and I usually get the job.

Sometimes the customer who knows just enough is dangerous and a pain in the ass!LOL

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 13, 2009 @ 1:46 pm

Yes I started my landscape design co. in 2004 on a whim part time, I’m an accountant in real life to make money…Gardening has always been my love.

Do you know how to draft? If not take some drafting and or landscape design classes, they may have them at your local college or Botanical Gardens.

I learned how to draft from my Father who was an engineer and I love to draw, so it came naturally to me, I didn’t take any classes.

Would rather be designing gardens, but it’s slow due to the economy, have two big design projects for the spring. But in the mean time accounting keeps food in my dogs bellies.

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 13, 2009 @ 1:38 pm

I use Kosher Sea Salt, don’t ask how much, never measure when I’m making soup…

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 13, 2009 @ 11:44 am

Bouguet Garni:

Equal parts:

Savory
Rosemary
Thyme
Orengano
Basil
Dill Weed
Marjoram
Sage
Tarragon

Wrap in cheesecloth, steep for 1/2 to 3/4 of an hour while soup/sauce simmers, remove.

Note: A lot of times I don’t have all these in the house, so I use a prepared garni, Penzeys Spices is a good one.

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 13, 2009 @ 11:43 am

Mo, this is how I design landscapes…I thought I was the only one that did this!

I walk around the clients property and visualize what would be best…make some notes, take the measurements, sleep on it, tweeking the design in my head as I visualize what it would look like in 3, 5, 10 and 25 years. Get up in the next morning and draw it, it’s amazing how everything falls into place!

When time comes for installation, I have the whole design memorized that I don’t even work off the plan, that’s for the client and installers.

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 13, 2009 @ 11:34 am

Afternoon now, CT is correct, had to see a client early this morning, doing great.

Blowing like a son of gun, picked up a lot since this morning…raining on and off, storms not supposed to hit until late evening.

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 13, 2009 @ 11:26 am

Thanks Mo, my Great Grandmother and Grandmother I think used a red winde vineger marinade, don’t know the spices, let it marinade over night. Served with red cabbage and Spatzle or Knoedel, what ever they had at the time.

Can’t wait!

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 13, 2009 @ 11:23 am

Mo, good morning, yes I will be the one who asks for the German recipes!

Do you have a good Saur Bratten one, my Great Grandmother was born in Germany…cooked every Sunday for us, then my Grandmother took over for her…of course the recipes of all this wonderful food where in their heads…should have spent more time in the kitchen with them!

Would be much appreciated by these wonderful women’s granddaughters!

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 13, 2009 @ 5:57 am

Morning everyone, just popped in to see what’s up, on my way to a new client this morning.

Would love that, tried to exchange recipes with a couple of people on Huff No and we got scrubbed, gee I wonder why, maybe 3 1/2 cups of diced cooked chicken is one of the no, no words!

Making Chicken Pot Pie tonight, we’ve got a Nor’easter coming tonight, will need something substantial in our bellies if the power goes out.

Will talk to everyone later…everyone have a good day!

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 13, 2009 @ 5:48 am

THIT!

LOL

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 12, 2009 @ 3:35 pm

Now that gets my goat, the amount of money we have spent on military contractors is enormous, we all know that healthcare would have been paid for.

But nooooo, they go after ACORN, once again it makes no sense…but then again we’re talking about the Conservative Autistics.

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 12, 2009 @ 3:23 pm

I only like to mess with AnnofCa, other than that it’s like spitting into a 30 mile an hour wind.

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 12, 2009 @ 3:17 pm

Now that’s a job I wouldn’t mind having, make your own hours, can eat at your desk, wear PJ’s or sweat pants…hell you don’t even have to take a shower!

Just keep typing nonsensical sentences and hitting enter….ChaChing!

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 12, 2009 @ 3:14 pm

Live by the sword, die by the sword…Karma going to catch up with this young women and it’s going to really hurt.

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 12, 2009 @ 3:11 pm

Evening Mr. Felonious Monk,

I have it listed in my profile also, that seems to work.

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 12, 2009 @ 3:09 pm

She does, and she knows how to manipulate people into to answering her by saying such heinous things. Even the most intelligent of the posters get sucked in, because their emotional about progressive issues, they must prove her wrong.

I bet if everyone left her alone for a day, she would get really nasty, blow a valve, leave and then come back all drippy sweet.

She is a classic narcissist.

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 12, 2009 @ 3:03 pm

AH had to start somewhere, and during the campaign there was an opening for the progressive niche. So we start a progressive news blog. Marketing coupe.

Now the money and interest are in sensationalized news, so we go there…it’s all about following the almighty dollar for AH.

Like with so many others in MSN, it has absolutely nothing to do with personal principles, it’s all about market share and $$$.

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 12, 2009 @ 2:55 pm

There’s always the TMZ website for your Jon & Kate news!

But what are we going to do without “The Game Changers”? I think AdLib or someone should do a parody on this, could be interesting…

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 12, 2009 @ 2:46 pm

Well I thought it was AC, because he would magically apear when AC gets her butt kicked by some…kinda of like the Flossy and Gringo connections. Just thought it looked weird, saw it happen a couple of times.

Just wondering….

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 12, 2009 @ 2:39 pm

AC just wants attention, the best way to get to her is to ignore her.
Most of the trolls just write baiting one liners to get people going, not may can even write a complete sentence.

I only engage with them when I feel like playing, haven’t been on for very long lately.

» Posted By BigDogMom On November 12, 2009 @ 2:37 pm