Monthly Archives: February 2011

Canadian Bacon: Brining Basics

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Brining pork loin for Canadian Bacon/Photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman

Herewith a Canadian bacon recipe (which is American) and a peameal bacon recipe (which is Canadian), inspired by this month's #Charcutepalooza challenge: Brining. Brining in one of the most powerful forms of seasoning, flavoringand curing meat.  Disperse salt and aromatics in water, then submerge a whole muscle into that salted flavored water.  Water surrounds the meat delivering by osmosis salt and flavor into the meat.  Some may argue that flavor molecules are too big to enter the meat, but my tasting experience says flavors of herbs definitively get into the meat. Brining basics are few: It's best to weigh your salt so you know exactly how much you have. Make sure your brine is cool if not cold before you put the ...

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Gluten-Free Multigrain Bread

Gluten-Free Multi-Grain Boule / Photos by Shauna Ahern

I've been fascinated with gluten-free bread recipes because they attempt to do what shouldn't be possible: create a network of pliable solids that can expand and trap gas released by yeast, giving you a leavened bread without gluten. It's also invariably a good-for-you loaf, with a rich variety of grains. Shauna Ahern, aka gluten-free girl, author of her the eponymous book and recently Gluten Free Girl and the Chef with husband Daniel, is among the best and has developed this seriously good gluten-free loaf for my bread-baking month. (There will be one more bread baking post; I know, it's February, but who cares. Bread is Life. Remember these awesome rolls.) Celiac is a very real intolerance to the main proteins in flour ...

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It’s Shrinking

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Whoopie Pie’s Origin

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Diet Soda & Heart Disease

An unpublished article claims a 60% higher rate of heart attacks and stroke for those who drank diet soda, via the Atlantic.

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Something To Say: Stupidity, Humans, Food

When I'm planning a meal or going to the grocery store, I always check the USDA food pyramid to make sure my list is on track and ensure that I have a healthy lifestyle.  Don't you? The USDA released Dietary Guidelines last week and while they're more sensible than in years past, I honestly wonder, do they really do any good? Is it more helpful to suggest that people reduce sodium than to suggest they reduce the amount of processed food they eat—which would help on numerous levels, not just the salt issue. My belief about salt, this very essential rock we eat, is that if you don't eat processed food, and are otherwise healthy, your body will automatically regulate the salt you desire. I don't worry over salt. Remember when we were told that eating eggs was bad for us.  Eggs! This culinary miracle, ...

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For Charcutepaloozians:
Food Safety and Common Sense

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Good Technique: Keeping Ground Meat Cold / Photos by Donna Turner Ruhlman

Welcome to the official #charcutepalooza Safety and Health Concerns post and page, and a place where you can ask questions comprising more than 140 characters that I or others can answer.  Have a look at our book Charcuterie for all general safety issues. Many of you are embarking on unfamiliar waters regarding the curing of meat.  If you’re fearful or nervous, remember that humans have been curing meat for millennia, that civilization depended on the ability to preserve food by curing it for most of human history and that if it were complicated and dangerous we probably wouldn’t be here. As with all cooking, curing meats and making sausages requires the use of all your senses, ...

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Oliver vs LA Schools

Chef Jamie Oliver's filming permit was terminated by the LA Unified School District, learn why.  School food programs fail, via Independent UK.

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Video: Rabbit Farm

Watch Chef Daniel Klein visit a rabbit farm in Minnesota.  See the rabbits full life cycle, via The Perennial Plate.

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Raw Milk Cheese Regulations?

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