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PacNWCook
 
Home Town: Seattle, Washington, USA
Living In: Yorba Linda, California, USA
Member Since: Nov. 2006
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Asian, Mexican, Italian, Southern, Mediterranean, Healthy, Vegetarian, Dessert, Quick & Easy, Gourmet
Hobbies: Music, Painting/Drawing, Charity Work
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About this Cook
I grew up with a mom who never seasoned food. She baked her steaks and porkchops with zero seasoning, not even some salt in a 9x13 pan covered with foil for 1 hour in a 350 degree oven. I used to have to drown my steak in Worchestershire sause and my chops in applesauce. Because of this, I had to re-vamp recipes to make them perfect. I have been making dinners for our family since age 11 so I have learned many things (especially about seasonings) I am very picky and know good food. My sister and I were baking by the age of 10 and I still love to bake. I
My favorite things to cook
I love to cook a large variety of cultural foods. I would have to say South American cuisine and Polynesian are my two favorite types of food to cook.
My favorite family cooking traditions
Well, my family I have with my husband, is different than the way I grew up. We have special dishes we like to make, mainly from Uruguay and Argentina.
My cooking triumphs
My spinach lasagna. Even people who hate spinach love this dish. I have never had a negative response so I would have to choose this dish.
My cooking tragedies
One Thanksgiving, I made the stuffing, stuffed the turkey and seasoned it, as the oven was pre-heating I was excited about the whole meal I had planned. I went to put the turkey in the oven and the oven was still cold. The heating element had broken. The worst part was that all the restaraunts with Thanksgiving type foods were so booked that we all had to eat at an Italian restaraunt that year.
Recipe Reviews 5 reviews
Mom's Shepherd's Pie
Found recipe very bland and lacking of much flavor.

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Reviewed On: Dec. 13, 2008
Chicken Pot Pie IX
Better than Marie Callendars! This recipe was exact, the filling was not runny, it was perfect. The flavor was great. You could add a bit more salt, I wouldn't, let people salt it on their plates! I thought is was great the way it was. If you're not a green pea lover, cut the pea ratio in half. I would probably use less next time (kids don't like too many).

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Reviewed On: Oct. 30, 2008
Hawaiian Spareribs
Good but not great. It was very bland, next time I would season the meat and maybe not leave the foil on the whole time, but let it brown a little so it isn't so lacking in texture. I would also add a little cayenne and not layer the ribs to make sure the bottom ribs were as flavorful as the top row. I would make again, just revamp it.

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Reviewed On: Oct. 29, 2008
 
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