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KELARJIAN
 
Home Town: Fresno, California, USA
Member Since: Mar. 2003
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Grilling & BBQ, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Asian, Mexican, Indian, Italian, Southern, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Healthy, Quick & Easy, Gourmet
Hobbies: Hiking/Camping, Boating, Photography, Reading Books, Music, Wine Tasting, Charity Work
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About this Cook
I'm of Armenian decent, wife Marilyn is not. Daughter and Son not yet in school pretty good eaters (they'd better be or their gonna starve!). I'm a raisin grower and own/operate a swimming pool service company. I used to cook for the guys of SAE at Fresno State. Mom was the best damn cook that never made a dime from it. I learned from her. I also do the shopping looking for good ingredients ON SALE. Some people need to learn this. Besides listed activities we motorhome it for our vaykays and ski water and snow. Life is good... if you have good food.
My favorite things to cook
Can't narrow it down. I like/want it all. Probably old Armenian recipes but time is tight these days.
My favorite family cooking traditions
Rolled non-meat grapeleaves. Lamb. Eggplant. Grilled chicken.
My cooking triumphs
Our wedding, rice pilaf and shish kebab (boned out, trimmed and cubed 30 legs of lamb)
My cooking tragedies
Never had any... yeah, right! The point is to adapt and DON'T PANIC. You can save it. How do you think we got Blackened Cajun foods? Hmmm?
Recipe Reviews 13 reviews
Fresh-Squeezed Salty Dog
LOL!!I pulled off a couple of shopping bags worth of grapefruits just yesterday(being a grape grower I think we need to change the name of grapefruit!!), squeezed them and made vodka "Salty Dogs". Yummo!

5 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jan. 23, 2009
Skinny Fries
Yeah, you must use olive oil. I started making these sometime back to cut down on "bad" fats. Cheap, fast and easy side too! I was trying to clone the garlic fries at Raider games. Try fresh finely minced garlic and finely minced fresh rosemary, S & P, paprika... whatever turns your crank. Even a topping of parmesan cheese.

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jan. 21, 2009
Roast Chicken with Rosemary
I haven't made this recipe per se. However, this is the way I was taught by my Mother. Exactly the way that PINTSIZELINDA described. To a "T"! Indeed, we had it just last night. I taught my wife and she does at least as good a job as I. Being of Armenian decent I made my family's rice pilaf recipe with carrots vichey and broccolli and Mid-East/Med/Greek salad and soudough loaf with olive oil and balsamic. Let me tell you... life doesn't get any better than that. Cheap to with chicken bought at $.67/pound. $10.00 spent on dinner for 2-8 people is unreal.

2 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jan. 10, 2009
 
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