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DRAGNLAW
 
Home Town: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Member Since: Mar. 2005
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Grilling & BBQ, Stir Frying, Healthy, Vegetarian, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Gardening, Walking, Reading Books, Wine Tasting
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Dragnlaw
About this Cook
My kids are grown and on their own. My days are spent mucking out 5 horse stalls, gardening (or shoveling snow), checking out the recipes here (I spend HOURS reading these recipes), making wine/beer (sorry, just kits!) reading, computor for keeping in touch with the kids (oh, ok, maybe a few games - Baldurs Gate almost finished, and yes, I cheat)- and just recently have become a chickaholic. Get my own eggs in the morning and raise my own meat birds. AIN'T LIFE GRAND !?
My favorite things to cook
Things that are quick and easy. I'm always forgetting to defrost. To marinate for more than 30 min. grrrr.... but have to admit than when I do, it's wonderful.
My favorite family cooking traditions
none
My cooking triumphs
When I'm trying a new recipe for supper and a friend drops in, we end up slicing and dicing, throw it all together, cook and it always comes out wonderful! 70% of the credit goes to this site for the recipe and 25% to the friends who think I'm a wonderful cook! (little do they know of my many, many tragedies in between!)I'll take 5% just for perseverance.
My cooking tragedies
My most "RECENT" (of far too many)- I carefully set the timer for the Lamb Chops on the BBQ, but ignored my own advise to trim the fat. Well, we managed to scrounge a bit of meat off the uncharred side. Bless the dragon, they were thick chops.
Recipe Reviews 49 reviews
Eggplant Sandwiches
This is WONDERFUL. If you love eggplant - this is it. But the way I made it is not something you serve at a tea. Lots of paper towels for drips and gooey fingers. I love the garlic but think some might find it a little strong. I didn't have fresh basil (howl!) so added dried to the mayo - not bad but fresh would have been better. I used romaine for the green crunch. I used the olive oil to brush on the slices of eggplant which I made fairly thick. Grilled 10min turned oiled, 5min and then accidently burnt them slightly - takes only maybe another 2 min. max. But they were amazing. Messy but amazing.

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Aug. 14, 2008
Grilled Apple and Swiss Cheese Sandwich
Wonderful. I used the processed Swiss Cheese slices (2), should have sliced the Granny Smith a little thicker, to match the cheese. I did not oil, but I buttered (margarine) the outside of the Grain Bread to grill. Will definetly be on my everyday menus. Have to try the brie and a lot of other cheese too! thanks so much!

6 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jun. 13, 2008
Carrot and Coriander Soup II
I just find the other reviews amazing. This is the worst soup I've ever made! I love coriander/cilantro but...this cilantro overpowered the entire pot - couldn't taste the carrot nor onion nor broth. I ended up adding about 1/1/2 cups of squash to get rid of the soapy taste of the cilantro. I added salt - pepper - still soapy. I even grated some cheese over the top. I was really looking forward to this... but...

3 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Apr. 4, 2008
 
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