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RedWings#1
 
Home Town: Muskegon, Michigan, USA
Living In: Mustang, Oklahoma, USA
Member Since: Nov. 2005
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Slow Cooking, Mexican, Italian, Southern, Kids, Quick & Easy
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About this Cook
An Air Traffic Controller that really wanted to be a Chef. Kind of like the movie Flash Dance. I don't look good in leg warmers though. I do 90 percent of the cooking at home and I don't do Hamburger Helper or frozen dinners. Not on my watch! I don't do stacked food either. What to heck is that all about? When I want ART I'll go to the local museum. When I want food I want the the stuff separated on a plate. Stack my cheesburger, but don't stack my $20 steak under a bunch of other crap. Everything I cook is made to be delicious on it's own. I guess that makes me an anti-stackite. So sue me!, Emeril. You let the fruits and nuts get to you, you get a stacked mess-not art or food! Pigs eat out of a trough of mixed-up food, not humans.
My favorite things to cook
Anything smoked. I have a great smoker. Pork Butt is my claimed to fame but I personally love my Baby Backs. It's all in the rub and choice of wood. BBQ sauce is a condiment to be used in moderation. A good Q doen't need to have sugary stuff burned on it. Cooking a meal that my family will enjoy is one of my favorite things.
My favorite family cooking traditions
Brats from Usingers in Milwaukee. Nothin says lovin' like some Usinger Brats hot off the grill. Boil in beer and brown on the grill. Serve with some homemade pasta salad and grilled corn. Big yum.
My cooking tragedies
A gourmet meal for easter that featured leg of Lamb. It was awesome but no one in my family likes the taste of Lamb except me. Lesson learned: Know your audience.
Recipe Reviews 5 reviews
Crispy Rosemary Chicken and Fries
Don't rate the recipe if you are changing everything but the name of the recipe. Holy , submit your own recipe. Don't change everything and give this recipe 2 stars because you did not try this recipe and went off on your own to create a tasteless, worthless creation. If yours is so awesome then post it! If not then shut up. This is a great recipe as is. Enough said!

12 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Nov. 11, 2009
Chicken Tetrazzini IV
I rated this 3 stars for the original recipe. I made this "as is" per the recipe and found it good but not great. It is good as a base recipe and an easy recipe for someone who wants to try their first "white sauce". Thank you Mary for the recipe and time spent. I'm not so vain to say that my version is better, but it did work for my family and my tastes. I read a lot of reviews about this recipe and incorporated them into my second try. Very little I did was not in the other reviews. My changes included: using 1TB olive oil to sautee 1/2 small onion and 4 cloves garlic chopped; added 3TB butter and 1/4 C flour; added 1 can chicken broth and 1C heavy cream to roux; added 2TB dry sherry and pepper to roux; added 1 8 ounce pkg of sauteed sliced baby portabellos and an 8 ounce pkg prepared spaghetti and 2C chicken; added 1/4C fresh shredded reg-parm cheese to mix. I put 1/4C reg-parm cheese mixed with italian style bread crumbs on top and baked. I used store bought rotisserie chicken. I would not do that again. Very salty. I hope this helps someone.

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Mar. 13, 2009
Grilled Turkey Legs
Okay folks, lets get serious here. We have all had and loved the turkey legs from fairs, baseball parks, and amusement parks. Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando turkey legs are my favorite, not that they are any better mind you, I just like being at WDW and UO when I eat one! One thing all these legs have in common is that they taste like ham. I've tried this recipe. It is good but not what we are looking for. The only way to get turkey to taste like ham is to cure it and smoke it. All the soda pop and spices in the world will not render the same flavor and texture as what we want and get from "those" places.

38 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jun. 26, 2006
 
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