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HSILCOX
 
Living In: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Member Since: Dec. 2002
Cooking Level: Expert
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About this Cook
Fifty-five-year-old single Gay man in Baltimore.
My favorite things to cook
Love to bake (bread) and to explore new main-dish options.
My favorite family cooking traditions
I am one of five grown siblings. Our mother always said, "if it's not canned or frozen, I'm not making it!" And this was in the fifties and sixties, before microwave cooking! So, all of us learned to manage in the kitchen, if only to survive. One of us (not me) is a professional cook today!
My cooking triumphs
Have found recent success (after YEARS of failed attempts) in making piecrust: the Cook's Illustrated Vodka (!) Piecrust is an absolute winner. Easy to work with and makes an incredible flaky crust!
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Devil's Food Cake I
Substituted coffee for water and buttermilk for milk+vinegar. Made in ring pan; took about 45 mins.... Great cake -- good texture and flavor. Thanks!

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Oct. 16, 2009
Peach Upside-Down Cake III
Pretty good. Like some other reviewers, I used brown sugar for the bottom/top (with the peaches). Other than that, more or less followed the recipe as posted. I probably used half again as many peaches (because I had them on hand). It does not make a really substantial cake, essentially little more than a vehicle for delivering the peaches. Nice texture, not "bready" at all, but is, rather, not the spongey cake so frequently encountered. Yum.

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Reviewed On: Aug. 11, 2009
Spinach Watermelon-Mint Salad
Made this for my monthly potluck tonight. Skipped the sesame seeds (didn't have any) and kinda winged the proportions ... but was tasty and different. Watermelon + mint was very nice. The mint wasn't overpowering (but, remember, I didn't follow the measurements/proportions exactly). Was good to serve watermelon as a savory (rather than sweet/dessert). I do recommend going easy on the amount of dressing you pour over the assembled salad... I'm left with (probably tasty) soupy leftovers. Oh ... and be sure to add the dressing at the absolute last minute. Enjoy.

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Aug. 9, 2009
 
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