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Dileas8
 
Home Town: Alhambra, California, USA
Living In: Phelan, California, USA
Member Since: Feb. 2007
Cooking Level: Intermediate
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About this Cook
I'm a mom that became a stay-at-home mom unexpectedly! When I did, I decided to learn to cook everything from scratch for the health of my family and our wallet!
My favorite things to cook
My favorites change from week to week. Once, it was soups like crazy. Then cupcakes. Then pancakes. I'm all over the map!
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Cheese Straws
Not too bad!! Based on other reviews, I added pepper, onion and garlic powders. I also used 1 full cup of butter. I also sprinkled coarse salt on them after shaping, but before putting them in the oven. If you roll them out as thick as they are in the picture, they have to bake a LOT longer. We wound up using a tiny cookie cutter, making thin crackers. Those cooked up in eight minutes or so. With these adjustments, they were REALLY yummy. Kids loved making them and eating them!

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jun. 22, 2011
Strawberry Jam
Un-freaking-believable! This is so, so good; I want to eat it out of bowl all by itself! We used strawberries that had been freshly picked in Ventura, CA; the area is the strawberry capital. It has such a fresh, clean flavor! I took the suggestion of one reviewer and threw in the rind of the lemon that I had juiced. Also, I didn't have a working thermometer, but I let it boil ten minutes and then started the plate test. After about 15 minutes, it was ready to go. Perfect!!!

5 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: May 1, 2011
Crispy Fried Chicken
Amazing, amazing recipe. I never thought I could fry things until now! I learned something, too. Cast iron is THE way to go. My chicken would not fit in one pan, so I had a high-quality steel pan next to my cast iron. The chicken skin stuck to the steel, and the color never deepened beyond a light golden brown. The cast iron got a beautiful color, and almost nothing stuck to the bottom. Even though the flames were equal, the cast iron just got so much hotter. Excellent recipes, excellent tips!

9 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Mar. 10, 2011
 
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