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  • Recipe Food Preparations - Curing
    Food Preparations - Curing
    Curing (food preservation) In food preparation, curing refers to various preservation and flavoring processes, especially of meat or fish, by the addition of a combination of salt, sugar and either nitrate or nitrite. Many curing processes[...]
  • Recipe Experiments in Home Curing
    Experiments in Home Curing
    As I've recently professed my obsession with charcuterie it shouldn't be surprising to see meat curing, smoking, etc. appearing on my blog, I give you the preface so that you aren't surprised as more and more of these items start appearing. Last[...]
  • Recipe Curing the Mardi Gras Blues
    Curing the Mardi Gras Blues
    Ever since February rolled around, I've found myself with a case of the Mardi Gras Blues . What's the Mardi Gras Blues? It's that feeling you get when you find yourself unable to be in Southern Louisiana during Carnival time, especially on[...]
  • Recipe Curing the Mardi Gras Blues
    Curing the Mardi Gras Blues
    Ever since February rolled around, I've found myself with a case of the Mardi Gras Blues . What's the Mardi Gras Blues? It's that feeling you get when you find yourself unable to be in Southern Louisiana during Carnival time, especially on[...]
  • Recipe Meat Curing 101: Homemade Sausage & Salami
    Meat Curing 101: Homemade Sausage & Salami (1 vote)
    Our most favorite winter tradition is stuffing sausages with Vittorio & then hanging them from the rafters of our farmhouse to dry in the cool winter air! If you are interested in getting elbow deep in meat - try one of our cooking classes[...]
  • Recipe Lobster Rolls : Curing the Winter Doldrums
    Lobster Rolls : Curing the Winter Doldrums
    I often imagine heaven as sitting on an ocean side dock in Maine with my husband. I'm sporting a comfy (yet very cute) large hooded sweatshirt over indulging in a tray of lobster rolls and pitchers of ice cold beer. So it begs the question...if[...]
  • Recipe Charcuterie in Italy ~ Curing 150 lbs of Salami & Sausages
    Charcuterie in Italy ~ Curing 150 lbs of Salami & Sausages
    Vittorio & Jason in the zone Last week we made our yearly pilgrimage to "Vittorio's Meat Laboratory" along the Adriatic Sea. There is no sign along the road, just a massive palm tree out front & a tiny unassuming converted[...]
  • Recipe My attempt at curing my hangover
    My attempt at curing my hangover
    Drank a bit too much last night. So for breakfast I knew I needed something with alot of antioxidants. What better than berries? I had 1 1/2 cups of Strawberry Light 'N Fit Yogurt , topped with some microwaved strawberries, blackberries[...]
  • Recipe Bacon!
    Bacon!
    What do you do if someone just happens to give you a slab of pork belly? You make bacon of course!  Last Friday evening 100 food bloggers were treated to  food demos and samplings at The Viking Cooking School in Atlanta. In one kitchen[...]
  • Recipe Bacon galore
    Bacon galore
    My dry-cured bacon is finished. Actually, I had finished curing it several days ago but I've only now gotten round to taking some photos and putting them up. It looks great, if I say so myself! The rind has gone a lovely dark colour, which pleases[...]