Cooking

If you or your family would like to help provide a meal, they do ask that volunteers who choose to cook at the Shelter be at least 18 years old.

Oh, this is why olive oil is so expensive now.

In order not to let my family and their tastebuds down, I'm gathering all the tips I can, in an effort to save Thanksgiving, from myself.

I have known about this for year  and have even used it one or twice myself when facing the bird. That is the Butterball hot line with questions about what to do next, especially when after you've already done something stupid...like not thaw out the bird in time...

First thing I admire in this video is the he kills the lobster humanely before he puts it into the boiling water.  In all my years in Maine I have never seen anyone kill a lobster.   Then once it is cooked far an amazingly short amount of time he will then show you why you've been doing it wrong and how to get the meat your leaving behind...

When I was a kid I may have helped a time or two with Thanksgiving dinner. My favorite was when I tried to chop onions in the blender for stuffing.  No big deal right? Well' I was pushing the down with a wooden spoon. Let's just say the stuffing that year had a little more fiber than usual and God help you if you hit a chunk...

I have known about this for year  and have even used it one or twice myself when facing the bird. That is the Butterball hot line with questions about what to do next, especially when after you've already done something stupid...like not thaw out the bird in time...

I love how there are so many ways to do things easier.  I saw a guy once who peeled potatoes with a toilet brush and although it worked and the brush was new I just couldn't quite like it.  This however looks quick and simple. Give it a look-see and see if you don't agree next time you slap those Maine potatoes in a pan you're gonna give it a try...

Let me start this post by saying in my opinion the actual truth is if you can read you CAN cook but you may not enjoy or want to or have some other perfectly valid excuse. That said, a new survey confirms that is the way for  about one third of Americans claiming ignorance as the second-most-cited reason for not cooking regularly...