I love them dry roasted, preferably unsalted. My grandmother used to buy bags of raw unshelled peanuts (Arachis hypogaea) which we then roasted or boiled. A steaming plateful fresh from the pot is...
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A seven-year-old sits isolated during his lunch period for his "disgusting" eating behaviour. Eating like a pig, you mean? Yes, according to the principal of his 387-student Roxboro school....
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by karen on April 28, 2006
Also my last chance to remind dear readers to take the survey! Let us know what you think about our blogs and you may just win something like this cutie bear. There are only fifteen (15) questions and...
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When you dine, do you ever wonder when we started using all that cutlery? Do you know that modern-day table forks trace their history to the Greeks? or that people in the Middle Ages carried their own...
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Uh oh! I didn't remember this until I checked the B&J website for another post I'm writing. But well, today's the day and let's all enjoy it. We're not too late! Tuesday, April...
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by karen on April 25, 2006
Ooohhh la la! The smell alone brings on summer! Genoa in Italy is said to be the place of origin of pesto. It can be eaten alone with pasta, as a salad dressing (I love it more than any!),......
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by karen on April 24, 2006
It's no secret that I love Mexican cuisine and the tools that go with it. The metate in the picture is something I'm pining for. A metate is a rough stone slab used to grind mostly seeds and...
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by karen on April 22, 2006
What do you know, it looks like there's more than one food blogger who's under the weather. heidi over at 101 Cookbooks is also "hacking, coughing and wheezing" with a dry cough. I...
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by karen on April 21, 2006
This little pretty kitty I would really really love to have! Reminding everyone, it's the second to the last week of our survey month! To better serve our readers, we're taking some time to...
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by karen on April 19, 2006
Rain poured after a scorching day. Under normal circumstances, it should've been good except I was caught out in the middle of nowhere, bone tired and not having eaten anything all day but half a...
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One of the most basic things my mother taught me is how when cooking, the fire has to be lowered as soon as the liquid boils. Mother dear talking: as soon as water or any cooking liquid has reached...
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by karen on April 16, 2006
New life, new hope! Here's to fresher, brighter and more bountiful tables to everyone of us. happy easter!......
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by karen on April 14, 2006
Would you like to have the lovely, cutie puppy pillow?! Then take our survey. Don't forget to answer all questions, fill out your name and address and remember, you can only take it once! ;)...
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I have two more lamb recipes from Meat & Livestock Australia. Like I mentioned yesterday, a lamb roast is traditional in many countries' Easter meals. But online surfing seems to show this...
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It's not even Maundy Thursday or Good Friday but we'll have to start preparing for the easter feast. Gone are the meatless days (at least not for another year) and it's but fitting to...
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The Tribeca Film Festival 2006 calls for a short movie competition! Record and show them your own story in 15 seconds and win honor and glory. In order to make your submissions as successful as...
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by karen on April 11, 2006
Would you buy this? Features: 4 USB ports a type female connectorsDownstream 1 USB b type male connector upsteam with a cableSupport both full-speed 12Mb/sec transfer ratesChains up to 127 USB...
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Spacious kitchen, isn't it? Now imagine it filled with food. Bread, all sorts of cheeses, chips, cookies and candies on the island. Burgers frying on the stove. Chicken roasting in the oven. Tubs...
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This coming week are among the holiest days in Judaism and Christendom - Pesach or Passover and Holy Week leading to easter, respectively. Both traditions remember and celebrate the roots of...
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More fat in pork, the better? Omega-3 concentrated in pork fat? Omega-3 fatty acids have been linked to a lower incidence of heart disease and found in abundance in oily fish such as tuna, now...
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by karen on April 07, 2006
A reminder to our dear readers: This April, in an effort to deliver better material, we are conducting a survey to give us an idea of what you want us to improve, change and/or add. By responding to...
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Nowadays, anyone living in a city or suburb in almost any part of the world is blessed with food choices unknown to the last generation. Many varieties of tea are some of those things. Green tea,...
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by karen on April 05, 2006
One of my cousins had been pestering me for months to bake her a carrot cake. She called on Saturday evening to say she was coming over for the next day's hastily organised family reunion (we...
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Ever heard of the saying "the way to a man's heart is through his stomach"? In this day and age, it might as well be through a Food blog! In what seems to be the food blog version...
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The other day, I was talking to my auntie about not having time to cook what I want. I'm sometimes too busy, she however, has all the time in the world since she's retired and living alone....
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