Muna wa Wanjiru asked:


Mustard since time immemorial has fascinated the mankind.  The gourmet mustard has not only provided taste but has also due to its unique medicinal properties as helped many too get rid of scores of diseases.  It has lot of religious and cultural significances.  The Romans, the Greeks, the French, the British; name any country and you will find the presence of mustard there.  It is often said that mustards were earlier used for only medicinal purposes and its culinary qualities were discovered later.  Pythagoras, a renowned mathematician, used mustard pastes to cure scorpion bites. 

Mustard plasters were used extensively to cure toothache and other diseases.  Lots of superstition is associated with mustard.  One belief was that if a bride wears clothed studded with mustard seeds, she can win the love of her in-laws.  People living in different parts of the world had different views of the gourmet mustard.  But one thing common was that; everybody liked the flavor of the recipe made with mustard.  Mustard enhanced the taste of the food to a great extent.  Mustards were used with any kinds of foodstuffs from non-vegetarian foods like fish, meat chicken to vegetarian food like cabbage, sausages etc. 

Gourmet mustard is mixed with wine, vinegar, spices, sugar etc. and is used with the different food items.  It not only enhances the tastes but also makes the food rich with different nutrient contents. The different varieties of mustards available in the market are white mustard, Creole mustard, black mustard etc. each having a unique quality of its own.  Black mustard has pungent smell whereas white mustard mixed with vinegar and sugar tastes sweet.  Vinegar and wine is considered to be an important ingredient of the mustard.  Pope XXII showed great liking for mustard and he was the first pope in the history of Vatican to appoint a mustard-maker for himself. 

He appointed his nephew as the mustard-maker.  Queen Victoria too had great liking for gourmet mustard and she made Jeremiah Colman as her mustard-maker. Jeremiah Carlon popularized the mustard and today also Carlon mustard is widely used across the globe.  Vasco de-gama brought mustard to India.  Mustards are used in several different ways.  It can be used as a vegetable, can be used to prepare recipes and it can also be used to extract oil from it; Infact mustard oil in India is very popular.

Mustard seeds have wider applications today and for preparing different recipes using mustard seeds different procedures are adopted.   Mustard seeds can either be completely crushed, or it can be partially crushed or it can be used as a wholegrain.  These different varieties can be used differently in the preparation of different foodstuffs.  Water and vinegar should be properly added to gourmet mustard.  The whole stuff should be properly mixed in a bowl and kept at a proper temperature preferably at room temperature. 

Vinegar is considered to be an important ingredient as it helps in preserving the taste and it also prevents the mustard recipes from getting spoiled.  Mustard prepared cannot be used instantly; instead it should be used only after 2-4 weeks.

Gurdeep kaushal asked:


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Chef’s Studio - On Location in New Orleans

In its “Tastes of the World” program Chef’s Studio joined with chefs of New Orleans at the annual New Orleans Wine and Food Experience to explore the best in Cajun and Creole dishes, and enjoy them with wines from around the world.

July 5, 2004 — Chef’s Studio went on location to New Orleans for a week of Cajun and Creole cooking, one of the studios featured “Tastes of the World”, thanks to The New Orleans Wine and Food Experience. Top chefs invited hosts Alan Simpson and Linda Schnabel to their restaurants and homes, to sample both traditional and new creations. These included Arnauds, Brennans, Maison de Ville, Mr. B’s and The Rib Room. Chefs from many other restaurants joined them at the Convention Center, to explore many more dishes, with hundreds of wines from around the world. The Omni Royal Orleans Hotel provided an excellent base, and the weather proved perfect for filming in the French Quarter, French Market and of course during the many events, including the Royal Street Parade.

Besides offering their expertise and insights, many chefs took the opportunity to discuss their on-camera skills and to learn tips on media and presentation techniques. “Whenever possible we take time to advise the chefs on their presentation techniques, and often retake the interviews with a significantly improved performance,” explains Alan Simpson. “Chef’s Studio is a collaborative effort and as we learn, we believe in giving some of our expertise back to the chefs, our guests on the programs.”

The Annual New Orleans Wine and Food Experience is one of the top wine and food experiences in the United States and an ideal setting to meet with both established, and up and coming chefs. The unique party atmosphere of the French Quarter gives the perfect backdrop to celebrate the enjoyment of wine and food. In 2005 Chef’s Studio will expand its presence at the New Orleans Wine and Food Festival with many more interview opportunities, for chefs to talk about their ideas, and showcase their skills before a live and TV audience.

Created in 1995 to develop media skills of culinary experts, and a better understanding of global cuisine, Chef’s Studio works with chefs, culinary and hospitality experts, and food producers around the world. It produces TV, radio and live events for an international audience, and is building up to the launch of The Chef’s Channel in the USA and Europe. Future “Chef’s Studios on Location” will be held in New York, London, and Chicago and in conjunction with major food shows.

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seemameet asked:


Summer is here and if you are anything like me, you don’t want to turn on your oven or stove unless absolutely necessary. I do most of my cooking in the microwave during the summer months. It helps keep my home cooler and cuts down on my cooling bill.

I have found that many people don’t like to cook meat in the microwave. I was once one of those people. Chicken would come out like rubber and I always worried that ground beef didn’t cook thoroughly. I have since found that the trick is to use the right cooking utensils.

There has also been some hype about how it’s not safe to use plastic to cook meat or anything else in the microwave. This is only half true. Certain types of plastic have chemicals that are activated with the extreme heat of the microwave and these chemicals can get into your food. For more details visit to www.cheese-cake-recipes.com Hence, the key to cooking in your microwave is, once again, to use the correct cooking utensils. Basically, use containers that are specifically designed for cooking in the microwave.

My preference in microwave cooking is Tupperware. Their cookware is specifically designed for the microwave so you don’t have to worry about the chemicals. Their Oval Cooker is designed to retain the moisture of your meat so that your meat doesn’t come out dry and rubbery. It also has a colander so you can brown your meat and let the grease drip to the bottom. That makes it easy to dispose of the grease drippings or use them for gravy. Tupperware also backs it cooker with a lifetime warranty so if it breaks I can just replace it with a new one, which seems like a good investment to me.

So the instructions I am providing below apply to the Tupperware Oval Cooker. If you feel confident using a different type of microwave cooker, of course, try that, but please make sure you follow the guidelines I stated above.

Cooking Ground Beef

Place the ground beef with your favorite seasoning in the colander of the cooker. Cover and cook for 6 minutes per pound. Let sit a few minutes then remove from the microwave. By using the colander all the grease will drain to the bottom of the cooker.

Cooking a Whole Chicken

If using the Oval Cooker you will need to use the extender piece for your average size chicken. Then place the chicken in the cooker. Pour about half a cup of water on the bottom of the cooker. For more details www.atkins-diets-recipes.com  Sprinkle your chicken with your favorites seasonings. Place the cover on the cooker and cook for 6 minutes per pound. I think you will be surprised at how moist your chicken comes out.

Cooking Cut Up Chicken

After cutting up your chicken use the same instructions for cooking a whole chicken. Determine by how high the chicken stacks if you will need to use the extender or not.

Cooking Chicken Pieces

You can use the colander to cook chicken pieces. Cut the chicken into bit size pieces. I usually use chicken breast cutlets for this. Place the cutup chicken pieces in the colander. Season with your favorite seasonings. Place the cover on the cooker and microwave for 6 minutes per pound.

Cooking Pork

I have not yet tried cooking pork in the microwave. Pork is tricky and my family doesn’t eat pork so that is one reason I have never tried cooking it in the microwave. However, there are plenty of beef and chicken recipes out there, so I hope the above suggestions will help you keep your kitchen cooler during the hot summer months.

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Alice Shown asked:


Indian recipes have become synonymous with healthy ingredients! Indian food is well known for its ability to retain the healthy, nutritious quality based on ancient texts and knowledge passed on from one generation to another. And the good news is that nowadays they have got even better and well satisfy the requirements of modern men and women. The uniqueness of Indian menu can be well interpreted from the fact that all the food items posses a couple of ingredients—one working to nullify the side effect of the other and compliment each other nutritional value. Indian food is of course a great way to lead a healthy life. The great Indian food recipes have transformed the way people used to think earlier that healthy food is always dull and boring.

The appreciation for Indian culture and the understanding of its cuisine have increased considerably in western countries and contemporary Indian restaurants are coming up in different parts of the world. But unfortunately most people think Indian food as hot, spicy, oily, rich on fat, complicated and time-consuming to cook, etc…Indian food has remained highly understood up-till now. In reality they are extremely high on health benefits, nutrition, carbohydrates and proteins. Although they are slightly time consuming but with right preparation method it can be reduced to a considerable extent.

Vegetarian recipes are regarded as the most efficient nutriment as plants are the basis of the food chain, next to the source of life itself, which is solar energy. Indian vegetarian dishes are loaded with antioxidants. Vegetarianism deals with our spiritual growth, which is evident from the growing number of vegetarian all over the world. Meat eater gets frequently angry and violent than vegetarian as the animal instincts becomes stronger every time we eat meat. Nutrition obtained from vegetarian diet has more sustaining power. Vegetarianism is a path to healthy lifestyle! Vegetarian diet posses lower fat content, lower saturated fat, lower cholesterol, more carbohydrates, vitamin, mineral, fiber and less protein which results in less obesity, less hypertension, less osteoporosis, fewer cases of heart attack, bowel disease and cancer.

Vegetarianism prepares the ground work for the health of body, mind and soul. Vegetarian diet not only improves your health and fitness but also assist you in spiritual enhancement. In order to achieve good health and purity of your body, mind, soul and planet, adopt vegetarianism.

John Mathews asked:


Humans like variety. Whether it is everyday dressing up or the food we eat. We especially like to experiment with food to satisfy our taste buds. The same food everyday diminishes our appetite for that food. We always prefer to have variety in what we eat.

In this Internet era, our day begins and ends being online. It is quite easy to go online in search of gratifying your appetite for an exquisite evening.

Just imagine after a long & hard day; you get home and mmmm, what an aroma?

These exquisite recipes are just a few clicks away from you in the times of Internet. There are thousands of varieties of recipes available. We are going to list and discuss few websites that allow adding and viewing recipes for your ready reference.

A number of online sites share recipes online, where you can find the best recipes along with tips. Online recipes are easy enough to understand and the ingredients are easy to find. Besides you can easily copy, print, or email the recipe. They provide methods of cooking as well as the ingredients, standard serving instructions etc.

Recipe sites can help you in all kinds of food you prefer whether it is dietary food or pregnancy time food, even child food or food for week! You can use the ingredients you’ve at home and can find a recipe based on it.

Some of online sites ask you to purchase their cookbooks while some of them ask you to register and log in to the site to view their recipes. If you find the cookbook to your interest, click to download it. Some sites may charge you for downloading the cookbook. Many users simply copy the recipe and save it in their computer.

www.allrecipes.com

Allrecipes.com has more than 40,000 free recipes. All recipes are created, tested, reviewed and approved by users worldwide. This site has a popular collection of recipes in sections like appetizers, Mexican, Italian, chicken recipes, soups and stews and many more.

Allrecipes.com allows its users to create an online recipe box where they can manage private recipes, submit recipes and photos, post recipe ratings and reviews, create shopping lists, and more.

The distinguishing feature of this site is that of creating a cookbook. You can publish your favorite recipes in your personalized cookbook.

www.canadianliving.com

Canadianliving.com is an interactive site for Canadian families featuring food, nutrition recipes and family information.

Canadianliving.com has a categorized section in their menu. It also gives out timely ideas, real solutions for a healthy lifestyle, tips, and great recipes.

Canadianliving.com provides a personal Recipe Box where users can save their favorite recipes from the recipe menu, or add their personal recipes to share with the world. You can also join online forums, where you can chat and discuss with other readers.

www.kraftfoods.com

Kraftfoods.com is one of the great online recipe cookbooks. This site has different varieties of recipes to prepare food items that attract food lovers. Kraftfoods.com provides tips to prepare quality, nutritious and healthy foods. Beside all this they have introduced how prepare food from their own special products, like Kraft cheese.

They have categorized recipes into dinner, food and family, healthy living, delicious cereals and cereal bars for the convenience of users.

To help lovers of cooking Kraftfoods.com has a section known as cooking school where there is an extensive collection of cooking videos, tips, and more.

Kraftfoods.com allows storing all favorite recipes in one spot. Just sign up for free and get your own personal recipe box to store your favorite recipes from the Kraft Kitchens, or a favorite from other online recipe cookbooks.

Kraft foods invite its viewer to post their recipes and share their secrets of making delicious food.

www.food.yahoo.com

Yahoo is mainly known as search engine. It has a special section on food where recipes are also featured.

Yahoo food’s recipes section features articles and blogs on food recipes. The Yahoo recipes section has functionality to filter by ingredient, meal, cuisine, occasion, diet, dish, taste, method that help visitors to find recipes.

Yahoo food features a home food section where you can find recipes according categories: Everyday, Special Day, Recipes, Blogs, Restaurant and Cook. It’s the best way to find recipes every day and on special occasions.

This site also has Food Videos with reviews and recipe of the day. Yahoo foods allow you to send email from the site and also to take a printout of each recipe.

www.g2bux.com

There are so many amazing and delicious vegetarian and Non Vegetarian recipes on the Web, you could spend days scouring every cyber corner and barely scratch the surface of what’s out there. Wouldn’t it be great if there were one place on the Net where you could access those thousands and thousands of recipes? Well now there is! G2bux Recipes, it’s the Best of the Net Recipe Collection. Now everyone can use the Internet to make living delicious and easy!

Each month hundreds of new recipes are added by genuine users here on G2bux recipe section from variety of corners around the world. Do you have a favorite recipe you’d like to add? There is a provision to post it and it will be listed on your recipe list instantaneously.

G2bux allows sharing of recipes, cooking tips, and serving suggestions. Visitors can search recipes by tags. This is a good feature and it saves time.

G2bux also has a feature to send recipes to a friend and allows users to share the link of a particular recipe with your friends by mailing them. You can post a comment on each other’s recipe. Above all, G2bux gives 2 G2bux Points for each recipe you add.

Munus Shankar asked:


Indian cuisine is considered as one of the most exotic yet tasteful cuisines in the whole world. If you are up for something different, then Indian foods are a must-try. The flavors are so rich and the spices are so intense. No wonder why all kinds of people, whether you are brought up in a Western or Eastern culture, are so into Indian cuisines.

Unfortunately, instead of making their own Indian food recipes at home, they would rather order it in some restaurant serving Indian cuisine. Why? More often than not, they usually thought that in order to create the best tasting Indian cooking recipes, one must have all the local spices from India. Aside from that, many people also thought that in order to unleash the real Indian flavor and aroma of the food, it would take them so many hours to prepare for the ingredients which can be quite a tough work.

But the truth of the matter is, Indian cooking is as easy as your cooking your favorite Italian recipes. You do not have to be an expert in the kitchen or hardcore Indian food enthusiast. The ingredients as well as the spices that you will need in order to create the delectable Indian recipes are actually within your reach. You can always find an alternative to the exotic Indian zest while you get the same oomph at the same time.

To create the Indian food recipes right in your home, make sure that you have the basic ingredients that are essential in Indian cooking. One of the main basic ingredients in an Indian cuisine is the red onion. Make sure that you always have an onion in your kitchen that would add that zest in your Indian recipes. Aside from that, you must also include the three important G’s when cooking Indian foods. This includes the Ginger, the Garlic, and the Green chillies. You may also include coriander leaves, popularly known as the cilantro leaves. These are the basic ingredients that allow you to start your way having your own Indian cuisine.

But of course, the stronger the spices are, the more Indian your cuisine will be. To easily get that Indian zest, don’t forget to include fresh red chilli as well as chilli powder. There are also those who use garam masala to create authentic Indian recipes as well. It is a combination of various spices such as cumin seeds, black pepper, coriander seeds, cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom.

You see, cooking Indian food is as easy as ABC as long as you have the right spices, which can be easily availed in the market or can be planted in your backyard.

prabakar asked:


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INGREDIENTS:

 

* 1 8- to 9-pound leg of lamb, main bone removed, shank bone intact, tied (your butcher can do this for you)

* 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

* 1 1/2 tablespoons dried Greek oregano

* 1 lemon, cut in half

* 1/4 teaspoon salt

* 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

* 1/2 cup dry white wine

* 2 1/2 cups chicken stock

* 1/2 cup olive oil

 

DIRECTIONS:

 

1. Take the leg of lamb and place on a clean cutting board. In a separate small bowl, mix the garlic, oregano, salt and pepper. Roll the lemon on cutting board, cut it in half, and squeeze the lemon juice into the bowl; add 1/3 cup of olive oil and mix thoroughly. Massage the entire lamb with the olive oil mixture top to bottom, making sure you get it into the bottom crevices of the lamb.

 

2. Place the lamb in a resealable plastic bag large enough to hold it and remove all the air, or wrap it tightly in plastic wrap. Place the bag or the wrapped lamb in a baking dish and refrigerate for at least 3 hours preferably overnight. When ready to cook, preheat oven to 450° F. Remove the lamb from the refrigerator, unwrap and set aside.

 

3. Place a large, heavy-gauge metal roasting pan into the preheated oven for approximately 10 minutes.

 

4. Take one tablespoon of olive oil, drizzle it onto the lamb, and then season the lamb with a generous amount of salt and pepper. Rub the salt and pepper and oil into the lamb. Open the oven door and add 2 tablespoons of olive oil to the pan; then place the lamb in the pan fat-side down and close the oven door. Roast for 25 minutes; turn the lamb over and roast for an additional 10 minutes.

 

5. Remove the lamb from the oven, pour in the white wine, and add the stock. Turn the temperature down to 400° F and return the pan to the oven. Basting frequently with the juices, roast 30 to 40 minutes, making sure that the pan juices do not dry out (if it looks dry, add additional stock or water as needed).

 

6. Pull out and let rest 15 minutes. Remove the kitchen twine and slice the lamb. Strain the pan juices and serve over lamb. For more details visit http://www.indomunch.com/

 

 

Jim Brown asked:


When it comes to talking about Italy, food is everything - sitting around a table after a long day working or at the beach, it is food that brings the family together. Discussions about life, family matters, Italian politics and the world as a whole are quite popular during meal times when extended families sit for hours.

Italians love sitting down to eat with their immediate family, the whole process is different than that in England. There may be family members sitting around a table, but it’s not the same experience. Meal times are a fairly relaxed affair in Italy; there is no urge to eat your meal down as quickly as possible, to rush off to do something else. The food is brought to the table at a relaxed pace and eaten slowly; afterwards, of course, the family talk follows.

In case of a big family gathering, the preparations start hours in advance of the arrival of the first guest and continue till much later, as the hosts usually prepare much more food than needed. The event gets underway only when everyone arrives – it is like an un-written rule that until all the guests arrive and all food is prepared, no one gets in the mood to enjoy. Children, however, are an exception to this rule posted at mexicanfoodsrecipes.com, as they tend to get past watchful eyes of adults, and pinch salami and cheese from the table.

Finally, when you do sit down for the meal, it is a very long, relaxed and drawn out process. Generally, Italians can sit down to a ten-course meal, eaten for over three hours pointed out by italianfood-recipes.com. There will be more courses if the family gathering is bigger, as everyone usually brings something with them to add to the table - a good traditional homemade Italian food. The courses are generally rather small and are usually served on large platters in the center of the table, within easy reach of everyone at rentbarcelonaapartment.co.uk/planning_europe_vacation.htm. If you are new to this experience; remember, not too get so full on the fist few courses that you regret not having space for another course further down the line.

There is never ever anything like a quiet Italian dinner table something is always going on! The older men sit at the head of the table discussing the old days, the women usually rush back and to from the kitchen with more trays of food, the younger generation, compete to be heard when all sit around the center of the table discussing the state of the world and the children do all that children normally do.

Even as the meal reaches it’s grand finale, most members stays around the table with conversations going on for hours, or maybe a game or two of scopa. The event gets underway only when everyone arrives – it is like an un-written rule that until all the guests arrive and all food is prepared at Chinese website chinesefoodsrecipes.com, no one gets in the mood to enjoy. Children, however, are an exception to this rule, as they tend to get past watchful eyes of adults, and pinch salami and cheese from the table. A traditional Italian card game – though a few people may saunter off to relax!

Steve Buchanan asked:


Nowadays Italian food is getting popular day by day all over the world. People of every country have started liking this food. If you are one of them who like pasta very much then you must love this cooking because this is one of the main ingredients of most recipes. As with all ethnic foods, this eating uses its own group of spices. These are a number of most popular spices which are used in this cooking; these spices are garlic, oregano, basil and thyme. If you will use fresh spices in your cooking then it will really add a special touch to any dish, but if you are unable to find fresh and then you can use the dried spice. You can buy these spices in small quantities and you need not keep them stored in a cool, dark place, not over your stove on a rack.

The heart of this cooking or eating is the use of ingredients. These ingredients are available in all the seasons. These ingredients are used to change ordinary items into works of art in the form of pastas, side dishes, breads, sauces, main dishes, deserts and soups. The possibilities are rally endless and very exciting. If you are really Italian food lover then you must buy cookbooks so that you can easily increase the taste of your food. These are a number of recipe books that have pictures of the completed dish so that you will able to know what it should look like. These books can help you a lot if you have never seen the dish anywhere. It is really best to follow a recipe when you first start to learn a new recipe but don’t be panic to start experimenting once you have the basics down.

Following are some ingredients that you need to have in your grocery list.

1) Tomato Sauce:

Tomato Sauce is one of the important ingredients. You need not have to buy the expensive tomato sauce. The national brand or house brand at your nearby local grocery store will be fine in your Italian dish. Try not to buy from the “pre-seasoned” blends, as you will be adding your own spices and herbs.

2) Pasta:

It is highly recommended that you should not buy a huge quantity of any specific pasta. It is preferable to keep a little amount of the most regular types such as wide egg noodle, large and small shells, elbow macaroni, linguine and spaghetti. It will be good if you have storage so that you can keep the long noodles in a long container. Moreover, you can find many Tupperware makers that are specially design to keep the pasta in to maintain freshness.

3) Parmesan Cheese:

Freshly ground Parmesan cheese is always a welcome addition to the top of any Italian dish even though it may not always be needed in the ingredients of the recipe you are cooking. The famous cheese brand, Kraft, has a new product with a block of cheese in its container along with its grater.

4) Olive oil:

Olive oil is also one of the integral parts of ingredients. One of the mistakes that many Italian food amateurs make is using pricey olive oil for things like pan-frying. Using the standard olive oil, which is yellow in color, is just fine for this.