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Cooking tongue?
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On the gardening forum someone asked about cooking tongue. I answered with how I remembered my mum boiling it in salt water and putting it inbetwix two wooden boards with a heavy...
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Grilled okra
(duomom)
Had this the other night at a gathering. Oh yum!!! It is now my new summer fave!!! If you do not like okra any other way you may like this....it really changes the flavor. Okra,...
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Recipe question (frittata)
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I want to know if anyone has tried the tomato/basil frittata recently featured on FA--it is unclear to me if it is 8 oz. by weight, and 4 oz. by weight, for the cheese. . .or 4...
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pickled carrots and onions
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Does anyone know how to pickle the carrots and onions served in a mexican restaurant?
