Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and broccoli ..read more

Got a charcoal grill that uses cast iron grill grates. (I've seasoned cast iron before, but never cured as most of the pans I've bought came already cured.) The grill's website info tells me how to cure the grates. Vegetable oil, 400 degrees F, 1 hour. I did this in the oven (as it was raining and I didn't want to try curing in the rain) and it produces a good amount of smoke. After airing out the house, I worried I did it wrong, then looked at the manual I received for the same exact... Read more ..read more

Since Frank ate this much >< of the rice with pigeon peas, I made jerk shrimp to attempt to use it up. Again, he ate this much >< and immediately told me that he wanted to leave Jamaica for dinner tomorrow. Tonight, jerk shrimp, rice with pigeon peas, and pineapple with oranges. What did you have for dinner ..read more

Got a new Charcoal grill today (a Char Grill deluxe model 2929) and was excited to use it. After curing it for about 4 hours at 300 F, I peeked in the manual once more and was dismayed/surprised to see this: "Never exceed 400 degrees because this will damage the finish and contribute to rust." Does this mean I need to keep the grill's temp always under 400 F or else I could ruin the grill? From what I know, charcoal grills easily can get up to 500-600 degrees (or a lot more) so I'm a bit... Read more ..read more

Oven pot roast, mashed potatoes, baby spinach, and mushroom gravy ..read more

Back to Dollar Tree and they had this item for sale. This is a corn based snack. The closest thing this looks like is Fritos flavor twists buttttt some of pieces were very wonky looking. The flavor here was not that special. Nice crunch. I will give this a big thumbs up here just for the wonky looking pieces ..read more

Back to KFC for this desert item. A four pack was 2.49 but I wound getting five of them in a small box. They were nice and warm. These were two bite poppers for sure. I would say 2 of them I had imo had a good amount of apple filling in them. The pastry though was really good. The taste was good though but you really need that filling. A medium sized thumbs here in the end ..read more

Found this at the front of Wal-mart. I took the soda home and tried it. Maybe it had some Cherry flavor to it but it was lacking for me. Got a couple of okay burps out of it. A medium sized thumbs up at best imo ..read more

The recipe I used is as follows: 1 cup butter (taken out of the fridge, heated in the microwave for 2 seconds bursts on power 5 to soft consistency, none melted, seemed okay) 1 lb powdered sugar 1/4 cup cocoa (bloomed in about 1 tbsp boiling cream and cooled) 1/3 cup semisweet chocolate, mixed with 1/3 cup cream, melted together, and cooled 1/2 cup cream (cold) I beat the butter 2 minutes, added sugar slowly, beat 2 minutes, added chocolate and cocoa, beat 1 minute, then finished with... Read more ..read more

I accidentally bumped my granite roaster today. It fell and chipped the edge of the lid of the roaster. The pan itself is fine. I got from my grandma about 5 years back. It looks like this, just with a small chip in the edge of the lid where it rests against the pan. I'm wondering if it's safe to use or should I replace it. I can provide pictures if necessary ..read more