along the same lines....

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we have been doing "experiments" in our house lately. i got this trial run subscription to americas test kitchen. it's awesome. and the two things we've made from it, have come out quite great....even if we've had to make a few tweaks here and there. i made a tamale pie the other night....and then made it again. it makes two corningware pots full. the two pots are always gone by the end of the day 24 hours later.

i also made what was supposed to be beef satay. now, it's evolved to beef on a stick. we nixed the satay...part. i don't know that t even tried the sauce. but i did, and it tasted like a big peanut buttery mess. anyway, we have modified and changed cuts of beef and made it into beef on a stick.

i really like having things where i know how they were made. i think that really, that's the reason why i love to cook, even if it's not going to turn out great. i have found that i don't like preserved "things"...not at all.

watch, next thing you know i'm going to be sucking down aloe vera juice and talking about carob