If you’ve ever wanted to get yourself some nice pomegranate juice, you’ve probably stopped when you saw the prohibitively high price tag. An 8 oz bottle of POM runs at $3 ! And they have their own pomegranate plantation, so they have less middlemen to pay and less reasons to up the price. So why …
Do you absolutely love kiwis ? Do you serve them in the most delicious fruit salads and desserts ? Are they a pain to peel ? Does anyone even know why they’re so fuzzy ? They’re not the only fuzzy fruit, but compared to a peach’s edible fuzz, a kiwi’s mane seems a bit much. …
Ah fruitcake. The butt of every holiday joke, and the bane of everyone ever. But it wasn’t always like this, you know. There was a time when fruitcake was it. It was the best, most delicious thing in the world, and the holidays were a perfect excuse to make one. Granted, it was back when …
Did your onions turn blue ? As weird as that might sound, there’s really a very good explanation for it. No, really. This happens very often with red onions or shallots, but also with red cabbage and sometimes even cherries. And thankfully there’s a way to reverse it ! Yep, if your onions are blue …
It is rare these days, but in some recipes (like corned beef), you may come across an ingredient that you don’t have in your pantry: saltpeter. You may also find some instructions for curing meat at home that ask you to use saltpeter. Today, you probably will not even find it in a grocery store, …
Pomelo (Citrus Grandis), also known as a shaddock, pompelmo, and pummelo, is a very juicy and sweet giant citrus. Pomelo is the perfect choice for salads and fruit dishes. It’s colored in light-yellow to coral-pink, thick-skinned, but soft and easy to peel away, with a sweet-tart flavor. You can’t help but love it! But, if …
Whether you’re fresh out of eggs or simply don’t want to use eggs in your recipe, there’s a way that pumpkin puree can help you here. As you know, there are cans of pre-made pumpkin puree out there and people have noticed it. How moist, how sweet, and how dense it can be. IF you …
If it’s fall, it’s sweet potato and pumpkin season. Whichever you use, you end up with a sweet, delicious meal that has the family asking for seconds. In face, pumpkins and sweet potatoes seem to work so similarly that we can’t help but wonder if they’re related. Well, that is something we’ll be tackling today, …
If you love sweet potatoes, then you know preparing them can be a real pain sometimes. They’re very difficult to cut through, especially if you get bigger ones. Cutting sweet potatoes is a frustrating mix of jammed blades, splits going the wrong way, and the occasional accident. But why are sweet potatoes so hard to …
Pomelo, a renowned fruit native to Southeast Asia is tangy, sweet, slightly bitter and reminiscent of a grapefruit. With colors ranging from yellow to pink, the inside of the pomelo is always a surprise. However, this has led many to wonder, what are the different pomelo varieties available and which one is the sweetest? What …
If you’ve ever sauteed an onion in your life, you know that the longer you cook it, the sweeter it gets. And when you’re cooking something that calls for a lot of onions, like the Hungarian goulash, it turns the entire dish definitely sweet. The more onions you ad, the sweeter they get. But why …
Have you ever noticed how garlic and onions are so similar ? They’re both pungent, they go well together, and they’re in pretty much any cuisine you’ve ever tried. Granted, some rely on them more heavily than others but they’re still everyone’s favorite. So if they taste similar, are they related ? Are garlic and …
Whether you’re a beginner cook or a seasoned chef, you’ve got it in your head that onions are love, onions are life. There is basically no recipe without onions. But why ? Why are onions so popular, when so many complain of that ‘oniony smell’ ? Has anyone stopped to think why we use onions …
Whether you are buying or making your own tamarind paste, it is unlikely that you will use it all in one sitting. You could make a tamarind pie or other desserts that call for a lot of tamarind paste. If you have any with leftovers, you will probably want to make sure that you store …
Tamarind is a unique tropical fruit with various uses. From cuisine to household use, tamarind has been a staple in African, Indian, and Pakistani cooking for hundreds of years. The Tamarindus Indica tree produces pods with a sweet and/or sour flesh. Botanically speaking, there are many different varieties and we’re going to explain them today. …
If you’re ever torn between picking up chicken tenderloin or chicken breast, we’re here to help. The fact is, despite being very similar both cuts of meat offer different experiences. Where a chicken breast is common and most people already know about it, chicken tenders are a little more niche. SO let’s explore the two …
If you’re looking for a dairy substitute to cow milk, then you may have heard of goat milk. It’s one of those milks that not many people know of, and once they hear about it they don’t really touch it due to the price. And the smell, that too. But why is goat milk so …
If you’re in the dairy aisle you might be staring down two very different milk cartons. One says raw, the other pasteurized. What do they even mean ? Isn’t all milk the same ? Well, actually milk is often split between raw milk and pasteurized milk. There’s a few significant differences between them so let’s …
A hardwood fruit tree native to Africa, the tamarind tree now grows throughout Asia and Mexico. The tree yields large brown pods that contain the tamarind fruit. Its pure form with the shell, tamarind, comes in three different forms – paste, pulp, and a thick, dark concentrate. People often confuse the concentrate and paste, but …
Perhaps you just finished carving up a pumpkin for Halloween or just placed your delicious pumpkin pie right into the oven, and now you are staring at a pile of raw pumpkin seeds, wondering if you could eat them or if you have to throw them all away. It seems like such a waste to …