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Archive for Snacks
Tis the Season: Shopping for the Clan Christmas Conclave
It’s ten days to Christmas Eve, and excitement in the Clan is growing. So is the realization that we’ve got to get our act together.
Not on gift shopping; that’s mostly done, for a wonder. No, it’s the food…
You see, there’s going to be anywhere from a dozen to twenty people out at the Ranch at [...] Read more »
F4F: An Appetizer and a Holiday Entrée
Crab legs are in season; indeed, the whole crab is available this time of year! So why not take advantage of that for a nice party appetizer? I know, most folks don’t associate Advent and Christmas with crab; or any seafood, for that matter.
But you’re different! So try King Crab and Three Sauces instead.
If you’re [...] Read more »
Tis the Season: A Little Something Different For Your Party
This time of year, parties seem to all run together and you can’t remember which one was when or where. Don’t let your party suffer this fate! The Elven Appetizers Team (EAT) at the Underground is here for you! They’ve pulled some great ideas out of the Way Back Stack in the basement. Without further [...] Read more »
F4F: Zesty Shrimp for a Party
Here in Texas, we like our shrimp. Large, fresh shrimp are available most of the year, and some of the best can be found during the Holidays party season.
Because I know you have a Big Party tomorrow, and you just don’t know quite what to fix (or take, if it’s a bring-in-a-dish event at a [...] Read more »
Tis the Season: South of the Border Wontons and Pane Salsiccia
The Great Party Recipe Disc-Dump Sharing Continues!
The elves in the Chile Underground Test Kitchens have been extra-busy while you slept, and they quit playing dominoes long enough to find worked their tiny fingers to the bone just to check these recipes before sharing them with you! They tried them over and over too; dominoes takes [...] Read more »
Tis the Season: Hearty Party Fare
Now that we’re safely past Thanksgiving week we can forget about eating, right?
Wrong. It’s party season!
School parties, work socials, you name it. You’ll probably have to suffer through go to six or more parties in the run-up to Christmas. More if you have children, or belong to any clubs. You only get out of some [...] Read more »
Before Thanksgiving: Appetizers for Football and Bribes
Thanksgiving’s just around the corner, so to speak. Today’s the last day of the college football season for some teams, and that’s a more pressing issue for most of us. Almost no football left!
What to serve to the screaming hordes who are coming over to watch the game on your 112-inch flat-screen plasma TV? (You [...] Read more »
Got Cancer? Fight Back With Jam and Jelly!
Finally, Some Really Good Food News!
The New Scotsman reported yesterday on some exciting research into cancer and food. Researchers at the Institute of Food Research in Norwich announced that pectin, an essential ingredient in most jams and jellies, is a powerful cancer fighter.
In particular, it produces fragments that attach to galectin-3, a protein that influences [...] Read more »
