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By Chile Doctor, September 4th, 2009, at 11:00 pm
Some men are born to greatness. Some achieve greatness. Some have greatness thrust upon them. And then there’s Abel Gonzalez, Jr., who, through a singleminded pursuit of the perfect State Fair midway food, has invented deep-fried butter. That’s right, folks, step right this way and taste the newest snack sensation to hit the Texas State [...] Read more »
By Chile Doctor, January 7th, 2009, at 6:00 am
I know, I said “Never say diet.” Well, maybe I was a bit strong there. Given that most diets are destructive and don’t work, I stand by what I meant, mostly.
Still, if you must diet, why not do it the right way? The Texas way?
First off, understand that most changes in diet aimed at losing [...] Read more »
By Chile Doctor, December 22nd, 2008, at 6:00 am
They ranged from Canada to Texas and beyond, not so many years ago. Then they were nearly hunted to extinction. Now they’re farmed like cattle, but they are hardly domesticated. They’re the American Bison, commonly (mis)identified as buffalo.
They also taste good!
So learn something the Native Americans knew for centuries before our ancestors got here:
Bison Roast [...] Read more »
By Chile Doctor, December 16th, 2008, at 6:00 am
Beans are one of Nature’s great foods. They deliver wonderful nutrition, dry and store nicely, and are versatile ingredients in so many dishes.
Here in Texas, we like our pintos, as well as black beans, red beans, butter beans, navy beans and more. They’re comfort food, especially once the weather turns a mite nippy out.
While we’re [...] Read more »
By Chile Doctor, December 10th, 2008, at 6:00 am
There’s no drink like punch for the Holidays…
Actually, I’m already tired of the “standard” party punch. Even mulled or spiced wines don’t excite me much anymore. Yeah, they’re good. They’re just everywhere. And there’s still more than two weeks to Christmas…
So I dug around in my “other” cookbook and found these four recipes for you [...] Read more »
By Chile Doctor, December 3rd, 2008, at 6:00 am
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 »
By Chile Doctor, November 25th, 2008, at 6:00 am
I’m a big fan of traditional meats at Thanksgiving. But possum and coon are getting scarce, even here in central Texas; dove and quail weren’t plentiful due to the drought; and my brother hasn’t been headlighting deer hunting enough to share. So I have moved to a more avant-guarddog kind of protein:
Spicy Brisket Bake
I [...] Read more »
By Chile Doctor, October 20th, 2008, at 8:00 am
Cool weather’s on its way, even to central Texas! Time to drag out the recipes for hearty soups, stews and chilis. Life’s too short for wimpy cold-weather fare!
Here’s a dish that mimics a chile verde a bit, but isn’t quite as time-intensive to make:
Green Chile Stew
This stew is plenty green, and if you use hot [...] Read more »
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