Growing your own herbs and spices is fun. However there is a distinct reality between buying the seed packet and then later ending up with a planter full of Spearmint. Making tea is a great option to use up some Spearmint! Cold Spearmint Tea This is a little more challenging than making hot tea but…
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With Covid-19 we are all cooped up in the house and baking is everyone’s new hobby. Kaia documented making this recipe for her coworkers and it is a wonderful read. As the receipt of the Rosinboller, I can confirm they are great! These Raisin Buns or Rosinboller as they are called in Norwegian are to the Norwegians…
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After a year-long hiatus, I am happy to be back to making national dishes. The other content on the site is great but National dishes seem to generate the most excitement. Beef noodle soup is a dish I have wanted to do for a long time. However looking at the ingredients, I was always intimidated.…
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BBQ is a divisive artform. Living in Austin, everybody has an opinion on what the best BBQ is. Some will swear it’s Valentina’s, others will swear its Stiles Switch. The truth is the king is still Franklin BBQ. This is coming from a guy who used to drive by Franklin BBQ and mutter “Who would…
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One of my hobbies is gardening. I love planting the seeds and watching the plants slowly grow throughout the season. One of the plants I always make sure to plant is hot peppers. They grow like weeds, produce beautiful white flowers, and the bright-colored peppers are a joy to watch grow. At the end of…
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My mind is tellin me no But my body, my body’s tellin’ me yes R.Kelly and someone about to eat Kladdkaka Dessert is an area of cooking that I often ignore. As most people, I have a couple of pounds I want to lose and well, after making a main, I’m usually tired enough from…
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I remember as a child, my grandma telling me she could make a burger that would beat McDonald’s, which we all know is a lie. We have all been told that homemade is better than store bought or restaurant made, and while I can’t speak for every food, Kimchi is one of those foods. My…
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Sauerkraut is one of those food/toppings that always gets my attention. Not much is better than a hotdog with some good sauerkraut. However buying sauerkraut is something that never comes to mind for me, as I don’t often eat hotdogs or make Reubens at home. One of my favorite youtube series is “It’s Alive with…
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For a long time, I have been thinking of interesting things to do for this website. As we all know, national dishes are so passé (not actually the case). One day, I stumbled upon a video about making Tepache, a pineapple-based fermented drink like Kombucha that blew my mind. When you combine the ingredients, living microorganisms…
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I never used to think about Norway. All I knew was that it was up “there”, cold, and perhaps they are good at skiing. Now however, I think about Norway often as my girlfriend is a Norwegian-American and very proud of it. During the Winter Olympics I would receive pictures of Norway’s medal count (the highest)…
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