Posted in Cooking on June 8th, 2007 3 Comments »
Making a good roux is a time-consuming pain. I cheat. Don’t tell any Cajun, or any fine Creole chef about this, they will shoot you. My mother would have killed me if I didn’t have small children to support. My children are bigger now, but she’s too old and slow now to catch me. If […]
Posted in Cooking on August 12th, 2006 No Comments »
Does the Sugar Quota make you Fat? discusses the prevalence of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in our diet. I am also alarmed at how difficult it is to find foods without this ingredient. Examples that might surprise you include:
salad dressing, including Italian varieties low fat yogurt any fruit juice “cocktail” ketchup
It is difficult to find anything sweet […]