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Truthie & ELSUA have either of you, heard of eMeals? It's like Blue Apron, sort of.
I was a member of emeals. I was a member of The Fresh 20. I was a member of the BetterGourmet. They each have their pros. But just haven't been a fit for the way I eat and how I want my food to taste. I'm not good, at cooking. If I wanted to sign up with one, which one would be most advantageous for me?
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Apr 17 2014, 09:43 PM
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Today at cooking class we didn't make any food at all. We created these Easter eggs, and they have a Spanish name but I don't recollect what they are called. But we colored raw eggs, cut a small hole in them and hollowed them out, filled them with confetti, then covered the hole with colored paper, matching the egg.
The tradition is you smash an egg on the forehead of someone and cover them with confetti.
I have never, heard of these Easter Eggs, or the tradition.
I wish I could recall the Spanish name of these confetti eggs!
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Apr 17 2014, 11:29 PM
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Today at cooking class we didn't make any food at all. We created these Easter eggs, and they have a Spanish name but I don't recollect what they are called. But we colored raw eggs, cut a small hole in them and hollowed them out, filled them with confetti, then covered the hole with colored paper, matching the egg.
The tradition is you smash an egg on the forehead of someone and cover them with confetti.
I have never, heard of these Easter Eggs, or the tradition.
I wish I could recall the Spanish name of these confetti eggs!
That sounds pretty cool. My daughter goes to a magnet school whose focus is languages. I'll ask her about it. We have an Easter tradition we do on my block - those eggs would be a fun addition.
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Apr 17 2014, 11:43 PM
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Truthie & ELSUA have either of you, heard of eMeals? It's like Blue Apron, sort of.
I was a member of emeals. I was a member of The Fresh 20. I was a member of the BetterGourmet. They each have their pros. But just haven't been a fit for the way I eat and how I want my food to taste.
I'm not good, at cooking. If I wanted to sign up with one, which one would be most advantageous for me? Well, if your objective is to learn to cook, I can't recommend any of them specifically.
I've learned that cooking is practice - becoming familiar with spices and foods and learning how they compliment each other.
So, from all of them, you'd have an opportunity to try recipes and get a sense of what works.
E-meals focuses on your local grocery store items. It taught me how to plan my menu based on what's on sale at my local store. They used too many prepared food items for me. Though they had a clean cooking option, it just didn't work for me with regard to taste.
The Fresh 20 focused on using fresh ingredients and cooking staples like rice or potatoes in amounts you'd also use later in the week (to cut down on daily cooking). That's a good lesson to learn and I've kept that. They had a variety of recipes, culturally speaking, but I eat so little meat, again it just didn't work for me. But, I'm not a vegetarian. They also had a lot of pork in their menus (mostly yuck - bacon ok sometimes for me), same with BetterGourmet.
With Better Gourmet, I subscribed to their "Ethnic" menu. It wasn't in my opinion. It was boring. Plus, if you're telling me I'm making a so-called ethnic dish, I'd like to know from whence it came.
I'm really interested in the Blue Apron right now. Because you get the ingredients delivered to your home it would be easy to go to the store and match up the ingredients to double the recipe or whatever. That might be kind of fun. And, you'd become very familiar with the spice area in your local market as well.
I'm a pretty good cook now, but it took communication (with others when I liked something they cooked), experimentation (with different chef's recipes - you'll find certain chefs use flavor profiles you enjoy more often than others), and reservations (when we go out and have something delicious, we ask for the recipe! Lol! And they usually give it.).
That's my two-cents worth.
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Apr 18 2014, 09:38 AM
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- Apr 17 2014, 11:12 AM
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- Apr 17 2014, 10:57 AM
I like the Food and Drink app that comes with the new Windows.
You just type in what you want to cook and several recipes pop up, alone with photos. Then you can go from there.
I've done a lot of experimenting with various dishes. Some things I liked, then others I didn't.
There's a lot of other features within that app too.
Oh really?
Yep, it's a free app that I use all the time. It's also good when you just want to try something different.
Windows 8, right?
Yes, Windows 8. So far, I'm enjoying the app. My relatives are benefitting also. I picked up the app - by Gojee, right? It's very cool. Interesting recipes. I found one to try already.
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Apr 18 2014, 12:12 PM
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Today at cooking class we didn't make any food at all. We created these Easter eggs, and they have a Spanish name but I don't recollect what they are called. But we colored raw eggs, cut a small hole in them and hollowed them out, filled them with confetti, then covered the hole with colored paper, matching the egg.
The tradition is you smash an egg on the forehead of someone and cover them with confetti.
I have never, heard of these Easter Eggs, or the tradition.
I wish I could recall the Spanish name of these confetti eggs!
Here you go Plus 1.
Cascaron
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascar%C3%B3n
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Apr 18 2014, 12:17 PM
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I'm going to make a Cascaron with my kiddos this weekend.
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Apr 18 2014, 12:41 PM
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- Truthie
- Apr 18 2014, 09:38 AM
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- Moon Pie
- Apr 17 2014, 11:39 AM
- LadyBug1
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- EveryonelovesSUA
- Apr 17 2014, 11:12 AM
- LadyBug1
- Apr 17 2014, 10:57 AM
I like the Food and Drink app that comes with the new Windows.
You just type in what you want to cook and several recipes pop up, alone with photos. Then you can go from there.
I've done a lot of experimenting with various dishes. Some things I liked, then others I didn't.
There's a lot of other features within that app too.
Oh really?
Yep, it's a free app that I use all the time. It's also good when you just want to try something different.
Windows 8, right?
Yes, Windows 8. So far, I'm enjoying the app. My relatives are benefitting also.
I picked up the app - by Gojee, right? It's very cool. Interesting recipes. I found one to try already. Mine is "Bing Food & Drink".
Maybe Gojee is the Mac version? It looks like both apps do the same thing.
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Apr 19 2014, 10:30 AM
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- Apr 17 2014, 11:43 PM
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- Truthie
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Truthie & ELSUA have either of you, heard of eMeals? It's like Blue Apron, sort of.
I was a member of emeals. I was a member of The Fresh 20. I was a member of the BetterGourmet. They each have their pros. But just haven't been a fit for the way I eat and how I want my food to taste.
I'm not good, at cooking. If I wanted to sign up with one, which one would be most advantageous for me?
Well, if your objective is to learn to cook, I can't recommend any of them specifically. I've learned that cooking is practice - becoming familiar with spices and foods and learning how they compliment each other. So, from all of them, you'd have an opportunity to try recipes and get a sense of what works. E-meals focuses on your local grocery store items. It taught me how to plan my menu based on what's on sale at my local store. They used too many prepared food items for me. Though they had a clean cooking option, it just didn't work for me with regard to taste. The Fresh 20 focused on using fresh ingredients and cooking staples like rice or potatoes in amounts you'd also use later in the week (to cut down on daily cooking). That's a good lesson to learn and I've kept that. They had a variety of recipes, culturally speaking, but I eat so little meat, again it just didn't work for me. But, I'm not a vegetarian. They also had a lot of pork in their menus (mostly yuck - bacon ok sometimes for me), same with BetterGourmet. With Better Gourmet, I subscribed to their "Ethnic" menu. It wasn't in my opinion. It was boring. Plus, if you're telling me I'm making a so-called ethnic dish, I'd like to know from whence it came. I'm really interested in the Blue Apron right now. Because you get the ingredients delivered to your home it would be easy to go to the store and match up the ingredients to double the recipe or whatever. That might be kind of fun. And, you'd become very familiar with the spice area in your local market as well. I'm a pretty good cook now, but it took communication (with others when I liked something they cooked), experimentation (with different chef's recipes - you'll find certain chefs use flavor profiles you enjoy more often than others), and reservations (when we go out and have something delicious, we ask for the recipe! Lol! And they usually give it.). That's my two-cents worth. Thank you! :-)
I am interested in using fresh local ingredients. That's what my cooking class instructors suggest every week.
I realize that this is a life long learning experience. I'm not going to finish this class and "arrive to a state of great cooking" so to speak.
I'll start with eMeals because it's geared to saving money. :-)
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Apr 19 2014, 10:32 AM
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Today at cooking class we didn't make any food at all. We created these Easter eggs, and they have a Spanish name but I don't recollect what they are called. But we colored raw eggs, cut a small hole in them and hollowed them out, filled them with confetti, then covered the hole with colored paper, matching the egg.
The tradition is you smash an egg on the forehead of someone and cover them with confetti.
I have never, heard of these Easter Eggs, or the tradition.
I wish I could recall the Spanish name of these confetti eggs!
Here you go Plus 1. Cascaron http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascar%C3%B3n That's right! This is what they are called. Thank you. :-)
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