National Chili Day is February 27th.
Let’s prepare to celebrate one of the best dishes ever by examining not only where chili originated, but specifically chili cook offs.
Speaking of chili cook offs, I’ve won two with this gem right here:
Tag: food
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Food history: chili cook offs
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Difference between: lard and shortening
As a commenter on SeriousEats.com says, “[Shortening] is to lard as margarine is to butter. [Both] were created/marketed to be the better/cheaper/healthier versions of the original products.”
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Food history: fruitcake
Within the general history of fruitcake, of course, we must investigate the repulsion behind this unusual, and yet festive, food item.
Perhaps you still have one from over the holidays that you’re using as a doorstop.
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Difference between: Tabasco sauce and hot sauce
Hot sauce definitely holds a special, flaming place in my heart as one of my favorite condiments of all time.
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Difference between: juicing and blending
I am branching out here with this Difference Between: now I’m looking at more than just the difference between two food items, but cooking techniques as well.
I had been
running out of ideaslooking to expand my Difference Between posts, anyway, and came across this one by accident.
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Difference between: table salt and sea salt (with thoughts on kosher and pickling salts)
Not unlike with different olive oils, I’ve often wondered when looking at a recipe, “Do I really need to use sea salt, or will simple table salt do?”
