Four Foods on Friday Meme #36

July 3rd, 2008

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Here’s this week’s questions for Four Foods on Friday. If you’d like to participate, head on over to Val’s place and post for tomorrow!

#1. Name your biggest cooking influence.
My grandpa’s ex-wife Eileen. I was about 6 when they were married and she was BIG into entertaining and when she did a spread, she did a SPREAD. We’re talking chicken cordon bleu (which is why I had it at our wedding reception), au gratin potatoes, chocolate covered strawberries and tons of other things from scratch. I always loved the grandeur of it all and how everyone would rave about her food. Now whenever I have company over, I love to entertain and whip out my buffet server and let the compliments fly!

#2. What is your ultimate comfort food?
Hmm, that’s tough one. It’s a tie between meatloaf with mashed potatoes, green beans and little fried onions on top and beef roast with my grandma’s homemade egg noodles over mashed potatoes and bake and serve rolls. This is why I will never go low carb! LOL

#3. Name one must have tool that you think every kitchen should have.
A good chefs knife and keep it sharp. If there’s one thing I learned from Sam Choy he travels with his knife sharpener because he said most people’s knives are dull. I’ve never let my knives go dull since and it really does make cutting so much easier and effortless. As far as a “gadgety” type tool I couldn’t live without my apple corer/slicer and the mezzaluna chopper makes cutting herbs or mac nuts a snap.

#4. Share a time saving tip.
The FoodSaver. Ever since I bought this about 6 weeks ago, dinner’s have been so much easier. I mean you do have to take a day to cut veggies and meats but by taking 2 hours out of a Sunday you make your prep time nill during the week when you want to maximize your time. It’s also helped us lose weight because we can just vaccuum up any leftovers or make batches of things like meatloaf and such.

Comments

9 Comments so far

DeeBee on July 3, 2008 6:35 pm
I wish I were better organized and had my weeks planned out like you. It’s inspiring to hear your tip.
chili queen on July 3, 2008 8:26 pm
Yep, if it’s the one thing I really admire is making everything from scratch. These days, it’s far too easy to cheat though I can’t say it’s all bad for a busy bee like me LOL.
Karen on July 4, 2008 6:38 pm
So you really use your foodsaver. I was afraid I would want it but not really use it.
Pele on July 4, 2008 6:47 pm
Oh yeah! I cleared off a space on top of the fridge so I could easily slide it on and off. The bag rolls are stored inside and you make them to size and it literally takes 30 seconds total to make, fill and vaccuum seal the bag. Once you use it, you’ll get addicted to the “vrrrrrr….suck” sound! LOL
Elle on July 4, 2008 10:18 pm
Oh yeah, gotta love Food Saver! I forcibly shoved one into my mom’s kitchen after I got mine (she was as skeptical as humanly possible,) but now she loves it too!
valmg on July 4, 2008 10:45 pm
Sometimes I get energetic and try to cook certain items in double quantity to I can premake another meal to save time.
Thanks for playing FFOF!
Stumbled.
corrin on July 5, 2008 10:53 pm
I was this-close to buying a food saver at Costco last week. Looks like I need to go back and get it!
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Charla on July 7, 2008 4:53 pm
Now y’all are making me want a food saver!