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Category Archives: Meat
Rendering Lard in a Crockpot: The Process
by Cat, October 23-24, 2o10 on The EssentiaList; copied on Cat’s Kitchen, May 3, 2019; all photos by Cat. Back in July 2010 I posted Rendering Lard – the Perfect (& Original) Shortening on the sustainability blog, The EssentiaList, which covered the … Continue reading
Posted in Fat or oil, Pork, Rendered, Uncategorized
Tagged lard, render, shortening, tallow
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Rendering Lard – the Perfect (& Original) Shortening
by Cat, 2o10 on The EssentiaList; copied on Cat’s Kitchen, May 2, 2019 (photo, right, by Cat, originally for The EssentiaList) Back in your grandmother’s (or great-grandmother’s) time, lard was a common staple in everyone’s kitchen, used for tender & … Continue reading
Baked Trout
By Cat, Dec 5, 2018 (Photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons) During the winter it is hard to find fresh wild-caught fish like salmon, so I sometimes cook a fresh trout such as rainbow or steelhead. Unfortunately these are usually farm … Continue reading
Roast Buffalo (Bison), several recipes
By Cat, Oct 2018 (Image, right, from Wikimedia Commons) The following recipes are adapted from a flyer on Cooking Bison at my local grocery store. Bison is a very healthful meat, and tasty too. It is not as fatty, and … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Beef, Buffalo, Braised, Citrus, Fat or oil, Flour, Leafy Veggie, Onion family, Pseudo-grain, Roasted, Root Veggie, Seared, Starch, Stock, broth, Vine veggies
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Spaghetti & Meatballs, with Grain-Free Spaghetti
By Cat, Oct 2018 (Photo right, from Wikimedia Commons) Spaghetti and meatballs has been a favorite for me since childhood, though not something my parents knew how to make. Dad had a friend in Great Falls, Montana whose wife was … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Beef, Buffalo, Boiled, Eggs, Fat or oil, Fried, Herbs, Leafy Veggie, Onion family, Pork, Root Veggie, Salt, Simmered, Spices, Vine veggies
Tagged avocado oil, basil, beef, carrot, egg yolk, garlic, olive oil, parsley, pork, shallot, spinach, tomato, zucchini
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Caesar Dressing with Commercial Avo-Mayo
By Catherine Haug, July 6, 2018 (source of image, right, has been lost) I have long avoided commercial mayo because they use soy, corn and/or canola oil, none of which a healthy (the high-pressure process to separate the oil from … Continue reading
Posted in Blended, Citrus, Fat or oil, Fish, Onion family, Spices, Whipped
Tagged anchovy, garlic, lemon, mayonnaise, olive oil, parmesan
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Detox soup from Thanksgiving leftovers
By Cat, June 14, 2018 (Photo, right, from Wikipedia, but I’ve lost the link) I’ve been following online health docu-series that feature Functional Medicine practitioners; one of the things that is consistent in all these series is the importance of … Continue reading
Posted in Fat or oil, Health, Herbs, Leafy Veggie, Medicinal, olive oil, Onion family, Poultry, Root Veggie, Sauteed, Simmered, Spices, Stock, broth
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GMO foods, and How to Avoid Them
By Cat, Nov 2007; updated and re-published in May, 2018 (Image, right, from the Organic Consumers Assoc or OCA, used with permission) GMO means Genetically Modified Organism, and has become the most commonly-used term for Genetically Engineered (GE) foods. Another term … Continue reading
Posted in Beef, Buffalo, Eggs, Fat or oil, Fish, Fruit, Grain, Pork, Poultry, Sweetener, Veggies
Tagged GMO
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Beef Top Round Roast – Medium or Medium-Rare
By Cat, May 2018 (image, right, from Wikimedia Commons) Now that warm weather is back, I’ve been craving beef roast like my Dad used to make; not the fork-tender, well-done 5-hour slow roast that I’ve been making all winter. I … Continue reading
Posted in Beef, Buffalo, Fungi, Herbs, Leafy Veggie, Roasted, Root Veggie, Spices
Tagged beef roast, oregano, Pepper, rosemary, salt, thyme
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Bison (About), & general cooking guidelines
By Cat, March 27, 2018 (photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons) The following information is from a flyer on “Cooking Bison” at my local grocery store. Bison is a very healthful meat, and tasty too. It is not as fatty as … Continue reading
Posted in Beef, Buffalo, Broiled, Grilled, Roasted, Seared, Slow-roasted, Stove top
Tagged bison, buffalo
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