Stupid food questions

[A Turtle Named Mack]

Originally Posted by tagurit

Thank you again for your advice. They turned out great. I'll probably over-buy again just for the salmon cakes. Much better than from canned salmon!

Around here, every so often there are fantastic deals on either whole cleaned salmon of halves. the butcher will slice them for you. I'm talking of $2/pound range. You might watch for those if you want to broil extra for various other meals.

[mcolakis]

Originally Posted by A Turtle Named Mack

Yeah, I googled it. I am guessing that spanako-pita translates pretty directly to spinach-pie. Mmmm, meet-up at mcolakis's place in May for a Greek food festival!

Ha, I'd love to host Snopesters!
Thanks, Mack and Nick et al for your input. The cheese has a little brine in the package, so it shouldn't dry out. If it still looks fine (un-moldy) in a month, I'll go ahead and use it.

Another question: has anyone substituted matzo meal, or matzo cake meal, for flour in a cake recipe? I mean adapted a recipe originally written for flour. The Chowhound food site says to use 5/8 cup matzo meal per cup of flour. Has anyone tested this?

[tagurit]

Originally Posted by A Turtle Named Mack

Around here, every so often there are fantastic deals on either whole cleaned salmon of halves. the butcher will slice them for you. I'm talking of $2/pound range. You might watch for those if you want to broil extra for various other meals.

$2/lb? We will never again see those prices for salmon in Michigan. I guess it's everyone to ATNM's house for grilled salmon in May!

[A Turtle Named Mack]

Originally Posted by tagurit

$2/lb? We will never again see those prices for salmon in Michigan. I guess it's everyone to ATNM's house for grilled salmon in May!

Yeah, sure, watch for your invitation.

[Sooeygun]

Originally Posted by tagurit

Thank you again for your advice. They turned out great. I'll probably over-buy again just for the salmon cakes. Much better than from canned salmon!

Happy to hear that. For salmon salad for sandwiches, I make it like tuna salad. Break up the salmon, add green onions, mayo, squirt of mustard, squeeze of lemon, s&p.

[Bettie Page Turner]

Best salmon cake recipe ever! The recipe calls for using a food processor, but I dice the salmon very finely by hand. The cakes look and taste like a restaurant item with the diced salmon. A favorite at my house!

[robbiev]

Is there any difference between a McDonald's McDouble and a McDonald's Double Cheeseburger other than the double cheese has 2 pieces of cheese?

[Nick Theodorakis]

Originally Posted by robbiev

Is there any difference between a McDonald's McDouble and a McDonald's Double Cheeseburger other than the double cheese has 2 pieces of cheese?

The price. McDouble is on the dollar menu.

Nick

[Wolf333]

Is there any kind of formula for liquid vs. stuff in a slow cooker recipe?

I recently tried this recipe. It was pretty tasty overall, but there was just way to much liquid by the time it was done. I tried it a second time yesterday, without adding the 1/4 cup of water, and it still came out looking like soup.

[Moku]

I can only suggest looking for a less liquid salsa brand to try as there doesn't seem to be another obvious source of liquid, if you are draining the beans well.

[erwins]

In the pictures of the recipe, it looks like there's a fair amount of liquid. It seems like the liquid may have been drained in the last picture. Also, if you have two heat settings on your slow cooker, use the lower one--the higher one might be cooking more liquid out of the chicken and veggies.