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How do you make “Mac & Cheese” from scratch?

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How do you make “Mac & Cheese” from scratch?

Simple/Easy Macaroni & Cheese Ingredients: 1/2 pound pasta, macaroni if you like, but you could choose any tube style pasta. 1/4 stick of butter (1 oz.) 8 oz. Velveeta Cheese 1 cup Half & Half 1 cup grated cheddar.  The sharper the cheddar the more pronounced cheese flavor your Mac & Cheese will have. 1/4 TSP Grate Grinds Pacific Sea Salt 1/4 cup Panko or bread crumbs (optional) Method: Bring 4 cups of salted water to a boil and add pasta.  Cook until “al dente”, just cooked al the way through and drain it.  Please don’t over cook the pasta.  We...

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How do you make a fresh salmon burger?

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How do you make a fresh salmon burger?

Grate Grinds Simple/Fresh Salmon Burger Recipe – serves 4 Ingredients: 24 oz. Fresh Salmon filet, skin-off, boneless 2 each Whole XL Egg, lightly beaten 2 TBSP Mayo 1 TBSP Fresh Lemon Juice 1  1/2 TSP Grate Grinds American Regional Spice Blend:  Cedar Plank Seafood Seasoning, Maryland Seafood Seasoning, Lemon Garlic Dill Seasoning, Hawaiian Seafood Seasoning or Seattle Seafood Seasoning 1/2 cup Panko (Japanese bread crumbs) Method:   Cut the fresh salmon in 1/4″ dice and place in a mixing bowl. 2.  Combine all the remaining ingredients into the mixing bowl and stir to thoroughly mix. 3.  If you like the coarser type of...

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What Started Your Cooking Interest?

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What Started Your Cooking Interest?

A question from Mallory Reed. I was always adventurous with food even as a young child, even ordering lobster at Alioto’s restaurant in Fisherman’s Wharf  in San Francisco at a family dinner.  My father said: “If you want to order lobster, you better eat the lobster!”  How inspiring!  Well, I ate the lobster and loved it! I used to help my mother prepare food for dinner parties at our house when I was a child too. When I was an adult, I worked in the electronics industry for 10 years in silicon valley.  I used to come home from work and experiment with...

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How do I refill the spice grinder bottles?

How do I refill the spice grinder bottles?

In the manufacturing of the spice grinder bottles, we tighten the grinder caps on the bottles fairly tight.  To remove the grinder cap, you might need to use a pair of pliers, shown as an example in figures 1 & 2, below.   Figure 1. Adjustable pliers Figure 2. Slip joint pliers   Adjust the pliers to the opening setting appropriate size for the base of the spice grinder top. Place the pliers around the base of the grinder top, next to the top of the label. Carefully grip the plastic base of the grinder cap and twist counter-clockwise. Remove the...

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