Posts Tagged ‘food and drink’

A Guide to Mexican Cooking Equipment and Utensils

by KC Kudra

Perhaps you have eaten Mexican food in a top quality Mexican restaurant or even in a Mexican home. If you have, maybe some authentic Mexican cookware or utensils were used to make the dishes. Mexicans use a range of different cooking methods, including baking, slow roasting and deep-frying and they have unique pots and pans for these methods. Mexicans like to use plenty of fresh produce in their cuisine, including spices and herbs, so you will find sharp knives and a mortar and pestle in any Mexican kitchen.

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A Home for a Lobster

by Sherry Shantel

Most of us have eaten a lobster at least once in our life. We know they’re weird-looking critters, but have you ever thought about where they come from or what type of habitat they live in? There were so many of them around during colonial times that our ancestors could pick them up by hand in ocean tide pools, even though they weren’t considered proper food for anyone but the poor. Now they’re an expensive delicacy which are actively farmed in order to provide for the huge demand.

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Where Does a Lobster Live?

by Sherry Shantel

Be it ever so humble, where does a lobster call home? Lobsters live in the coastal regions around the world. Once shunned and now cultivated for human consumption, lobsters have come to be one of the most sought-after delicacies in the world.

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Making Chicken Noodle Soup in the Crockpot

by KC Kudra

Did you know that your humble crockpot could make a delicious pot of soup? While you are off at work or running errands, your soup will be simmering merrily, creating a delicious concoction of goodness. It does not matter if you are accomplished in the kitchen or if you only cook when absolutely necessary… you can make a wonderful chicken noodle soup in your crockpot that will be a vast improvement over canned soup.

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A Fascinating Peek at Mexican Culture

by KC Kudra

The Mexicans are very proud of their culture, ethnicity and history and the Mexican culture is a blend of the pre-Hispanic times and colonial era, right up to postcolonial modern day Mexico.

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Coffee Bags for Sale

by Tailor Coffeesmith

Hear that? Yep, its internet warehouses toting coffee bags for sale. They also happen to tote every type you could ask for. They have valve, paper, foil, or if your interested – burlap. They are all there and so easy to get.

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The Color of Maine Lobsters Exposed

by Sherry Shantel

Maine lobsters are not red! I know the ones you see in all the pictures in magazines and restaurant menus are red, but; that is not their natural color. In fact, Maine lobsters are naturally found as being greenish-brown or black in color. They may also be found as blue, yellow or even white. One out of every 30 million lobsters born has a blue shell.

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Overnight Delivery – Live Maine Lobsters

by Sherry Shantel

Lobsters, when you simply have to have them overnight; they can now be your next dream supper. If you have had a desire for some really good seafood, and Maine lobster is what your taste buds are anxious for; nothing else will quite do.

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The Debate about Cooking Live Lobsters

by Sherry Shantel

Many people object to the common practice of cooking a live lobster by plunging it into boiling water. Those with tender hearts and animal rights philosophies are concerned about the pain the animal experiences and advocate more humane ways of creating lobster dinners.

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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Mexican Holidays

by KC Kudra

Food is an essential component in Mexican holidays and no self-respecting Mexican would celebrate one of his national holidays without enjoying the very best Mexican cuisine and Mexican drinks. One holiday that you might have heard about is Day of the Dead, which is on November 1 and 2. This holiday is when families get together to remember their dead loved ones.

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Live Maine Lobsters are good for You, Too!

by Sherry Shantel

It’s hard for us to imagine why Maine’s earliest residents didn’t eat the lobsters they harvested. Although they’ve been harvested from the Maine coastal waters for generations, it wasn’t until recently that people started respecting them as the fine fare they are. In fact, early Colonists used them as fertilizer. They were only food for the poor, slaves, indentured servants, and children. Since that time, though, our eating tastes have changed. In the 1840s the demand for live Maine lobsters was so great that the first commercial lobster fishery came into being, supplying the finest restaurants in America’s biggest cities.

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Live Lobster Dinners Are A Treat!

by Sherry Shantel

Would you like to have a fresh live Maine lobster dinner, sweet and dripping with melted butter? If you answered yes, you should just check out the Internet under Maine lobster.

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Get Your Live Maine Lobsters Direct

by Sherry Shantel

When my friend visits Maine, he always comes home with a few extra treasures. His treasures are, of course, live Maine lobsters; but they aren’t live very long.

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