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Fantastic.

It’s funny that those used to be desirable characteristics in hot dogs. Now it has gone the opposite way. people want natural casings and a “snap” which actually means “hard to cut.” Maybe the fact that there is a demand for “old school” hot dogs and such is a good sign. Maybe the post war [...]

I’ve never rendered my own lard, but I am a fan of the wonderful substance. It isn’t exactly health food, but Lard has half the cholesterol and half the saturated fat of butter. I don’t eat it every day, but I think Americans need to get over the fear of the stuff.
One of my favorites [...]

NYT on MSG

The New York Times discusses the virtues and variety of wondrous monosodium glutimate.

OK, so I have been wanting to do this for some time now. I used to go crabbing/fishing with my dad as a young fella. We would go to the HEB, get some chicken necks, and load up our crab trap and check it a few hours later. This was exciting for me as a [...]