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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Pecan Month

November 7, 2009 at 8:47 am · Filed under Food Holidays

November is National Pecan Month. Celebrate with some of our favorite pecan products:

 
See the rest of the November food holidays.

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This Southern belle makes wonderful pecan
toffee with your choice of dark, milk or white
chocolate. Photo courtesy Lula Belle.
 

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TIP OF THE DAY: Save That Single Malt

November 7, 2009 at 8:28 am · Filed under Cocktails & Spirits

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Single malt or blended, preserve your
favorite whiskeys with a preservative
spray. Photo: CanStock.

 The same nitrogen aerosol sprays used to prevent oxidation in opened bottles of wine can also be used to protect single-malt Scotch, Cognac and other precious spirits. Just spray into the bottle before returning it to the shelf: The gas adds a layer of protection from oxygen for weeks and even months. If the bottle is something special you open rarely, sealing over the cap with paraffin (available at any drug store) prevents evaporation as well.

  • You can buy wine protection sprays at most wine and household products stores or from Amazon.
  • Learn more about fine whiskey: how Scotch differs from Bourbon, Tennessee and Canadian whiskey, rye and Irish whiskey.
 

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PRODUCT: Bake Flatbread At Home

November 6, 2009 at 11:37 am · Filed under Bread-Crackers-Sandwiches, Giftable, International Foods, Kosher Nibbles

We eat lots of Mediterranean foods, often with pita bread from the supermarket that isn’t as flavorful as we’d like it to be. So when we spotted Canterbury Naturals flatbread mix, “just add oil and water,” we eagerly set out to bake our own flatbread (not with pockets like pita, but hopefully more exciting).

We were not disappointed! Warm from the oven, we proudly served our eight handmade, individual-size flatbreads, highly seasoned with a “Mediterannean” herb mix of basil, bell pepper, chile, fennel, garlic, marjoram, onion, oregano, parsley and thyme. Once they cool down they get a bit dry (like pita), but can easily be warmed in the microwave. After two days of storage in our Fresh Vac food storage containers, they still warmed up nicely.

While there are recipes aplenty to make flatbread from scratch, don’t underestimate the convenience of a packaged mix. It was easy, delicious and impressive! We mixed the package ingredients into a dough with some olive oil and water, kneaded it briefly, let it rise for 30 minutes, divided and rolled the dough into eight flat pieces, brushed the tops with olive oil and sprinkled them with the seasoning blend. The flatbreads baked for six minutes and cooled for a few minutes. Aside from the rising and cooking time, prep was no more than 10 minutes, using one bowl and one cookie sheet.

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Impress your friends and family with home-baked flatbread. Photo by Hannah Kaminsky | THE NIBBLE.
In addition to Mediterranean Savory Herb, the mix is available in Parmesan and Sundried Tomato. The attractive boxes make a nice house gift or stocking stuffer for your favorite cook. The product is certified kosher by KOF-K.

 

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