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October 6, 2008 at 3:00 pm
· Filed under Cheese-Yogurt-Dairy, Desserts, Food Holidays & More
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The 16-ounce Haagen-Daz pint: soon to
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Maybe no one noticed when yogurt when from 8 ounces to 6 ounces. But will Haagen-Dazs lovers take note when the iconic pint downsizes to 14 ounces, beginning in March, 2009? Faced with increasing cost of ingredients, many manufacturers must choose to raise prices or put less in the package. The superpremium ice cream brand has chosen to do the latter. The good news: Now when you eat that entire “pint” of Haagen-Daz, there will be fewer calories. The puzzlement: Next year, when you go to the store to buy a “pint” of Haagen-Daz, what do you properly call it? “Small container” could be confusing, as the company sells quarts, “pints” and dixie cups.Read our review of Haagen-Daz Reserve flavors, a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week. |
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October 6, 2008 at 11:16 am
· Filed under Contest, Fish-Seafood-Caviar
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| If you had four dozen live oysters would you return them to the sea? Make a Thanksgiving stuffing? Write a poem? Those are a just a few of the ideas submitted to the MarxFoods.com oyster contest. Marx Foods is an online specialty high-end food distributor of the finest epicurean products. Its location in Seattle puts it a mere shell’s throw away from Puget Sound, with access to Kumamoto, Olympia, Pacific and Virginica oysters (see THE NIBBLE’s Oyster Glossary for the difference).
There are two ways to win: 1) Leave the best oyster-related comment at MarxFoods.com or 2) Refer the most contestants. Once the contest closes, the polls will be open October 21st through the 24th for the foodie community to vote on the finalists to determine a winner, who will be announced on Monday, October 27th. All ideas submitted can be viewed at the MarxFoods.com Blog. |
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Live Virginica Oysters from Marx Foods. |
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October 5, 2008 at 9:00 am
· Filed under Giftable, Kitchenware-Tabletop, Meat & Poultry
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No time to marinate before grilling? Pity:
Food would taste so much better.
Solution: A Reveo Gourmet Marinator. It
marinates in just 10 minutes. |
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The original Reveo Gourmet Marivac was very popular. It was hand-operated with a pumping action, needing no electricity, so it could be used outdoors. It reduced marinating time from overnight (or days) to 10 minutes! Now, the effortless electric Virtuoso model eliminates the elbow grease. Food writer and cooking teacher Alissa Dicker Schreiber found the Virtuosoto be much more than a “marinating gadget.” It makes meats exceptionally juicy and “among the best” she’s ever eaten. It also uses less marinade, is easy to clean and is dishwasher-safe. It can hold a five-pound chicken or a family’s worth of steaks, cutlets or seafood. At $199.95, this is not a casual purchase—but is well worth it if you marinate frequently. |
| Let’s face it: A lot of us marinate our food at the last minute. We’re busy and hurried and forget to do it the night before—or simply don’t think about our next meal that far in advance. So we quickly sauce up our chicken, meat, fish or what-have-you mere minutes before cooking. Sure, the food usually emerges from the grill or pan with some marinade flavor cooked around its edges. But as a recent whirl with Virtuoso by Eastman’s Reveo Gourmet showed us, that doesn’t do marinating justice.
You see, a long marinating period, in a mixture consisting of some fat, some acid and some seasoning, infuses meat with flavor, tenderizes it and helps keep it juicy (like the brine for a Thanksgiving turkey). With its vacuum technology, the Reveo Gourmet makes achieving these results fast and easy, usually requiring no more than 20 minutes instead of hours or overnight.
Read the full review on TheNibble.com. |
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