Thu Dec 28 2017 01:02:34 AM EST from IGnatius T Foobar @ Uncensored

 I discovered that it *is* possible to make popcorn on an electric stove; you just need to have a pot with a fairly thick bottom and put it back down on the coil between intermittent shakes.

   [image of Whirley Pop]

http://www.whirleypopshop.com/
It is a Whirley-Pop, you may purchase these at retail stores for about $20, they work great.

Dear lord, Aahz, that sounds good!

And, um, IGgy....I know that jet way was cold, but you do know it's actually 2018 now?  :-)

Tue Jan 16 2018 09:56:11 AM EST from IGnatius T Foobar @ Uncensored

When I posted that message I was in a time zone that was 336 hours behind GMT. Or something like that. And I admit I cheated on the stew by using a seasoning packet. However, I would never "just throw everything in the pot and turn it on" as the instructions suggest. I coated the meat in flour and browned it in a pan, then deglazed the pan with some red wine.

And pretty much any meat will be tender if you cook it in a crock pot for eight hours.

For popcorn: a two quart saucepan with a sturdy bottom seems to work just fine, and as pre-JTS Alton Brown would have pointed out, a dedicated popcorn pot is a unitasker. It doesn't matter anymore though, since my period of imprisonment with electric burners ended 14 months ago.

Locally it is 18,000 seconds past UTC. Your butter dish is a unitasker, as are your paper towel holder, salt and pepper shakers.  Get over yourself and don't let TV celebrities run your life.  The Whirrly-pop works well on any type of stove. 

Fri Jan 19 2018 03:28:04 PM EST from LoanShark @ Uncensored

@pandora, looks like it just uses lemon juice.

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1013536-tagine-style-lamb-stew

Wow, that reads decadent!  Have you tried it yet?  And if so, how long did you end up simmering it for?  As a cholent stew maker, somehow 1.5hrs just doesn't seem long enough......

<adds to list of recipes to try>

Pizza Is a Healthier Breakfast Than Most Cereals
https://www.thedailymeal.com/healthy-eating/pizza-healthier-breakfast-cereal

I wonder how it compares to Mountain Dew and Pop-Tarts.

That article assumes that the cereal to which pizza is being compared is of the variety that is highly processed and has a lot of added sugar.  I'd like to see the comparison made to a whole grain, unsweetened cereal.

Speaking of which, I just discovered today that Quaker is now selling pinhead oats (aka "steel cut" oatmeal) in a quick-cooking variety.  I don't know how they pulled it off but I bought a box and am totally going to try it for breakfast this week.  I love pinhead oats (cue the "you are what you eat" jokes from our resident wiseasses).

That same site also links to an article which claims that cheese, particularly Swiss cheese, is now known to have enough health benefits to be considered a superfood.  Now I need to go out and buy a gigantic wheel of Jarlsberg.  I wonder if the same health benefits could be conveyed by the 200 pound Provolone I saw hanging in an Italian deli the other day.