Entries by ChrisS

Shawnee Co. Fair’s pickle eating contest tests strength and stomachs

OPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) — Shawnee County Fair goers put their stomachs to the test at this years pickle eating contest. “The worst part is it actually takes your breath away. It’s not just hot, it takes your breath away and it’s good they give you water so you can catch your breath and keep moving,” […]

3 Easy Recipes To Keep You Cool By The Pool

BY RYAN GULLY   –   CW33 While the heat is up this summer Roni Proter has a few easy recipes that not only look cool but will also cool you and your guests down.  Beer is an iconic drink to have poolside or while grilling, but it can be very filling. Wine spritzers, which are […]

3 Ways to Boost Your Menu with 1 Ingredient

First used as a way to preserve foods without refrigeration, pickled vegetables have been a part of the human diet for millennia. Yet pickled vegetables other than the ubiquitous pickled cucumber have only started to appear in American quick serves and fast casuals in the last few years as chefs are finding that this one […]

Cheese on the grill? It’s easier than you think.

Camembert, jelly and jalapeño go great with crackers By Chuck Blount   –   San Antonio Express-News Smoked cheese has been around for ages, but most people are unaware that it’s fairly easy to make on your own outdoor cooking device without melting the product into oblivion. You just have to trust the process. When I […]

Texas Twinkies

By: FOX4News.com Staff Dustin Blackwell from Hutchins BBQ stops by Good Day to make jalapeno peppers stuffed with brisket, cream cheese and wrapped bacon. 12 Whole Jalapenos 1.5 Pounds of Marbled Brisket – see instructions below About 15 Tablespoons of Cream Cheese 12 Thick-Cut Strips of Bacon 2 Tablespoons of Kosher Salt 2 Tablespoons of […]

An array of options for homemade pickles

Rennie Phillips Scott City Musings Back through the years, we as a family have consumed a lot of pickles, with most of these being dill pickles or sour pickles. I’ve eaten a few sweet pickles, but not very many. I just never cared for the sweet pickles. Marge has made and canned both kinds, but […]

Tainted flour recall expands to biscuits, cake mix, jalapeno poppers

By MEGAN THIELKING @meggophone   –   STAT First cookie dough, now cheddar biscuits — even more foods are getting dusted up in the flour recall that’s burning baked good lovers everywhere. Federal officials on Thursday announced a recall of Marie Calender’s Cheese Biscuit Mix, the latest in a string of recalls tied to flour tainted by E. coli bacteria. […]

Everything You Can Make With Leftover Pickle Juice

by Julie R. Thomson   –   The Huffington Post There’s a feeling of sadness that occurs when one eats the last pickle from the jar.Pickles are great, it’s understandable to mourn the end of them. But what’s left behind in that jar ― the pickle juice ― is full of possibilities. It can be used […]