Category Archives: ideas

Quick @ Home Fraps/Smoothies (blender needed)

Posted on August 20, 2009 by tyronebcookin

Fraps: The Basics- Use cold coffee- put 10 regular ice cubes in2 blender, poor milk & cold coffee in to just below top of highest ice cube (adjust ratio 4 ur tastes), @ this point I use caramel, chocolate, or some other flavored syrup to both flavor & sweeten, pulse blend & listen 4 no more ice cubes bouncing around (time in between pulses allows 4 remaining chunks to sink back down), @ end give it about a 3 to 5 second ‘on’ blend…if 2 liquidy use less ‘liquids’ next… READ MORE!

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Equipment 4 Small Kitchens & Small Budgets

Posted on July 20, 2009 by tyronebcookin

[Warning: this post will be longer than my usual ones, but it will include links, list, and pictures to help the small kitchen with small budget get equipped for maximum food.]

At the end of May there was a question posted at SeriousEats.com (of which I am a member) which garnered up to 64 comments:

What does a young foodie/recent grad need in his kitchen?

After reading several of the comments I also commented, but I believe it will be helpful to anyone with a small kitchen, small budget, or both combined. Most of you know that… READ MORE!

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Pickle Things

Posted on July 16, 2009 by tyronebcookin

This is an easy experiment I think you will like. If you have a certain favorite pickle or pickled vegetable that you buy at the store then after eating all the contents inside the jar save the ‘pickling’ juice or liquid.

You can then experiment buy adding more cucumber or other vegetable back to the liquid and give it a good 5 to 7 days back in the refrigerator before trying/eating your newest pickled treat.

Additional things you can do:

add more herb/spices or

Watermelon Carving

Posted on July 10, 2009 by tyronebcookin

Just this past week I carved 2 watermelons for a July 4th BBQ at Church. One of the ladies that knows my wife figured out that I know how to do these kinds of things and emailed me to see would I be willing to do them with the churches logo, and the summer nights logo they use. I said sure.

It had been over a year since I last carved one. There’s not much high demand for carved watermelons in Monrovia Liberia, West Africa (where I… READ MORE!

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The Humorous Herb Garden

Posted on June 30, 2009 by tyronebcookin

The day I decided to start my herb garden I found a box of children’s plastic yard, garden, or beach toys next to the recycle bin. I looked at them and decided that it would be fun to use the toys as ‘pots’ for growing my plants. So I took them back to the apartment and made holes in the bottom of them for water drainage like a proper planting pot.

I originally bought 2 pots and… READ MORE!

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Dutch Crunch Bread

Posted on June 24, 2009 by tyronebcookin

Recently I tried my own Dutch Crunch as I have had it several times and love it in ‘loaf’ and roll form for straight consumption or to build a massive sandwich! What is it? You may ask…

The following quote is credited to Bacon Press , (as I try to keep it short and sweet here on my site for you) I find this paragraph to sum up its origin. ->
Like your typical sourdough loaf or baguette, Dutch Crunch didn’t originate here, although the name probably did. In the Netherlands, it’s known as Tijgerbrood and sold in… READ MORE!