FREE/BARGAIN — Cookbooks

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Someone mentioned eating goat, or the availability of it, or something. I forgot to mention it when I first read that, but wanted to share this bit of trivia: goat is eaten more than any other meat in the world.

Of course, there are not many people in the U.S. who eat goats, but there are a lot more people in other parts of the world than the in U.S. A lot more. And many of them apparently like to eat goat. Occasionally, I'll eat goat at an Indian restaurant--it's not lamb, but it tastes good enough.

You my dear sir have not met my neighbors except they call it cabrito. It tends to be young and barbecued. Sometimes, they buy them live.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

You my dear sir have not met my neighbors except they call it cabrito. It tends to be young and barbecued. Sometimes, they buy them live.

Yeah, it sounds like they may be immigrants from another country. I'm sure that there are quite a few people in the U.S. who do eat goat, but I would think that most of them, or at least, their parents have come from another country.

I see goats from time to time grazing in fields. Some people may keep them to keep the grass from growing too tall in a field; others may use them as direct sources of goat milk, which it seems that I've heard that some people can drink when they unable to drink cow's milk for one reason or another.

I remember my father mentioning that they had a goat when he was growing up (in Alabama). But, I think that it was just as a pet. My grandparents in east Tennessee may have had, too, for that matter. One or both of the them had about every conceivable kind of domesticated animal, and possibly most breeds of them, at one time or another. I'll have to ask my mother the next time that I talk to her.

[GtrsRGr8]

The 82% off is on the digital list price.

This book has been marked down to $2.99 for at least a week. I couldn't decide whether or not to buy it or post it, either. Hopefully, it will stay down for a little longer now that I've decided to post it (oh, and I did buy it myself--it's just too hard for me to resist a good cookbook, especially at a near giveaway price!).

Not Your Mother's Make-Ahead and Freeze Cookbook (NYM Series). By Jessica Fisher. Rated 4.5 stars, from 195 reviews at Amazon. Print list price $18.95; digital list price $16.95; Kindle price now $2.99. Harvard Common Press, publisher. 385 pages. https://www.amazon.com/Your-Mothers-.../dp/B008LQ1T5K.

Book Description
Our mothers—and grandmothers—put up food in the freezer to economize on time and money. In a recessionary environment and in a world of dual-job families, there’s even more reason to do so today. But we don’t have the same tastes as our moms. We eat a wider range of foods, drawing on a variety of ethnic and global cuisines, we include more produce and grains in our diets, and we use fewer processed and fatty foods. Jessica Fisher’s Not Your Mother’s Make-Ahead and Freeze Cookbook is the perfect guide for economical home cooks with any or all of these new tastes in foods that take well to freezing.

Competing books on freezing sell strongly and steadily. Typically, they are based on a very specific plan—cooking for a family of four for a month ahead in an afternoon of work in the kitchen, for example. They offer orderly plans with decent, if largely unimaginative, food. Not Your Mother’s Make-Ahead and Freeze Cookbook offers two advantages over these books. First, Fisher lays out lots of easy-to-follow guidelines for diverse families with varying needs and desires, taking into account how long you want to spend in the kitchen—there are 2-hour, 4-hour, and daylong plans—as well as how far out ahead you want to cook for, the size of your household, the size of your freezer, your budget, and even your taste for one-dish meals versus multi-course meals. The emphasis is on facilitating flexibility without sacrificing clarity and ease-of-use.

Second, Fisher’s 200 recipes deliver flavorful and healthy food in abundance. She takes readers beyond mom’s beef-pork-chicken triumvirate, with lots of ideas for lamb, fish, shellfish, and vegetarian main courses. There are homey and family-friendly dishes, like Cheddar Cheese Soup with Zucchini, Broccoli, and Carrots, or Crumb-Topped Cod Fillets, fancy dishes for company, like Seasoned Steak with Gorgonzola Herb Butter, and lots of globally inspired creations like Salsa Verde Beef, Red Lentil Dahl, and Hoisin-Glazed Salmon. While the emphasis is on dinner, there are breakfast and brunch recipes, too, and plenty of ideas for breads, quick breads, and desserts that freeze well. Ample sidebars address such matters as finding good freezer bags and containers, labeling frozen food, whether to invest in a new freezer, and how to thaw safely.

The author’s story—cooking for a family of eight, including six home-schooled children under ten, and serving as the creator and writer of the popular blogs Life as Mom and Good Cheap Eats—fits the topic and the book perfectly. Fisher is a woman who knows all about budgeting time and money efficiently, at the same time serving up delicious food with warmth, love, and an appreciation for the pleasures of the table.

[GtrsRGr8]

Question: once you take away gluten, wheat, dairy, eggs, soy, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, and sesame, what's left to cook? Well, there must be something, because there are 75 recipes in this cookbook.

I was a little bit concerned about the slightly high "1" ratings at Amazon for this book, so I checked GoodReads. There are zero "1" ratings there, out of 70 ratings. The high number of "1's" at Amazon must be an anomaly.

Allergy-Free and Easy Cooking: 30-Minute Meals without Gluten, Wheat, Dairy, Eggs, Soy, Peanuts, Tree Nuts, Fish, Shellfish, and Sesame. By Cybele Pascal. Rated 4.3 stars, from 115 reviews at Amazon at the present moment. Print list price $22.00; digital list price $12.99; Kindle price now $1.99. Ten Speed Press, publisher. 178 pages. https://www.amazon.com/Allergy-Free-.../dp/B008AEGIT0.

Book Description
A collection of 75 completely allergen-free recipes ready in 30 minutes or less, perfect for food allergic kids and busy professionals who need to get meals on the table swiftly.

With her acclaimed cookbooks and loyal following, Cybele Pascal has been pioneering allergy-friendly cooking for more than a decade. As the mother of two kids with food allergies, Pascal knows the value of weeknight-friendly allergy-free recipes that can be prepped and on the table in half an hour without sacrificing flavor or texture. Through adept ingredient substitutions and easy-to-follow techniques, Pascal excels at providing enticing recipes that steer clear of the top eight allergens and appeal to home cooks who need to avoid dairy, eggs, wheat, soy, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, and sesame.

Pascal’s allergy-friendly versions of favorites like Creamy Mac ‘n’ “Cheese,” Buffalo Wings with Ranch Dressing, Chicken Mole Soft Tacos, Gnocchi, Deep Dish Pizza with Italian Sausage, and Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry have all the appeal of the originals, and are perfect for food allergic kids and busy professionals. Allergy-Free and Easy Cooking is a delightful solution that will help you get flavorful, safe meals on the table swiftly.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Yeah, it sounds like they may be immigrants from another country. I'm sure that there are quite a few people in the U.S. who do eat goat, but I would think that most of them, or at least, their parents have come from another country.

I see goats from time to time grazing in fields. Some people may keep them to keep the grass from growing too tall in a field; others may use them as direct sources of goat milk, which it seems that I've heard that some people can drink when they unable to drink cow's milk for one reason or another.

I remember my father mentioning that they had a goat when he was growing up (in Alabama). But, I think that it was just as a pet. My grandparents in east Tennessee may have had, too, for that matter. One or both of the them had about every conceivable kind of domesticated animal, and possibly most breeds of them, at one time or another. I'll have to ask my mother the next time that I talk to her.

For good or bad I can't talk to some of my neighbors. We have two grocery stores in town that cater to them. So yes, most are from Mexico.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

For good or bad I can't talk to some of my neighbors. We have two grocery stores in town that cater to them. So yes, most are from Mexico.

I assumed, but someone might have considered it bigoted or something (not Politically Correct, anyway) if I had said that.

I am really thankful for what Mexican food has done for the variety of ethnic foods that we have available to us in the U.S. Where else in the world, could you find such variety? Sometimes, even in a small town in the U.S. you can find, American, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Mexican, et al. restaurants. I love it.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

For good or bad I can't talk to some of my neighbors. We have two grocery stores in town that cater to them. So yes, most are from Mexico.

I assumed, but someone might have considered it bigoted or something (not Politically Correct, anyway) if I had said that.

I am really thankful for what Mexican food has done for the variety of ethnic foods that we have available to us in the U.S. Where else in the world, could you find such variety? Sometimes, even in a small town in the U.S., you can find, American, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Indian, Mexican, et al. restaurants. I love it.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

I assumed, but someone might have considered it bigoted or something (not Politically Correct, anyway) if I had said that.

I am really thankful for what Mexican food has done for the variety of ethnic foods that we have available to us in the U.S. Where else in the world, could you find such variety? Sometimes, even in a small town in the U.S. you can find, American, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Mexican, et al. restaurants. I love it.

Actually except for Big box chains, American is the hardest to find. And good barbecue is almost impossible. Especially in small cities.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Actually except for Big box chains, American is the hardest to find. And good barbecue is almost impossible. Especially in small cities.

Good point about the BBQ.

If the food is good, I don't care if it comes from a chain/franchise restaurant or not.

[GtrsRGr8]

Thankfully, we've got this chain, started only a relatively short distance from here, called Sonny's BBQ. There's at least one in every town of any size within, say, 75-100 miles of the original location. But, that's an exceptional situation.

Actually, after you mentioned it, I'd love some BBQ for supper tonight. Too bad my automobile is in the shop overnight while being repaired. Maybe tomorrow night.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Thankfully, we've got this chain, started only a relatively short distance from here, called Sonny's BBQ. There's at least one in every town of any size within, say, 75-100 miles of the original location. But, that's an exceptional situation.

Actually, after you mentioned it, I'd love some BBQ for supper tonight. Too bad my automobile is in the shop overnight while being repaired. Maybe tomorrow night.

Those kind of chains are usually good. I was referring to the whether you are in Odessa, Tx, Little Rock, Ar, or Kansas City chains.

We have 3 chain places here that are regional. Taco Villa, Rosa's and Texas Burger.
Regional covering many towns for over 200 miles.
Anyway about a decade ago, Taco Bell made Taco Villa a deal. We lost Taco Villa. As soon as the Bell thought they had taken over the region, they sold the name back to the previous owner.
Now TV is back to running the region.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Those kind of chains are usually good. I was referring to the whether you are in Odessa, Tx, Little Rock, Ar, or Kansas City chains.

We have 3 chain places here that are regional. Taco Villa, Rosa's and Texas Burger.
Regional covering many towns for over 200 miles.
Anyway about a decade ago, Taco Bell made Taco Villa a deal. We lost Taco Villa. As soon as the Bell thought they had taken over the region, they sold the name back to the previous owner.
Now TV is back to running the region.

Girl, you need to move to civilization somewhere. ha

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Girl, you need to move to civilization somewhere. ha

Google map Odessa Texas.
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[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Google map Odessa Texas.
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I just did. It is so small, there weren't any hits. hahahahaha

A search of WolframAlpha ("population odessa texas," "population midland texas") shows that there are about 280,000 people in the combined metro areas of Odessa and Midland. And you're telling me that you hardly have any restaurants? I'm packing up to move there tomorrow to open up some, then. At least some food trucks.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

I just did. It is so small, there weren't any hits. hahahahaha

A search of WolframAlpha ("population odessa texas," "population midland texas") shows that there are about 280,000 people in the combined metro areas of Odessa and Midland. And you're telling me that you hardly have any restaurants? I'm packing up to move there tomorrow to open up some, then. At least some food trucks.

We have restaurants, mostly of the Mexican variety. And many chain restaurants. I do believe I said good ones.
Oh and if you factor in the rest of the Permian Basin, it adds up to 300,000.
Four years ago that count would have been closer to 500,000 but most of those people have gone home.
In 2010, population was 200,000. The other 80,000 came in for oil field work in about 2012 or so.