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web-toedchloe Sep 21, 2005

My other suggestion would be to roast it like usual, but create a gravy with your red wine, like this: Slice about 2 cups of your favorite mushroom into bite sized pieces. Slice a yellow onion ...

tesoro Sep 21, 2005

do you think i could use a marsala wine w/ this? thats the only kind i have at home.

web-toedchloe Sep 21, 2005

Yeah, you could use that. But I would add a little sugar to the mushroom/onion mixture when you're saute'ing it, because marsala tends to get a little dark and heavy, if you know what I mean. A l...

tesoro Sep 21, 2005

you seem to know a lot about cooking. how did you learn? someone in your family a good cook, or just trial & error?

web-toedchloe Sep 21, 2005

Well, my grandparents on both sides owned restaurants. My dad is and my mom was an amazing cook. So basic stuff I learned from them. And I have a few old cooking school cookbooks, that explain a...

tesoro Sep 21, 2005

oh, cool. i always wanted a restaurant owner in the fam. and now i have one...Austin's dad is the GM of red lobster. but that's not really like, home cooked food. but it's still cool. i'm lookin...

web-toedchloe Sep 21, 2005

Actually - York Technical school offers a culinary degree. It's pretty slim in PA, it's either them, Temple in Philly or Pittsburgh that offer Bachelors. I signed up for a brochure online from Yo...

tesoro Sep 21, 2005

a friend of ours (he's 19) went to the york tech. culinary school and every wed. we were able to come in to the school restaurant and have a gourmet dinner for free. it was pretty cool, and the foo...

tesoro Sep 21, 2005

i think when guys can cook it's so cool. austin can..not. haha but he can grill well. (except we do not yet have a grill..sooooo..he makes no food)

web-toedchloe web-toedchloeOG 2001 ·

That's awesome! I'm trying to gradually increase Donovan's cooking repatoire, but it's not easy. He has absolutely no basic cooking skills. But I guess he's got the rest of his life to learn, right?

tesoro tesoroOG 2001 ·

haha, true. i'd like Austin to cook occasionally, but i'm not too upset how the setup is in our house. i probably shouldnt mess w/ a good thing. i cook dinner...(which is fun for me) and Austin washes the dishes (wish i hate) lol.

web-toedchloe web-toedchloeOG 2001 ·

We have the same set up. It's perfect!

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