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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 Sep 21, 2005

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, ri...

tesoro Sep 21, 2005

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 was...

web-toedchloe web-toedchloeOG 2001

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

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