I have tons of friends who swear by bagged chai as a steamed chai sub. Most add milk and honey to it. I like it plain. I drink the Stash brand fairly often. Especially in the fall. FAVE sweet "tea" isn't real tea but a bagged Northwest Blackberry infusion from Choice. It's freaking amazing. If you have a lot of tea drinking friends, get them to do a swap. Everyone sends a bag of their top three favorite teas to everyone else. You get to try a bunch of stuff without buying them yourself and without signing up for a swap site where Crazy McCrazyson might send you bagged, dried gravy.
I love that garlic with a knife trick. Man. What was I doing all my life? How did I get by without it? I felt the same way about a leek trick I learned last month. I eat a LOT of leeks. I leak leek. It's unbeleekable. Anyway, I they are massive dirt traps. I always used to peel away the outer layers, dump them in the compost, shed silent tears and eat my remaining 50% non-filthy leek. Then last month a friend to me to cut the ends off, slice the whole thing in half then slice it up into little leek rainbows as usual. Next, dump all the rainbows into a bowl of water and swish. The dirt goes to the bottom, the leek goes to the top. ALL THE LEEK. ALL CLEAN. Taste the rainbow. I think I stood there for a good 30 seconds processing this. My mind was blown.
Trick two. Watch a lot of cooking shows. ALL THE TIME. I watch martha everyday in the corner of my computer. And if I'm doing something mindless, I turn on Food Network. I don't even eat 75% of the crap they show on there but I have learned so much about combinations, food sourcing, technique... it's invaluable. Also if I screw something up, I internet and bug friends until I figure out what went wrong. I've learned so much this way like how to unsalt a too-salty soup or god-shel-you're-dumb-that's-cumin-not-chili-powder. Stuff like that. I could go on all day. I love food. If you know of any cooking or food groups try them out! I've learned so much there too. And they don't mind when I go on and on and on blabbing on about my love of asparagus.
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I love that garlic with a knife trick. Man. What was I doing all my life? How did I get by without it? I felt the same way about a leek trick I learned last month. I eat a LOT of leeks. I leak leek. It's unbeleekable. Anyway, I they are massive dirt traps. I always used to peel away the outer layers, dump them in the compost, shed silent tears and eat my remaining 50% non-filthy leek. Then last month a friend to me to cut the ends off, slice the whole thing in half then slice it up into little leek rainbows as usual. Next, dump all the rainbows into a bowl of water and swish. The dirt goes to the bottom, the leek goes to the top. ALL THE LEEK. ALL CLEAN. Taste the rainbow. I think I stood there for a good 30 seconds processing this. My mind was blown.
Trick two. Watch a lot of cooking shows. ALL THE TIME. I watch martha everyday in the corner of my computer. And if I'm doing something mindless, I turn on Food Network. I don't even eat 75% of the crap they show on there but I have learned so much about combinations, food sourcing, technique... it's invaluable. Also if I screw something up, I internet and bug friends until I figure out what went wrong. I've learned so much this way like how to unsalt a too-salty soup or god-shel-you're-dumb-that's-cumin-not-chili-powder. Stuff like that. I could go on all day. I love food. If you know of any cooking or food groups try them out! I've learned so much there too. And they don't mind when I go on and on and on blabbing on about my love of asparagus.