The preservation method is simple: First the olives are blanched in hot water. Then moisture and bitter components are drained from the fruit with sea salt, and finally the fruit is dried – in the early days by use of charcoal fires, now in special drying ovens, called “essiccatori” (dehydrators).
Tea Smoking: Burning These Leaves Won’t Get You Arrested
Try tea-smoking as an Asian alternative to boring roasted turkey this Christmas. It’s a style of cooking meat that hails from China’s Sichuan (formerly Szechuan) region, which is known for its hot, spicy cuisine.
Burn! Tested: Sriracha Beef Jerky
Sriracha flavored beef jerky is a trend quickly turning into a hot new phenomenon in the world of gourmet jerky. Over the past few decades, Sriracha sauce has slowly gained a foothold into American culture, and just as quickly, has extended itself into a wide variety of foods.
Tabasco Gets Fired Up for the Super Bowl
McIlhenny Company is commemorating the big game and the “Big Easy” with a limited edition bottle of Tabasco Original Red
The Burn’ed Christmas List Part III: The Silence of the List
Like my holiday shopping, part three of our list comes later than it should and it’s totally my fault. Between slaying fish near Kirimati with my folks for ten days, writing bike features for Hot Bike and Baggers magazines, shooting Harley Claus at Bartels Harley-Davidson, and other blog posts here, the list got pushed back until Lois finally put me in a pit and said, “It writes the list or else it gets the hose again.” I agreed, she tossed me a laptop, and as soon as this post goes live, she’s promised to let me out.
This Lentil Stew Brings the Heat
It’s about 20 degrees outside, you’re sick of eating turkey, and you need a hot, spicy dish to snap you out of the winter doldrums. As it so happens, I have the perfect solution: a spicy bowl of lentil stew with Italian sausage.
The Italian Job: Sausage Sandwiches with a Greek Twist
Usually when you hear the word “tapenade” spoken while watching football or basketball, it’s grounds for removing one’s man card. This tradition goes back to the cavemen, who, not having olive spread handy, never used it on charred mammoth. Thus, a tasty sammich spread never found its way into the manly lexicon of acceptable condiments (unlike ketchup and mustard, which as we all know, occurred naturally in large pools back then—I saw that on Fox News, so it must be true).
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