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Sourdough without the Starter
I'm intrigued by the idea. While I like the idea of keeping sourdough starter around, I've never done it. I'm not much of a baker. On the other hand, I do like sourdough...
from Fun Foods on a Budget!

Greek Nachos
Mark Bittman suggests a nachos variant using Greek ingredients: pita chips, a feta-yogurt topping, spiced lamb... The Greek restaurant that was a couple of blocks away from me (until it closed a few months back) made something very much like this. It was awesome.
from The New York Times

Sour milk
Many older recipes call for sour milk... Today, if we use them at all, we generally use fresh milk and add vinegar. The point of these recipes, though, was to use up milk that had gone bad...
from Frugal Hacks

...and some THINGS THAT SHOULD NOT BE

The Internet is full of things that should not be. If you aren't aware of this, you are sheltered... and fortunate.

My least favorite of late? The Beanzawave: A tiny desktop microwave oven that is powered by USB. It is branded to match Heinz's single-serving baked bean containers, which fit inside it. This is wrong.

My other annoyance? Twecipes. This is a made-up word used to refer to a heavily-abbreviated recipe sent via Twitter. Although I might very well reduce a recipe to its basics myself, I like comments and commentary with my recipes. Tell me what worked and what didn't... how many people it fed... how long it took to prep. A twecipe, to me, is little more useful than a note saying, "make some food."