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Thanksgiving Emergencies, Eggs, & Cameras – GF Radio 361

How to defrost a turkey? Rick and Eric tell you how to do this. Based on the info from the epic how to defrost meat quickly video, the Thanksgiving experts save the holidays. Or at least we think we do.

And we talk about the new news that its OK to eat eggs again. We’ve been eating eggs anyway. They are healthy. Here the NY Times Well column says so. This moves into how we both have cut down on sugar consumption, and just how much sugar is in processed foods like soda. Rick gives us this article on how sugar may shorten your life.

Thanksgiving emergencies are solved by the experts, or at least solved by the GardenFork crew here.

Here are two GardenFork Salad Videos for you:

Dandelion Greens Salad Recipe Video Salad Lyonaise – Greens with a Poached Egg Recipe Video

Here is the beginning of the show in a transcript:

It’s a wet and rainy day here in Margaritaville North.

Today we’re going to talk about eggs, Rick ‘s trip to Florida and some camera camera tips. And We answer some Thanksgiving emergency questions
I read this great article from my the New York Times about Eggs. For those of us of a certain generation, it was most drilled into our heads that eggs were unhealthy, and they would cause heart attacks and now they’re finding that you know it’s okay to eat eggs, that’s great.

And the American Heart Association has looked at clinical studies, they no longer condemn eggs in its guidelines. It recommends people limit themselves to consume a single egg that has two hundred milligrams, as well as a mix of saturated, unsaturated fats, including the monounsaturated kind found in olive oil. Olive oil is good for you, right, and eggs are good for you. I love eggs we keep a dozen eggs boiled a hard-boiled in the refrigerator and I will add them to salads and all kinds of side dishes . From a Doctor who is who is from the Harvard school of Public health, “Eggs are particularly good replacement for less health healthful fare like processed meats and refined carbohydrates. So instead of maybe that processed meat like hams or hot dogs or refined carbohydrates, which is sounds like white bread. The study suggested for most people starting your day with a breakfast of scrambled eggs will have a better impact on your overall cholesterol profile than a bagel or a bowl of sugary cereal.

Do you know that drinking a twenty ounces of Bob regular soda not diet soda, but sugared soda a day will reduce you lifespan by age four to six years. It wouldn’t surprise me. It shortens the telomeres I’ve got a study here. I’ll send it to you and put the link in the show notes, telomeres are the part of the reproductive part of cells that determine how long cells live, and it turns out, looks like all of the sugar in the that soda is actually aging the cells. Not that the fake sugar is any better.
We have just about given up all of the other guy sodas and and regular sodas of all that stuff. It’s its water, tea, coffee and more coffee. I’ve been having oatmeal for breakfast. I love bagels and live in bagel Central, of course.
We have eggs for dinner also we have a salad every night, I will throw a poached egg in the salad or a hard boiled eggs. We have several salad recipes and i will put them in the show notes.

Let us know your thoughts in the comments below, thx!

November 26, 2014
Frittata Squares: A Cooking Ring Recipe
I’m really getting into these cooking rings. Here’s another square egg dish: Mushroom Frittata with red pepper, parsley, cheddar cheese, and onion. It’s important not to over-fill the rings, otherwise they’ll flow over the tops of the rings as they cook. You’ll add the eggs into the rings to make layers. Since this dish is finished by steaming in a non-stick, you won’t need much butter, but that’s entirely up to you.

You’ll need:
- non-stick pan with glass lid
- 2 square cooking rings, 2.75″ square X 1.5″ deep
- a flat spatula
- 1/3 cup each, minced: onion, parsley, red pepper
- 2 medium size Crimmini mushrooms, sliced
- 1/8 cup course breadcrumbs
- 1/8 cup grated cheddar cheese
- 4 large eggs
- 1/8 cup milk
- 1/2 tsp powdered onion
- dried chives
- 1/4 cup water
- salt and pepper
- butter
Cook the mushrooms. In a hot non-stick pan, melt a pat of butter and lay the mushrooms in flat, sprinkle a little salt. Lower heat to medium, and cover. The mushrooms should release liquid in about 5 minutes. Remove from pan when both sides are evenly browned.

Melt another pat of butter in the pan and add bread crumbs, red pepper, onion, parsley and sprinkle them with a little salt and powdered onion. Cook until the red peppers are soft, then set them aside.

Make this frittta in layers. With the burner on high, place 2 well-greased cooking rings in the pan and melt 1/2 tsp into each ring. Beat 2 eggs with a little milk and pour about 5 tablespoons into each ring. Lower heat to medium and let the eggs cook form a solid base — it’s OK if some egg spills out, just trim it off later. Now add some of bread crumb mixture, cover the pan and cook until the eggs start turning opaque.

Remove the glass lid and add more bread crumb mixture and cheese. Pour the rest of the egg halfway up the ring. Cover and let eggs cook as before. Now pour the final layer — arrange mushrooms and pour the rest of the egg with some dried chives. Make sure the eggs sit about 1/4″ away from the top of the cooking ring. Turn heat up to high, add water to the pan and cover. Let the eggs steam until the tops rise slightly over the rings.

Remove the eggs and rings from the pan — don’t be a hero, use a flat spatula. Let them sit for a minute to cool, the eggs should shrink away from the edges. If they do stick use a sharp knife to free the edges. Plate them and serve with cocktail sauce and aside of buttered toast with strawberry jam. Make this breakfast for two this weekend for someone special, use what you like for filling.
March 12, 2011
How to make Quiche, Eric’s Quick Quiche Recipe

Quiche is a healthy and fast dinner for the middle of the week or a simple weekend lunch, or breakfast. Check out Eric’s Quiche Recipe

You can learn more about the magazines we mentioned in this Gardenfork.tv episode here: Edible Nutmeg and Edible Brooklyn.

Rachel Wharton appeared in the How to make Southern Biscuits, and is planning on appearing again in another show on southern food.

Super Easy Cheese and Leftovers Quiche

1 pre made pie crust ( the kind that comes with a foil pie pan )

6 eggs

1 1/2 cup milk, skim or low fat works for me

Meat Leftovers: turkey, chicken, beef, pork

1 cup Grated Cheddar Cheese , other cheeses are fine, but I like cheddar. you can also mix cheese.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

In a bowl mix together the eggs, add the milk, salt & pepper.

Stir in milk

Cut into meat into small pieces and place in pie crust

Pour egg mixture into pie crust and bake for 30 minutes.

Check at 30 minutes, the quiche should be puffed up a bit and browned slightly. The quiche should not wiggle much when shaken. If it wiggles, bake for another 7 minutes and check again.

Allow to cool for at least 15 minutes before serving, it stays hot for a while.

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January 12, 2010