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Pie Fried Rice

March 7, 2020December 30, 2018 by Stuart Melling

Like many other scientific luminaries of our age, I didn’t stop to ask if I should, only if I could. Oppenheimer, Edison, Turing…and now…yours truly. To paraphrase Oppenheimer himself, “I …

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Review: Gardein Skillet Meals Asian Style Chick’n Fried Rice

April 13, 2019September 25, 2018 by Stuart Melling
Gardein Skillet Meals Asian Style Chick'N Fried Rice

I was caught completely unawares by this product. As far as I knew, Gardein was solely in the business of making standalone meat substitutes: burgers, breakfast sausage, faux chicken and …

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Categories Frozen, Frozen Meal, Grocery, Vegan, Vegetarian Tags Gardein Leave a comment

Sichuan fish – pan fried dry style

November 14, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Sichuan sablefish

This one is modeled after one of my favorite Sichuan dishes – spicy boiled fish. Rather than a bubbling pot, this one is a quick affair cooked up in a …

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Thai jungle curry with rice noodles

June 7, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Thai jungle curry with rice noodles

Thai jungle curry? I’m not sure if that’s a real name of not. It’s the name one of my cook books gives to this simple recipe that use’s Thai red …

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Categories Dinner Ideas, Meat Free, Thai Tags Mae Ploy, MorningStar Farms Leave a comment

Great Value Regular Cut French Fried Potatoes

May 24, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Great Value Regular Cut French Fried Potatoes

I was fairly enamored with the Great Value Steak Cut fry, so was hoping for similar potato joy here too. This nearly two pound sack of fries is certainly a …

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Great Value Steak Cut French Fried Potatoes review

March 7, 2020March 7, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Great Value Crinkle Cut French Fried Potatoes

Before I started sampling every which last frozen potato product in the freezer aisle, I had naively believed – all frozen French fries are created equal. How wrong could I …

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Categories Frozen, Vegan, Vegetarian Tags Walmart Leave a comment

Review: Ore-Ida Golden Crinkles French Fried Potatoes

January 12, 2020May 12, 2019 by Stuart Melling
Ore-Ida Golden Crinkles French Fried Potatoes

Unlike their boxed counterparts here, that strive for an ultra crisp finish, these fries have no mad science at work. These are simple crinkle cut fries that can be cooked …

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Categories Frozen, Grocery Tags Ore-Ida 1 Comment

Hereford Luncheon Meat – what’s in the can

February 13, 2022 by Stuart Melling
Hereford Luncheon Meat

Like a moth to the proverbial, I am drawn repeatedly to those weird cans of meat on the shelf. You know the ones, the ones you stare at curiously, but …

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We tasted every flavor of spam – which is the best?

September 10, 2022October 26, 2021 by Stuart Melling
Varieties of spam

SPAM. Love it or loathe it, those big bright yellow letters are now an iconic staple found on grocery store shelves across the world. We won’t retell the story of …

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Categories What you need to know Tags Hormel, SPAM Leave a comment

Are Sitka Salmon Shares any good? Updated 2021

November 29, 2021February 6, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Sitka Salmon Share

I first heard about Sitka Salmon Shares when the Alaskan based brand reached out for me to review their product; so full disclosure up front, the company sent me a …

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Categories Frozen, Grocery, Service, Subscription Tags Sitka Salmon, Sitka Salmon Shares Leave a comment
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