I recently helped prepare a meal for 50 seniors and a volunteer insisted on using fresh cabbage to make slaw. We made it in the morning for a noon meal. She simply sliced the cabbage with a knife and then added mayo, sugar, salt, celery seed, and vinegar. We got many complaints that the cabbage was too tough to chew. I assumed that elderly people often had teeth problems until I tried it and thought the same thing. How do you avoid this?

If you’ve invited people over for dinner and made a cake for dessert, do you wait until dessert to cut it, or would you happily have a piece beforehand and serve the rest?
My mum always taught us we had to wait 😂 Curious if other people care about this or not!

I have an afternoon fantasy football draft party this weekend and I want to bring a summery salad that’s not lettuce-based. Looking forward to your thoughts!

Specially in sandwhiches with cheese/ meat. I don't get it, it's already quite sweet isn't it?

I will start: pasta, butter and cheese

What are the best and most flavorable frozen meals for a single woman?

Love of my life’s a vegetarian, I was too when we met but no longer am. They are going away for a week and I’m wanting to spend some of those days/evenings cooking a big nice meal involving meat. I do most the cooking in the house and i‘m a good cook and i enjoy spending a hole afternoon prepping and making nice things.

But I haven’t regularly cooked meet for 10ish years and I’m wandering what would people in my position really want to make.

edit: recipes would be greatly appreciated

Hi everyone! I'm J and I'm a recent graduate about to start reviewing and studying for her licensure exams next March. I've been trying to make better of my eating habits (Less fast foods, less sugar, less fried food, etc.)

I want to continue that when I move back to my dormitory eventually but sadly I don't have a refrigerator or a cooktop or literally anything. It's just me and my water heater so if you could recommend me some healthy snacks for studying, that would be great!

Thanks!

Anyone know what valve/spigot the product LouAna popping oil white coconut oil (35 lbs bag in box) product takes? I would take pictures if I could but it looks like it's restricted.

I'll post a video in the comments if it lets me.

I found out a coworker eats watermelon over rice. I though that sounded insane but, what other foods don't make sense wirh rice? Also, please include any other weird food pairings you've heard of. I also grew up in Oklahoma and a popular treat there was to freeze pickle juice into ice cubes and then putting them into Dr. Pepper.

hi i’m trying to make me something to eat and i normally use salted butter but a friend ordered me some groceries the other day and sent unsalted butter which ive learned previously that i do NOT like at all. is there a way to make my unsalted butter taste like salted butter and is it as simple as just adding regular table salt ? should i melt it first? please help :))

Pretty bummed, I think I know what the answer is. Just be merciful with me 🙃

update: bread was tossed, per the general advice at the time :(

Any Suggestions Would Help

Hello everyone, this isn't my first question here, but unfortunately my OCD is still rampant.

I got a doggy bag from a vietnamese restaurant. Gluttinous rice and chicken. Good stuff. I ate at about 1pm but came home at 4:30.

When i checked, it was still actually warm. I put it in the fridge but I actually don't know if I should eat it. I got food poisoning from rice last year and it became a really big anxiety of mine.

It's about 18 celsius outside so not super hot(64f)

Am i going to die? Will I be okay tomorrow after i eat it? 😭

Edit: Due to very conflicting answers I decided to toss it out to not take any chances.

If their burners are giving out so much more heat than mine why does my food end up burned and raw on the inside but theirs cooks well?

I have about 25 pounds of sweet corn on the cob. I am going to cut it off the cob and freeze it. Will blanching have a big difference in the outcome or is it about the same as not blanching and going straight to the freezer?

With all these produce recalls recently, do you have to return or throw it away? could you cook it to get rid of whatever bacteria it is?

As I typed that I also thought of meats too. If they say it needs a minimum internal temp, then why when we hear about, like bird or swine flu, kind of illnesses can't we cook meat to temps high enough to kill them? I know that some can transfer to humans, I just don't know which ones those are, so if the aforementioned do please educate me on which ones(of the seemingly endless) don't.

What is your secret food hack that everyone should try?

Give me chain restaurants with great cheese fries

what is one cheap meal you make when you don't know what to cook?

Is a BLT a bacon sandwich or a tomato sandwich? I’d like to think tomato. My fave has a giant slice of tomato so I’m leaning tomato sandwich.

After certain foods i literally feel like i have been hit by a truck and have the flu. I get achey everywhere, headache and general fatigue.

I have no idea what food causes this as it’s not wheat or dairy, it happened after eating processed meat and frozen noodles.

Could this be an intolerance?

Now that I’ve found everyone’s fav hot sauces what are yalls fav barbecue sauces?

I feel I haven’t ventured out in this category. I personally like sweet baby rays.(let me know if the sugar free version and the original are the same or if you like one or the other better)

I hate kraft.

Ps. I normally use bbq sauce on chicken nuggets, strips, tenders, and fries.

Growing up, my dad always prepared English muffins by splitting them in half, buttering the cut sides and then putting them in a pan on medium heat and would put a can (e.g. canned corn) on top to press them down so they'd flatten and get a more even browning.

This is the way his family grew up preparing them apparently (he was born in the 50s in Boston) and I always figured it was normal til like high school when I never saw anyone in my life make or offer them like that 😂

ETA: Photos of how they look so people can see what I'm talking about lol

Do you have to refrigerate ketchup ?
Thanks
Ken