How to Freeze Peaches So You Can Enjoy a Fresh Taste of Summer All ...

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10

2021

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How to Freeze Peaches So You Can Enjoy a Fresh Taste of Summer All Year

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By Wini Moranville | BHG.Com Troy Warren for CNT By freezing peaches during peak season, you can get a delicious reminder of how wonderful peaches are any time of year. Bright, sweet, and a little bit tart, peaches are the quintessential mid-summer sweet. In fact, outside of fresh peach season, it’s easy to forget just how wonderful perfectly ripe peaches taste. By keeping them on hand in the freezer, however, you get a delicious reminder any time of year. Freezing peaches is easy, and you can enjoy them in so many ways, whether on their own or baked into cobblers and crisps (any…

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10

2021

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There’s a reason hot dogs and buns don’t come in equal packaging

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By Avery Newmark, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT We’ve all had this moment in the grocery store, where you’re standing with an eight pack of hot dog buns and a 10 pack of hot dogs, trying to do the calculus on how many dog and bun packages will be required to make everything line up neatly. The uneven hot dog-to-bun packaging ratio is weird, but according to the National Hot Dog Sausage Council (NHDSC), the reason isn’t as strange as you may think. The NHDSC, which was founded in 1994, explained the mismatched packaging is because of the way these items…

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10

2021

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TikTok Wants You to Boil Your Potatoes in the Bag—but Is It a Good Idea?

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By Leah Goggins | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for CNT “Is that why that bag is like that?!” I am no stranger to emitting noises of shock and dismay while watching the Food Network. Whether it's because the Chopped judges put mashed potato candy in the ingredient basket or because Ina Garten just taught me a brilliant entertaining tip, my jaw is constantly agape. However, I have never experienced an epiphany quite like the one seen in a recent viral TikTok video. TikTok user @ThreePointTurner posted her reaction to an unorthodox potato cooking method from a December 2017 episode of Guy's Grocery Games, a Food Network staple. The video focuses on @ThreePointTurner's…

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10

2021

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Spiceology’s New BBQ Rubs Are Infused with New Belgium Beer

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By Mike Pomranz | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for CNT Pairing the right brew with your favorite grilled foods is easy with these beer-infused spice blends. Over the summer, few things go together like grilling and beer. Now, the spice company Spiceology has fused that warm weather pair together for a new line of seasonings created with New Belgium Brewing. According to Spiceology, these six new products were created with "bold summer-inspired flavors" in mind, ready to be used "as a dry rub or in marinades as the perfect flavor partner for meat, seafood, veggies, and more." And fans of New Belgium may be…

Jul

08

2021

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Chipotle Is Hiding 60,000 Free Burritos in TV Commercials

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By Mike Pomranz | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for CNT The burrito chain is putting codes in their NBA Finals' ads to let viewers text in to win free entrées. A collective 221 points were scored in Game 1 of the NBA Finals last night — 81 baskets in total — and whether you took a break to grab a snack or another drink, you probably didn't see every single one. But for Chipotle fans, there was one part of the game you definitely didn't want to miss: the commercials. The chain gave away 10,000 burritos during one of their ads last night — and…

Jul

07

2021

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Joey Chestnut Broke the Hot Dog Eating Record Again — Even as Technical Difficulties Kept Viewers From Seeing It

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By Jelisa Castrodale | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for CNT ESPN's live feed cut out in the midst of the July 4th feeding frenzy. There are a few traditions that you can count on every Fourth of July: a stranger will yell "America!" when you make eye contact with him, you'll half-watch your neighborhood's fireworks display because you're scrolling through Instagram pics of other neighborhoods' fireworks displays, and Joey Chestnut will eat more hot dogs in 10 minutes than most of us eat in a year. During this year's Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, Chestnut broke his own record, downing 76…

Jul

06

2021

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Heinz Starts Petition to Finally Put Equal Number of Hot Dogs and Buns in Packages

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By Mike Pomranz | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for CNT The condiment company wants "big bun and big wiener companies to finally sell buns and wieners in even packs." It's one of those age-old questions that never seems to get a satisfactory answer: Why is the number of hot dogs in a pack (usually ten) different from the number of hot dog buns in a bag (usually eight)? (The joke even got a whole scene in the 1991 movie Father of the Bride.) The gist of the explanation seems to be that the packaging priorities differ for meat producers and bakers — though that also doesn't explain why they…

Jul

05

2021

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Full-Service Restaurants Beat Fast Food Chains in Customer Satisfaction During the Pandemic

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By Mike Pomranz | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for CNT Despite having to pivot to takeout, traditionally sit-down restaurants improved their overall performance, according to a survey of 20,000 customers. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 was a year unlike any the restaurant industry has seen before. And yet, for one industry group, it was business as usual: As they do every year, the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) released their annual Restaurant Study -- interviewing nearly 20,000 customers to get their thoughts on both fast food and full-service restaurants. Their findings: If anything, the pandemic may have helped satisfaction across the industry -- especially for traditionally…

Jul

04

2021

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How to Make Next-Level Hot Dogs for Your Summer Cookout

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By Bridget Hallinan | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for CNT Justin Chapple prepares his three favorite hot dog toppings in this week’s episode of Mad Genius: Home Edition. Hot dogs are a summer grilling staple. And while they're perfectly delicious simply topped with mustard or ketchup, this week's Mad Genius: Home Editionepisode makes the case for going fully loaded. Food & Wine Culinary Director-at-Large Justin Chapple prepares his three favorite hot dog toppings—Chicago-style salsa, dried apricot mostarda, and pickled pepper slaw. All of them are easy to make and deliver big on flavor. The best part? They only take 20 minutes to make. Read on to find out how to…

Jul

04

2021

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Monroe couple’s farm is part of movement to reclaim a lost way of life

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By John Kessler, For the AJC Troy Warren for CNT Monroe — People had pulled on their gardening gloves and sun visors, and they were just starting to survey rows of weed-choked furrows at Bread and Butter Farms when Musa Hasan called out, “I need to warn you about something. We’ve got needle ants here. They are worse than fire ants. The bites feel like wasp stings and last all day.” “Good to know,” Warren Cameron said, laughing. There was commotion in the group, and a colony of the small, black ants was identified and left alone. Even pests have their place on an…

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