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Sep 10, 2009 -
Now that Party's cleared up the mystery around one foreign spirit, Pimm's, I'm going to attempt to demystify another mixer — orange flower water.
A delicate flavoring used in desserts, drinks, and other dishes, orange flower water is a natural extract made from distilling orange blossoms from bitter orange or Seville orange trees. Sometimes known as orange blossom water, it has a delicate yet powerful, jasmine-like scent.
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Mar 17, 2009 -
Cooking when you don't have all the ingredients on hand can be frustrating, but it can also be empowering: Since you have to think on your feet, some of the most successful outcomes are born out of limited circumstances.
TeamSugar regular FinnLover has long been the master of innovatively tweaking reliable recipes based on what she has in her kitchen. So guess what happened when she ran out of maple syrup for her pancakes?
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Feb 10, 2009 -
During our girls Winter weekend, my sister made the most delicious corn cakes with spicy sausage for breakfast. Since we were feeding a crowd, it was necessary to heat the entire bottle of maple syrup.
While you can easily heat syrup in the microwave, the best way to heat syrup or ice cream toppings is in a pot of hot water.
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May 15, 2008 -
Pancakes, waffles and French toast just seem to taste better when you make your own syrup. Here you can find a great French toast recipe, plus one for homemade blueberry syrup. — 80 Breakfasts
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Apr 21, 2008 -
I was checking out all the great recipes everyone's been posting, when I came across this dressing from TeamSugar member FinnLover. She's based in Québec, and finally caved in to the local maple syrup frenzy. Lucky for us, it's resulted in a yummy looking maple-balsamic dressing.
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Jan 28, 2008 -
I have been drooling over the cover of the February Bon Appétit cover ever since it landed in my mailbox a few weeks ago. On a stark white background sits a huge stack of whole grain pancakes topped with blueberry syrup. Yesterday evening, YumJimmy and I finally decided to curb our pancake cravings by whipping up our own batch.
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Jan 29, 2007 -
Lately I have been bombarding you with super chocolatey decadent desserts. For this I apologize. If you are ignoring my temptations and really sticking to your diets, congratulations!
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Jan 03, 2007 -
It seems like you can get flavored syrups for everything: flavored coffees, flavored alcohols, flavored water, the list doesn't seem to end. However, commercial syrups aren't always the greatest and can often taste quite terrible. So why not skip the risk and make your own simple syrups?
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Dec 17, 2007 -
Happy National Maple Syrup Day! Let's celebrate the classic waffle accompaniment by taking a quick quiz. Find out how much you know about everything maple syrup!
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