Recent Articles by Beer Battered Beer:

• Homemade Mayo 4.30.08
  

  So often mayo is given a bad rap as fattening and unhealthy, but mayonnaise is a truly a glorious sauce when you make it at home!  Try this recipe and you’ll never go back to store-bought mayo:

  Whisk together:

  2 egg yokes
  2 Tbsp vinegar
  ¼ tsp salt

  Whisk like the dickens while slowly adding one cup oil [...]

• Simple Yeast Bread 4.16.08
  

  You don’t knead a machine to make great bread from scratch!  Roll up your sleeves and get ready to make the best bread of your life!
  My grocery store recently began to carry King Arthur bread flour, so rather than using the usual whole wheat, I thought I’d give it a try; here it goes…
  Mix together:
  3 [...]

• Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins 2.26.08
  

  Do you like muffins? Of course you do!  Here is a yummy recipe with lots of lemon flavor.

  Mix together:

  ¾ cup white flour
  ¾ cup white whole wheat flour
  ¾ cup sugar
  ¾ tsp baking powder
  ¼ tsp salt
  Lemon zest from 2 lemons

  In a separate bowl whisk together:

  4 eggs
  2 Tbsp milk or water
  1 ½ tsp vanilla
  ¾ cup oil

  Mix the [...]

• Cookbook Review: Tassajara Bread Book 2.21.08
  

  I used to suck at making bread.  It would always come out too moist or too dry.  Until that is, I found the Tassajara Bread Book.  The basic recipe is simple and great and has never failed me.  I had it memorized at one point.  It tells you exactly how long to do everything such [...]

• Charcuterie 2.1.08
  

  Have you ever wanted to cold smoke some salmon, make your own sausage, or cure your own pancetta? This book covers some way old school techniques for adding flavors to meats, fish and veggies through salting, curing and smoking.

  Be warned however, the recipes in this book are fatty and salty, but that’s how [...]

• Great Granola 1.24.08
  

  I’m crazy about granola, but I got tired of paying the crazy prices. Now I make my own! Rolled oats are cheap to get, especially in bulk, and you can add as many nuts as you like to suit your taste and wallet (dried fruit too, if you like, though I’m not a [...]