Linda2
@Linda2
Hi! I live just outside of the "Emerald City", Seattle! I'm from the east, but moved here when I married. One thing I miss about the east coast more than anything are my 5 grandkids, 4 boys and one Princess. My husband, Sam, is a chili cookoff blue ribbon winner. He used to cook professionally and still enjoys BBQing and smoking ribs and Triploids. What's a Triploid? It's a humongous rainbow trout! I caught my first last spring and Sam smoked them - totally yummy! Sam and I both like canning. We enjoy making jams, salsa, dilly beans, cha-cha pickles (mmm, secret recipe!), and lots of other goodies. My grandkids love jam. When they get a package from me they have a cow if there is no jam in the box. My favorite chef is Julia Child who is the Empress of good cooking. After her I would have to say that I learned more from Nathalie Dupree than I could have learned at the CIA! She is a wonderful and honest cook who makes real food for real people! My pet peeve is going to a restaurant and ordering a chicken ceaser salad and getting two ounces of chicken on a bunch of soggy romaine. C'mon! Thow some protein on that lettuce!