How do you cook pinto beans?
I'll help with both. Rice. Rinse one cup of long grain rice under cold water until flow is clear. Bring 1 1/2 cup of salted water to boil add a pat of butter and the rice. Stir the rice ONCE to get it settled in the water. Once the water is boiling again, turn the stove to simmer cover and Don't tuch the rice for 20 min. turn the rice into your server and lightly fluff it with the serving fork. Easy if you leave it alone, starchy if you mess with it. Beans. Wash and pick through your dry beans. Soak overnight in cold water. Rinse the next day. In a large pot put beans and cover with salted water @ 2 inches above the top of the beans. Bring to a boil then simmer for@ 2 hours (you will see the beans begin to split). Meanwhile cook few slices of bacon, remove to drain and crumble. Saute a chopped onion in the bacon grease. Drain the beans return to the pot, add the bacon, onion (with the grease) salt and pepper. Add cumin (1/2 t) if you like and Oregano (1t). toss it all together and serve.
WAT ARE SOME SPECIAL FOOD OF CALABRIA, ITALY?
Calabria is the "Toe" of Italy and surrounded by the sea has a lot of sea-foods in their specialities. http://www.lifeinitaly.com/tourism/calabria Dune
Can anyone tell me, is there a difference between green beans and .........?
Green beans and string beans are essentially the same vegetable. Both beans are long, thin and emerald in color. Unlike most beans, they are usually enjoyed fresh, pods and all "String bean" is an older name for green beans; it comes from the fact that the green bean used to have a string running length-wise down the side of its pod. Over time, this characteristic was bred out of string beans, which caused their change in name to green beans. The first stringless bean was bred by Calvin Keeney in 1894. Features Both green beans and string beans are usually about 4 inches long. They both cook quickly and are quite nutritious.
What is the difference between green beans & wax beans?
Wax beans are yellow and green beans are green they look pretty mixed together with a drained can of kidney beans a little red onion equal parts of vinegar & oil, one clove of garlic a teaspoon or 2 of sugar to taste and salt & pepper, wax beans are very mild as from my understanding. :)
What is the difference between a cappuccino and a flat white?
What is the difference between a cappuccino and a flat white?The difference is in the ratio of milk-foam-espresso, as well as what portion of the milk is used and which portions of the espresso shot is used. I love a good flat white.“ A flat white is essentially the opposite of a "dry cappuccino", which has dry frothy foam but no liquid milk. A flat white has milk (or microfoam) but no froth. The 'milk should be velvety rather than fluffy ... therefore "stronger", which requires a shorter, "ristretto" [espresso shot] run to avoid harsh flavours'.”Flat white - Wikipedia
Why is Italy known for pizza and pasta when tomato sauce came from the New World?
Both pizza and pasta were made for centuries before the tomato was brought to Italy from the new word in the 16th century. But that was 400 years ago. It took a while for the tomato to become truly popular in Europe, as some people thought it might be poisonous and used it as an ornamental, while others jumped right in and began adding it to traditional recipes. Both the people and the plant have had time to adapt, as have all the other foodstuffs distributed around the world during and after the Columbian exchange.Tomatoes are only one example of this, and many foods we think of as European in origin are made with New World fruits and vegetables. One food that comes to mind is romesco sauce, which is very typical in Spanish cuisine. Made from bell peppers, which are a New World import. Needless to say, the Americas also adopted plenty of foods from the Old World as well, including both the pigs used to make the sausage on that pizza and the wheat to make the dough.From the Americas to Europe:Avocados; Beans (kidney, navy, lima); Bell peppers; Black-eyed Susans; Cacao (for chocolate); Chili peppers; Corn; Cotton; Marigolds; Papayas; Peanuts; Petunias; Pineapples; Poinsettias; Potatoes; Pumpkins; Quinine; Rubber; Squashes; Sunflowers; Sweet potatoes; Tobacco; Tomatoes; Turkeys; Vanilla beans; ZinniasFrom Europe to the Americas:Bananas; Barley; Cabbages; Carnations; Chickens; Coffee; Cows; Crabgrass; Daffodils; Daisies; Dandelions; Horses; Lemons; Lettuce; Lilacs; Olives; Oranges; Peaches; Pears; Pigs; Rice; Sheep; Sugarcane; Tulips; Turnips; WheatPasta cacio y pepeNo Knead Pizza Bianca RecipeColumbian Exchange - Wikipedia
Why is coffee from Italy less acidic than what is found in the US?
The acidity of coffee is not specifically a subjective opinion and has more to do with the selection of beans, the roast style and for what purpose it is blended.As an artisanal roaster, I select beans, roast and blend, based on how the coffee is to be made. For pour-over, the trend is to bright, floral & fruit notes. For a flat white cappuccino, we like additional acidity to cut through the alkalinity of the milk. Given that this is the most popular drink in my coffee house (and most others that I know of), this brightness is sought after.Italians are espresso drinkers for the most part and they drink it throughout the day as part ritual and part need to feed the caffeine fix. Given this, the blends tend to favour their taste for very full bodied & rich espresso, with relatively low brightness (acidity) and that when made into a cappuccino, tends to be somewhat flat.Outside of Italy, the third wave coffee revolution has different preferences, with the balance of acidity/sweetness dominating public taste.