Did too many cooks spoil this broth?
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This book was compiled and edited by a committee for the bi-centennial, and I certainly hope they didn't use any of my tax money to compile it.  I was expecting information on the debates about the first 10 amendments.  What did that first Congress intend when they approved them. Perhaps it would be in amendment or chronological order, I thought.

Instead, I read the same thing over and over.  The book consists of reports of various newspaper and congressional articles.  You read one newspaper report about the first day, then you read another newspaper report about the first day, then you read another newspaper report of the first day....  Well, you catch my drift.  Why did the editors think this would be helpful?  To make matters worse, the reporting is not always in order.  Or perhaps the newspapers were confused.  Who can know?

Most of the debate in this book surrounds whether or not the 1st Congress should even consider amendments.  After a few pages of that debate, I was bored.  And they expect you to pay over $30.00 for this book!  My goodness, but someone has an inflated opinion of this compilation.

If you must buy it, I see that one seller has it used for one penny, plus shipping and handling.  That's the way to go, because you'll never want to read this book again.
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We bought this broth at our local grocery because it was on the discount table. We love Hot and Sour soup and was hesitant to try it at first. This broth is amazing!  Now, I cannot locate the broth in any store, anywhere. Swanson got something right and they apparently have discontinued the broth. What a crying shame
385026
Not as good as I was expecting, but it was better than taking all day to make the pho broth for the soup. It had a sort of canned pre-made flavor and not homemade flavor. Local restaurant has much better broth.
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Honestly?  The pan itself is great, but I never ready that 400 degrees was limit until I got the pan.  I bought it because I use it for 3 minutes total to broil shrimp and I do that often.  Broil on 450 made the pan warp.  Once cooled it went back to normal but I don't want to risk using it again in case it doesn't stay.  It's great for my silicon muffin sheet and it's great for baking up to 400.
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We don't find ourselves using as much as we thought we would. It's a bit overwhelming and some of the choices are a bit strange or require having slightly more obscure ingredients on hand (what's the point of being able to make it fast if you have to make a shopping list first). But maybe that's just us being lazy...

Many of the dishes we have made have been good. There's a lot of material here so most likely everyone will be able to find some recipes that speak to them.
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These ceramic "poultry cookers" seem to be of high quality, are very nice looking and seem stable in use, that's the good news. The issue that I found is that by the time the ceramic gets up to boiling temperature, there's little or no time left as the bird is cooked. I found a very slight elevation in the moisture of the bird (but no additional flavors); the fact is that virtually none of the basting liquid in the container had evaporated, or been able to assimilate into the bird.
I did heat both the container, with liquid, in the microwave, but only to a warm condition. The bird was thawed completely but was refrigerator cold at the start. The chicken was completely cooked in about an hour and 45 minutes (at 350 convection roast), but as I said the basting solution had not evaporated to any extent. Perhaps it's necessary to pre-heat the container and liquid to boiling before start of cooking, but that makes for a semi-dangerous situation as you either have to move the very hot container (which isn't easy to grab hold of), or to put the bird onto the container while it's sitting inside of a very hot oven. Either way, it's far from a perfect situation and I have no idea if the results will improve, but I suspect that they may. Perhaps with a bigger bird (turkey), the cooking time will be longer and the results better, but even in my fairly large oven, I question how large of a bird I can do, and how difficult it will be to manage given my remarks above.
Truth is, I'm not sure that you're not better off with a beer can, as the aluminum will likely heat faster and likely give better results.
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My son loved the original recipe Chick Chick but Happy Baby has now changed the recipe.  My son retched upon the first bite of the new meal.  Why do companies try to "improve" upon something that already works.  I'm guessing to cut corners somehow (ie. cheaper ingredients).  It's a shame.  I now have a case of the new recipe that won't be eaten.
3997759
The recipes seemed great. However I found that some required a lot of extra steps that I usually wouldn't take when making a crockpot meal. I think I may try it to see if the flavour is better and go from there.
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Kitchen Accomplice's Chicken Broth is good for those who use Broth every so often. When I open a Carton of broth, the leftovers usually go bad before I get to it again. Boulion cubes are too salty and the flavor is lacking. This broth has a great taste and is not overly salty. It also has a 6 month shelf life. Once you open it, it needs to be refridgerated.
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Recently bought a jar and it contained some unexplained hard pieces.  I had chicken cooked by someone else using this product on two occasions and both times plucked these hard pieces from my mouth.  Had to track it down to the garlic and pull more from the jar to compare. Have no idea what they are except the possibility of them being phosphoric acid crystals, which is one of the additives.
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Recipe is incomplete.  I tried Spicy Tofu with Minced Pork.  Great recipe but the author has you mince ginger but no where in the recipe does it mention when to add it.  She makes a point to say put garlic, ginger and green onion in 3 separate bowls but you add the green onion and garlic at the same time in step 3.  Ginger forgotten.  I added it with the garlic.  I hate it when there is lack of attention to detail, especially when one is learning a new cuisine.
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I am a big believer in the ease of using a crockpot, and after mine broke, it was time for a replacement.  On my first use, I was so very disappointed.  I made a soup that I had always made in my previous crockpot, and found in this new one, that it boiled over.  Not just boiled over, but boiled over outside of the crockpot, down the sides of the crockpot, and even between the crockery and the heating element.  I had never had this problem before, possibly because the lid of my other had a small hole in the lid to allow extra steam to escape? (I am guessing)  I am quite wary of using it again, especially if I am not going to be close by as it  raises safety concerns for me.
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It was too complicated for me but I know all my friends love it. It needed too many add ons and was so large it looked funny in my kitchen and ws too big to go underneath any of my cabinets or anywhere in a cupboard.  Too be a slow cooker you would need a lid with a vent hole. For yogurt or cakes another item. Too many add ons.  I tired it and sent it back. You need more than one seal also.  I paid return postage out of my  refund. Maybe the smaller one would have been better. I ordered the 8 quart but the 6 Qt. would have been fine.  It was syber Monday and they were out of the insta pot six quart.
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I loved cooking in this the first time, but it rusted!!! It said it was preseasoned..... So I know from past experience that it should not have... What do I do now?! I am cooking our entire Thankgiving meal and am not sure I want rust in our food..
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I've used my big easy the past two years to cook my turkey. Decided to cook two chickens at the same time. After all, the turkey was much bigger than the chickens. Easy peasy. Wrong. Ten minutes past the recommended cook time, the parts that were still under cooked, are the areas where the two chickens touched/overlapped in the basket. They went in the oven to finish cooking. I've cooked two cross rib roasts using the bunk bed basket and they came out great.
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i was excited to find a non teflon, but after using it did not like the way it cooked,(i don't know itf it was just the one i got or if it is standard) the cooking plate seemed thin, as the crepe cooked it would get a dark ring where the heating element was and the rest was almost white, so i returned it, ended up getting a Eurolux 12" and a Cucinapro 12", both are the same, cook very nice.
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i've had this book for several years and have enjoyed preparing quite a few of her recipes.  she's a creative cook and we've found most of the 'pies' very tasty.  my one reservation in recommending this book however, is that i wonder if the author ever field tested her recipes.
i made 'not your mother's chicken divan' (page 50) yesterday morning and, as the recipe says, after assembling the pie i refrigerated it until ready to bake ( for dinner the same day).  after cooking the pie at the stated time & temperature, we discovered that not all the chicken pieces were fully cooked.  i had even cut them smaller than the recipe called for, so i was very disappointed to find the pie not cooked properly.

it's my belief that the times & temperatures she recommends in the book would probably work  only if you're intending to follow the recipe from start to finish, and not include the refrigeration step.  if she had refrigerated her own pie, she would have discovered it takes a little longer to finish the dish.