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I can answer questions that deal with everyday home cooking from roasts, BBQing, marinades, slowcooking, poultry, pork, beef, salads and vegetable dishes. The things I am not really able to help out on is desserts, fish and ethnic foods.

Experience in the area

I started working in a hospital kitchen in 1985 as a cook and have dealt with many different diet types. I lost my job in 2003 due to privatization and moved to the nursing field but have never lost my love for food. I am an avid collector of recipes and belong to several newsgroups on Yahoo where I collect them from.

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Graduated in 1984 from Vancouver Community College with a certificate in Chef's training. Started working in 1985 with St Vincent's hospital as a cook up until 2003.

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Tammy04/10/09101010Very helpful.. thank you
Kelly04/05/09101010Thank you so much for your help .....
Ken03/12/09101010Thank you Mike, I appreciate your response .....

Recent Answers from Mike MacDonald

2012-01-21 Lectro Electric Skillet Miracle Maid:

Hi Vickie.....I had no idea what you were talking about till I did a Google search.     I'm not sure what is you want but I did a search on e-Bay and came up with this...    http://www.ebay.ca/itm/1950s-VINTAGE-12-MAGIC-MAID-ELECTRIC-SKILLET-FRY-BUFFET-P

2010-09-18 dried peas:

Hi James....one thing that dried peas can be used for is Indian Dahl. Here is some ideas for you...please check out the links....    http://www.ifood.tv/network/dried_peas/recipes    http://www.gourmetsleuth

2010-01-09 Eternal Soup:

Hi there...I personally have never done this but it does sound interesting. The only thing I can think of is do your soup in a slow cooker. I'd be leary of leaving a pot on a stove all the time even on

2009-12-21 prime rib:

Hi Kim.....here is a guide line for cooking prime rib....    Prime Rib Cooking Times    These estimated roasting times are based on a minimum roast weight of 4 pounds (or 1.8 kg):    For Medium-Rare: Cook

2009-04-10 Slow cooking (crock pot):

Hi Tammy...no need to worry about the broth evaporating as the slow cooker cooks at a very low temperature but over a long period of time it cooks the food. It is one of the best tools for cooking cheaper

 

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