Hello Community!
This is my first blog post and I am not sharing food with you today.
Instead, I want to pass on a reference tool that my father, and then mother, shared with me.
http://www.foodsubs.com/
At the link above, visitors can feel a little bit cozier in their own kitchen. How you ask?
Many times when mixing and mashing in the kitchen with close friends, I see panic flash across faces when they hear me say "crap...well, we don't have any of that...huh". HAVE NO FEAR. As the Cook's Thesaurus above will show, many seasonings, many vegetables, and even meats, can be substituted. It's all about understanding flavor and how to use it liberally. No chilli powder? Hot sauce and cumin can help add flavor and punch equal to chili powder. Have no idea what a caper is? Look it up! You'll find a description and equal parts that can serve in exchange when no capers lay around your kitchen (as is often the case on a college campus...damn you capers). Take a peak and test some common recipe additives that you feel you never have, see what you can substitute. Learn about high notes and low notes (food talk, snazzy I know).
But most of all, take a deep breath, and feel safe in your own kitchen. Things can turn out great even if you make a shopping mistake!
Best
K
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