Making Focaccia Bread

An illustrated recipe blog entry about making your own Focaccia Bread

 

Puff Pancakes are easy

Combine these skillet pancakes with real maple syrup and/or any fruit of your choice and you’ve got a nutritious breakfast. All it takes are eggs, milk, flour, butter, a sweetener, an oven and a skillet. Puff Pancakes

Leftovers? What to do with them…

Creative ways to use leftovers and not let food go to waste. This article describes ways to get all the nutrition from your food dollars.

What do you do with pickle juice left in a pickle jar? Extra pancakes or mashed potatoes? What do you do with celery leaves and broccoli stalks? Some tasty, convenient, or almost gourmet ways to use leftovers. Right here.

Cooking Methods Compared

Do you know the differences between stir frying or sautéing, grilling and broiling, roasting and baking, deep frying, poaching and boiling, steaming and blanching? Take look here.

6 Comfort Foods Everyone Should Know How to Make

Is your son or daughter going off on their own and you’re worried about their cooking skills and how well they’ll eat?

Send them this link to Six Classic Comfort Dishes that are easy to make and pretty easy on the budget.

Really into cooking? Equipping a Kitchen the Right Way

Essential cooking tools. You don’t need every gadget out there, just a very few good quality implements for the kitchen. Here’s one chef’s opinions on the right tools.

DinnerTool.com from P&G

New tool from Proctor & Gamble to help you plan, shop for, and prepare healthy meals. Want to build a meal around a particular food? Type it in and you’ll get multiple recipes. We put the system to the test with “sardines” and found 20 recipes as a main dish and another 9 as a side dish, and thankfully, none as a dessert.

http://www.dinnertool.com/

10 Great Home Remedies

A link to some simple, inexpensive, home remedies, most available here at Shoemakers…
For example, did you know the spice turmeric is said to relieve pain of some forms of arthritis? Or that plain ol’ apple cider might help with heartburn?

http://www.altmedicinezone.com

French Fries Done Right – Gluten-free

How to make crispy french fries

Want to make fish and chips at home? Getting the “chips” just right can be a challenge. Here’s a gluten-free recipe blog with a restaurant quality method for making great french fries (OK, chips).

Shoemaker’s IGA Store – The best meats at great prices

You don’t have to worry about forgetting your “membership card” at Shoemakers. Everyone gets the lowest price everyday. U.S.D.A. “Choice” meats, the same kind you find at fancy meat service counters, but without the fancy prices.

Store front at South Charleston (Route 41 and Mound St)

South Charleston store (Route 41 and Mound St)

Want a particular cut of meat? Let us know and we’ll be happy to customize your order.

Tell us your suggestions, please! Looking for a particular item we aren’t stocking? We have access to most everything on the market, so let us know and we’ll try to get it for you.

You’re invited to help us serve you better. We’ll be developing a number of online polls.

Besides groceries you’ll find Money Orders for only 75 cents, ATM, all Ohio Lottery Games, videos (including latest releases and 99 cent rentals), coffee and cappuccino by the cup, ice, and even firewood.

You’ll find great buys on close-out packaged items on the clearance shelves.

We certainly value you as a customer and we’ll do all we can to make everything right for you. Thanks for being our customer and thanks for reading.