appetizers
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Turn a Shrimp Egg Roll Into Chips and Dip
We like to dismantle our food here at Skillet. That includes taking pigs out of blankets and deconstructing cheeseballs. In the spirit of deconstruction, I’ve taken apart the egg roll. It turns out, separating the filling from the shell is an excellent way to get the flavours and textures of this appetizer without any rolling…
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Wrap Your Mozzarella Sticks in a Blanket of Crispy Cheese
If you’ve been hanging out around these parts for the last few weeks, you have probably noticed I’ve been into wrapping things in crispy cheese, such as pickles, and fries. I’ve also been busy disrupting the mozzarella stick sector, so it was only a matter of time before I wrapped cheese around a mozzarella stick.…
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This Caramelised Pickle Dip Slaps
When I was 10, I “wrote” a parody version of Melissa Etheridge’s “I’m the Only One,” switching out the sapphic longing for pickle cravings. Unfortunately, the only lyrics I can remember are, “But I’m the only one who’ll walk across the fire for pickles/ and I’m the only one who’ll drown in my desire for…
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Make Better Irish Nachos With Guiness Beer Cheese
I haven’t done one of those genetic history tests, but I know the results would reveal my ancestors to be very pale and mostly Irish (or some combination of Irish and Welsh). But honestly, I feel about as Irish as a plate of Irish nachos, which do not come from Ireland and have never been…