Cooking Exceptionally With Gin Lee

Country-style no-knead bread Needing bread for dinner tonight? You can start making this bread dough before breakfast and actually have a fresh loaf of bread by lunchtime. It's just that simple. This bread will not be like a typical loaf of sandwich bread. Instead, it's country-style and rustic. It's great served with stew, beans, dumplings, etc. But that's not to say that you can't slice it to make yourself a meatloaf sandwich. This bread dough is super forgiving, as long as you do not place it inside the refrigerator to rise. I started my dough at 6:30 a.m. this morning, and it will be done with its first rest around 9:30 a.m. Afterward, I will take the dough out of the bowl and shape it, but I will never knead it. While shaping the dough, I will roll it around in a flour-cornmeal mixture (to coat the outside dough). Then, after that, I will place the bread dough back into the bowl and let it rest again.  At this point is where it doesn't really matter how lon...

Gin's homestyle, Arkansas hot dog buns  Never have more hot dogs than you do buns again! This recipe will make 10 large hot dog buns, and 12-14 smaller ones. These hot dog buns can be formed into 4-inch, 6-inch, or foot-long buns. I make these in 4-inches for brats, 6-inches for regular hot dogs, and 12-inches for foot-long hot dog buns. First, explanations behind why grocery store hot dog buns and hot dog packages don't equal out the same  Have you ever scratched your head in wonder, why the packages of hot dog buns and hot dogs never match up in total? When hot dogs were first being produced in the early nineteen forties, they were most commonly made in packs of ten. Nowadays, some of the brands are packaged with less, and some with more, however, they never match up.  Hot dog buns, most often come in a count of eight in packages, because the hot dog buns are baked in groups of four, and the specific pans that are used only hold a total of eight. This simply...