When shopping for peppers, make sure you choose firm, well shaped peppers with thick brightly colored flesh. For each serving allow 1/2 or whole pepper. If you are planning to use peppers within one week, place them unwashed in crisper section of refrigerator.
To prepare whole peppers, slice off top and rinse out all seeds.
If you want peppers shelves, cut them in half lengthwise or crosswise.
Cut peppers in half, remove stems, and rinse and cut away seeds and pith;
then cut into slices, slivers, strips, or chop them. When you plan to stuff or
bake peppers, it is better to parboil them: drop pepper shells or whole
pepper into boiling salted water. Boil for 3-5 minutes, remove, rinse, and drain.
Green and red peppers can be used in various recipes.
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Do you know that avocado is a fruit, not a vegetable? Avocados may vary from the small round ball variety, shiny green, to the big pear-shaped, a little bit russet-coated fruit. Avocados have shell-like skin or a smooth thin skin, depending on a variety. This fruit has yellowish-green firm flesh and a single large seed. California and Florida produce most of the crop and avocados are the best from December to April.
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Red, pink, yellow and even green, round and oblong, big and tiny-tiny - all
of them are incredibly tasty and super healthy. Gourmets and cooks,
cosmetologists and nutritionists, they all sing the song of praise to tomatoes.
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These savory mixtures are soft enough to be scooped up with crackers, potato chips, or vegetables without the aid of a spoon or knife. They are the quickest and easiest of appetizers. Dips are better suited to small groups than to large ones. They are typically American and not known in European entertaining.
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Cocktails are appetizers that are served at the table with a sauce or dressing, and they are not to be confused with the potable alcoholic or nonalcoholic kinds. Seafood and fruit,as well as vegetables, are the ingredients most frequently used.
Shrimp cocktail, with a tangy sauce, is probably the favorite cocktail, especially before a steak dinner. Cocktails are always cold; most of them should be well chilled.
