Life in the Lower Mainland (BC, Canada)

In this post we'll talk about the best way to reheat pizza. Since a pizza is baked you might think you can just pop it back in the oven. You can, but that just further dries it out and generally makes it taste worse. You could steam it but the crust generally becomes soggy and icky. Instead, use your frying pan and do both: In a large, clean, frying pan, put in your slice of pizza. You'll need some room on the side to have just a little bit of water, maybe a tablespoon or so. Ideally the water shouldn't touch the pizza and be soaked into the crust, but it won't totally ruin things if it does. Cover with a reasonably tight lid because we want to keep the steam under the lid. Doesn't have to be pressure-cooker tight. During reheating, do not open the lid or the steam will escape and you'll lose a lot of heat suddenly. On the stove, turn on high heat and listen for the water to start sizzling. That means it's starting to turn to steam. Turn off the heat and let...

It's been a while since I had any coupons from  SocialNature , but I recently qualified for a promotion of A Vogel brand "Herbamare" herb-flavoured sea salt. According to the ingredients, it is "sea salt with vegetables and herbs". I tasted a pinch and it was salty as salt should be, plus clear herb aroma, though not particularly strong. I compared it with regular table salt (slide 6) and it looks like the salt particles are generally more fine than regular table salt (not sea salt). I tried it on some Pran Plain Paratha I got from Superstore. I sprinkled Herbamare on one half while the paratha was still frozen, then toasted it in my toaster oven for 10 minutes at 400 degrees Farenheit (slides 7-8). I tried the pre-seasoned side as well as the plain side which I seasoned with Herbamare after. I did not put an excessive amount of Herbamare, enough to have mild saltiness. Of course the saltiness was evident, but the vegetables and herbs flavor was basically los...