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I LOVE cooking. My recipes are frequently more "yea much" and "approximate" and "until it feels right" sort of instructions. So, if you're someone that loves to follow a recipe, I may not have the best information for you. But if you prefer to explore cooking with "what the fridge provides" and "let's see what spices we have" then we're going to have some fun!

a pot full of beef stew
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Hearty Beef Stew

A fantastic beef stew that is the result of coming across a very good sale on a top sirloin at the grocery store and spontaneously inventing based on what was at hand from there.
Sliced Basterma on a freezer sheet
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Armenian Basterma

Basterma is an air-dried cured spiced beef, sliced paper thin. Having never before cured any sort of meat, this was all new. The final result turned out to surpass my expectations and the result was a goodly amount of some the best Basterma I have ever had. I'm happy to share how I make it, in the hopes of keeping the tradition alive.
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