Merchandise Guide - Things That You Buy and How To Use Them, Cook Them, Etc.

[DonRocks]

I've never been sure which index to find things in, so I've divided them into three, mutually exclusive indexes:

1. Stores - Places where you buy things - stores, mail order, online ordering, etc.

2. Items - The things that you buy inside of Stores, what do do with them, how to cook them, etc. (this is where you are now - see the post below for the current index).

3. Thoughts - Any other Shopping and Cooking discussion not fitting into Stores or Items.

Restated:

1. Where you buy things

2. Things that you buy

3. Everything else

These indexes were started by mktye and continued by leleboo - both of these members are responsible for helping to keep the community going, and should always be in your hearts and minds.

 

[DonRocks]

Shopping

 
For information on specific stores (as opposed to "Where can I purchase specific items?"), please go to the Stores Guide.
For information on cooking specific things, please scroll down in this Guide to the Cooking and Recipes section.
For general discussion threads, please go to the Discussions Guide.
 
If you need Emergency Shopping Help, post on Ingredient Source 911 (treat it seriously - people reply very quickly here!)
 
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Pork - Bacon // Caul Fat //  Fatback // Heritage Pork, Holiday Ham, Hog Jowls, Iberico Ham, Iberico de bellota Ham, Kalua Pork/Pig, Leaf Lard // Pig Head // Pig Spleen, Porcelair, Porchetta, Pork Belly, Pork Hocks, Proscuitto San Daniele // Baby Back Ribs // Salumi, Suckling Pig, Surryano Ham (from Surry Farms), Tasso Ham

Sausages: Sausages, Andouille, Good Hot Dogs, Italian Sausage (w/o fennel) // Morcilla // Simply Sausage // Spanish Blood Sausage

Beef and Bison: Beefalo, Beef Cheeks, Beef Rib Roast, Bresaola, Brisket (Packer cut), Cheap-Ass Steak, Chianina Beef, Deckle // Denver Cut // Flat Iron Steak, Good Burger Patties, Ground Wagyu, Hanger Steak, Jerky, Meaty TX-style Beef Ribs, Offal, Suet, Tri-Tip, Veal Bones

Fish and Shellfish: Bluefish, Buying Online, Calamari, Canned Tuna, Lump Crab Meat, Blue Crabs, Crawfish, Dungeness Crab, Fishmongers, Fresh Shrimp, In-Shell Scallops, Live Lobsters, Lobster Pot Kit, Local Fish Smokers (BYOF), Mussels, Oysters to Ship, Pike // Raw Oysters // Rockfish, Salt Cod, Shad Roe // Skate // Smoked Salmon, Soft Shell Crabs, Steamers (clams), Stone Crab (Florida), Sushi-Grade Tuna, Uni
 
Fowl: Chicken Francese // Duck Breasts, Duck (Whole), Duck Confit, Duck Legs, Foie Gras, Goose, Kosher Chicken, Locally Raised Chicken // Pekin Ducks // Schmaltz Stewing Hens, Thanksgiving Birds

Game & Other: Alligator, Emu, Venison, Whole Rabbit

Goat and Lamb: Goat, Lamb, Meat (for Gyro)

Dairy: American Cheese // Butter, Catupiry Cheese, Clotted Cream, Cream for Making Butter, Duck Eggs and Quail Eggs // Firefly Farms Goat Cheese // Fresh Goat's Milk, Fresh Mozzarella, Fresh Ricotta // Baked Lemon Ricotta // Homemade Tofu, Milk, Paneer, Pasteurized or Irradiated Eggs, Plugrí¡ Unsalted Butter // Raw Milk // Sheeps' Milk, Stilton, Tortilla Española, Teleme Cheese, Unpasteurized Butter & Cream

Fruit and Vegetables: Apricots, Apricots, Dried, Artichokes, Arugula // Baby Corn // Bradford Watermelons, Canned Tomatoes, D.O.P. and San-Marzano-style, Cantaloupe, Casaba Melons, Chard, Cherries, Cling Peaches // Corn Salad Greens // Dekopon // Fava Beans, Fresh San Marzano Tomatoes, Fiddleheads, Foraging, Fresh Figs, Fresh Vegetables, Gigante Beans, Gooseberries, Italian Plums // Jackfruit // Jamun, Kabocha Squash // Lamb's Lettuce // Chinese Lillies // Lily Bulbs, Loquats, Lotus Root, Lovage, Lucuma, Lupini Beans (in harissa) // Máche // Mangosteens, Meyer Lemons // Navel Oranges // Palestine Sweet Limes, Passion Fruit, Paw Paws, Persimmons, Peppers, Hottest (Bhut Jholokia), Plantains, Ramps, Rhubarb, Romanesco, Sorrel, Strawberries // Sumo Fruit // Sunflower Sprouts, Sweet Potatoes (Not Yams), Tamarind // Tomatillos // Tomatoes in April // Valencia Oranges, Wineberries
 
Fungi: Chanterelles, Faat Choy, Morels, Porcini Powder, Porcinis, Truffles, Truffle Juice, Truffle Oil

Grains & Starches: Israeli Couscous // Farina // Cake Flour // Type 00 Italian Flour // Fresh Masa // Asian Noodles // Homemade Ramen Noodles // Fresh Rice Noodles // Sun Noodles Ramen Pack // Panko // Bella Italia Cicatelli Molisani Pasta // Filotea Pasta // Fresh Pasta & Gnocchi // Bulk Polenta Quinoa // Bomba Rice // Sticky Rice // Semolina // Tortillas

Oils & Condiments: Aged Balsamico, Cava's Dips, Demi-Glace // Fish Sauce // Hummus, Jme Pantry Collection, HFCS-Free Heinz Ketchup // Lyle's Golden Syrup // Mumbo Sauce // Olive Oil, O&Co. Olive Oil // Organic Honey // Partida Agave Nectar, Rasika's Jarred Sauces // S'chug // Toasted Sesame Paste // Teisseire Fruit Syrups, Vinegar "Mother", Wild Honey, Yuzu,

Pickles and Peppers, Anaheim Chiles, Chili Puree with Garlic, Chiles de Arbol, Chipotle Chiles, Indian Pickles // Kimchi // Peppers and Pimento Wood for Jerk Chicken, Pickles, Piquillo Peppers

Herbs and Spices: Anise Hyssop // Bacon Salt, Banana Leaves Bulk Salt // Chives (Chinese v. Garlic) // Cilantro vs. Culantro // Curry Leaves, Dried Seaweed, Garlic, Ginger // Horseradish Root // Juniper Berries, Kaffir Lime Leaves, Korean Red Ginseng, Lavender, Lemongrass, Licorice Root // Spring Oregano // Pepiche and Papalo, Potted Culinary Herbs, Powdered Coconut, Smoked Paprika, Smoked Salt & Pepper, Spanish Paprika, Spices, Vanilla Beans, Verjus, Wild Hibiscus in Simple Syrup
 
Nuts & Snacks: Banana Chips, Gourmet Cheez-Its, Green Walnuts, Ground Nuts, Habanero Doritos, Heirloom Popcorn, Kinderhook Snacks, Pecans // Pine Nuts (Not from China) // Potato Chips, Prawn Crackers, Whole Nuts

Breads & Desserts & Sweets:

B-Holes // Bread, Bagels, Baguette, Bialys, Brioche, Burger Buns, Challah // Chapati // Croissants, Hot Cross Buns, Knishes, "New England Style" Rolls for Lobster Rolls // Slider Buns

Cakes, Cookies, and Pastries, Baklava, Berger Cookies, Birthday Cakes, Canalés, Cannolis, Churros, Croquembouche, Fortune Cookies, Girl Scout Cookies, Hamentashen // King Cakes // Kouign Amann // Macarons, Malasadas, Millefoglie, Mooncakes // Oreo // Paczki, Palmiers, Pie, Sufganiyot // Tortas de Aceite // Wedding Cakes

Ice Cream, Gelato and Sorbet, Green Tea Ice Cream, Haagen-Dazs, Japanese Shaved Ice (Kakigori) //Jeni's Ice Cream // Korean Shaved Ice, Olive Oil Gelato, Pumpkin Ice Cream, Viennetta

Chocolate & Candy:

Candy, Caramel Apples

Chocolate, Chocolate-Covered Strawberries, Chocolate for Baking, M&Ms, Real (British) Cadbury Chocolate

Drinks: 

Coffee, Fresh-Roasted Coffee Beans, Iced Coffee Concentrate, Karlací¡ Coffee Company // Kirkland Coffee Beans // Restaurant Eve Signature Blend Coffee, Turkish Coffee
 
Juice, Blueberry Juice, Coconut Water, Maple Water
 
Tea, Gunpowder Green Tea, Fortnum and Mason Tea, Persian Tea

Soda, Cane Sugar Sodas, Fentiman's Natural Sodas, Jamaican Grapefruit Soda, Kosher Coke // Wine-Like Soda

Water, Badoit Water, Deer Park Spring Water, Metromint Water // Spindrift Sparkling Waters
 
Sweet Drinks, Atol de Chuco // Scharffen Berger Drinking Chocolate, Unpasteurized Apple Cider

Energy Drinks, Enviga Green Tea Energy Drink

Prepared Foods: Appetizing, Assemble-it-yourself, Prepared Meals, Bacon of the Month Club, Banh chung/Banh Tet, Bobby's Crab Dip, Cornish Pasties and Fresh Meat Pies, Edible Gift Baskets, Jordan's Country Crisp Cereal, Kosher Carmel Soup Mix Chicken Style, Meal Shortcuts, Party Platters, Prepared Meals, Potato Salad, Unique Food Gift Ideas, Valentine's Food Gifts, Xiao Ling Bao, Zingerman's Culinary Adventures, 100 Bowls of Soup

Misc: Apocalypse Chow // Chemicals for Cooking, Survival Rations, Tartaric Acid

Non-Food Items: All-Clad // Bulk Charcoal, Butcher Paper, Canning Supplies, Cookware, Kitchen Tools, and Gadgets, Cookware Bargains, Cooking-related Gifts for Kids // Electric Tea Kettles // Home Pizza Ovens - Breville Pizzaiolo, Ooni Koda, et al // Instant Pot // Julep Cups, Linens, Professional-Grade Plastic Wrap, Silver Flatware, Sony Playstation Glassware, Used Restaurant Supplies, Waffle Irons

Cooking and Recipes

 
For information on specific stores (as opposed to "Where can I purchase specific items?"), please go to the Stores Guide.
For information on "Where can I purchase specific items?" please scroll up in this Guide to the Shopping section.
For general discussion threads, please go to the Discussions Guide.
 
If you need Emergency Cooking Help, post on Kitchen 911 (treat it seriously - people reply very quickly here!)
 
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Cooking Methods & Techniques: Barbecue, Braising, Brining Birds, Canning and Preserving, Charcuterie, Creating Depth of Flavor, Defrosting, Dry-Aging Meat, Fish en Papillote, Freezing Sauces & Juices, Grilling 101, Grinding Meat (for burgers or other uses) Hard-Boiling Eggs, Homemade Bacon, Homemade Pasta Without a Machine, How to Boil Water, Larding, Making Jerky, Making Powdered Foods, MonkeySee.com, Pad Thai, Rendering Fat, Risotto (Pre-Cooking), Salt-Roasting, Scrambling Eggs with an Espresso Machine, Slow-Cooker Recipes, Smoking, Sous Vide, Steaming a (Schwartz's) Smoked Brisket, Stuffing Pasta, Tempering, Terra Cotta Cookware,

Pork: Boneless Spareribs, Char Siu, Cochon de Lait, Currywurst, Fresh Ham Roasts, Ham Steak, Calhoun Country Ham, Mission: Pork, Parboiling Ribs, Pig Roasting, Pork Belly, Pork Loin (the big kind), Pork Tenderloin (the little kind), Puerco Pibil, Spare Ribs, Standing Pork Roast, Suckling Pig, Trotters,

Beef: Brisket, Flanken-cut Short Ribs, Flat Iron Steak, Hanger Steak, Kobe Beef, Omaha Steaks, Pastrami Roasted Bone Marrow, Sharing a Side of Beef, Short Ribs (English cut), Standing Rib Roast, Steak, Steak Tartare

Food for Stocking a Freezer: Food for Stocking a Freezer

Game and More: Caribou, Horsemeat, Rabbit, Venison

Goat, Lamb, & Veal: Goat, Leg of Lamb, Saltimbocca, Seared Lamb Loin, Veal Rib Chop, Veal Tongue

Fish: Basa/Pangasius (Vietnamese Catfish), Best Piece of Fish Ever Eaten (recipe for sable/black cod), Brandade, Ceviche, Cooking Lobster, Crabcakes, Escargot Snails, Escolar, Frozen Mussels, Fugu, Kinkgklip, Lobster Rolls, Monkfish, Red Snapper Vera Cruz, Sablefish/Black Cod, Salmon, Sardines, Scallops, Shad, Shad Roe, Vietnamese Catfish, Whole Rockfish

Fowl: Beer Can Chicken // Chicken Cutlets // Chicken-Liver Paté, Cornish Game Hens, Duck, Fried Chicken, Goose Breast, Goose, Lazy Man's Roast Chicken, Palena Chicken Project, Poussin, Quail, Red Hot Chicken, Smoking, Grilling, Deep-Frying a Turkey, Turkey, Turkey Pot Pie, The Willard Room's Alsatian Chicken Baeckeoffe

Mixed Meats: Boar's Head Meats, Boudin Blanc, Cassoulet, Chili, Coldcuts, Cuts of Meat for Stew, Haggis, Half-Smokes, Hamburgers, Meat Cake, Meatloaf, Pork Belly & Oxtail, Sausages, Scrapple, Spam, Sweetbreads, Terrines, Whole Food's Vegetarian Field Roast,

Dairy:  BelGioso Cheeses, Custard, Devilling Eggs, Drunken Eight-Egg Omelette, Duck Eggs, Egg Cooking Techniques, Fondue au Fromage, Gougères, Homemade Cheese, Homemade Mozzarella, Quail Eggs, Sabayon, Salvadora Crema vs. Sour Cream, Sheep's Milk Ricotta, Soufflés, Soy Milk, Yogurt

Fruit, Fungi, & Veggies: Apples, Asparagus, Keeping Asparagus Fresh, Beans, Beets, Black-Eyed Peas, Braised Carrots, Broccoli, Albert R. Broccoli, Broccoli Rabe, Broccoli Stems, Brussel Sprouts, Cabbage, Caprese Salad, Carrots, Cauliflower, Cayenne Peppers (Fresh), Chervil (Fresh), Coconut, Coconut Milk, Dandelion Greens, Durian, Eggplant, Fennel, Fizzy Fruit, Fruit and Herb Combinations, Green Tomatoes, Jackfruit, Jalapenos, Japanese Pickles (Tsukemono), Kadu (Kaddoo), Kohlrabi, Kumquats, Long Pepper, Maradol Papayas, Mascarpone-Stuffed Dates (a la Komi), Meyer Lemons, Miracle Fruit, Mirepoix, Natto, Nettles, Okra, Olives, Parsnips, Plantains // Pomegranates // Pumpkin, Roasted Cherry Tomatoes, Roasted Vegetables, Salsify, Seville Oranges, Sour Cherries, Squash Blossoms, Storing Mushrooms, Substituting Mushroom Varieties, Sugar Plums, Szechuan Buttons, Tomatillos, Tomatoes, Tomatoes a la Andres, Truffles, Watermelon (how-to), Winter Squash, Zucchini

Onions & Garlic, Garlic Scapes, Green Garlic, Green Onions, Leeks, Onions (Vidalia), Ramps

Soup & Stock: Beer Cheese Soup Bisque, Bun Rieu (Vietnamese crab noodle soup), Caldo Tlalpeí±o, Cappelletti In Brodo, Chicken Soup, Chilled Soups, Cioppino, Crab Bisque, Gazpacho, Miso, New England Clam Chowder, Pho, Seafood Gumbo, Spanish Wild Mushroom Soup, Split Pea Soup, Tom Ka (Thai coconut soup), Winter Soups

Stock: Beef Broth, Chicken Stock, Difference in Veal Bones for Stock Duck Stock, Turkey Stock vs. Chicken Stock, Veal Stock

Stews: Gumbo // Paila Marina

Pasta & Starches: Baji, Cajun Rice Dressing, Chiura, Congee, Cornmeal Pancakes, Durum Wheat Flour, Farro, Flavored Pasta, French Fries, Gnocchi, Gratins, Grits, Instant Steamed Rice, Lasagna, Mac & Cheese, Orzo, Paella, Pasta, Pasta with Butternut Squash, Pasta with Cherry Tomatoes, Pastitsio, Persian Rice, Polenta // Rice A Roni // Mashed Potatoes // Roasted Potatoes // Potato Salad, Ravioli, Rice, Risotto, Risotto í  la Joe H, Soy Grits, Spaetzle, Sweet Brown Rice

Breads (Sweet and Savory): Baking Bread, Biscuits, Egg-Free Challah, Hamburger Buns, Homemade Doughnuts, Hushpuppies, Microwave Bread, Muffins, No-Yeast Dinner Rolls, Pasty // Pita Bread // Pizza, Popovers, Pretzels, Puff Pastry Uses, Savory Muffins, Scones, Sourdough Starter, Spoonbread

Appetizers & Snacks: Granola, Guacamole, Homemade Potato Chips, Smoothies

Sauces & Condiments: Barbecue Sauce, Blackberry Sauce, Bolognese // Carbonara // Confit Jelly, A Healthier Ranch Dressing, Full Red Fully Prepared Pizza Sauce, Mango Shrimp Dipping Sauce, Marinades, Brines, and Salad Dressings, Mayonnaise and Aioli, Membrillo, Mushroom Cream Sauce, Onion Marmalade, Pesto, Roasted Corn Relish, Salsa Verde // Sriracha Sauce // Tamarind Paste, Tomato Sauce, Tomato & Veal Pasta Sauce,

Spices and Herbs: Arganöl, Basil, Brown Sugar, Cardamom // Cilantro, Flaxseed, Flor de Izote, Licorice Verbena, Mahlab, Penzey's Black and Red Spice, Specialty Salts

Desserts & Sweets: í†bleskiver, Animal Crackers, Apple Pie, Bacon Chocolate-Chip Cookies, Bread Pudding, Cakes, Caramels, Carrot Cake, Chocolate-Covered Strawberries, Coconut Cake, Coconut Cream Pie, Cobbers (Crumbles), Cookie Dough Storage // Cookie Recipes // Cupcakes, Easy Desserts, Fruitcake, Fruit Tarts, Gingerbread, Haresa (Jordanian semolina cake), Key Lime Pie, King Cake, Macarons, Marshmallows, Non-Dairy Frosting, Páte Brisée, Pies, Queen Elizabeth Cake (maybe trifle), Red Velvet Cake, Rosinenkí¼chen (German Raisin Cake), Rum Cake, Stroopwafles // Gelato/Sorbetto // Ice Cream // Sorbet // Tollhouse Cookies
 
Recipe Ideas For: Low- and No-Carb Recipes // Low-Carb Thanksgiving Sides //Baltimore Crabcakes (Andrew Zimmern) // Simple Stuff You Make, Recreating Restaurant Favorites at Home, Campfire Cooking, Vegetarian Mains, Tamales, Traditional Taco Fillings, Ayurvedic Cooking, Family Recipes, Creativity with Leftovers, Simple Syrup, Popcorn Popped in Bacon Fat, Duck Confit, Toppings for Pumpkin Cheesecake, Topping Apple Crepes, Hanging Tender, Lamb Sirloin Tip, Leftover Turkey, Leftover Chicken au Jus, Wine You Might Not Drink, Leftover Spirits, A Single Morel, Saffron Cooking Without a Kitchen Sink, Cooking with Whiskey, Cooking with Walnut Oil, Cooking with Honey, Huckleberries, Pepper for Vindaloo, Variations on Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup, Leftover Egg Whites, Stale Bread, Injera, Your CSA Delivery, Cooking Vegetarian, Interesting Jelly/Jam, Leftover Mole, Vegetarian Breakfast Crepes, Half a Cup of Cream, Dolmathes (dolmades; stuffed grape leaves), Fattet Bel Djaj, Fruit and Vegetable Pulp After Juicing, Anchovies, Adapting a Whole Side of Salmon, Whole Thanksgiving Meal from Farmer's Market, Appetizers for a Crowd, Make-Ahead Meals, Eating on the Cheap, Stuffing the Freezer, Snow (Really!)
 
Sandwiches: The Ultimate BLT, The Ultimate Chicken Parmigiana Sandwich, Cubano (Cuban Sandwich), Peanut Butter and Marmite Sandwiches
 
Drinks: Acadiana's Bloody Mary Recipe // Cactus Pear Syrup // Chai, Coffee, Homemade Bitters, Iced Coffee, Infusing Alcohol, Limoncello, Nonalcoholic Cocktails Smoothies, Spiked Punch, Supreme Italian Mixed-Citrus Juice

DR.com Picnic Recipes: Fall '05 (link to .pdf file of recipes), Spring '06, Fall '06, Spring '07, 2009 (Spring and Fall), 2010 Spring, 2010 Fall, 2011 Spring