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Beef Jerky, Best Beef Jerky, Jerky -

So you want to be a Jerk(y)? If you are like me there is nothing better than that little bag of dehydrated meat with the most flavorful topping to get you through most any event. The Catullos Jerky of the Month Club allows me enjoy at least one bag of Catullos Home-Made jerky each month. Each month is a different feeling for me based around the crazy Ohio weather I live in so I like to associate those delicious flavors with that changes in the season. For example I hunt starting in September and the satisfaction and smile that Hot...

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cooking ideas for valentines day, valentines day dinner -

Words from "The Butcher" A Butcher’s 5 step guide to making a woman happy for Valentine’s Day   To get myself in the mood for this Valentine’s Day edition of Catullo’s Cooking Newsletter, I started jamming to some Amos Lee (check out his new cd, buy it for you girlfriend… step 1) and began to think about all the meals I’ve made to try to impress a girl (learn how to cook… step 2). Things are a bit different from when I took a girl to Alberini’s in Niles to show her how versed in good food! Now, I need...

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changing up your recipes -

  It’s not always easy to change when things are going good. This is especially true in the kitchen. Ever been to the same restaurant you love, see a buffet of goodness and yet order the same thing you have been getting since you were a single man when you came home from Ohio State for the summer? Yes, my fellow foodies, yours truly can fall under this category as well. New Year = New Horizons. Not just with going out to eat, but in the way we cook as well. Imagine if the pizza pie was never changed, never...

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amish turkeys, thanksgiving turkeys -

Thanksgiving isn't just another holiday for the family chef. I am that chef, Danny is that chef and hopefully you are that chef. A turkey is the main dish for our Thanksgiving meal and we want to make sure we are providing our families with not only the best tasting turkey, but also the freshest and safest.  What does it mean for poultry to be fresh and safe.? No more is it about going into your local grocery store and picking the right bird at the right price. Today there are too many FDA ok'd drugs that get pumped into...

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ideas for dinner -

“What are we having for dinner tonight?’ The question can linger for the entire day. Yeah, every once in while, you have a fantastic idea and spend the rest of the day excited for a meal like Youngstown’s cheese steak. Sometimes, I just get the empty stomach, nothing can fill it feeling. You know what I’m talking about. Scrounge the fridge for something and everything you find doesn’t sound good. So you whine to your wife (okay, that just might be me) and ask her if she has an idea, praying that she won’t just say the universal culinary term…....

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