Bite. Sip. Repeat…

My wife was grocery shopping last weekend and grabbed a package of our usual mushrooms, the brown crimini ones. A passerby said she should really get the white button mushrooms because they’ve got better cancer prevention properties. My first reaction to this story was “Horse Hockey!”.  Not really my exact words, but my Mom reads this blog

Of course, I had to check out. Numerous internet searches showed evidence that mushrooms (especially white buttons) inhibit the enzyme aromatase that’s necessary for the production of estrogen. Excessive estrogen has been liked to an increased risk of breast cancer. See one article here.

Another article said the chemoprotective can be seen by eating 3.5 oz. of mushrooms daily. Not a huge amount, but certainly more than we eat on a regular basis. I guess we’ll have to work a few more mushroom omelets and pizzas into the weekly rotation.

Anyway, I thought this was pretty interesting, hope you thought so, too.

You can’t beat a good bratwurst on the grill with a fresh baked French roll.  Except maybe if you add grilled onions.  We had these last night and my kids loved them.  Couldn’t get them to try the onions, though.

The grilling tip here is for cooking the onions.  Cut thick slabs of sweet onion, 1/2 to 3/4 inch.  Then insert two thin bamboo skewers through the onion, crossed.  The easy way to do this is to lay the onion flat on a cutting board, hold it in place with your palm, and push the skewer through.

Crossing the skewers keeps the onions from spinning around after they cook.  A little salt, pepper, and a brush of canola oil is all you need.  Grill the onions on both sides until they’re nicely charred and beginning to soften.

Season finale tonight at 9pm, anyone watching?  Anyone interested?  I like both of the finalists, but I want Melissa to win.  More details here.