The Food Thread

arunbg

What's the coin for anyway ?
I would use it to buy a sandwich rather than bother myself with tomatoes .
Mmm, on second thought, those tomatoes look like luscious apples, don't they ?

Smasherman

I finally cooked my favorite of all dishes: potato curry and chapatti! It turned out really well, considered I had never cooked Indian food, curry, or chapatti before (though I nevertheless couldn't flatten the chapatti properly, so it was a bit thick).

larkspur

Just to show how small the tomatoes are.

Astronuc

Thinking like an engineer.

Astronuc

OK, I've given lentils some further thought -

Progresso Minestrone - Carrots, Celery, Light Red Kidney Beans, Potatoes (diced), Green Beans, Dried Peas, Enriched Penne Pasta, Garbanzo Beans, Spinach, Cabbage, Spices,

Spice-wise, one could consider which style of seasoning one wishes, for example:

Mexican (with chile or Rotel Tomatoes) - think of Mexican-flavored rice

Italian seasoning - basil, oregano, garlic, rosemary, thyme, fennel, parsley, . . .

Chinese (spicy) - spicy peppers, maybe ginger, in a beef or chicken broth, . . .

Indian - a curry base like dahl


Here is a recipe for minestrone soup which could serve as a basis for a lentil minestrone
http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1648...231205,00.html

or

http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,1648,...231207,00.html

or more generally

http://www.cooks.com/rec/search?q=Minestrone (382 recipes)


Besides minestrone, another recipe could be rice, corn and lentils, with green peas & beans (black, red, kidney, . . . ), carrots, potato (diced) . . . .

Rice, corn and beans are supposed to make a complete set of amino acids that one would get from meat (protein).


Or a lentil-tomato bisque, based on TOMATO BISQUE - http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,1648,...242196,00.html

Actually I've had great Tomato, Pumpkin and Squash bisques.

wolram

I had rind roulade in germany, it was yummy anyone know how to make it?

Evo

Another Salmon recipe

Spinach-Stuffed Salmon Fillets

INGREDIENTS:
2 (5 ounce) salmon fillets
Pinch salt
Pinch freshly ground black pepper
1/2 (10 ounce) package baby spinach, coarsely chopped
1 tablespoon prepared pesto
1 1/2 teaspoons chopped dry-packed sun-dried tomatoes
1 1/2 teaspoons pine nuts

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DIRECTIONS:
Heat the oven to 400 degrees F. Make a slit two-thirds of the way through the center of each salmon fillet making sure not to cut all the way through. Season each fillet with the salt and pepper. In a bowl, combine the spinach, pesto, tomatoes, and pine nuts. Spoon 1/3 cup of the mixture into each slit.

Arrange the fillets on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray. Roast for 8 to 10 minutes or until the spinach mixture is heated through.

larkspur

ooooooohh! I don't even like fish but that makes me want go buy salmon and cook it!

Pengwuino

So there i was trying to make mozzarella cheese sticks. I decided to use a frying pan instead of a deep fryer. Turn the heat on, put hte lid on the oil, let it heat up on mid-high.... for like 20 minutes. I make the mozzarella sticks, move them to the stove.... take the lid off.... smoke everywhere. Kitchen and front room had to be evacuated and we had to ventilate the air.

Tried it in the deep fryer an hour later and it was good :) mmmmm.

Although i think string cheese is prepared differently because the cheese doesnt seperate as easily as other cheese sticks.

Evo

The deep fryer allows the food to move around in the oil that has pretty much an even heat. The the frying pan keeps the food too close to the heat source, causing uneven cooking and possible scorching/smoking.

You're learning though!

Pengwuino

The breading turned pitch black pretty much instantly when i tossed them in the frying pan

scorpa

I don't have the recipes with me onhand (mostly because I have never made them before..... I leave that up to my grandma haha) but saurkraught buns (bread stuffed with hamburger, bacon, onions and saurkraught), perogies and cabbage rolls are awesome......mmmm and borscht.

Moonbear

Don't feel too bad. I managed to set off every smoke detector in my house yesterday making dinner. I was baking pizza and a bit of cheese wound up on the bottom of the oven, and burned. The pizza was fine, but the stuff on the bottom smoked up the kitchen. The smoke detectors here are WAY too sensitive. C'mon, a little smoke in the kitchen should not set off the smoke detectors a floor above it...not like I need 4 smoke detectors all within 5 to 10 feet of one another anyway Someone got carried away with the "a smoke detector in every bedroom" concept...this isn't exactly a mansion where you won't hear the smoke detector in the hallway from the bedroom. I thought I would go deaf and my pizza really would be burning by the time I got the smoke detectors all yanked off the ceiling and shut up (the "hush" button didn't work for some reason).

wolram

Penguin sandwich = any thing he has cooked between two slices of white bread.
Zebra sandwich = a double decker penguin

Rach3

This seems like the right thread to ask. Today I tried making tea, I put a tea bag in a glass of water and microwaved it at 1kW for some three minutes, it came out the right color but it didn't taste quite as good. What did I do wrong?

Cyrus

1kw? Dork alert......

Um, its called brewing the tea.

Every person from the middle east, India, and England just let out a big sigh and smacked themselves in the forehead.

wolram

Omg, EVERYTHING, tea bag micro wave

Rach to have proper tea you need a teapot a tea cosy and good blend of tea. and china cups.