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[HeLiXe]

I ate them in one sitting!

 

[dlgoff]

I ate so much crap today I'm surprised I'm still alive -_-
2 Chili cheese dogs! *faints*

^^^ Thats what I am talking about!

If you think 2 chilidogs is a lot of junkfood, well, I've got you beat bigtime..

Yep. Just a snack.

 

[CosmicEye]

mmm 711 hotdogs with hot cheese mmm

I always end up paying for that later

 

[Evo]

Last night I decided to make macaroni and cheese. All I had was whole wheat pasta. There is a brand of whole wheat pasta that is wonderful, unfortunately I didn't have that brand, I had nasty whole wheat pasta, but I figured that a cheese sauce might mask it.

Wrong.

First mistake was making a white sauce for the cheese instead of just melting cheese like I usually do. I didn't have milk, so decided to use some old powdered milk that I use in bread machine recipes. It was ghastly, but I thought, ok the cheese will mask the taste of the milk.

Wrong.

So I now had nasty pasta with a rancid cheese sauce. Throw it out? Never! I decided to add some dry mustard to the cheese sauce, as if I was making a welsh rarebit. Ok, now I just made the sauce bitter, so I thought "italian herbs" so fragrant and they really saved that nasty mushroom risotto the other night.

Wrong.

Ok, so adding enough hot sauce will mask the flavor of anything!



When my dog won't eat something, you know it's bad. I had soup for dinner last night...

 

[turbo]

Oh! Bad choices and bad luck piled on top! I hate throwing food away, but it sounds like what you made was a "food-like" concoction that convinced you of the need to toss the crappy pasta, the powdered milk, etc. When the larder gets a bit thin, I have to engage in free-style cooking, but I have never resorted to using powdered milk. I had that once at a friend's house when I was a kid, and had to run for the door. Never again.

BTW, Duke would have eaten your macaroni and cheese. He eats everything. I have to watch him when he's in the garden or in the berry patches because he helps himself. Of course, I have to keep him away from the compost heaps, too. He loves "treasure hunting" in those.

 

[dlgoff]

Last night I decided to make macaroni and cheese. All I had was whole wheat pasta. There is a brand of whole wheat pasta that is wonderful, unfortunately I didn't have that brand, I had nasty whole wheat pasta, but I figured that a cheese sauce might mask it.

Wrong.

First mistake was making a white sauce for the cheese instead of just melting cheese like I usually do. I didn't have milk, so decided to use some old powdered milk that I use in bread machine recipes. It was ghastly, but I thought, ok the cheese will mask the taste of the milk.

Wrong.

So I now had nasty pasta with a rancid cheese sauce. Throw it out? Never! I decided to add some dry mustard to the cheese sauce, as if I was making a welsh rarebit. Ok, now I just made the sauce bitter, so I thought "italian herbs" so fragrant and they really saved that nasty mushroom risotto the other night.

Wrong.

Ok, so adding enough hot sauce will mask the flavor of anything!



When my dog won't eat something, you know it's bad. I had soup for dinner last night...

Note to self: Buy boxed macaroni and cheese.

 

[turbo]

No Don! Don't go to the dark side! Boil some good elbow macaroni until it is partially done (not al-dente) then layer that in a casserole dish with slices of very sharp cheddar cheese, and dust each layer with a bit of white flour. Top with more cheese, and if you want a nice crunchy crust crumble saltines over the top before baking.

You can switch things up a bit by including some chopped chilies, onions, etc in the layers. When the mac and cheese is bubbly and not quite browned on top, fry up some calves liver or chicken liver with onions to go with the casserole dish. Heaven!

 

[dlgoff]

No Don! Don't go to the dark side! Boil some good elbow macaroni until it is partially done (not al-dente) then layer that in a casserole dish with slices of very sharp cheddar cheese, and dust each layer with a bit of white flour. Top with more cheese, and if you want a nice crunchy crust crumble saltines over the top before baking.

You can switch things up a bit by including some chopped chilies, onions, etc in the layers. When the mac and cheese is bubbly and not quite browned on top, fry up some calves liver or chicken liver with onions to go with the casserole dish. Heaven!

Thanks for bringing me back to my senses. Switching is up, less the livers, will work well with wheat beer.

 

[turbo]

Oops! I forgot to mention that after you have the pasta, cheese, flour, etc, layered up, you need to add whole milk to the casserole so that you can just see it under the top layer, then finish off with the top layer of cheese and crackers. Real macaroni and cheese is so easy to make, and it is SO good, unlike the stuff in the boxes with the pretend "cheese".

 

[Borek]

Today's dinner was based on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Túrós_csusza that we ate two weeks ago in Budapest.

I happened to have farfalle at home, so that was the basis. Curd is almost always in the fridge, we buy it every week. I bought a small piece of salo to make my own pork rinds. You don't need much - just a few on the plate, for a flavor. No butter - rinds were added together with some melted lard, directly from the frying pan. I forgot about the cream, but I wasn't missing it - and I am stuffed

 

[turbo]

That looks good, Borek!

 

[Borek]

That looks good, Borek!

Best part is that if you have rinds the most time consuming part is boiling pasta

Note: this thing definitely needs salt for the best taste.

 

[turbo]

Best part is that if you have rinds the most time consuming part is boiling pasta

Note: this thing definitely needs salt for the best taste.

I would also need ground black pepper, as I do for macaroni and cheese. Curds and pasta would do it for me, if seasoned properly.

 

[HeLiXe]

Yep. Just a snack.

Well maybe I should clarify...they were from Dairy Queen

somehow this pic makes me want to vomit >_> but they are big and they put a LOT of chili and cheese on them.

mmm 711 hotdogs with hot cheese mmm
you are just messing around...
I always end up paying for that later

 

[turbo]

That looks disgusting! If I put chili and cheese on a hot dog that I made, it would look edible. Yours doesn't! Not in the least.

 

[HeLiXe]

That looks disgusting! If I put chili and cheese on a hot dog that I made, it would look edible. Yours doesn't! Not in the least.

yes it does look disgusting lolll but this is a pic I found on the net that shows just how much chili is on there. If the one I ordered looked like that I would so not eat it -_-. The pics DQ has on their site just have a little chili


CosmicEye I just realized when you said 711 you meant the store lol I thought you were messing around yesterday (somehow when I wrote it I put it in quote) about eating seven hundred and eleven hot dogs lol.

 

[Evo]

yes it does look disgusting lolll but this is a pic I found on the net that shows just how much chili is on there. If the one I ordered looked like that I would so not eat it -_-. The pics DQ has on their site just have a little chili.

It probably looked really good before the cheese melted, but I'd still eat that in a heartbeat! The melted cheese would actually taste better.

 

[turbo]

It probably looked really good before the cheese melted, but I'd still eat that in a heartbeat! The melted cheese would actually taste better.

I have never seen real cheese that was that orange in color. I have a feeling that the "cheese" is made of vegetable oil, not milk.

 

[Evo]

I have never seen real cheese that was that orange in color. I have a feeling that the "cheese" is made of vegetable oil, not milk.

Cheese isn't made out of oil?

 

[turbo]

Cheese isn't made out of oil?

If your cows only give oil instead of milk, I guess you've got to work with what you've got.

 

[Borek]

I have never seen real cheese that was that orange in color.

C'mon, that's just wrong white balance.

 

[turbo]

C'mon, that's just wrong white balance.

Or a mix of red and yellow dyes in an emulsion of corn oil. The cardboard looks plenty white to me.

 

[HeLiXe]

It probably looked really good before the cheese melted, but I'd still eat that in a heartbeat! The melted cheese would actually taste better.

Well they were good :) lol

 

[jtbell]

Deep-fried cheeseburgers, ooh! :!)

Ohio Hamburger Festival dishes up fried patties to brave attendees

When I was a kid in northeast Ohio, "eating out" usually meant 15-cent hamburgers (with fries, of course) at McDonald's or a local chain called the "Golden Point."

 

[WhoWee]

Deep-fried cheeseburgers, ooh! :!)

Ohio Hamburger Festival dishes up fried patties to brave attendees

When I was a kid in northeast Ohio, "eating out" usually meant 15-cent hamburgers (with fries, of course) at McDonald's or a local chain called the "Golden Point."

Let's not forget Burger Chef, Red Barn, and Lord Burger (Cleveland in late1970's/early 80's).

 

[Astronuc]

My daughter's boyfriend made a savory dish with sliced zucchini, sliced carrot, shallots and Mrs Dash seasoning, and it was cooked in a skillet with a bit of olive oil. One could taste the hint of rosemary, thyme and fennel. It was really good. He also made lasanga with eggplant and hamburger. It was really good too.

Mrs Dash has the following herbs/spices/seasonings: onion, black pepper, parsley, celery seed, basil, bay, marjoram, oregano, savory, thyme, cayenne pepper, coriander, cumin, mustard, rosemary, garlic, carrot, orange peel, tomato, lemon juice powder, citric acid and oil of lemon.

 

[WhoWee]

My daughter's boyfriend made a savory dish with sliced zucchini, sliced carrot, shallots and Mrs Dash seasoning, and it was cooked in a skillet with a bit of olive oil. One could taste the hint of rosemary, thyme and fennel. It was really good. He also made lasanga with eggplant and hamburger. It was really good too.

Mrs Dash has the following herbs/spices/seasonings: onion, black pepper, parsley, celery seed, basil, bay, marjoram, oregano, savory, thyme, cayenne pepper, coriander, cumin, mustard, rosemary, garlic, carrot, orange peel, tomato, lemon juice powder, citric acid and oil of lemon.

Mrs Dash is one of my favorites. I buy the restaurant size - but it's a little pricey - paid about $14 a few days ago.

 

[Evo]

Mrs Dash is one of my favorites. I buy the restaurant size - but it's a little pricey - paid about $14 a few days ago.

I don't care for Mrs Dash, at least not the original, to be fair, I had it years ago when it first came out and it tasted like grass and rancid herbs, so maybe it has improved.

I *love* Morton's Natures Seasons seasoning mix. It is the best tatsing seasoning mix I have ever tried. You should try it, everyone should try it.

 

[WhoWee]

it tasted like grass and rancid herbs, so maybe it has improved

It's a "regional taste".

 

[turbo]

I mix my own seasonings. For poultry, I mix ground sage with a bit of rosemary and smoked paprika. If the chicken/turkey is skinless, I use a similar mix with some brown sugar to form a light glaze and seal in the juices.