What can you expect in the Food Thread on PF?

[arunbg]

I have had butter chicken once and it tastes great !
But the basting and putting aside for half a day, that put me off .

Okay, I thought why not run a theme for recipes to be submitted .
The themes will be changed regularly.

The first theme is : TEA TIME SNACKS

The recipes have to be original or at least tried, and the preparation time has to be inside the 1 hour mark. Let's see what you come up with .

 

[quantumdude]

Sorry, it was the risotto recipe. I must have had couscous on the brain!

A-ha. You certainly don't want to use couscous in that risotto recipe. You will end up with a fine-smelling, inedible pile of mush!

 

[Evo]

Well, I don't usually have tea snacks, but I'm craving this right now.

Cucumbers in sour cream

1 cup sour cream
Juice from one lemon
1 peeled cucumber, thinly sliced
salt and pepper to taste

In a medium bowl, combine sour cream, lemon juice and sliced cucumber until well blended. Add salt & pepper to taste.

 

[turbo]

Mmmm! I can't wait until our pickling cucumbers start coming in. I like the little slightly-tart cucumbers, and I don't peel them. Just slice them into a small bowl with some cider vinegar, salt and pepper.

 

[rocketboy]

Here's my recipe to share:

Get some really nice, lean, top quality Canadian NY Sirloin Steaks, throw some steak spices on them, grind them into the raw meat a bit, and then throw them on the bbq.

Add some beer and some friends and enjoy.

 

[Evo]

Mmmm! I can't wait until our pickling cucumbers start coming in. I like the little slightly-tart cucumbers, and I don't peel them. Just slice them into a small bowl with some cider vinegar, salt and pepper.

Mmmmm, I like them that way also.

Rocketboy, what time should we be over?

 

[Evo]

I'm cooking chicken enchiladas, and I don't remember what time I put them in the oven.

 

[Moonbear]

Mmmm! I can't wait until our pickling cucumbers start coming in. I like the little slightly-tart cucumbers, and I don't peel them. Just slice them into a small bowl with some cider vinegar, salt and pepper.

Slight variation on a theme here...I take cucumbers and a small onion, slice them up, put them in oil and vinegar (about 1/3 vinegar and 2/3 oil...just like you use for making salad dressing), add salt, pepper, garlic powder (not garlic salt), and let it marinate together for about an hour (or as long as you can stand to wait to eat the cucumbers, whichever comes first ). It's a simple, tasty summer snack. My grandmother used to make it all the time when I was a kid. You can keep reusing the dressing a few days and just add fresh cucumber. It's also a big hit at family bbq's.

 

[Moonbear]

I'm cooking chicken enchiladas, and I don't remember what time I put them in the oven.

When you smell them burning, turn the oven off. Oh, wait, that's Pengwuino's recipe.

 

[Evo]

Slight variation on a theme here...I take cucumbers and a small onion, slice them up, put them in oil and vinegar (about 1/3 vinegar and 2/3 oil...just like you use for making salad dressing), add salt, pepper, garlic powder (not garlic salt), and let it marinate together for about an hour (or as long as you can stand to wait to eat the cucumbers, whichever comes first ). It's a simple, tasty summer snack. My grandmother used to make it all the time when I was a kid. You can keep reusing the dressing a few days and just add fresh cucumber. It's also a big hit at family bbq's.

Mmmmm, that sounds yummy. That reminds me of the mozarella, basil, and tomato with olive oil and vinegar.

When you smell them burning, turn the oven off. Oh, wait, that's Pengwuino's recipe.

Or when the smoke alarm goes off.

 

[Cyrus]

I bought 1.5 lbs of snow crab from the groecy store today...

Step 1: Boil water
Step 2: Throw the legs in the water for 10 mins
Step 3: Take them out of the water

Its as easy as 1-2-3.

 

[Moonbear]

Mmmmm, that sounds yummy. That reminds me of the mozarella, basil, and tomato with olive oil and vinegar.

That's yummy too. I had that the other day too...just happened to spot some fresh mozarella when grocery shopping, and had a nice ripe tomato and fresh basil (usually I can't quite coordinate things so I end up with all three at the same time). Yummmmmmmmmmm.

Or when the smoke alarm goes off.

No, that's how you know pizza is done.

 

[Evo]

I bought 1.5 lbs of snow crab from the groecy store today...

Step 1: Boil water
Step 2: Throw the legs in the water for 10 mins
Step 3: Take them out of the water

Its as easy as 1-2-3.

No crab boil spice? No salt?

 

[Moonbear]

I bought 1.5 lbs of snow crab from the groecy store today...

Step 1: Boil water
Step 2: Throw the legs in the water for 10 mins
Step 3: Take them out of the water

Its as easy as 1-2-3.

You forgot to melt the butter!

 

[Cyrus]

No crab boil spice? No salt?

Nope, Just boiled in water, that's it.

I like to eat them just like that

I want to taste the crab, not the spices.

 

[Pengwuino]

When you smell them burning, turn the oven off. Oh, wait, that's Pengwuino's recipe.

behind my back! Bah!

 

[Cyrus]

I took your advice and had the crab in melted butter. Good call Moonbear.

 

[Evo]

Sad not many tea time snacks, Wolram has some good recipes for those.

How about SCARY food? I love reading recipes and came across this site which has some pretty scary recipes. I somehow ended up under the category of "green food".

I love green olives, but even I am afraid to try...

GREEN OLIVE SOUP

2 c Green olives, pitted
3 tb Olive oil
½ md Yellow onion, peeled and sliced
2 Cloves garlic, crushed
1 qt Chicken stock
1 c Whipping cream
6 tb Flour cooked with 3 Tbsp olive oil to make roux
Black pepper, freshly ground, to taste
4 Shots Tabasco
⅓ c Dry sherry
Garnish:
Sliced pimento-stuffed green olives
Garlic-bread croutons

Serves 6 - 8 Soak the olives in cold water for 1 hour. Drain and coarsely chop the olives. Heat a frying pan and add the oil, onion, and garlic, along with 2/3 of the olives. Saute until the onions are transparent. Puree this mixture in a food processor along with 1 cup of the stock. Place this mixture in a 4-quart saucepan and add the remaining stock. Simmer for 20 minutes and add the cream. Whisk in the roux and simmer, stirring constantly, until thickened. Add pepper to taste and the remaining chopped olives, Tabasco, and dry sherry. Heat to serving temperature and serve with the sliced olive and crouton garnish. The Frugal Gourmet - 3 Ancient Cuisines From the collection of Jim Vorheis

http://www.astray.com/recipes/?show=Green olive soup

Green Food

http://www.astray.com/recipes/?show=Green on green soup

 

[Moonbear]

Okay, I just skimmed that recipe and saw olives and whipped cream in it. That CAN'T be a good combination.

 

[Cyrus]

Tea time snacks are Iranian Pastries, the best in the world by far.

http://www.lotteryofbirth.com/albums/iran/iran/food/pastry.jpg

 

[Evo]

Read the GREEN FOOD eat at your own risk

http://www.astray.com/recipes/?show=Green on green soup

Very green casserole

Categories: Casserole
Yield: 8 Servings
1 cn French style green beans; 16oz
1 cn (17-oz) green peas
1 cn (16-oz) green lima beans
¾ c Mayonnaise
1 ts Mustard
1 Hard boiled egg; chopped
1 Green onion w/top; chopped
Almonds; slivered & toasted

Drain vegetables, mix with remaining ingredients, cover with almonds. Bake in 1-1/2 quart casserole at 350 until heated thoroughly and bubbling. MRS J.L. TURNER, JR (WILLENE) MARVELL, AR From the book <High Cotton Cookin'>, Marvell Academy Mothers Assn, Marvell, AR 72366, ISBN 0-918544-14-9, downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey .

 

[Evo]

Tea time snacks are Iranian Pastries, the best in the world by far.

http://www.lotteryofbirth.com/albums/iran/iran/food/pastry.jpg

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Where do I get these Cyrus?

Or rather, when will you be sending these to me to avoid being banned??

 

[Cyrus]

They are good because they are sweet, but they do not taste like sugar. All the crap sold here tastes like sugar !

There is an Iranian bakery here that sells these cakes. Maybe next time you visit...I don't think the mail can insure such priceless items...

 

[Evo]

In france I love baba au rhum, those little cream filled swans, petit pan au chocolat.

In Italy, just open the doors to the shop :!) :!) . One morning Antonio got up early and came back with three large boxes filled with every pastry from each of the best bakeries in Palermo, he was gone over an hour collecting them for me. :!) :!) :!) :!) :!) The stuff is to die for.

 

[Evo]

They are good because they are sweet, but they do not taste like sugar. All the crap sold here tastes like sugar !

There is an Iranian bakery here that sells these cakes. Maybe next time you visit...I don't think the mail can insure such priceless items...

I need to get up there this fall.

 

[Moonbear]

There is an Iranian bakery here that sells these cakes. Maybe next time you visit...I don't think the mail can insure such priceless items...

That settles it! The next PF Sisterhood road trip is to visit you for cakes...of both the sweet and the crab varieties! Those look delicious!

 

[wolram]

I made an edible meal yesterday, i bought a piece of steak flash fried it
both sides then put in a oven dish with chili, two oxos, half bottle strong beer, tin of tomatoes, two crushed coves of garlic, cooked it at 120 for
three hours.
the meat just fell apart and the sauce was nice and hot, great with some rough bread.

 

[Evo]

I made an edible meal yesterday, i bought a piece of steak flash fried it
both sides then put in a oven dish with chili, two oxos, half bottle strong beer, tin of tomatoes, two crushed coves of garlic, cooked it at 120 for
three hours.
the meat just fell apart and the sauce was nice and hot, great with some rough bread.

Mmmmmm, sounds yummy.

 

[wolram]

Any one tried the old method of (straw cooking), i have often thought that
some stews, chils would benifit from this cooking method.

 

[Evo]

what is straw cooking?