What can you expect in the Food Thread on PF?

[G037H3]

:D

I don't really cook, but hopefully you guys post recipes. Or perhaps you just brag about your cooking utensils.

 

[nismaratwork]

We are at the mercy of the Spawn of Evo. I have been begging her for her recipe for over 2 years with no luck. It is to die for.

I'll beg... hell, I'll GROVEL! Tell her that food is art, and like any art it can only be fully appreciated when shared. Tell her you'll cut off a limb, whatever it takes I NEED GOOD CRISP *pant* *pant*... OK... I'm better now... juuuust... ask nicely for all of us at PF... pretty pllleeeeaaassseee?

 

[nismaratwork]

:D

I don't really cook, but hopefully you guys post recipes. Or perhaps you just brag about your cooking utensils.

My rolling pin is bigger than yours...

Check the previous pages, there are some fantastic recipes for everything from haute cuisine through tacos and drinks. Remember, the best way to learn how to cook, is practice... just make sure you have your friends taste it first in case the food ends up toxic. Eventually you either develop skills, or you run out of vict- errr... friends.

 

[Evo]

Ugh, I just had the best burger in my entire life, and I've had some really great burgers.

I think I'm going to die. A big greasy handful of ground beef, bacon, and fried onion rings inside a bun. I couldn't finish it and I'm in pain from being about to burst open.

It's from a place called Smashburger.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Ugh, I just had the best burger in my entire life, and I've had some really great burgers.

I think I'm going to die. A big greasy handful of ground beef, bacon, and fried onion rings inside a bun. I couldn't finish it and I'm in pain from being about to burst open.

It's from a place called Smashburger.

I just posted what you need, in product claims.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/10304/saturday-night-live-colon-blow

 

[nismaratwork]

Ugh, I just had the best burger in my entire life, and I've had some really great burgers.

I think I'm going to die. A big greasy handful of ground beef, bacon, and fried onion rings inside a bun. I couldn't finish it and I'm in pain from being about to burst open.

It's from a place called Smashburger.

Sounds like the proverbial "good hurt" to me!

 

[Monique]

Have you considered making a compote of the pears, with apple cider, a bit of cider vinegar, cinnamon, nutmeg, etc? Might be a nice way to top a scoop of ice-cream...

I brought home three bags of groceries and I forgot the ice-cream
Maybe I'll try and get some in the evening, but these days there has been unrest in the street. It has become illegal to poach houses, but some lowlifes decided that the law does not apply to them. So they poached a house that was empty, but for sale, pretty much next door to me. Result: an entertaining evening of riots, resulting in a lot of property damage. Now these lowlifes still have to be kicked out of the house that they illegally took possession of, I don't want to be walking around when that happens. (yes, I know that you can't poach a house, can someone inform me on the correct word?)

Anyway, I bought a bag of apples, so I'll probably be putting those into the stove this evening

 

[nismaratwork]

I brought home three bags of groceries and I forgot the ice-cream
Maybe I'll try and get some in the evening, but these days there has been unrest in the street. It has become illegal to poach houses, but some lowlifes decided that the law does not apply to them. So they poached a house that was empty, but for sale, pretty much next door to me. Result: an entertaining evening of riots, resulting in a lot of property damage. Now these lowlifes still have to be kicked out of the house that they illegally took possession of, I don't want to be walking around when that happens. (yes, I know that you can't poach a house, can someone inform me on the correct word?)

Anyway, I bought a bag of apples, so I'll probably be putting those into the stove this evening

In English the correct term for taking residence in such a fashion is, "Squatting". It's extremely annoying, highly illegal, and generally a practice of people looking for a place to use illicit substances. I'm not sure that "poaching" is such a bad term either...

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I discovered a way to lose weight and reduce the grocery bill by about 30%.

When our cat, poor ole toothless Issac, died, we didn't need to put wet [canned] food down in the house anymore as the other cats are all fine with dry food, which we buy in large bags. Beyond that, as I'm sure most cat owners would understand, it is all but impossible to feed only one cat, canned food. If Issac was eating canned food, in order to keep peace in the house, all of the other cats did as well. The end result was that after Isaac died, our need for cat food dropped dramatically, so I found myself making far fewer trips to the grocery store. As near as I can tell, beyond the cost of the cat food, our grocery bill has dropped by about 30% due to the fact that I shop less. Since I shop less, we tend to make do with smaller, less fancy meals, so I'm losing weight.

That was one damned expensive cat!

 

[nismaratwork]

I discovered a way to lose weight and reduce the grocery bill by about 30%.

When our cat, poor ole toothless Issac, died, we didn't need to put wet [canned] food down in the house anymore as the other cats are all fine with dry food, which we buy in large bags. Beyond that, as I'm sure most cat owners would understand, it is all but impossible to feed only one cat, canned food. If Issac was eating canned food, in order to keep peace in the house, all of the other cats did as well. The end result was that after Isaac died, our need for cat food dropped dramatically, so I found myself making far fewer trips to the grocery store. As near as I can tell, beyond the cost of the cat food, our grocery bill has dropped by about 30% due to the fact that I shop less. Since I shop less, we tend to make do with smaller, less fancy meals, so I'm losing weight.

That was one damned expensive cat!

Oh man Ivan, when you started talking about pet food, I feared the worst!

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Oh man Ivan, when you started talking about pet food, I feared the worst!

Well, my theory is that you can make a taco out of anything... You never know, a little cilantro and onion may go a long way.

 

[nismaratwork]

Well, my theory is that you can make a taco out of anything... You never know, a little cilantro and onion may go a long way.

Well, if I had to eat cat food, Taco... or maybe a stew would be it. Still... a really great fish taco is a sublime experience. I'll happily risk food poisoning on some roadside taqueria for a good fish taco.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Well, if I had to eat cat food, Taco... or maybe a stew would be it. Still... a really great fish taco is a sublime experience. I'll happily risk food poisoning on some roadside taqueria for a good fish taco.

My wife is a fish taco addict. When she goes to Hawaii, she pretty much lives on the fish tacos. If there isn't a local restaurant serving them, she'll track down a taco truck.

 

[nismaratwork]

My wife is a fish taco addict. When she goes to Hawaii, she pretty much lives on the fish tacos. If there isn't a local restaurant serving them, she'll track down a taco truck.

Sounds like a woman with fine taste and excellent taco skills. You sir, are a lucky man.

 

[lisab]

OK, looking for opinions on what kind of apples to use in a crisp. I'm thinking Granny Smiths, although in recent years they've been disappointing. Ideas?

 

[Andre]

Most definitely the Belle de Boskoop. Most popular variety here by street lenghts, for all apple dishes that involves heating, and for delicious reasons.

 

[turbo]

I wish I knew the variety of our apple tree by the road. The apples are crunchier and more tart than Macs, and they cook up very well. Great in crisps, pies, compotes, and applesauce.

 

[turbo]

Fall is here! Sunny cool weather, and we had a nice lunch on the deck. Fresh French bread, with a hearty soup made of venison burger, black beans, corn (that we cut and froze this summer), fresh garden tomatoes, carrots and and fresh herbs. The broth was started from a frozen beef stock reserved from a roast that we marinated and cooked earlier this summer.

Two kinds of fresh bread today - traditional French bread, and a seeded sourdough Jewish rye. Mmm! I have been babysitting that sourdough starter all week, and it was well worth the effort.

 

[Monique]

In English the correct term for taking residence in such a fashion is, "Squatting". It's extremely annoying, highly illegal, and generally a practice of people looking for a place to use illicit substances. I'm not sure that "poaching" is such a bad term either...

Ah thank you, squatting it is. These people feel that it is their right to live at an A-location for 0-money, that other people actually have to work hard to pay for their apartment probably doesn't occur to them.

Anyway, I made a delicious apple ball:

Take an apple, peel it and remove the core.
Take a square of puff-pastry and put some beaten egg on it, together with a layer of sugar, cinnamon and some zest of a lemon.
Place the apple on the middle of the square and fill the core of the apple with a mixture of almond paste and raisins (that were hydrated in hot water or liquor).
Fold the puff-pastry so that it encloses the apple and cover with some egg and some more sugar.
Bake in a hot oven for 30 minutes and enjoy

 

[Evo]

Ah thank you, squatting it is. These people feel that it is their right to live at an A-location for 0-money, that other people actually have to work hard to pay for their apartment probably doesn't occur to them.

Anyway, I made a delicious apple ball:

Take an apple, peel it and remove the core.
Take a square of puff-pastry and put some beaten egg on it, together with a layer of sugar, cinnamon and some zest of a lemon.
Place the apple on the middle of the square and fill the core of the apple with a mixture of almond paste and raisins (that were hydrated in hot water or liquor).
Fold the puff-pastry so that it encloses the apple and cover with some egg and some more sugar.
Bake in a hot oven for 30 minutes and enjoy

Oooh, that sounds lovely!

It's a beautiful fall day, perfect for that sort of thing.

Evo child bought apples and they're the size of grapefruit. I accidently dropped one on the floor and it burst open and juice was running out of it, so I put the spewing part into my mouth and it was like fresh pressed apple juice running into my mouth. Wow. They're called honey crisp.

 

[Monique]

Oooh, that sounds lovely!

And it is so easy! Really, it only took a minute or two to put it together.

 

[nismaratwork]

And it is so easy! Really, it only took a minute or two to put it together.

*DROOOL*

You know it never occurred to me that I might put on weight because I read PF. :

 

[Evo]

And it is so easy! Really, it only took a minute or two to put it together.

I want one.

 

[nismaratwork]

I want one.

I'm making one... or eight... whatever I can manage to cram down my pie hole before my girlfriend catches and kills me for them.

 

[Astronuc]

Anyway, I made a delicious apple ball:

Take an apple, peel it and remove the core.
Take a square of puff-pastry and put some beaten egg on it, together with a layer of sugar, cinnamon and some zest of a lemon.
Place the apple on the middle of the square and fill the core of the apple with a mixture of almond paste and raisins (that were hydrated in hot water or liquor).
Fold the puff-pastry so that it encloses the apple and cover with some egg and some more sugar.
Bake in a hot oven for 30 minutes and enjoy

My mom used to make baked apples. She'd core the apple and fill it with mixture of chopped apple, flour, currants and sultanas, cinammon (maybe allspice too) and sugar, and bake them. I don't know about nuts though. I'll have to get her recipe. They produced a nice juice and had a wonderful spicy apple taste. We'd eat them with vanilla ice cream.

I will definitely have to try apple balls.

I think soaking the raisins, currants or sultanas in rum would make for a nice dish.

I also love rum cake.

 

[lisab]

My mom used to make baked apples. She'd core the apple and fill it with mixture of chopped apple, flour, currants and sultanas, cinammon (maybe allspice too) and sugar, and bake them. I don't know about nuts though. I'll have to get her recipe. They produced a nice juice and had a wonderful spicy apple taste. We'd eat them with vanilla ice cream.

I will definitely have to try apple balls.

I think soaking the raisins, currants or sultanas in rum would make for a nice dish.

I also love rum cake.

I had a roommate years ago who made something similar to this...not in an apple, but in a sweet onion! It sounds strange but it really was delicious. Oh it had butter too .

 

[dlgoff]

*DROOOL*

You know it never occurred to me that I might put on weight because I read PF. :

Funny you mention this. PF has helped me gain several pounds over the years. Mostly from beer though.

 

[nismaratwork]

Funny you mention this. PF has helped me gain several pounds over the years. Mostly from beer though.

Ha! I can see how that would happen... now I'm torn between baked apples or onions. I think a nice porter would go well with a baked onion, and probably be about a million calories combined... a million sweeeet buttery caramelized calories.

 

[turbo]

OK nismar, I'm going to ruin your diet right now. Get a couple of large cloves of fresh garlic and put them in a preheated oven on a cookie sheet with a potato. When the baked potato is done, split it and mash the center a bit. Nip off the ends of the baked garlic cloves and squeeze the now-soft garlic into the baked potato. Add salt, pepper, and some butter to the potato and then cram in some nice sharp cheddar and pop that sucker back into the oven until the cheese is melted and starts to brown.

Better make extras! My wife had a bad case of the flu about 30 years ago and I couldn't get her to eat anything until I came up with this easy treat. Then, the garlic/cheese potatoes became a staple. They are SO good.

 

[nismaratwork]

OK nismar, I'm going to ruin your diet right now. Get a couple of large cloves of fresh garlic and put them in a preheated oven on a cookie sheet with a potato. When the baked potato is done, split it and mash the center a bit. Nip off the ends of the baked garlic cloves and squeeze the now-soft garlic into the baked potato. Add salt, pepper, and some butter to the potato and then cram in some nice sharp cheddar and pop that sucker back into the oven until the cheese is melted and starts to brown.

Better make extras! My wife had a bad case of the flu about 30 years ago and I couldn't get her to eat anything until I came up with this easy treat. Then, the garlic/cheese potatoes became a staple. They are SO good.

Oh god that sounds absolutely amazing. That said, when I die from cardiac failure my estate is suing this thread.

One of my favorite potato applications is: boil in salted water, sweat some onions, then add smashed garlic and sautee... finish with freshly grated horseradish. Mash it all together with the potatoes and enough cream and butter to stun a rhino at a dozen paces. I recommend this with lamb or steak.

 

[turbo]

Oh god that sounds absolutely amazing. That said, when I die from cardiac failure my estate is suing this thread.

I hope Greg can withstand the damages.

One of my favorite potato applications is: boil in salted water, sweat some onions, then add smashed garlic and sautee... finish with freshly grated horseradish. Mash it all together with the potatoes and enough cream and butter to stun a rhino at a dozen paces. I recommend this with lamb or steak.

Whenever my wife or I make mashed potatoes, we boil them with the skins on, along with onions and peeled garlic cloves. Drain, mash everything, add salt, pepper, and butter and serve. Mmmm! My grandmother would have insisted on adding heavy cream before mashing, but she was a product of Depression-Era farm culture. I ate more butter and cream when I stayed with them (a week or two each summer) than I ever got at home. My grandfather was a heavy-equipment mechanic, tall and strong as an ox, and he burned it off. He had cream and berries on his cereal every morning before he got his fried eggs, bacon, buttered toast etc, ate a heavy lunch and supper, and polished off a big bowl of French vanilla ice cream every night.

He was lean and hard as a rock all his life.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Sounds like a woman with fine taste and excellent taco skills. You sir, are a lucky man.

Heh, well, yes, but I'm the cook around here, and that ain't saying much! I do, however, make a very fine taco. I thought I should learn how to cook at least one of the major food groups.

Toast and cereal are about the extent of my wife's cooking. She used to cook, but I'm lucky if I can get her near a stove once a year now.

 

[Evo]

One of my favorite potato applications is: boil in salted water, sweat some onions, then add smashed garlic and sautee... finish with freshly grated horseradish. Mash it all together with the potatoes and enough cream and butter to stun a rhino at a dozen paces. I recommend this with lamb or steak.

That sounds delicious! You're my kind of man!

Heh, well, yes, but I'm the cook around here, and that ain't saying much! I do, however, make a very fine taco. I thought I should learn how to cook at least one of the major food groups.

Toast and cereal are about the extent of my wife's cooking. She used to cook, but I'm lucky if I can get her near a stove once a year now.

I know you cook an awesome steak too!

My girls favorite potato dish are my "care free" potatoes. Potatoes looking like they "don't care". This was a dish their father's mother made that my ex "taught" to me. It's a bit labor intensive, instead of just chopping or slicing up the potato, you have to keep turning it and slicing off odd shaped pieces in approximately the same size. Knowing his mother, it was her lack of cooking skills, she probably just randomly hacked the potatoes apart.

Anyway, you should have randomly shaped pieces of potatoes no larger than a quarter in size. Melt a stick or more of butter in a large skillet, throw in some thinly sliced onions, the potatoes, salt and pepper, and toss and cook until the onions are caramelized and the potatoes are evenly browned. I like to get them a bit crispy before serving. Oddly the bizare shapes do seem to create different textures and flavors that you won't get with traditional chopped/sliced potatoes.

 

[Astronuc]

My daughter made a leek, potato, sausage, carrot and kale soup this evening. It really good, especially given how cool it has become. She added some chicken broth and some half-and-half to make it creamy. The sausage is a sweet Italian type, mildly spiced.

 

[Evo]

My daughter made a leek, potato, sausage, carrot and kale soup this evening. It really good, especially given how cool it has become. She added some chicken broth and some half-and-half to make it creamy. The sausage is a sweet Italian type, mildly spiced.

YUM! Do you have a recipe?

 

[Astronuc]

YUM! Do you have a recipe?

It was bascially scratch, but I'll see if I can reconstruct the process including quantities of ingredients and the order in which they were added.

I've made sausage and potatoes with peppers and onions (one could use leek with or instead of onions), but without adding as much water or broth as for soup. One could add celery too.

We've done kale and potato soup before.

Here's an example - POTATO AND KALE SOUP (CALDO VERDE)
http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1648,151172-226199,00.html

another variation - http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1648,151172-227199,00.html

yet another - NEW BEDFORD PORTUGUESE KALE SOUP
http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1848,128185-241194,00.html

I usually brown the sausage separately, then add onion (leek), and sliced or chopped potato (irregular shapes about the size of quarters or half dollars - like mother-in-law). Adding carrots is optional. If making soup, one can add sausage and ingredients to a pot, add kale, and then add water/broth.

 

[Phrak]

I've recently rediscoved Hummus. It's the pasty stuff they put in peta bread sandwiches. I spread it on Boogotti or toast. Sabra brand is what I found wonderful. Then I bought Tribe brand which is much too tart with much too much added citric acid in my taste.

For me it's all about the garlic. The hummus is the perfect medium for the garlic. The boogotti is for the hummus so you have something to chew on.

 

[nismaratwork]

I've recently rediscoved Hummus. It's the pasty stuff they put in peta bread sandwiches. I spread it on Boogotti or toast. Sabra brand is what I found wonderful. Then I bought Tribe brand which is much too tart with much too much added citric acid in my taste.

For me it's all about the garlic. The hummus is the perfect medium for the garlic. The boogotti is for the hummus so you have something to chew on.

Just snag some chick-peas, tahini, fresh lemon, garlic, and you can make your own in about 2 minutes. You can then make it exactly as you like it!

Edit: I recommend the use of cooked garlic (cut bulb in half, olive oil, bake until soft) as the base garlic flavor, then smashed fresh garlic for zing. Go easy on the tahini and taste often. I also find that a little parsley can add some mellow flavors to it. For an awesome sandwich, snag some feta or halumi cheese, pan fry it (tiny amount of olive oil) in 1/2 inch slices until well browned, then slice it like steak, tomato, onion, homemade hummus on pita.Oh yeah, my Kuwaiti pals usually eat some pickled radish and beets along with some cornichons... really REALLY good. If you like hummus, have you tried tzatziki? It's a Greek yogurt sauce... yogurt, cucumber, garlic, dill, lemon juice.

 

[Astronuc]

I've recently rediscoved Hummus. It's the pasty stuff they put in peta bread sandwiches. I spread it on Boogotti or toast. Sabra brand is what I found wonderful. Then I bought Tribe brand which is much too tart with much too much added citric acid in my taste.

For me it's all about the garlic. The hummus is the perfect medium for the garlic. The boogotti is for the hummus so you have something to chew on.

I love Sabra products. Here are some recipes - http://www.sabra.com/recipes

 

[nismaratwork]

I love Sabra products. Here are some recipes - http://www.sabra.com/recipes

Sabra is the crack of the store-brand hummus world... their garlic with the sprinkle of garlic on top?... oh god.

 

[turbo]

I opened a bottle of Melinda's Jalapeno Ketchup this morning to dress up my fried potatoes. That is the best ketchup I have ever tasted. Nice and thick with chunks of chilies...

 

[Monique]

Sabra has a hummus topped with spicy pepper sauce... only the sauce isn't spicy I always add my own.

Today I baked up some more fruit. I had some hand pears that weren't too juicy lying around. I decided to caramelize them in butter and sugar with some cinnamon, yumm! It feels like christmas

 

[Je m'appelle]

Breakfast:

- 2 glasses of milk
- 1 glass of orange juice
- 1 cup of coffee
- 1 whole wheat bread ham sandwich
- 5 bananas with 80g of granola
- 2 eggs + sliced ham

pre-lunch:

- 1 protein shake
- 3 protein bars
- fruit salad (optional)

lunch:

- 350-500g of meat
- vegetables, legumes, salads, fruits
- 2-4 glasses of milk
- 4 eggs

pre-dinner:

- 1 protein shake
- 3 protein bars
- fruit salad (optional)

dinner:

similar to lunch, but recipes may vary.

post-dinner:

- 1 protein shake
- 1 maltodextrin shake
- 3 protein bars (optional)
- fruit salad (optional)

 

[Borek]

Looks like a recipe for

 

[Phrak]

Yah, guys, Sabra has all kinds of cool humus variants. They also have tahini without the humus. I tried it though like the humus better. They also make an egg plant spread I haven't tried.I baked my first cake today---well, yesterday, from scratch: Yellow cake with cream frosting. Since my 8 yr old has show some interest, since 3 or 4, mixing-up mysterious concoctions in the kitchen, we gave it a shot. It was a fine disaster. The dough didn't rise enough and the frosting had a double dose of salt. We stuck three candles in it and sang happy-birthday to my wife. I think she appreciated the effort.

 

[nismaratwork]

Looks like a recipe for

Hey, how did you get a pic of my friend Gustav?!

 

[mugaliens]

Breakfast:

- 2 glasses of milk
- 1 glass of orange juice
- 1 cup of coffee
- 1 whole wheat bread ham sandwich
- 5 bananas with 80g of granola
- 2 eggs + sliced ham

pre-lunch:

- 1 protein shake
- 3 protein bars
- fruit salad (optional)

lunch:

- 350-500g of meat
- vegetables, legumes, salads, fruits
- 2-4 glasses of milk
- 4 eggs

pre-dinner:

- 1 protein shake
- 3 protein bars
- fruit salad (optional)

dinner:

similar to lunch, but recipes may vary.

post-dinner:

- 1 protein shake
- 1 maltodextrin shake
- 3 protein bars (optional)
- fruit salad (optional)

And what's this regime for? An Olympic weight-lifter? Even when I was running all over the place in college, playing intermurals, running 5 miles every other day, and walking about 2 miles a day all over campus, I NEVER ate this much food.

I never ate even half this much food.

 

[Je m'appelle]

And what's this regime for? An Olympic weight-lifter? Even when I was running all over the place in college, playing intermurals, running 5 miles every other day, and walking about 2 miles a day all over campus, I NEVER ate this much food.

I never ate even half this much food.

I'm currently on a weightlifting program, with muscle hypertrophy as a goal, though I don't intend to become a professional bodybuilder or even get that much muscle mass, the diet must be pretty rough in order to achieve considerable results. I'm currently in a "bulking" phase, which means I'm gaining mass, so I have to eat like a monster.

 

[Evo]

I'm currently on a weightlifting program, with muscle hypertrophy as a goal, though I don't intend to become a professional bodybuilder or even get that much muscle mass, the diet must be pretty rough in order to achieve considerable results. I'm currently in a "bulking" phase, which means I'm gaining mass, so I have to eat like a monster.

You're posting in the wrong thread, this thread is about recipes, cooking methods, cooking untensils, books and tv shows about cooking.

I hope you realize that what you are eating is potentially harmful to your internal organs and you should only do this under constant supervision of a real doctor.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

How to select fruits and vegetables

Do we have any hints? I know how to pick a good watermelon but that's about it - thump and listen for the hollow sound. In particular I would like to know any tricks to picking red and green bell peppers, onions, and garlic. Also, apples, oranges, pears.