2018 Cooking Challenge
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^You make it sound so nice. And yet I don't care for bacon. I find it objectionable. Its fattiness, its greasiness. The flavour doesn't appeal. I even dislike the word (bacon? Get the hell out of my language, you disgusting French loan-word, you. Ick).
...maybe my taste-buds are simply misprogrammed. Like, I don't like the things real humans like. Pepperoni, avocado, 7-Up. Dairy products in general. Mayonnaise. Kraft dinner, and potatoes au gratin. Frozen waffles and french toast. Ranch dressing. Turns my stomach. Rather have some nice sauerkraut or black licorice. Can of sardines (in mustard sauce, obviously-----------what am I, a savage?) Pickled herring, pickled eggs. Anchovies. Red onions. Beer. Black pudding, and beef liver. Corned beef hash, browned in a skillet with a sunny up-top. Prepackaged ramen and yakisoba---------that's my lifeblood, man. Mmmm.
There's a frozen section in my store, a whole freezer devoted mainly to pierogies. I feel a sincere need to check them out. I'm not Polish, or Jewish, and so I've never had a pierogie before. I presume they're pretty rad.
...maybe my taste-buds are simply misprogrammed. Like, I don't like the things real humans like. Pepperoni, avocado, 7-Up. Dairy products in general. Mayonnaise. Kraft dinner, and potatoes au gratin. Frozen waffles and french toast. Ranch dressing. Turns my stomach. Rather have some nice sauerkraut or black licorice. Can of sardines (in mustard sauce, obviously-----------what am I, a savage?) Pickled herring, pickled eggs. Anchovies. Red onions. Beer. Black pudding, and beef liver. Corned beef hash, browned in a skillet with a sunny up-top. Prepackaged ramen and yakisoba---------that's my lifeblood, man. Mmmm.
There's a frozen section in my store, a whole freezer devoted mainly to pierogies. I feel a sincere need to check them out. I'm not Polish, or Jewish, and so I've never had a pierogie before. I presume they're pretty rad.
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Re: 2018 Cooking Challenge
The recipe is also good with prosciutto. Same meat cured differently and way less greasy. I've also done it with no meat and a bunch of veggies.
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^That sounds dynamite.
I like versatile recipes. Early this decade I experimented with no-cheese pizza, to satisfy my lactose-light biz. Like, one can do it just normal, only without the cheese; or one can thicken the sauce to a paste so as to hold the toppings better. The results of the latter were unusual-----------like, imagine a shepard's pie, consisting of all pizza ingredients. To be honest, it wasn't very good. Still, the cause of food mad science isn't advanced solely by victory-------even the missteps can be a rung on the ladder, as long as you insist on learning from them.
I like versatile recipes. Early this decade I experimented with no-cheese pizza, to satisfy my lactose-light biz. Like, one can do it just normal, only without the cheese; or one can thicken the sauce to a paste so as to hold the toppings better. The results of the latter were unusual-----------like, imagine a shepard's pie, consisting of all pizza ingredients. To be honest, it wasn't very good. Still, the cause of food mad science isn't advanced solely by victory-------even the missteps can be a rung on the ladder, as long as you insist on learning from them.
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Re: 2018 Cooking Challenge
Last night I made shrimp in a beer broth, bunch of spices, some ancho paste. Biscuits to sop it all up. Was good mane
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Re: 2018 Cooking Challenge
Made Peanut Chicken per this. The peanut mixture tasted really good in the bowl, but wasn't as strong as I was expecting in the chicken, so I probably need more than that next time. Which is a little surprising since I'd already deliberately used more than the recipe called for - quite a few of the measurements it called for seemed tiny relative to the amount of chicken. Maybe they have tiny chickens wherever that person is from.
Still really good, at any rate.
Still really good, at any rate.
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Re: 2018 Cooking Challenge
Maple Salmon
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If you're like me, you've never once thought to yourself, "You know what would go really good with fish? Maple syrup." But dang, does it taste good. I was afraid the maple flavor might be too clashing or overpowering, but that wasn't the case at all.Val's recipes (4/40):
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I could see it, I've done something similar with chicken and pork.
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Lovely looking salmon, Val!! (I also truly like your dinnerware!!)
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Re: 2018 Cooking Challenge
I made the peanut chicken again a few days ago and mostly improved on it, but I forgot to lower the heat for the third step and ended up somewhat burning quite a lot of it. Made my third try today with pork instead of chicken and I think I finally got it right.
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Thanks, they're family heirlooms. I take them for special occasions, like microwaveable pot pies.Heroine of the Dragon wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 8:39 amLovely looking salmon, Val!! (I also truly like your dinnerware!!)
Cheesy Garlic Butter Potatoes
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I goofed this one up a little. When baking you want the butter and cheese to get inside the slits you've cut into the potatoes, so they can melt in there. I failed to do that, so while the outside of the potatoes were nice and cheesy, the insides were pretty bland. Whoops.Also, the recipe called for parsley, but I used cilantro because I like it better.
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Last night I made a quinoa salad-type thing and it was SO GOOD FAM. I sauteed some Anaheim peppers (if you're not familiar with those, they have a flavor unlike those dreadful bell peppers but they won't scorch the tongue) until they blistered and also prepared a vinaigrette made from orange juice (I used an actual orange because in my case, it was just easier to do it that way), dried dates, scallions, pecans, and a sploosh each of olive oil and red wine vinegar. Once the quinoa was done cooking I just combined everything together, added in some goat cheese, topped it with a soft-boiled egg, and kaboom.
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We had a staff potluck the other day. I made grey stuff, as in "try the grey stuff, it's delicious." It was delicious. (I don't have a picture, sorry.)
Short version:
Mix pudding, whipped cream, & smashed Oreos.
Long version:
1) Whisk together 1 package of instant vanilla pudding mix, 2 tbsp instant chocolate pudding mix, & 1.5 cups milk.
2) Stick that bowl in the fridge for 10 minutes.
3) Disintegrate 15 Oreos (cream included) by any means necessary.
4) Mix Oreo dust into the pudding.
5) Fold 8 oz of Cool Whip into the Oreo pudding mix until consistency is uniform. (That's weight ounces, not fluid ounces. Just use a whole small tub.)
Serve by itself, or with sprinkles, or with cookies as a dip, or whatever you want.
And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"
Short version:
Mix pudding, whipped cream, & smashed Oreos.
Long version:
1) Whisk together 1 package of instant vanilla pudding mix, 2 tbsp instant chocolate pudding mix, & 1.5 cups milk.
2) Stick that bowl in the fridge for 10 minutes.
3) Disintegrate 15 Oreos (cream included) by any means necessary.
4) Mix Oreo dust into the pudding.
5) Fold 8 oz of Cool Whip into the Oreo pudding mix until consistency is uniform. (That's weight ounces, not fluid ounces. Just use a whole small tub.)
Serve by itself, or with sprinkles, or with cookies as a dip, or whatever you want.
And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"
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Re: 2018 Cooking Challenge
I've done, well, sort of that, but it was a death-by-chocolate trifle. Yum!
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Well, I've already fallen off the wagon on this.
I did make pancakes today, although that was using a premade mix, so it doesn't really count.
I did make pancakes today, although that was using a premade mix, so it doesn't really count.
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I haven't made pancakes from scratch since I was a kid. tbh I like the mix better.
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I fried chicken schnitzel and ate it with roast vegetables tonight.
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^Hmmmm. Wish I had your ambition, dovey. Most nights it's all I can do to put the kettle on, cook myself up a cup of coffee and some udon.
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it's not 2018 but i made a chicken pot pie for the first time and it is really ugly and absolutely delicious:
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