The Cooking Thread

[RageAgainstTheAoki]

Thanks, Drinkey. I'll check him out.

[TomServo]

I used to make risotto all the time, but then my daughter became a vegetarian, and the mushroom-based (non-chicken stock) flavor is of literally no interest to me.

I have my kid hooked on homemade chicken satay now, and just converted him to chicken yellow curry as well. Ha. Take that, McDonald's!

[RageAgainstTheAoki]

Tips/recipes for homemade chicken satay, Tom? Seems like it would be fairly easy to make...?

[TomAz]

this one works well for me

http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/c...h-peanut-sauce

[disgustipated]

I used to make risotto all the time, but then my daughter became a vegetarian, and the mushroom-based (non-chicken stock) flavor is of literally no interest to me.

Use vegetable stock. I agree that the mushroom stock is a bit much but cutting it with water or wine helps to tone down the potent shroom flavor.

[Courtney]

I'm sort of overwhelmed, in the best of ways, with the challenge of using all of the produce that arrived in my first CSA delivery yesterday. Anyone have suggestions for good recipes involving red chard or golden beets (with beautiful leafy tops)?

[disgustipated]

toss the chard in olive oil, sea salt and pepper and grill it. roast the beets and make a salad with goat cheese.


roasted beet and grilled chard salad with goat cheese, candied walnuts and lemon vinaigrette.


boom

[canexplain]

Humm bought PRIME at costco didn't notice big difference... prime is only at 10 percent of fancey places.... let you know ... cr****

[TomAz]

I'm sort of overwhelmed, in the best of ways, with the challenge of using all of the produce that arrived in my first CSA delivery yesterday. Anyone have suggestions for good recipes involving red chard or golden beets (with beautiful leafy tops)?

If I had beet greens right now I would make this pasta which is really great: http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/f...-crazy-bastard

cherry tomatoes, toasted walnut halves, beet greens and goat cheese tossed with pasta.



edit: my stomach growled writing this post.

[Courtney]

Oh my gosh I must make that immediately. I even have the cherry tomatoes from my CSA too.

[Courtney]

It's August and I'm brining an 18 pound turkey. Because I can.

[algunz]

I hope you are having guests.

[TomAz]

You must be planning on feeding a lot of people.

edit: gunz beat me to it.

[Courtney]

Ha. Yes, it occurred to me this morning that I should probably invite some people over, so I did so. Impromptu dinner parties are the best.

[algunz]

What shall your side dishes be?

[Courtney]

I have a fridge full of lettuce and golden beets and carrots and things from my CSA so I'm going to make a big simple salad. And I'll get a nice crusty bread. This is not a very well planned event.

[algunz]

Sounds delicious.

[TomAz]

I am seriously considering making a spinach and grape leaf pie today. Except I don't know for sure if my favorite grocer will have grape leaves.

[TomAz]

Ha. Yes, it occurred to me this morning that I should probably invite some people over, so I did so. Impromptu dinner parties are the best.

That turkey's not going to brine for very long then is it?

[canexplain]

Lb of elk, v8, mushrooms, tomatoies, cumin, tyime. marigom. ,water, daves hotmsaoucrm hot sauce, , bunch of totatiies, lots of stuff cr****

[TomAz]

Ron have you had a stroke recently?

[bmack86]

Marigom and hotmsaourcrm are my favorites.

[TomAz]

I am seriously considering making a spinach and grape leaf pie today.

This turned out really great. very happy right now.

and yes I made the crust from scratch myself.

[Kyliediscope]

This turned out really great. very happy right now.

and yes I made the crust from scratch myself.

The crust looks so buttery and delicious. Nice job!

[Courtney]

Tom, that looks phenomenal. Want.

Does anyone have experience cooking carrot tops?

[lehorne]

bought a bunch of Hibiscus flowers in Egypt and made my own batch of Karkaday tea for the first time today. Karkaday. Drank all over the streets and in toasts at Muslim weddings and supposed to lower blood pressure. It's heavily sugared, so now you know why, along with the mass consumption of sweet mint tea, their teeth are so fucked up. SOme look like Enrique Eglesias until they open their mouths. Habbibi.

[Shaxspear]

That is an amazing looking pie. Wow! As for the beets, I like to slow roast them in the oven with some salt, pepper, and olive oil (sometimes with a bit of truffle oil as well), and then top them with crumbled creamy mild danish blue cheese.

[TomAz]

Does anyone have experience cooking carrot tops?

[zircona1]

I made butter a few weeks ago. It's tough to cut when you take it out of the fridge.

I made mashed potatoes last night with some of that butter, milk, and garlic salt. Turned out very good.

[algunz]

We need to have a traveling meal group for this year's festival.

Show up at my pad for appetizers, move to the next spot for . . . Etc. We could do a breakfast version.