The Cooking Thread

[canexplain]

Does the climate make a difference next week: ie: I guess it will just be hot and dry there right, so no stews or soups? I keep looking up stuff I am considering making and it says don't make on a cloudy or humid day. What the hell do peeps in Seattle make.

[bmack86]

There's a storm coming in apparently so it's been getting up to the mid 50s. Might have snow in the next few days, but I am planning on making my gumbo for some friends so I've already got one soup on tap.

[canexplain]

OK so not so much cooking but you might buy these (any food store) for your gumbo. You can have everything made b4 you need it, then deep fry the dough, have everyone put on their own powder sugar (if you have one of those old school salt shakers, it's perfect), a frothy cup of coffee and relax ......

[bmack86]

Naw, we've searched for Cafe du Monde stuff in the area, it doesn't exist here. I loved their coffee.

[fatbastard]

Lots of file

[unit300021]

No I haven't made a homemade chicken salad before but one thing I have learned from shredding chicken for other recipes is that boiled chicken is so much easier to shred then baked chicken. You probably already knew that though.

[canexplain]

Add pine nuts for crunch maybe and you would have to eat it in a couple of days, else brown. Looks good though ....

[Neighborhood Creep]

Add pine nuts for crunch maybe and you would have to eat it in a couple of days, else brown. Looks good though ....

Good call for the crunch. Thanks

[mountmccabe]

Our friend what lives in New Orleans brought us those exact Cafe du Monde items. And Tiffany brought me a coffee mug from there when she last visited.

We should make some beignets.

[canexplain]

Our friend what lives in New Orleans brought us those exact Cafe du Monde items. And Tiffany brought me a coffee mug from there when she last visited.

We should make some beignets.

I really thought I bought those things somewhere besides NOLA, but maybe not.
So I got hungry for red beans and rice. Got lazy and didn't make fresh but it was super cheap.
Red Beans and Rice with Andouille Sausage
Sourdough Bread with butter
Coconut Whipped Cream with Semi-Sweet Chocolate Dipped Frozen Bananas, (they are hard to see), sprinkle of unsweetened chocolate...
Cup of espresso
All this cost less than $1.25 per person. Cheaper than a McDonald's cheapest burger and I guess a cup of water .... cr****

[ThatGirl]

Naw, we've searched for Cafe du Monde stuff in the area, it doesn't exist here. I loved their coffee.

We only get it at the International market here. If you have a foreign focused grocery store you should try there. I love it as well.

[tricorne]

They sell it on Amazon. It exists everywhere.

[canexplain]

They sell it on Amazon. It exists everywhere.

I don't do Amazon and I read where it was cheaper at their own site than on Amazon .... cr****

[sonnyboy11]

I am cooking rabbit stew today for the first time ever. Not sure why I haven't tried it at home before since I like the taste. I was in my local grocery market the other day and saw them in the freezer. It wasn't particulary cheap for a whole one but I got it and it's in the slow cooker as we speak! Following this recipe here

http://australian.food.com/recipe/cr...it-stew-192100

If I can be arsed, I'll post some pics later. First time though, so there's a possibility the rabbit will still win

[stinkbutt]

Tonight I'm making dinner for some friends

balsamic asparagus and kale salad
pork roast with garlic, thyme, lemon, and sage
baked sweet potatoes and acorn squash with brown sugar
celery root and fennel bulb puree with some truffle salt
slow sauteed carrots with some shallot

my gf also made some chocolate macaroons with a chocolate carmel filling

also have a a couple of these to go with it all

[zircona1]

We got 7 inches of snow last night, it's still spitting flurries. Sounds like a good night to make homemade lasagna.

[mountmccabe]

They sell it on Amazon. It exists everywhere.

Not all of us can go to Brazil for our beignet mix.

[TomAz]

oh john.

[TomAz]

Anyone have a good suggestion for a meal? I'm on my own for the next week, which means I can experiment with my cooking without worrying about other peoples' tastes.

Go to foodandwine.com. Go to the recipe search page. There are all sorts of search filters you can set -- cuisine, ingredients, style, fast, make ahead, etc etc. play with that and see what grabs your attention.

[tricorne]

Not all of us can go to Brazil for our beignet mix.

The statement stands. An item's existence within a given sphere of reality extends to the edge of that sphere and exists in the same form across the entire breadth whether or not a given reference point observes it at close range. We don't have your wife in Oregon, but she still exists here.

[bmack86]

We only get it at the International market here. If you have a foreign focused grocery store you should try there. I love it as well.

You underestimate the smallness of my town. We have one large grocery store and two small, locally owned ones. There's not much in the way of variety.

[mountmccabe]

The statement stands. An item's existence within a given sphere of reality extends to the edge of that sphere and exists in the same form across the entire breadth whether or not a given reference point observes it at close range. We don't have your wife in Oregon, but she still exists here.

She was just supposed to be getting salad fixings.

[mountmccabe]

Also the apartment smells so good right now. I roasted the bones from the short ribs, drained the fat to save for later and then lightly roasted some aromatics in the pan. The rib bones have been simmering for well over an hour now and the vegetables have been added in.

Roasted short rib bones in cold water:


And I just remembered that I wanted to use some short rib meat in chili which means I am going to get to do this again sometime soon!


Also Bryan make some French onion soup.

[mountmccabe]

And Ron that meal looks fantastic.

[canexplain]

And Ron that meal looks fantastic.

Tnx, I was going for cheap, but it turned out pretty tasty.

I never go to Target. I never buy anything any more cept for concert tics. I spent $200 lolz......cr****

[unit300021]

First night of Passover means matzo ball soup and matzo pizza for a week (really means until we run out of matzo which at the rate we eat it isn't long). I'm not even going to lie, I love this time of year food wise.

[insbordnat]

Matzo brei is probably the only thing I look forward to. That and my italian mamma's homemade gefilte fish. But let's face it, ashkenazi cooking isn't exactly the pinnacle of awesomeness from a gastronomic point of view. And matzo sucks.

[SlowMotionApocalypse]

I want to make some sort of spicy vegetable soup. I have vegetable broth from Trader Joes and also some barley, and some vegetables but don't know what to do next.

[tricorne]

Matzo brei is probably the only thing I look forward to. That and my italian mamma's homemade gefilte fish. But let's face it, ashkenazi cooking isn't exactly the pinnacle of awesomeness from a gastronomic point of view. And matzo sucks.

Sounds like nobody's grandma has ever made you holishkes properly.

I'll be doing soup and macaroons with a friend tomorrow evening but probably nothing else culturally relevant. It's sort of a waste to go all-out with just two of us.

[jackstraw94086]

To this day my grandma's kasha varnishkes is one of my top favorite dishes.