Cooking

I may have mentioned this before, but on occasion i cook, i am pretty damned good at it too if i must say so..

my question is, anyone wanna swap recipe's?

i am by no means a chef, so please, don't try to turn me on to 100 dollar an ounce ingredients.. basic home cooked meals will suffice.

I cook everything from scratch, but I never use recipies. I just throw together whatever sounds good...

i cook from scratch, no recipe per say, but i do follow the same procedure each time, so it does count i suppose..

i don't usually cook from a book recipe..

maybe we can swap TB?

i hunger, for something new.... or a variation of my usual eats :smile:

I dono, it's usualy pretty boring, although I do vary things allot. Being a starving college student I subsist mainly on rice, potatoes and beans.

Recently I've been doing diffeerent things with rice. Four typical themes I use are:

1. lots of garlic

2. lots of curry

3. lots of ginger

4. lots of cumin

Obveously I mix things around a bit. Eveything has tons of salt and onion in it. I typicaly use cream of X (mushroom, celery... ect) soup as a base for curry and cumin sauces, while I typicaly use a tomato base for ginger. Garlic goes well with everything :biggrin:

I don't do things in a regular enough way to be much more specific. I never measure anything.

My most recent concoction had:

1 Large can diced tomatoes. 1 small can tomatoe past. a lot of ginger, a lot of paprika, a lot of dried onion (I was out of fresh) some cumin, a bit of chili powder, salt, suger, vinager. This was all mixed in with a small ammount of month-old store-bought BBQ pork I stole from my parents. I used two cups of rice (dry) and it turned out damn good :biggrin:

That is as specific as I have ever been about anything I have ever made! I hope it is somewhat comprehensible.

So through out some ideas Orph. my four main themes are getting kinda old.

watchin "Somethings gotta give"

look for something later tonight or in morning :smile:

watchin "Somethings gotta give"

...I'm sorry.

I know how to make a slew of things. Mostly to do with meat :smile: (I have no idea how to cook pork, taking that I've never eaten it.)

Got some Middle Eastern foods in my head too, some are nasty, but most are awesome (They all require tomato paste though ).

I still have yet to cook a leg of lamb though ... but that's partially because I don't have any sort of rotisserie.

Possibility for your lamb TB - hope you like spicy food, Orph.

Lamb Madras!

2/3/4lb Lamb (leg/shoulder) - 1.5 to 2 in. cubes
2 Decent sized onions - chopped
4 Cloves garlic - chopped
2 Green chillies - sliced lengthways
Cubic inch of root ginger - peeled
2 or 3 dried red chillies
7 oz Tinned tomatoes

Powdered spices:
2 tsp. Coriander
1 tsp. Cumin
1 tsp. turmeric
Half to 1 tsp. Chilli

Oil for frying
6 fl. oz. Water

1. Fry the onions, dried red chillies, ginger and 3 cloves garlic over a low-ish heat for 5-8 mins. until the onions are soft, not browned. Remove from pan and set aside to cool. Blitz to a pulp.

2. Using the same pan, with a little more oil, fry the green chillies and remaining garlic over a low heat until the garlic starts to colour. Add tomatoes and cook for a further minute. Add powdered spices and cook for yet another minute, do not allow to burn.

3. Turn up the heat, add the meat and cook until browned and coated on all sides. Add water, bring to the boil and simmer for 30 mins.

4. Add onion/ginger pulp, salt and pepper to taste. Bring back to the boil and simmer for another 45 mins or until the meat is tender.

Keep plenty of cold beer handy.

Des's Thermonuclear Sandwich

Ingredients:
3 slices bread (whatever style)
1 jar hot salsa
2 eggs
1 bottle barbeque sauce
1 bottle tomato sauce
1 bottle sweet chilli sauce
Olive oil

Method:

Heat olive oil in frying pan. Begin frying egg in second pan. When whites are just solid, transfer to plate. Repeat for second egg.

Fry bread in pan. The oil will soak into the bread; top up.

Place bread on plate. Add egg. Add sauces and salsa to taste. Add second slice; repeat. Add top slice. Add olive on a spike. Consume. Die age 25.

The Casshake (Really just a chocolate shake that can be made without the use of a blender)

Get a: Bowl, big spoon, carton of chocolate ice cream, milk, whipped cream, chocolate syrup, coffee mug.

Place the chocolate ice cream and syrup together with the milk in the bowl, and just mix it about with the spoon. INGENIUS! It should come out to just about the volume of the coffee mug.

Cassius said:
The Casshake (Really just a chocolate shake that can be made without the use of a blender)

Get a: Bowl, big spoon, carton of chocolate ice cream, milk, whipped cream, chocolate syrup, coffee mug.

Place the chocolate ice cream and syrup together with the milk in the bowl, and just mix it about with the spoon. INGENIUS! It should come out to just about the volume of the coffee mug.

WHAT THE HELL DO I DO WITH THE WHIPPED CREAM?! OH GOD, WHAT ON EARTH DO I DO WITH THE BLASTED WHIPPED CREAM?!!

"Junkeh to Go" (Pasta with crap in it.)
1 can Campbell's Cream of Mushroom (TM)
Some pasta
Assorted meats (preferably chicken)
Assorted vegetables.

Cook the pasta. Cook the meat and chop it up. Cook vegetables and chop it up. Or better yet, cook everything in the same pot instead.

Add contents of the can. Stir briskly at medium speed.

Consume. Wallow in self-pity.

Oooh yes, cooking is good, muchos fun :smile: and delicious at the same time! I have absolutely bucketloads of recipes from a medical soft diet (wasnt allowed chew-requiring foods for 2 months D: !) ill dig them out :smile:

Crono: middle eastern cuisine?! elaborate.. sounds interesting :smile: and no doubt tasty!

YAK'S SIGNATURE NACHOS

1 bag of tortilla chips (Tostito's are good)
1 bottle of salsa
1 bag of shredded cheese (Monterrey Jack and Chedder mix is best)

-take about 5 to 7 chips and arrange them in a circle on a microwave plate
-take a half tablespoon of salsa and put it on each chip. Be sure to spread it around
-liberally sprinkle shredded cheese over the chips, covering the salsa
-microwave for 20 seconds or until cheese is melted
-serve!

They don't last overnight, so be sure to eat them after making them. Take it from me :sad:

Gwil - did you break your jaw or something?

Yak: yeah, I have some metal plates on my skull and under my eye socket, so wasn't allowed to eat unchopped/unliquified/hard food after the operation :razz: it was a shattered cheekbone and eye socket as opposed to the jaw, but they had to cut through the upper gums yummy :smile:

I took it upon myself to compile a soft diet based on the hospital guidelines, and oddly enough a forum topic not too dissimilar to this one. except it was all soft foods :biggrin: (read: minced/sliced/blended/chopped to within an inch of its life)

2-eggs
fresh tomato chopped
onion finely chopped
cheese of choice (i prefer swiss)
chopped ham
chopped turkey
chopped scallions
butter or vegetable oil

mix all ingredients in a skillet, with seasoning of choice (i prefer salt,pepper,garlic and onion salt) .. cook until eggs are as done as you prefer (some like eggs scrambled soft, others hard)

1 lbs hamburger
1 large can rotele (original flavor)
1 can tomatoes
1 can mushrooms
1 can green chillies
1 bell pepper chopped
1 onion chopped
1 lbs macaroni

brown hamburger, with the fresh peppers and onions till brown add seasoning to taste (again i prefer salt,pepper,garlic salt and onion salt).. drain off some/most of the excess fluids. (to reduce the grease)

mix the mushrooms,rotele and canned tomatoes and simmer.

cook the macaroni and drain, then mix entire contents and eat :smile:

1 lbs zucchini squash
1 lbs yellow squash
1 lbs fresh green beans
1 onion quartered
2 large potatoes cubed
1 lbs polish kielbasa (the precooked variety found in the cold cuts section)

boil the green beans and sausage till the beans are beginning to get soft, add potatoes till they begin to soften, then add the onion,and both squashes..

the differences in cooking times between the veggies dictate how you add them.. beans take longest squash least.. add seasoning (insert my choices here)

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When draining pasta, put it back into the saucepan and add in some pesto [ green pesto with pine nuts and basil and cheese is my fav] stir in desired amount and serve...........mmmmmmm

Homemade pizza! Can't be bothered to give a full receipe since it's rather long, but here's some tips:

• Make the dough yourself, and use fresh yeast - it's unquestionably superior to the dried alternatives.
• I recommend a 20 minute preliminary sponge before you mix in the rest of the flour.
• Add a load of fresh chopped rosemary to the dough.
• After rising, stretch the dough out and baste with tomato puree. Add lots of crushed garlic.
• Add toppings as desired. I like lots of pepperoni, chorizo and sausagemeat.
• Cook in a fan oven on a "pizza pan" (circular tray with air holes in the bottom), or better yet on a "pizza stone".
• Garnish with plenty of fresh basil (ideally home-grown).

boil water is about all I can do :biggrin: I still live with my parents so I don't have to learn (yet)

OtZman said:
boil water is about all I can do :biggrin: I still live with my parents so I don't have to learn (yet)

I still live with my parents and cook for them :razz:

? posted by Orpheus

1 lbs hamburger
1 large can rotele (original flavor)
....

What is rotele?
There will be a few ingredients known by different names on either side of the Atlantic, eg. zucchini = courgette

flashman said:
? posted by Orpheus

1 lbs hamburger
1 large can rotele (original flavor)
....

What is rotele?
There will be a few ingredients known by different names on either side of the Atlantic, eg. zucchini = courgette

rotele is a brand name of a canned tomato and green chilies combination..

I may live away from home most of the time sine I'm at uni, but my cooking skills are really quite terrible. I'm limited to throwing some frozen product in the over while I boil up some pasta and sauce really :smile:

ReNo said:
I may live away from home most of the time sine I'm at uni, but my cooking skills are really quite terrible. I'm limited to throwing some frozen product in the over while I boil up some pasta and sauce really :smile:

i began my cooking at the tender age of 5.. my mom hated the idea, touting burning accidents, but i insisted.. i suffered many burns, a couple severe, but mostly due to the size of the appliances vs. my own minuscule stature at the time..

i taught (along with my wife) both my son's how to cook.. today, most females cannot do so, and i hated the idea of my son's getting stuck with an uneducated wife.. at least they can teach them, otherwise they both may have had to exist on some frozen crap in a microwave :sad:

I agree - less and less people seem to know how to actually cook anything at all, relying more and more on pre-made frozen stuff, mixes, etc etc :sad: Home-made stuff is generally betetr for you as well.

in an oven pan place,

1 cut chicken (or parts you desire)
1 potato chopped bite size
2 carrots copped bite size
1 onion quartered
1 bottle italian salad dressing

cover and cook at 350 for about 1 hour.. or until chicken is done (times vary on chicken amounts)

in bowl mix,

2 or 3 lbs hamburger (lean)
1 can stewed tomatoes
1 onion diced

form into loaf and cook in oven at 350 for about 1 hour. (please use a loaf pan :biggrin: )

boil ingredients of,

1 chicken
1 onion
3 stalks celery (or whatever 3 stems are called)
seasonings (garlic,onion,salt,pepper,celery salt)

when chicken is done, debone chicken and place into sauce pan,

combine in pan of chicken,

1 can cream
1 jar pimentos
1 bellpepper
some of broth from chicken cooking session

simmer till bellpepper is done, and thicken with corn starch.

pour over egg noodles

braise 1 lbs tender steak meat cubed..
then add one bell pepper and 3 cups water.
add seasonings of choice (insert mine here)
add soy sauce to taste..
thicken with corn starch

pour over rice.

well, it seems very few cooks reside at snarkpit.. i was hoping to incite more replies :/

I cook stuff, but none is that exciting. I didn't see much point in posting recipes for lasagna, chilli, bolagnase, curry, as they are pretty standard?

I'll do my curry as I think it's not the normal (*prepares to be proved wrong).

o Chop up an onion and fry it in a big frying pan (with oil).
o Push the onions to the side of the pan, and add about half a kilo (1 pound) of diced meat, and fry that until no raw bits are visible (you may need more oil).
o put some hot curry powder in and mix the sealed meat and the onions together in it so they absorb osme flavour at this stage.
o Chuck in a bunch of chopped mushroom and a pepper (chopped) of your favorite colour (you could just cook it a bit longer from now until the meat is done and I suppose it would be good with noodles).
o With the hob turned up quite high, stick in a tin of chopped tomatoes, and some tomato paste, and a load more curry powder. Now it looks like crap right now, but be patient!
o Move it all about in the pan fairly frequently while keeping a high heat - it will reduce right down, but if you don't move it around, it will burn to the bottom of the pan.
o After about err... 15-20 minutes, or once it is the consistency you like, it's done :smile: If you want it very thick, then you will need to add some water from a kettle every now and then, otherwise it will burn. I guess cornflour could thicken it further, but I don't have any of that so I don't know. Add more curry powder if you like. I think that if it's too spicy, you can add some lemon juice to cool it down a bit, but I haven't tried that either.
o Eat with rice.

scary_jeff said:
I agree - less and less people seem to know how to actually cook anything at all, relying more and more on pre-made frozen stuff, mixes, etc etc :sad: Home-made stuff is generally betetr for you as well.

cheaper as well, relating to a discussion I had with Orph earlier - people complain about prices, yet can't be bothered to take 15 minutes to experiment or try new, easy recipes. but thats a different point for a different time..

My favorite home made desert is really simple:

o toast crumpets until they are crunchy (I do it just until I start to smell burning)
o stick a load of butter on them so it melts through
o pour loads of maple syrup on (it doesn't have to be 'real' maple syrup'
o eat, letting the melted fat and sugar get all over your fingers so you can lick them off afterwards :smile:

I'm afraid I'll end up killing myself because I don't cook something properly :biggrin: Either that or waste good food on some horrible concoction. If you play it safe, at least you know your getting your meal, all said and done :wink: That approach won't impress any lady friends you might be having around for a romantic meal of course!

ReNo said:
I'm afraid I'll end up killing myself because I don't cook something properly :biggrin: Either that or waste good food on some horrible concoction. If you play it safe, at least you know your getting your meal, all said and done :wink: That approach won't impress any lady friends you might be having around for a romantic meal of course!

Duncan, i posted the most user friendly of my concoctions.. try one or two :smile:

I can cook... in fact I do better cooking that I do ironning...

Here's why:



The iron dosent like me too much...

scary_jeff said:
My favorite home made desert is really simple:

o toast crumpets until they are crunchy (I do it just until I start to smell burning)
o stick a load of butter on them so it melts through
o pour loads of maple syrup on (it doesn't have to be 'real' maple syrup'
o eat, letting the melted fat and sugar get all over your fingers so you can lick them off afterwards :smile:

you are wrong, sir! - two golden brown crumpets (US crumpets, not that bready crap we have, i presume?) spliced gently with a trickling of golden syrup and pushed together like a sandwich - filled with TnL's golden syrup - ultra sugary quick energy breakfast tho, as opposed to desert :wink:

thats waffles again, just with strawberries, cream and sugar

should we count ourselves lucky, you burnt yourself, or that you had the good graces to block your mug in the screen shot :heee:

my turn to ask, what the hell is a crumpet, and how could there be US versions, without my knowing :eek:

Orpheus said:
should we count ourselves lucky, you burnt yourself, or that you had the good graces to block your mug in the screen shot :heee:

Both you insensitive prick!

But I must say, I can cook rather well.

the us crumpet - waffle, as most people call it (tis something we have down here.. i think we're strange) but the US "crumpet" (we only call it a crumpet because it goes on a grill/in a toaster :razz: ) is a slightly sweet eggy/floury/buttery/sugary mix, and the UK crumpet are those little bready round "cakes" as it were.. beautiful when covered in butter :smile:

i think theyre international, at least?

Gwil said:
the us crumpet - waffle, as most people call it (tis something we have down here.. i think we're strange) but the US "crumpet" (we only call it a crumpet because it goes on a grill/in a toaster :razz: ) is a slightly sweet eggy/floury/buttery/sugary mix, and the UK crumpet are those little bready round "cakes" as it were.. beautiful when covered in butter :smile:

i think theyre international, at least?

sounds like you are comparing waffles with pancakes bud..

Crumpets have little holes in them as far as I'm concerned, its about the only standard feature I seem to be able to find. For instance, in Greggs, if you ask for a crumpet you will get a very thin, reasonably sized pancake like object, with holes in it. If you go into a supermarket and look for crumpets, most likely you will find a tall (2cm perhaps), smaller diameter, object, again with lots of little holes through it. WE NEED STANDARDISATION!

I dunno, waffles are basically like crumpets but rectangles with holes in, and sweeter. You realise of course, my shopping revolves around the cheap corner shops/mini mart stylee shops nearby, so the choice is limited, unless at home "home". thwacks Co-Op 10-10 shop

Crumpets :razz: but rectangles :razz: with rectangle holes in :razz: and sweeter :razz:

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waffle (common american version)

pancake (common american version)

find me these crumpets..

Thats a pretty typical english crumpet...though please note that this one looks abnormaly unpleasant!

ReNo said:


Thats a pretty typical english crumpet...though please note that this one looks abnormaly unpleasant!

whats the ingredients, and especially, whats the bumples on top?

just the browning of the toasted dough :smile: not sure of the ingredients - think a slightly bready texture on the inside, and optionally crispy on the outside

like bread cakes almost, but slightly different... hard to describe :smile:

and heres some recipes from TEH TFC BOYZ! i've tried a few, i was literally bombarded with wellwishers buying soft food on a tip off from siblings, so im uncertain on - Bandidos smoothies make a nice quick breakfast though :smile:

(edit - the links in Orphs post, down there :razz: )[url]http://<a href=[/url]

check the url gwil, and please use the [ ] tags, it will usually bork otherwise.

Crumpets are made from a yeast batter, poured into a crumpet ring and griddled. The holes are where bubbles of carbon dioxide rose and burst during the active yeast stage.

Just to muddy the waters a bit, Orph - Some people refer to them as muffins.