What are you having for dinner?

[Ripp]

I just finished a bowl of homemade Gumbo. Shrimp, sausage, okra, onions, celery, red bell pepper, serrano and jalapeno peppers, lots of garlic,tomatoes, over long grain rice. Yum!

Yeah, I'm bored.:D

[hophead]

Mmmmmmmmm, gumbo--sweet!

I made a pot of sausage & chicken gumbo a few weeks ago. I boiled the sausage in Guinness and then grilled it over a hardwood charcoal fire. It was deeeeeeeeeelicious.

This thread is makin' me hungry. Lunch time!

[jerman]

Eatin' homemade chicken salad out of some left over roasted chicken. Tasty!

[RandomDood]

As I write this, I'm cooking up a big ole pot of ham hocks and beans. The whole house smells good. It may not after I get into the beans, but it's making my mouth water right now.

[davkatreb]

According to my beloved wife, The Beautiful Miss Kathy, we may be dining on my evil cat Kinjin if he doesn't start minding his manners.

[rockyrider]

According to my beloved wife, The Beautiful Miss Kathy, we may be dining on my evil cat Kinjin if he doesn't start minding his manners.Do you get eggrolls with that? ;)

[50 Mission Cap]

As I write this, I'm cooking up a big ole pot of ham hocks and beans. The whole house smells good. It may not after I get into the beans, but it's making my mouth water right now.

What's yer recipe? I tried to make beans after I read "One Man's Wilderness" for the first time, and f'ed up big time.

[Billy2FAT]

We had fried chicken and mashed potato's , green beans and rolls at the Hitchin Post mmm.....And it was well deserved I might add. 34 miles on the knobbies today.

[BMAC]

Tamales,eggs,beer.

[Ripp]

What's yer recipe? I tried to make beans after I read "One Man's Wilderness" for the first time, and f'ed up big time.

Man I made some killer Ham and Bean soup last year! I used a ham bone with a fair bit of meat left to make the broth, then lots of onion lots of garlic, some herbs (don't recall anymore) but not too much, a goodly bit of white pepper and a couple pinches of red. Used Great Northern beans, made sure they were cooked enough to mash up a bit while stirring to thicken the end result. Fantastic! I love to have "pot 'o food" for a few days. How bout your's RandomDood?

[Billy2FAT]

Homemade Mostacolli hmhmmmmm....

[RandomDood]

Man I made some killer Ham and Bean soup last year! I used a ham bone with a fair bit of meat left to make the broth, then lots of onion lots of garlic, some herbs (don't recall anymore) but not too much, a goodly bit of white pepper and a couple pinches of red. Used Great Northern beans, made sure they were cooked enough to mash up a bit while stirring to thicken the end result. Fantastic! I love to have "pot 'o food" for a few days. How bout your's RandomDood?

Pretty much the same. Lots of onions go in at the end, just so they stay a bit crisp. Then remove the bones and cut all the meat off and return it to the pot. Little cast iron skillet corn bread and I'm in heaven. :D

[mimbresman]

Toast and CheezWhiz :eek:

[cMc]

I had Johnsonville Brats on the grill last night. Proof that some good things do come from Wisconsin, besides Harleys & Lienie's, anyway. ;)

[50 Mission Cap]

Man I made some killer Ham and Bean soup last year! I used a ham bone with a fair bit of meat left to make the broth, then lots of onion lots of garlic, some herbs (don't recall anymore) but not too much, a goodly bit of white pepper and a couple pinches of red. Used Great Northern beans, made sure they were cooked enough to mash up a bit while stirring to thicken the end result. Fantastic! I love to have "pot 'o food" for a few days. How bout your's RandomDood?

So do you put them all in the pot together at once? Or do you make the broth first? Sounds great Rip!

[rockhound]

Home-made stir fry orange chicken with peppers and carrots on Sat. (added some Thai spices to mine, so it was about a level 4)

A chicken enchilada ring on Sun.

Leftovers, yum.

[Ripp]

So do you put them all in the pot together at once? Or do you make the broth first? Sounds great Rip!

Re-hydrate the beans overnight first. Also the broth is best made the day before, after simmering for an hour or two remove the bone/meat and then refigerate overnight while the beans soak. Then you can skim the fatty junk from the top of the broth. Then reheat while adding all your indredients. With a bean soup I like to either overcook them a bit during re-hydration or put them in before anything else and boil a short bit till they just start to break up. A bean soup needs some bean matter in the broth. Some mashing on the inside of the pot while stirring will give the broth some texture without reducing ALL the beans to moosh. Like RandomDood I prefer to add the vegetables fairly late (and I never boil any soup with the veggies in) to preserve the texture as long as possible. If you want more Veg flavor in your broth (not too relevant in ham and bean soup but important with most others) you should add some in the initial broth step and then remove and discard them.

I'll make either spicy beef veg soup or spicy chicken rice soup next and post the recipe. Probably won't be til the weekend. Winter is the time for cooking on Sat or Sun and then eating the result most nights teh rest of the week.

ON a side note most of my ingredients are organic, but that's a whole other topic.

[davkatreb]

Maybe some clear broth. Called in sick today.

[mscotch]

I just finished a bowl of homemade Gumbo. Shrimp, sausage, okra, onions, celery, red bell pepper, serrano and jalapeno peppers, lots of garlic,tomatoes, over long grain rice. Yum!

Yeah, I'm bored.:D

really?
still got that tent space available? hope you got better topics to talk about than all that above, like teenage girlfriends or something (no! not that! girlfriends when you were a teenager, get your mind out of the gutter!.....
just diggin' ya some.:D

[Ripp]

Yeah I'll still have tent space! No promises on better conversation though. But I'm always willing to talk about the 21 year old who picked me up a couple years ago :confused::):D and then kept calling for a couple months. :cool:

[mscotch]

cool! tell no more, man, it'll be much better hearing it over a beer!!:D

[robcycle]

I was thinking curried black eyed peas and okra, but I'm coming off of three twelves and two nights of partying, so it will probably be a beer with the room mate and bed. I start a new class tomorrow :o

-Rob.

[Tman]

Did a pan baked chicken wrapped in bacon served with Ginger rice for lunch Sunday. Marinated the chicken in balsamic,soysauce, beer and lime overnight. Mmmmmmmmmmm

[poison idea]

Growler of Blast Furnace Stout
Homemade Vegan (seitan) Wings with a pickled hot/sweet pepper sauce
UFC


My new ambition is to be The Vegan Meat King of PGH, so i've been in the lab "experimenting." Does anyone here make their own sausage? What spices go in it? Been using sage, paprika, cumin, thyme, fennel, garlic, smoke sauce and salt.

[Tman]

Growler of Blast Furnace Stout
Homemade Vegan (seitan) Wings with a pickled hot/sweet pepper sauce
UFC


My new ambition is to be The Vegan Meat King of PGH, so i've been in the lab "experimenting." Does anyone here make their own sausage? What spices go in it? Been using sage, paprika, cumin, thyme, fennel, garlic, smoke sauce and salt.

Looks like you got the spices down.

[poison idea]

They are pretty good. i got the texture/color perfect, but i can only get a breakfast sausage flavor, whereas i want more of a Brat or Spicy Italian.

Back to the lab

[Tman]

They are pretty good. i got the texture/color perfect, but i can only get a breakfast sausage flavor, whereas i want more of a Brat or Spicy Italian.

Back to the lab

lose the smoke and add chili powder

[poison idea]

thanks
i'll try it

[RandomDood]

Makin a leftover goose Gumbo. Had roast goose wit the 'rents on Sunday. Mom sent home the leftovers. You know how Moms are. Couldn't think of a way to use it (re-heated wild goose isn't great, trust me) so I'm trying a Gumbo. I'll let you know.

[Tman]

Fried up some catfish last night for spicy catfish tacos. Tried a new method:
cube catfish, add salt,pepper,garlic,ginger,fresh ground chili,dash of lime,large splash of Wheat beer, and two eggs................cover shake and let sit a couple hours. Dredge in flour as you drop it in a hot pan of oil. takes less that 5 minutes per side.............you want a golden brown...............salt to taste and serve

I served em up in tortillas with mixed greens

You veggie types could do the same with tofu

[Ripp]

Sounds great Tman!

I must admit, I didn't expect this thread to have so much life, it was really just a semi-drunken post 'cause I was bored! It's ended up pretty cool.

I made red beans and rice tonight. Sausage, onion, celery and garlic sauteed in olive oil with thyme and some red pepper. Then add red beans, chicken stock, tomato sauce, and roasted red bell pepper, simmer. Served over Basmati long grain rice. Enjoyed with a Boulevard Lunar Ale. Yum. :D

[Tman]

Sounds great Tman!

I must admit, I didn't expect this thread to have so much life, it was really just a semi-drunken post 'cause I was bored! It's ended up pretty cool.

I made red beans and rice tonight. Sausage, onion, celery and garlic sauteed in olive oil with thyme and some red pepper. Then add red beans, chicken stock, tomato sauce, and roasted red bell pepper, simmer. Served over Basmati long grain rice. Enjoyed with a Boulevard Lunar Ale. Yum. :D

Man that Lunar Ale just tastes weird to me!?

[phlatlander]

Man that Lunar Ale just tastes weird to me!?

Lunar tastes like ass. I mean grass. Like reaching into the bagger on a hot summer day and pulling out a clump of fresh clippings then shoving it in your mouth. Weird indeed.

Speaking of grass, I swung by the Asian market on the way home and picked up some nori to make sushi. My first attempt so it looked like crap (got to learn to roll better and not try to cram so many ingredients), but damn was it good. Wasabi! :)

[rockyrider]

Do you have a rolling mat (http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/toys/sushi+rolling-toy-from-bandai-namco-300316.php)

[mscotch]

Do you have a rolling mat (http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/toys/sushi+rolling-toy-from-bandai-namco-300316.php)

yes, but I use it for something else:D

[PutAwayWet]

I got adventurous and tried some stuff from the Kripalu Yoga Center's cookbook - Sweet Potato Tsimmis and Kung Pao Tempeh. Delicious! The sweet potatoes were lightly steamed with carrots, then mixed with this miso/molases/prune/spice mix and baked in the oven - holy crap were they good! The tempeh was pan fried in macadamia nut oil, then mixed with some sautéed onions, garlic, ginger, white wine, red/orange/green peppers, and some dried chipotle chilies. I topped it all off with a glass of DiVinci Chianti (which didn't go particularly well with that meal, but is delicious in its own right) and ate the meal with chopsticks. It was like a pricey dinner on the town for like $20....and I had to do the dishes afterward. :)

If you're a veg looking for an awesome cookbook, I highly recommend the Kripalu book (http://www.amazon.com/Kripalu-Cookbook-Gourmet-Vegetarian-Recipes/dp/0936399651).

[phlatlander]

Do you have a rolling mat (http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/toys/sushi+rolling-toy-from-bandai-namco-300316.php)

Just a traditional bamboo style. My problem — besides the aforementioned over-stuffing — was that it took so long to prepare the ingredients (steaming rice, avocado slicing, sauteéing the shrimp, shredding carrots and red peppers) that I was starving and impatient when I got to the end. Just throw it all on a plate and dig in! Eff the rolling... no wonder this aint cheap.

[rockyrider]

Sushi is not an ideal food for people who aren't good with delayed gratification. That's why it's better to have someone else prep it and you just need to arrive to eat it.

[phlatlander]

Sushi is not an ideal food for people who aren't good with delayed gratification. That's why it's better to have someone else prep it and you just need to arrive to eat it.

Or don't limit yourself to a PB&J for lunch and start preparing dinner at 8pm. ;)

Like PAW mentioned, it's amazing how good you can eat for so little $$ if you plan your meals right. Thankfully, I love to cook and create so my wife and I can dine on $40esque meals for $8 each. Dishes aren't so bad either if you are turned on by sexy Germans:
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[PutAwayWet]

Or don't limit yourself to a PB&J for lunch and start preparing dinner at 8pm. ;)

Like PAW mentioned, it's amazing how good you can eat for so little $$ if you plan your meals right. Thankfully, I love to cook and create so my wife and I can dine on $40esque meals for $8 each. Dishes aren't so bad either if you are turned on by sexy Germans:
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Mmmm, I love the german pot. I'm a bargain shopper for cookware, too. I tend to browse places like TJ Maxx for their nicer stainless cookware. I've heard rumors that the stuff at the Maxx is made specifically for them (that is, made to mimic the fancy stuff but not be that great) but so far I've had great luck with the stainless stuff I've bought there.

[phlatlander]

Mmmm, I love the german pot. I'm a bargain shopper for cookware, too. I tend to browse places like TJ Maxx for their nicer stainless cookware. I've heard rumors that the stuff at the Maxx is made specifically for them (that is, made to mimic the fancy stuff but not be that great) but so far I've had great luck with the stainless stuff I've bought there.

Yeah, I can't justify investing in Fissler just yet. We received T-Fal for wedding gifts back in '95 that lasted a long time, but I'm trying to get away from anything teflon. Bought one large Calphalon sauté pan a few years back but was unimpressed with its durability. Hard to beat a new teflon pan's omelettability, though... Thanks, I'll check out the Maxx. Diddit-d-d-diddit-d-d-TJ Maxx! ;)

[rockyrider]

Dishes aren't so bad either if you are turned on by sexy Germans:
mmmmm sexy Germans.... :D

[PutAwayWet]

Yeah, I can't justify investing in Fissler just yet. We received T-Fal for wedding gifts back in '95 that lasted a long time, but I'm trying to get away from anything teflon. Bought one large Calphalon sauté pan a few years back but was unimpressed with its durability. Hard to beat a new teflon pan's omelettability, though... Thanks, I'll check out the Maxx. Diddit-d-d-diddit-d-d-TJ Maxx! ;)

Teflon scares me :) I ditched all my teflon. For non-stick omelettability (Nice english language adaption!) I use hard-anodized frypans. Pricey, but way more durable and usually available at the Maxx - plus everything I cook in them slides right out like it was on wheels :)

[Tman]

Traditional all the way, cheap steel wok, cast iron dutch oven..............cant beat it! (unless you buy a ceramic cook top that dislikes my graesy cast iron)

As for sushi.........it just takes practice.

[Ripp]

I ditched all my Teflon a few years ago.......it's poisen and it was starting to flake :eek:. I headed to the local high-end (as high end as anything gets around here anyway) kitchen shop expecting to come home with stainless pots and pans and possibly a cast iron skillet. I ended up coming home empty handed, not because they didn't have affore mentioned items but because I had seen and learned a bit about something else that I decided I wanted, and couldn't quite afford yet. The company is Swiss Diamond, the concept is non-stick that will stand up to regular use (and metal utensils) without flaking and releasing toxicins like teflon, the method is to impregnate diamonds into new (100% un-teflon) non-stick coating to add durability. A month or two later I bought the Swiss Diamond set, love it!! 95% as slick as teflon with the ability to use metal utensils safely, and it should last as long as I do! Money well spent in my experience so far!

[Tman]

One for the meat lovers..........flanksteak rolled in bacon......mmmmmmmmmm!

I like Bacon, I like steak. I like a cheap steak that can be made tender and tasty!

This is kinda a poor mans london broil, I find it tastier.

Tenderize some flank steaks with a meat beater:D, the hammer looking thing you perv. Both sides

I marinate for a couple hours in MtDew, a few dash's of Hot sauce and a mix of garlic,chili,lime squeezins, kosher salt and pepper.

When marinating is done, I lay strips of bacon on a slap of steak, trim excess and roll bacon up inside. Pin with toothpicks.

I like to reserve some marinade to keep the steaks moist while cooking.

Grill with indirect heat until done.

The batch I did on Sunday cost less than $4 for 3 large rolls.

You can also do these in an oven safe frypan and use the drippings for a nice gravy. When sliced, the steaks have a cool pinwheel effect that you could drizzle the drippins on for plating.

[monkeyboy]

Just finished some lamb fillets cooked in the scanpan (which are great, by the way) with a little tuscan seasoning, some spuds, broccoli and zucchini and nicely complemented by a nice Aussie red. Yum.
Cool thread Ripp. You should get pissed more often!:D

[poison idea]

storm king stout fresh from the brewery followed by

tofurkey with a garlic infused oil/sage/black pepper glaze nestled amongst roasted portabellos, red bell peppers, red potatoes, red onions, baby carrots, parsnips, turnips

bottle of limited edition Allagash

asparagus

grandma's home made applesauce

vegan cheescake

[RandomDood]

A 9oz grilled porterhouse, steamed asperagus, garlic mashers, green beans and a killer cheese cake. Haven't eaten since 4AM today. Steak will come off the grill in about 4 minutes and then it's party time. :D

To quote Flounder from Animal House, "This is gonna be great!"

[Ripp]

Cool thread Ripp. You should get pissed more often!:D

Funny you should say that.:D

[monkeyboy]

Got lazy tonight so the missus and I went to the pub. I had a Carlton Draught lager and we both had a red wine. We had chicken Kiev served with steamed vegies, scallop potatoes and a pesto sauce. Very tasty indeed. After that we couldnt resist heading over to little Italy for a gelati.