Good Food, Good Friends and.... actually, no, just [Food Thread]

Moriveth

Meatloaf rules anyway.

Tef

I love all his songs

Tef

That is a terrible joke and I just straight up don't give a fuck

ahava

i've got some pumpkin pieces ready for roasting and some fish to go into the oven for after the gym.

add in some peas and boom there's dinner.

DrZiplock

Tef wrote: »

I love all his songs

If you weren't going there, I was.

neville

Went here tonight: http://hopsandhominy.com/

amazing shrimp and grits and cornbread with honey butter
mmm

ASimPerson

neville wrote: »

Went here tonight: http://hopsandhominy.com/

amazing shrimp and grits and cornbread with honey butter
mmm

Mmm, cornbread.

Not something that's easy to find around here, that's for damn sure.

jgeis

I made chicken enchiladas for the family last night. Sautéed some poblanos with a lot of garlic and onions. I took that mixture, added a can of El Pato tomato sauce and a few fresh tomatoes out of the garden blended it until largely smooth. Meanwhile I sautéed some chicken with chopped onions, seasoned with salt, black pepper, roasted coriander and cumin. Added the sauce to the chicken and onions, let it reduce just a hair, then filled some tortillas with the mixture and some cheese, put them in a 9x13 pan and let them bake with the sauce and some extra cheese poured on top.

That seems like a really simple recipe but my family thought it was super good and amazing that I could make a good enchilada sauce largely from scratch.

Lost Salient

Working on the last of the freebie fish I was given. Poached a salmon steak in some of the salmon stock I had made and frozen, with some shallots and wine.

It was really, really good.

Syphyre

Skeith wrote: »

I feel like I shouldn't be this pleased with myself for making what tastes like a fantastic meatloaf, but hey, baby steps. And sandwiches.

Meatloaf does rock. Also, the next step can be making meatloaf, putting it into bell peppers, and having stuffed bell peppers. It's more fancy because you put it in a vegetable! It must be fancy!

Liiya

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCBcxFy71ok

I love Great British Bake Off.

Uriel

My mom used soap on my cast iron while I was out on an appointment.

What should I do with the thing?

BYToady

Bury her in the garden, the police never look under the rose bushes.

DrZiplock

Hot water and scrub it with something that isn't too abrasive.

Then dry the shit out of it. Hit it with a bunch of kosher salt and scrub again. Wipe it clean.

Now it's time to reseason the shit out of it. Methods vary, most are effective. You're going to have to go deep on it so it'll be a process.

While you're doing that, make her watch. Have a conversation about things. Don't kill her. This is a teachable moment and you need to realize your mother is dumber than hell for doing that.

George Fornby Grill

Your mother just gave you the best reason to cook 47 pounds of bacon

neville

ASimPerson wrote: »

neville wrote: »

Went here tonight: http://hopsandhominy.com/

amazing shrimp and grits and cornbread with honey butter
mmm

Mmm, cornbread.

Not something that's easy to find around here, that's for damn sure.

Agreed!
The Yelp reviews are VERY polarized... many of them seemed to just be complaining about wait staff or the owner.
But the people who claim to be from the South and that the cornbread or shrimp and grits are bad?
Yeah, you're effin' wrong. They were magnificent.

@Stale alert-worthy, even.
If you visit, we're going here.

Stale

I dunno... the chefs are from Florida


not winning any points

Stale

also yelp is horrid and not to be trusted

Blake T

Uriel wrote: »

My mom used soap on my cast iron while I was out on an appointment.

What should I do with the thing?

Well it still works fine as a blunt instrument.

neville

Stale wrote: »

also yelp is horrid and not to be trusted

Yeah, I hate that.
Go to Le Bernardin and see one star reviews because the waiter blinked weirdly or something.
People are stupid.

tynic

made lemon teacake cupcakes tonight to take to work tomorrow
waiting for them to cool so i can ice them

neville

tynic wrote: »

made lemon teacake cupcakes tonight to take to work tomorrow
waiting for them to cool so i can ice them

tynic mail me some food.

tynic

if i lived in the US I would be ALL OVER the SE christmas cookie thing

Peen

that'd be great, we could use some more boss bakers around. last year i got no bakes.

Tef

tynic wrote: »

if i lived in the US I would be ALL OVER the SE christmas cookie thing

This is actually Neville's bark special ingredient

Stale

This year I'll be doing the cookie exchange

This means I'll be doing less for secret satans, no more "I'll do 9 different batches of shit"

Moriveth

I hope I can do Secret Satans this year. It's always fun to do.

#pipe

Hey is canada open to the cookie exchange?

tynic

i iced a bunch of cupcakes (not very well) and now I am so fucking sleepy

I wanted to put glace cherries on top of them to distract from the poor icing job but I pulled out the jar from the back of the fridge and discovered the use-by date was 2010

anyone want to test one for me?

Fyndir

I'll do it for like £50.

tynic

come off it. I can buy a new jar for 2 euro.

neville

#pipe wrote: »

Hey is canada open to the cookie exchange?

yes sir

Fyndir

tynic wrote: »

come off it. I can buy a new jar for 2 euro.

OOPS PRICE JUST WENT UP TO £70.

Wanna keep negotiating, bear??

tynic

Fyndir wrote: »

tynic wrote: »

come off it. I can buy a new jar for 2 euro.

OOPS PRICE JUST WENT UP TO £70.

Wanna keep negotiating, bear??

Sure.
80c for one cherry. My final offer.

tynic

I have a funny story involving haggling but I'm too tired to tell it. Maybe later.

But you can call me

Hey food thread, any recommendations for a very small grill I could work with on the very small slab of concrete my apartment complex calls a porch?

Fyndir

tynic wrote: »

Fyndir wrote: »

tynic wrote: »

come off it. I can buy a new jar for 2 euro.

OOPS PRICE JUST WENT UP TO £70.

Wanna keep negotiating, bear??

Sure.
80c for one cherry. My final offer.

I

oh fine, I'll take it.

tynic

ok
expect a delivery in 4-8 working days

Didgeridoo

Cooking thread, I'm interested in picking up a cast iron skillet. Would it be a terrible idea to get one from a big box store, like Target? I have this idea in my head of cast iron skillets being indestructible no matter where they come from, but would there be a huge variance in quality from brand to brand?

If so, do you have brand suggestions?

Stale

You want a 10" Lodge cast iron skillet

where you get it from is of no concern