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

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  • That Dave FellaThat Dave Fella Registered User regular
    I think I'm gonna try and make some pavlova tomorrow.

    PSN: ThatDaveFella
  • StaleStale Registered User regular
    DrZiplock wrote: »
    Stale wrote: »
    I cook the food

    everyone else is terrible

    ...biscuits.


    edit: ahem, @butters

    warlock intervention doesn't fucking count

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  • jgeisjgeis Registered User regular
    edited January 2013
    My dad pulled some venison "slim-jims" out of the freezer last night. I use the term slim-jim because I don't know what else to call them. Meat stick, I guess. These are venison, jalapeno, and cheddar. They are so good.

    jgeis on
    Tallaclassee
  • ReginaldReginald When I am Pres., I will create the Department of ______Registered User regular
    I want to make some black beans and rice tonight. The beans are soaking as we speak. Any of you have a good recipe for this?

  • ZyrelaxZyrelax Registered User regular
    Reginald wrote: »
    I want to make some black beans and rice tonight. The beans are soaking as we speak. Any of you have a good recipe for this?

    I like this one: http://icuban.com/food/frijoles_negros.html

    jgeisReginald
  • jgeisjgeis Registered User regular
    Zyrelax wrote: »
    Reginald wrote: »
    I want to make some black beans and rice tonight. The beans are soaking as we speak. Any of you have a good recipe for this?

    I like this one: http://icuban.com/food/frijoles_negros.html

    I second this recipe, it is excellent.

    Reginald
  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    Cold Korean noodles for lunch.

  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    I made savory crepes for dinner tonight. Quite fun once you get flipping 'em down!

  • TallaclasseeTallaclassee you ever seen a lion limber up before it takes down a gazelleRegistered User regular
    jgeis wrote: »
    My dad pulled some venison "slim-jims" out of the freezer last night. I use the term slim-jim because I don't know what else to call them. Meat stick, I guess. These are venison, jalapeno, and cheddar. They are so good.

    I've been muchin on venison jerky the last couple days!

  • NightDragonNightDragon 6th Grade Username Registered User regular
    edited January 2013
    What are some good veggies I can add to a curry? I've been making a sweet potato + chicken yellow curry for awhile now, and really love it...but I was thinking it might be nice to add something else to it - I'm just not entirely sure what.

    NightDragon on
  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    I always like adding some garbanzo beans, and tomatoes are rarely a bad choice.

  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Well, what kind of curry are we talking about here? Because as was discussed earlier, just saying curry is stunningly vague as there are many different "curry" spice blends from many different regions.

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Oh, you said yellow curry. My apologies. Hmm..let me think.

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    Yeah, my recommendation of garbanzo beans/tomatoes is from making... vindaloos and such. So it may not work quite as well in a yellow curry.

  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    For yellow curry, you could use regular potatoes. Carrots and bamboo shoots also work well. If you like them, baby corn can be nice also. Green bell pepper or red/yellow sweet pepper can also be great additions.

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    Yeah, my only real ideas where maybe carrot and potatoes.

    Maybe silverbeat?

  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    I think I made a yellow curry once with snow peas that was pretty good?

    Man, I don't know. Druhim sounds in the right here.

  • NightDragonNightDragon 6th Grade Username Registered User regular
    Druhim wrote: »
    For yellow curry, you could use regular potatoes. Carrots and bamboo shoots also work well. If you like them, baby corn can be nice also. Green bell pepper or red/yellow sweet pepper can also be great additions.

    Aww yiss

    Also - I totally forgot about snow peas! Thanks guys, I will try those out in my next batch :)

  • lonelyahavalonelyahava Call me Ahava ~~She/Her~~ Move to New ZealandRegistered User regular
    we get bags of frozen veggies with cauli, broccoli, green beans, red capsicum, carrots, sweet corn and actually pineapple. I add that to my green curries all the time.

    cabsy
  • CampyCampy Registered User regular
    I like a bit of broccoli in my Thai curries. Excellent for soaking up lots of sauce, and the vague sweetness goes well with the other flavours.

  • mrt144mrt144 King of the Numbernames Registered User regular
    Campy wrote: »
    I like a bit of broccoli in my Thai curries. Excellent for soaking up lots of sauce, and the vague sweetness goes well with the other flavours.

    Or broccolini would be really good too.

  • cabsycabsy the fattest rainbow unicorn Registered User regular
    Agreeing with cauli, good veg to use in most places you would find it appropriate to use potatoes and really good in curries

  • CampyCampy Registered User regular
    Any sort of crispy pea pod too. Sugar snap peas are my personal favourite.

  • DirtyDirtyVagrantDirtyDirtyVagrant Registered User regular
    I'm going to make chili tonight. And it's going to be amazing.

  • lonelyahavalonelyahava Call me Ahava ~~She/Her~~ Move to New ZealandRegistered User regular
    hmm i think i have some green curry paste and some coconut milk around here somewhere.

    I'm now strongly strongly considering just emptying my bag of frozen veggies into my casserole and making up a veggie green curry.

    or... i could quick defrost (see leave in a bowl of water) the chicken thighs from the fridge and make a chicken and veggie green curry.

    mmm

    YES! This is what I shall do!

  • nevilleneville The Worst Gay (Seriously. The Worst!)Registered User regular
    i have no groceries and plans later
    i.e. i am going to eat junk for dinner
    ugh.

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    neville wrote: »
    i have no groceries and plans later
    i.e. i am going to eat junk for dinner
    ugh.

    :(

  • PeenPeen Registered User regular
    neville wrote: »
    i have no groceries and plans later
    i.e. i am going to eat junk for dinner
    ugh.

    ha. junk.

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    DirtyDirtyVagrant
  • mrt144mrt144 King of the Numbernames Registered User regular
    neville wrote: »
    i have no groceries and plans later
    i.e. i am going to eat junk for dinner
    ugh.

    Go to the mission and eat burrito.

  • cabsycabsy the fattest rainbow unicorn Registered User regular
    neville wrote: »
    i have no groceries and plans later
    i.e. i am going to eat junk for dinner
    ugh.

    what junk did you end up eating?

    I made honey garlic chicken thighs for the second time and man I just cannot get the skin to crisp up. It's crispy before I toss it in sauce and then cook it upside down all getting soggy from the juices running all over it... I feel like it just isn't a very well thought out recipe if crispy skin is the goal. I also added ginger and a dash of soy sauce because why wouldn't you? I may try it one more time and just put a little sauce on it, bake it, and then broil it with a last coating of sauce on top instead. It's a shame because I really like the flavor but the crisp just wasn't there and soggy chicken skin is just not pleasant.

  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Well according to the recipe, you're supposed to finish it by broiling skin side up to crisp up the skin. So yeah, it won't crisp up with the skin side down, but if it's not crisping up with the skin side up I'm not sure what you need to switch up. Get it closer to the element? Leave it in longer? I don't know if it's already getting close to the point where the sauce on the skin is starting to burn so I'm just guessing.

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  • nevilleneville The Worst Gay (Seriously. The Worst!)Registered User regular
    cabsy wrote: »
    neville wrote: »
    i have no groceries and plans later
    i.e. i am going to eat junk for dinner
    ugh.

    what junk did you end up eating?

    I made honey garlic chicken thighs for the second time and man I just cannot get the skin to crisp up. It's crispy before I toss it in sauce and then cook it upside down all getting soggy from the juices running all over it... I feel like it just isn't a very well thought out recipe if crispy skin is the goal. I also added ginger and a dash of soy sauce because why wouldn't you? I may try it one more time and just put a little sauce on it, bake it, and then broil it with a last coating of sauce on top instead. It's a shame because I really like the flavor but the crisp just wasn't there and soggy chicken skin is just not pleasant.

    eh, soup.
    I'll get groceries this weekend probs and be better about it.

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  • cabsycabsy the fattest rainbow unicorn Registered User regular
    Druhim wrote: »
    Well according to the recipe, you're supposed to finish it by broiling skin side up to crisp up the skin. So yeah, it won't crisp up with the skin side down, but if it's not crisping up with the skin side up I'm not sure what you need to switch up. Get it closer to the element? Leave it in longer? I don't know if it's already getting close to the point where the sauce on the skin is starting to burn so I'm just guessing.

    Well you flip it skin-side down for the first five minutes of broiling and I guess that's what is really throwing me and I think contributing to the issue; I already HAD crispy skin and now I'm soaking it in sauce and putting it on the bottom of a pan and then trying to crisp it back up with five minutes under a broiler after it's been sitting in liquid. I probably could have let it go a little longer under the broiler but parts of it were turning black in a still-tasty way and I didn't want to push past that. Definitely just gonna skip the five minutes skin side down if I make it again and see if that helps because otherwise it's pretty tasty.

  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Yeah, if the chicken's already cooked at that point I don't get why it's going under the broiler skin side down at all.

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  • Erin The RedErin The Red The Name's Erin! Woman, Podcaster, Dungeon Master, IT nerd, Parent, Trans. AMA Baton Rouge, LARegistered User regular
    Made some fried platanos to go with dinner tonight. Dusted it with a combo of chili powder, garlic salt, and sea salt. Poured a little crema over the top.

    Simple, but SO GOOD.
    I forgot to take pictures before I inhaled it.

  • SkeithSkeith Registered User regular
    Think I'm going to make pupusas this weekend. If I can't find good Mexican food there's no way in hell I'll find Salvadorean chow.

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  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    i had some amazing food at an izakaya place this week and I'm still kind of obsessing about it.

  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    I think I'm going to try baking some chicken tomorrow. I'll let everyone know if I get some sort of bird related disease as a result

  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    ... i am suddenly REALLY glad I normally live a long, long way from IKEA.
    because their truffle chocolate cake may be my new favouritest thing in the whole world. Fuck.

  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    I am not even kidding, the urge to go out and buy like a dozen more frozen packs is almost overwhelming
    what the fuck
    is this because i didn't have time to run today
    is this my body sabotaging itself

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