JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
edited September 2020
SOOOOOOOOOOOOUP.
I went with the Chikasaw recipe, because they do a lot of good arts funding in my community and their recipe had onions and garlic in it. I also threw in some leftover sausage, because beans and sausage are friends.
A lot of times what looks like a huge amount of food all stacked up on my cutting board turns into quite a reasonable amount of food for a week's worth of dinners.
This is not one of those times. I sure hope this is good soup, because I've got like two dozen servings of it.
Good news. It's delicious! Surprisingly hearty for something that's mostly vegetables, and it seems like a really good lunch to pack for cold days. Which is good, because as I said, I'm about to freeze like two gallons of soup. I think I'll make some cornbread to go along with the rest of it.
Edit: Hey, pots are sure shiny. Apologies to anyone not in the market for a shot of my official Cookin' Boxers, and also apologies who are in the market for exactly that and got here after the edit.
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y'all I'm still thinking about that soup
the ham was good in it and I don't regret putting it in but I think I'd like it just as much vegetarian
also, while I'm not vegan I do like to like to have vegan recipes in my repertoire for if I have guests that are... where this isn't super high-heat at any point I think a good olive oil would probably be the best bet as a substitution for the butter?
I think any sort of oil would work in place of the butter. It's effectively a roux, right? And Louisiana dishes such as gumbo like using veg oil in place of butter already
I made the Bertha Skye recipe, only... well, with onions and garlic. And seasoned with some thyme and sage.
Really comforting and soothing. I'm not a lover of squash but even I enjoyed the butternut in this. It was a hit with Wyborn and my family too! And I was amazed it was still good without any meat (not vegetarian though, as I used a bit of chicken stock). I will definitely use Fearghaill's recommendation of simmering the cobs.
I may have added too much liquid or too much fruit relative to yam/carrot, but it turned out pretty well! Definitely a side dish, though, in that it was really great for half a bowl and a slog to finish.
Also I didn't peel the yams, so there's a lotta seasoned yamskin floating about. Terrible plating, but tasty
JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
Shepherd's pie!
I went with the Alton Brown recipe, because I realized I'd never made just a traditional shepherd's pie recipe. None of the local stores would sell me shepherd, so I got lamb instead.
I realized at the last minute that my pan was much larger than the one called for in the recipe, so I wasn't able to seal the edges properly. Not enough potatoes to go around. If I was making this for company, I'd probably go my usual route of chilling the meat mixture and then spreading freshly-mashed potatoes on top so you can really go nuts with the spatula.
All in all, it turned out very nice! I tend to rely much more heavily on ground spices rather than large amounts of fresh herbs, so it was definitely a change. More earthy. The leftovers were a significant improvement over the first serving, as the peas turned out a little undercooked until I reheated them. I think I'll add them in earlier in the cooking process if I make this recipe again. And add garlic to the mashed potatoes as well as the meat mixture, since I am a noted garlic hog. The onions and carrots are perfect, though.
JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
Oh, my. For my third round of shepherd's pie I gave in to the urges of my dark passenger and just put like three packets of ketchup on top from my stash of leftover takeout ketchup packets. And it was delicious.
Anyway, thank you for having me as part of Cook Club, I will rejoin you all in twenty to life when I get out of food jail, good night.
Oh, my. For my third round of shepherd's pie I gave in to the urges of my dark passenger and just put like three packets of ketchup on top from my stash of leftover takeout ketchup packets. And it was delicious.
Anyway, thank you for having me as part of Cook Club, I will rejoin you all in twenty to life when I get out of food jail, good night.
Uhhh, my family has always put ketchup on shepherd's pie? It's not a food crime, get back here.
Oh, my. For my third round of shepherd's pie I gave in to the urges of my dark passenger and just put like three packets of ketchup on top from my stash of leftover takeout ketchup packets. And it was delicious.
Anyway, thank you for having me as part of Cook Club, I will rejoin you all in twenty to life when I get out of food jail, good night.
Uhhh, my family has always put ketchup on shepherd's pie? It's not a food crime, get back here.
It’s a food crime and this is like your 900th offense, stop pretending like you’re normal.
Oh, my. For my third round of shepherd's pie I gave in to the urges of my dark passenger and just put like three packets of ketchup on top from my stash of leftover takeout ketchup packets. And it was delicious.
Anyway, thank you for having me as part of Cook Club, I will rejoin you all in twenty to life when I get out of food jail, good night.
Uhhh, my family has always put ketchup on shepherd's pie? It's not a food crime, get back here.
It’s a food crime and this is like your 900th offense, stop pretending like you’re normal.
What would you do if I told you I dipped my Cuban sandwiches in ketchup?
Oh, my. For my third round of shepherd's pie I gave in to the urges of my dark passenger and just put like three packets of ketchup on top from my stash of leftover takeout ketchup packets. And it was delicious.
Anyway, thank you for having me as part of Cook Club, I will rejoin you all in twenty to life when I get out of food jail, good night.
Uhhh, my family has always put ketchup on shepherd's pie? It's not a food crime, get back here.
It’s a food crime and this is like your 900th offense, stop pretending like you’re normal.
What would you do if I told you I dipped my Cuban sandwiches in ketchup?
I am behind on cook club weeks; I made tzimmes a couple days ago:
The recipe didn't call for potatoes, but in lieu of white sweet potatoes I added small baby white regular potatoes, and the texture (and absorbed flavour!) is peeerfect.
When it initially came off the stove, I didn't like the dish too much. It was quite sweet, and I am a savoury person. However, after it cooled and was refrigerated... I like it better? And I had it as a sort of cranberry sauceish side to turkey, which was lovely.
Someday I'll make shepherd's pie again. I think my main "fancy it up" technique is to craft the mashed potato peaks with a fork, and torch the top for strategic brown edges. But... I'll catch up with that another day. :P
I also added like three more savoury pie recipes to the to do list, because.. PIE
I went with the Mr. M's Bistro recipe. Went slightly lighter on the butter, and used too small of shrimp which was a problem. But the green onion and avocado made it all work
It wasn’t Shepard’s pie or BBQ’d shrimpies, but I made lasagna today with my lovely fiancée assistant. I also made bechamel for the first time, and managed not to fuck it completely up! It was so light and deliciously savory, will be looking for excuses to make it from now on so I can stop buying heavy cream and tossing half of it because I can never use the whole liter in time.
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
Bonus, it makes a pretty long time to prepare and you get to say MOUSSAKA in a dramatic Lion King hyena voice the whole time.
I am also sitting this week out. Don't eat shrimp, doesn't seem sporting. I'm just doing a plain old chicken broccoli onion mushroom potato bake, or Bachelor Chow.
I bought two gigantic litre shakers of Tony Chachere's last time we went to visit Wyborn's family, so I got to whip it out here. Managed to get some frozen shrimp with heads. Probably should have trimmed the whiskers, but eeeeeeeeeeeh!
It was very good, but I suspect that the strength of the dish is in dipping bread into the butter sauce. Which we did a ton and I think I ate so much I gave myself a light stomachache
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I did the shrimp thing! Am currently eating it! I have no idea if I did it right, or even fully cooked the shrimp, but my wife seems to like it. So... success?
As long as the shrimp is pinkish and opaque instead of translucent it's basically done. You probably did it perfectly - so many restaurants tend to overcook it, which throws people off when they taste it prepared right.
BigPointyTeethrun away! run away!MinnesotaRegistered Userregular
Well, my wife did say it was the best shrimp she's ever had. I was just a little concerned because I felt a little sick afterwards, but maybe I just have a slight allergy to it. If that's the case, my wife won't mind, means more shrimp for her.
I'm glad I finally stumbled across this thread. I got off the evening shift that was slowly making me hate everything for missing time with my daughter. Since I'm back home at night, I want to cook more often, but have trouble picking recipes, so this is perfect for me.
My favourite way to prepare an apple pie is actually to sous vide the apples prior to baking them. Kenji touches on this briefly in his own Serious Eats recipe, but opts to pour water overtop of them (which I think detracts from the apple taste). Let me know if anyone wants further instructions on the sous vide process!
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I went with the Chikasaw recipe, because they do a lot of good arts funding in my community and their recipe had onions and garlic in it. I also threw in some leftover sausage, because beans and sausage are friends.
A lot of times what looks like a huge amount of food all stacked up on my cutting board turns into quite a reasonable amount of food for a week's worth of dinners.
This is not one of those times. I sure hope this is good soup, because I've got like two dozen servings of it.
Good news. It's delicious! Surprisingly hearty for something that's mostly vegetables, and it seems like a really good lunch to pack for cold days. Which is good, because as I said, I'm about to freeze like two gallons of soup. I think I'll make some cornbread to go along with the rest of it.
Edit: Hey, pots are sure shiny. Apologies to anyone not in the market for a shot of my official Cookin' Boxers, and also apologies who are in the market for exactly that and got here after the edit.
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the ham was good in it and I don't regret putting it in but I think I'd like it just as much vegetarian
also, while I'm not vegan I do like to like to have vegan recipes in my repertoire for if I have guests that are... where this isn't super high-heat at any point I think a good olive oil would probably be the best bet as a substitution for the butter?
I made the Bertha Skye recipe, only... well, with onions and garlic. And seasoned with some thyme and sage.
Really comforting and soothing. I'm not a lover of squash but even I enjoyed the butternut in this. It was a hit with Wyborn and my family too! And I was amazed it was still good without any meat (not vegetarian though, as I used a bit of chicken stock). I will definitely use Fearghaill's recommendation of simmering the cobs.
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In time for Rosh Hashanah, tzimmes recipes are up! Do share if you have any personal/recommended recipes too.
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Gonna have to make a veggie run. I suppose getting some prunes too?
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I think I put in too much cinnamon, but a great little side dish.
Guess who bought the stuff for last week but not this week. Hahaha. Help me
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I may have added too much liquid or too much fruit relative to yam/carrot, but it turned out pretty well! Definitely a side dish, though, in that it was really great for half a bowl and a slog to finish.
Also I didn't peel the yams, so there's a lotta seasoned yamskin floating about. Terrible plating, but tasty
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Matty is my personal Julia Childs
The kasseri cheese is a neat addition if you can source it and don't mind some pretty strong-tasting cheese, but shredded cheddar works just fine.
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I used ramen broth instead of beef stock, mushroom gravy instead of veal glace (couldn't find) and I skipped the peas because fuck peas.
I went with the Alton Brown recipe, because I realized I'd never made just a traditional shepherd's pie recipe. None of the local stores would sell me shepherd, so I got lamb instead.
I realized at the last minute that my pan was much larger than the one called for in the recipe, so I wasn't able to seal the edges properly. Not enough potatoes to go around. If I was making this for company, I'd probably go my usual route of chilling the meat mixture and then spreading freshly-mashed potatoes on top so you can really go nuts with the spatula.
All in all, it turned out very nice! I tend to rely much more heavily on ground spices rather than large amounts of fresh herbs, so it was definitely a change. More earthy. The leftovers were a significant improvement over the first serving, as the peas turned out a little undercooked until I reheated them. I think I'll add them in earlier in the cooking process if I make this recipe again. And add garlic to the mashed potatoes as well as the meat mixture, since I am a noted garlic hog. The onions and carrots are perfect, though.
Anyway, thank you for having me as part of Cook Club, I will rejoin you all in twenty to life when I get out of food jail, good night.
Uhhh, my family has always put ketchup on shepherd's pie? It's not a food crime, get back here.
It’s a food crime and this is like your 900th offense, stop pretending like you’re normal.
What would you do if I told you I dipped my Cuban sandwiches in ketchup?
I'd think a bit less of you
This was surprisingly tasty. I think we used to put ketchup on before because our grandmother's recipe was just not that great.
The recipe didn't call for potatoes, but in lieu of white sweet potatoes I added small baby white regular potatoes, and the texture (and absorbed flavour!) is peeerfect.
When it initially came off the stove, I didn't like the dish too much. It was quite sweet, and I am a savoury person. However, after it cooled and was refrigerated... I like it better? And I had it as a sort of cranberry sauceish side to turkey, which was lovely.
Someday I'll make shepherd's pie again. I think my main "fancy it up" technique is to craft the mashed potato peaks with a fork, and torch the top for strategic brown edges. But... I'll catch up with that another day. :P
I also added like three more savoury pie recipes to the to do list, because.. PIE
Time to look up barbeque shrimp recipes now!
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Recipes are up~
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Bonus, it makes a pretty long time to prepare and you get to say MOUSSAKA in a dramatic Lion King hyena voice the whole time.
I am also sitting this week out. Don't eat shrimp, doesn't seem sporting. I'm just doing a plain old chicken broccoli onion mushroom potato bake, or Bachelor Chow.
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I hope I don't find out anything bad about what it does to your body. That would be unfortunate.
I bought two gigantic litre shakers of Tony Chachere's last time we went to visit Wyborn's family, so I got to whip it out here. Managed to get some frozen shrimp with heads. Probably should have trimmed the whiskers, but eeeeeeeeeeeh!
It was very good, but I suspect that the strength of the dish is in dipping bread into the butter sauce. Which we did a ton and I think I ate so much I gave myself a light stomachache
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I'm glad I finally stumbled across this thread. I got off the evening shift that was slowly making me hate everything for missing time with my daughter. Since I'm back home at night, I want to cook more often, but have trouble picking recipes, so this is perfect for me.
I want a classic apple pie recipe
Serious Eats/BraveTart's Easy, Old-Fashioned Apple Pie
Pie, but I'm not into that crust top nonsense.
Sally's Baking Addiction's Apple Crumble Pie
A pie is too complex, give me a cobbler
A Cozy Kitchen's Easy Apple Cobbler
SilverWind, I cannot eat a whole-ass pie even if pies taste delicious refrigerated
Food Wishes/Chef John's Apple Hand Pies (includes video)
Simpler, simpler please
The Chunky Chef's Old Fashioned Easy Apple Crisp or if you aren't fond of oats, Well and Tasty's Best Ever Apple Crumble
Like, just stick an apple with a few ingredients in the oven
Simply Recipes' Baked Apples
My favourite way to prepare an apple pie is actually to sous vide the apples prior to baking them. Kenji touches on this briefly in his own Serious Eats recipe, but opts to pour water overtop of them (which I think detracts from the apple taste). Let me know if anyone wants further instructions on the sous vide process!
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