What Have You Cooked Recently?

[CIS White Droid]

Finally got enough shit to try using a waffle iron monte cristos again but adding some mcgriddle shit.

Apparently the maple syrup stuff they put into the buns is actually hard as hell to emulate. So I was keeping notes about it while I was doing it.
tl;dr - I have no fucking idea. But just outright mixing it into the batter isn't going to work. Or injecting it.

Maybe boiling it? Apparently it makes it into like some weird chunky shit.

Boiling it to make maple sugar might work, especially if you use the larger grains.

 

[GenociderSyo]

How is the Tasting History cookbook? I keep thinking about it but we have a lot of cookbooks already.

its interesting like a history lesson in a cookbook

 

[Francis York Morgan]

its interesting like a history lesson in a cookbook

Actually, that sounds really cool. I tend to dislike how a lot of cookbooks are structured and written, lots of wasted space and nothing that adds to the recipes or cooking techniques. Definitely will check it out now.

 

[MoffAlbert]

Tuscan meatballs and gnocchi in the slow cooker. Chicken meatballs with parmesan, diced sun dried tomatoes, Italian seasoning, and garlic powder slow cooked for a few hours with onion, chicken broth, garlic, and white wine, and then pan seared. Then add heavy cream, gnocchi, more tomatoes, and parmesan, add spinach, and replace the meatballs for the last 5 minutes. Smells great, it's just about done. Will edit to tell how it tastes.

Edit: pretty good. Recipe was lacking something. Maybe next time I'll put in red pepper flakes or something. Would make again.

 

[MCLOS Horthy]

A new lady friend took me to the store to blind-buy some ingredients for a meal, which I would have to figure out how to cook. No problem, I do this every time I walk into a grocery store. She ended up selecting pork tenderloin, kale, and arborio rice for risotto. I made my typical fall-season pork crust*, braised kale**, and risotto***. Turned out very, very n0ice, I felt the tenderloin was underseasoned a bit, but after slicing it and adding the pan sauce it really came together.

*pork tenderloin
olive oil
ground nutmeg
ground cloves
ground cinnamon
thyme
rosemary
whatever sweetener you like, to taste (honey, brown sugar, et c.)
ground black pepper to taste
salt to taste
form the ingredients into a slightly runny paste and apply to the meat before cooking. Excess is okay, especially with the oil in it, it will form a sort of pan-jus which can be re-applied to the meat later for excellent flavor. I used a sprig of both thyme and rosemary in the dutch oven for pure scent action, and goddamn the whole house smelled incredible

**braised kale
chop kale into roughly 1-inch squares if not already
add minced onion to saucepan with oil, sweat onions until translucent
add kale in increments to avoid choking out pan. Add chicken stock to provide flavored steam. kale is pretty durable so if it's on enough heat to make the chicken stock steam gently it's good to go for a long time. When desired quantity of kale is steamed, add juice of 1/2 lemon, let steam for maybe 1-2 minutes to diffuse flavor, then add chopped crispy bacon to heat up before serving.

***risotto
prepare risotto as instructed. This process is too long to describe here. I added a portion of the crispy bacon I had prepared beforehand, right at the end to keep the moisture of the rice from seeping in. I haven't made risotto in a long time, my advice would be to increase the grated cheese by about 50%. I usually use sautéed cremini mushrooms as well, but that was excluded by request.

e: one more thing, these are not novice recipes, it's understood you should be seasoning these items and cooking them as required.

 

[naaaaiiiiillllll!!!]

How is the Tasting History cookbook? I keep thinking about it but we have a lot of cookbooks already.

Honestly it's more of a coffee table book with the "greatest hits" from his YouTube channel. An absolutely beautiful and fun book to have out/show friends/family but not 100% useful as a cookbook (especially if you have too many cookbooks as is -- you can also just go to his YouTube channel for recipes). I got a signed copy, which is neat but I'm only starting a novelty cookbook collection.

 

[Caligura]

After mixing Lao Gan Ma in my fried rice, I can totally see why John Cena shills this shit so much.

 

[DenseDeerFather]

I got no pictures but I've been in a baking mood. So I've been baking cakes with what we call a "nut bottom" here. I put chocolate in it too. Shit tasted good and I'm usually not good at letting others eat what I make but people liked it.

I love citrusy things so I tried my hands at lemon fudge and lemon cookies. The cookies went well but then again, cookies are piss easy to make. I'll try the fudge again and get my measurements right this time. I may have misread the recipe.

If all fails, there's always the cheesecake. I love making cheesecakes. I find them very versatile.

As for actual cooking, I've been making aioli, garlic confit, and pickled onions. I want to try caramelized onions too.

 

[Arkenas Einbrecht]

Lemon cranberry or Lemon raspberry muffins. You will not regret it. Lemon squares seem basic, but absolutely amazing when home made.

I got no pictures but I've been in a baking mood. So I've been baking cakes with what we call a "nut bottom" here. I put chocolate in it too. Shit tasted good and I'm usually not good at letting others eat what I make but people liked it.

I love citrusy things so I tried my hands at lemon fudge and lemon cookies. The cookies went well but then again, cookies are piss easy to make. I'll try the fudge again and get my measurements right this time. I may have misread the recipe.

If all fails, there's always the cheesecake. I love making cheesecakes. I find them very versatile.

As for actual cooking, I've been making aioli, garlic confit, and pickled onions. I want to try caramelized onions too.

 

[Art School Admissions]

Not exactly a photogenic meal, but a cheese and onion sandwich was a great dinner.

Simple, cheap, and delicious use of leftovers from grilling burgers on the weekend.

I suggest yellow onions since they’re sweeter, but any onion will make it good once they get some browning.

For me, it doesn’t even need any seasoning.

 

[derpherp2]

So when I went grocery shopping I noticed cream cheese is finally cheap as hell so I made marbled cheesecake squares today which is this:

https://jessiebakestreats.com/chocolate-vanilla-marble-cheesecake-bars/

I've made this before so I tweaked the recipe a little by making one of the cheesecake batter into a white chocolate one, while the other is interchangable depending on the syrup I have (like strawberry,peanut butter, chocolate, etc for ice cream). Also got rid of the vanilla extract. Cuz fuck that.

Anyways for this attempt I used caramel. It was p gud. I WAS going to try using oreo cookies as the breading but iirc I did that while air frying cheesecake. Rather not risk it. Also I forgot to buy oreos.

 

[cold comfort]

Been trying to eat more fruit and veg this year, so now that the weather's turned dreary I want to do more soups. Made this spinach one yesterday and it was very good.

Spoiler: soup pictures

 

[Triple Flutz]

Homemade gyros today with feta, tzatziki, and a lot of lettuce, tomato, and red onion on top.
Only tangentially food related, but I was going to see if McDonald's would sell just trick-or-treating buckets to me (Sans Happy Meal) because I used to have one of them as a kid and I think it'd be cute for the kids to have some of their own as well, but they were all sold out smh. Kind of a blessing in disguise though since now I'm just going to craft them one matching their costume.

 

[TheDarknessGrows]

Made some hot dogs. Was real good.

Probably going to make some more.

 

[doomocract]

Like call my soup "shell pasta soup". Put as much salt as need until water doesn't taste like...water. Put noodles and what seasoning's you want. Cook for 8-9 min. Drain water & pasta in to bowl.

Sorry for poor english but this work's.

 

[Arkenas Einbrecht]

I was asked for a proper Apple Crisp this time instead of a crumble, so I obliged. I chopped the last 10 honey crisp apples I had, and 2 mctintosh. granulated sugar, cinnamon, lemon juice mixed with the apples. Topping is brown sugar, flour, butter, old-fashioned oats and cinnamon.

 

[Day Walker]

I have fresh caught mackerel and rockfish. Does anyone know any good recipes?

 

[anustart76]

Pasta. With sauce!

I made pasta with diced chicken breast in a pair of Instant Pots (one to cook the chicken, one for the pasta) and it turned out pretty good. This time I cooked the sauce in with the pasta, so it properly stuck to the pasta, but I think I need to cook one minute less for an al dente texture.

 

[naaaaiiiiillllll!!!]

Pasta. With sauce!

I made pasta with diced chicken breast in a pair of Instant Pots (one to cook the chicken, one for the pasta) and it turned out pretty good. This time I cooked the sauce in with the pasta, so it properly stuck to the pasta, but I think I need to cook one minute less for an al dente texture.

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Dual-wielding pressure cookers? That's next-level.

 

[anustart76]

Dual-wielding pressure cookers? That's next-level.

I bought one that can also air fry, and then my mother gave me her old small one, which is really helpful for stuff like this.