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I accidentally ordered a 4" cake pan so I made a tiny raspberry buttercream cake
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I was making myself some scrambled eggs since I wasn't in the mood to cook anything fancy, but I also wanted to mix things up, so I've added some ajvar and spicy mustard to the scrambling. cooked it on some coconut oil with some onion and a few slices of fiery hot Hungarian kolbász\sausage, added a little cumin, thyme, basil and tarragon as spices and served it with some slices of green bell pepper. Thankfully it ended up being pretty tasty, so I'll probably add this to the lazy-quick-meal section of my recipes list.
 
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So, as a new cook (I have lived off of fast food for the past four years), I'm thinking of challenging myself by trying to recreate my own versions of the thirteen saloon meals from Red Dead Redemption 2. Yes, I know, autistic.

My goal is to do one of these a week (minus the breakfasts, which fall on the third and sixth weeks), in this order:

I. Big Valley Bronco Beef Stew and Cornbread
II. Catfish Jackson's Fish and Shrimp Fry (with Macaroni'n'Cheese, French Fries, Hush Puppies)
III. Cholla Springs Chili
Breakfast 1. Old Time Heartlands Oatmeal
IV. Celestial Central Union Fish Stew
V. Blackwater Stuffed Oven-Roasted Chicken with Country Vegetables
VI. Tumbleweed Open-Faced Roast Beef Sandwich with Country Vegetables
Breakfast 2. Konfederate Kracker's Kracked Wheat and Milk
VII. Lannahechee Lobster Bisque with Italian Bread
VIII. Valentine Lamb's Fry on Toast with Country Vegetables
IX. Butcher Creek Bloody Lamb's Heart with Country Vegetables
X. Prime Rib (I don't have a name for it) with Country Vegetables

I expect I'll probably give up on this around Meal 2, because I'm way too lazy to actually execute this.
 
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Had to use the air fryer to cook my chicken today, as the oven was cleaned and I could not heat it up. So long as you jacket it in a bunch of foil, it actually stays pretty juicy too.

Had it with some 8 out of 10 german fries; a point docked because my game was off from the new cook times and oil.
 
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Had to use the air fryer to cook my chicken today, as the oven was cleaned and I could not heat it up. So long as you jacket it in a bunch of foil, it actually stays pretty juicy too.

Had it with some 8 out of 10 german fries; a point docked because my game was off from the new cook times and oil.
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Get one of the injectable butter based marinades. I've got one of those Emeril 360 air fryers and after shots of Tony Chachere, that bird is juicy as hell.
 
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How to make chocolate mousse cake【simple recipe】なめらかチョコレートムースケーキ【簡単♪ゼラチンで作る天使の食感】バレンタイン

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Attempted this for someone's birthday. Test run was a mess, not enough gelatine and no ice to cool it down. Ended up like a chocolate soup (still delicious). The second was much better, but in a shallow, square bowl.
Very nice, like a mix between a mousse and a blancmange. Cocoa powder ontop is essential. It's not the same without it. Very Japanese, if any of you have eaten their chocolate products.
 
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How to make chocolate mousse cake【simple recipe】なめらかチョコレートムースケーキ【簡単♪ゼラチンで作る天使の食感】バレンタイン

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Attempted this for someone's birthday. Test run was a mess, not enough gelatine and no ice to cool it down. Ended up like a chocolate soup (still delicious). The second was much better, but in a shallow, square bowl.
Very nice, like a mix between a mousse and a blancmange. Cocoa powder ontop is essential. It's not the same without it. Very Japanese, if any of you have eaten their chocolate products.
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Sounds like a must try.
 
I made chili tonight. This recipe yields enough for 4-5 people. I'm gonna leave out arbitrary steps b/c you should know the fundamentals if you lurk here, I imagine.

Ingredients:
  • 2 lb. 90/10 ground beef
  • 2 whole onions (yellow/white/vidalia/red whatever)
  • 3 jalapeno peppers
  • 2 habenero peppers
  • 1 head of garlic
  • 2 shallots
  • 4 14.5 oz cans crushed tomatos
  • 1 14.5 oz can tomato sauce
  • 2 14.5 oz cans red kidney beans
  • 2 beers of choice
  • 2 packs McCormick chili seasoning mix (feel free to adlib here for your taste - personally I just like the ease of using a pre-mix)
Prep
  • cut down peppers/onions to medium dice and combine
  • cut down garlic/shallots to fine mince and combine
  • open up all them cans, boi
Method - don't forget to season with kosher salt and pepper at every step. Seasoning after the fact makes food taste just like salt.
  1. bring a 3 gallon pot to a rip until your oil is just smoking
  2. brown your ground beef until a fond starts to form, and set aside
  3. add pepper/onion mix into pot, high heat, and use the steam from the fresh veggies to remove the fond from the pot
  4. stir with conviction until your onions start to brown and stick to pot
  5. add garlic/shallots and continue to stir for 30-60s
  6. add your brown ground back into the veggies
  7. add 2 packs chilli spice mix and continue to stir until aromatic
  8. deglaze with your 2 beers of choice and bring to hard simmer
  9. add all tomato products
  10. simmer on medium-low with a lid 90% on the pot for 2 HOURS MINIMUM <--- this is important because raw canned tomatoes taste bland and acidic until the natural sugars have been stewed for a long time; think Italian gravy
  11. minimum of two hours later, add two cans kidney beans and simmer for an additional 20 minutes
  12. serve
This is a great recipe if you enjoy pre-cooking meals for the week, or if you want to look like a big brained nibba for a group of pals.
 
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I out of an adventurous mood bought and cooked some lamb loin chops with salt, pepper, and garlic... hooooly shit it's fucking heavenly. I have found I really really liked mutton.
 
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I out of an adventurous mood bought and cooked some lamb loin chops with salt, pepper, and garlic... hooooly shit it's fucking heavenly. I have found I really really liked mutton.
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Lamb chops are technically not mutton which is the tougher meat of adult sheep.
 
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Lamb chops are technically not mutton which is the tougher meat of adult sheep.
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Good point, and I should've used the term right. I was aware of it though, and it's why sheep is so annoyingly expensive in the US.

Still think I'd like full on mutton though.
 
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Good point, and I should've used the term right. I was aware of it though, and it's why sheep is so annoyingly expensive in the US.

Still think I'd like full on mutton though.
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It's good too, but it's tougher, so it's good in braised dishes. I think it's great in Indian curries, much like the similar goat dishes. Mutton or goat vindaloo is great.
 
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So, as a new cook (I have lived off of fast food for the past four years), I'm thinking of challenging myself by trying to recreate my own versions of the thirteen saloon meals from Red Dead Redemption 2. Yes, I know, autistic.

My goal is to do one of these a week (minus the breakfasts, which fall on the third and sixth weeks), in this order:

I. Big Valley Bronco Beef Stew and Cornbread
II. Catfish Jackson's Fish and Shrimp Fry (with Macaroni'n'Cheese, French Fries, Hush Puppies)
III. Cholla Springs Chili
Breakfast 1. Old Time Heartlands Oatmeal
IV. Celestial Central Union Fish Stew
V. Blackwater Stuffed Oven-Roasted Chicken with Country Vegetables
VI. Tumbleweed Open-Faced Roast Beef Sandwich with Country Vegetables
Breakfast 2. Konfederate Kracker's Kracked Wheat and tard cum
VII. Lannahechee Lobster Bisque with Italian Bread
VIII. Valentine Lamb's Fry on Toast with Country Vegetables
IX. Butcher Creek Bloody Lamb's Heart with Country Vegetables
X. Prime Rib (I don't have a name for it) with Country Vegetables

I expect I'll probably give up on this around Meal 2, because I'm way too lazy to actually execute this.
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Speaking of vidya food, I keep kicking about the idea of trying to cook the various recipes from Pillars of Eternity 2. Unfortunately to say they require exotic ingredients is an understatement. I don't think there's anywhere that sells luminous rainbow lobsters round here or aged shark meat. There are some that are eminently doable such as Glazed Chops, Hearty Breakfast, and Fried Ugly, but those are a bit normie. However, if I can find anywhere that sells deboned piranha fillets, I'm so going to try Hot Razor Skewers. Or if I can't, substitute red snapper instead.

Mohora Wraps sounds delicious though probably best prepared outside. Koiki fruit is obviously a durian, the smelliest fruit in the world. Also I believe whale meat is forbidden due to international treaties. However, the idea of chunks of whale meat slathered in durian, wrapped in a spiced crepe, is very tempting.

But even the humdrum recipes I could give a sort of tropical or nautical twist to them, like frying the hagfish in rum or suchlike.
 
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Speaking of vidya food, I keep kicking about the idea of trying to cook the various recipes from Pillars of Eternity 2. Unfortunately to say they require exotic ingredients is an understatement. I don't think there's anywhere that sells luminous rainbow lobsters round here or aged shark meat. There are some that are eminently doable such as Glazed Chops, Hearty Breakfast, and Fried Ugly, but those are a bit normie. However, if I can find anywhere that sells deboned piranha fillets, I'm so going to try Hot Razor Skewers. Or if I can't, substitute red snapper instead.

Mohora Wraps sounds delicious though probably best prepared outside. Koiki fruit is obviously a durian, the smelliest fruit in the world. Also I believe whale meat is forbidden due to international treaties. However, the idea of chunks of whale meat slathered in durian, wrapped in a spiced crepe, is very tempting.

But even the humdrum recipes I could give a sort of tropical or nautical twist to them, like frying the hagfish in rum or suchlike.
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May be because where you live but I can just buy frozen whalemat. Rather close to Norway though, perhaps it is grey import?
Hákarl is available pretty okay if not in large quantities, so there is your aged sharkmeat. Not sure what kind of spices and how a soup would turn out, it is normally eaten as is, quite good but strong tasting.
As far as piranha goes, try exotic fish imports. Googling tells me it tastes bad and like an extra pungent overripe salmon and you are better off with white belly ones than red belly ones. Extremely bony. Very bloody. So could be piraña. But that picture could also pass as actual snapper or a Percidae (not sure of the common name in English). The picture seems like a mishmash of all 3.
 
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