What Have You Cooked Recently?

[souschef]

Failed at making toffee. Toffee's being my bane for a while now. I can make caramel syrup and sauces no problem, but the toffee is walling me. End up being a little better than the last time with no molten sugar burns, but's not holding structure. I wanted it to be firm and chewy, but it melts at room temperature. From what i've gathered, i think i didn't cook long enough. Still very tasty though, i'll figure out what i'll do with my failtoffee.

Oh, and i made rice for lunch.

 

[Shlomo XL]

Krucheniki.



Fried eggplant slices with grated cheese, garlic, dill and mayo stuffing. Yum, but probably a week's worth of normal oil/fat consumption.

 

[Cloaca Rimjob]

made chorizo stew again which was really nice. I'm gonna try adding a carrot and chicken broth it next time I make it. Will blend it and see if it works as a soup.

Failed at making toffee. Toffee's being my bane for a while now. I can make caramel syrup and sauces no problem, but the toffee is walling me. End up being a little better than the last time with no molten sugar burns, but's not holding structure. I wanted it to be firm and chewy, but it melts at room temperature. From what i've gathered, i think i didn't cook long enough. Still very tasty though, i'll figure out what i'll do with my failtoffee.

If you like toffee/caramel style things, you should try making scottish tablet.

 

[Marvin]

This is pretty simple cooking, but I made air fryer wings for the super bowl.

I went with frozen wings, didn't bother to defrost. Put them through one cycle frozen, 400f for 6 minutes.

Then patted them dry, added some baking powder (supposed to improve crisping) and seasoning salt.

Then another 6 minutes at 400f.

Then I tossed them in like 1/3rd a stick of butter melted with some hot sauce.

And then about 9 more minutes in the air fryer.

Came out pretty good:


Blue cheese dressing. I think I got like Ken's or one of the nicer grocery store dressings. Maybe one of these days I'll dig up a blue cheese dressing recipe and do it myself.

Beer and wings and football, can't go wrong.

 

[rusty shackleford 1]

I’ve never made salsa before and I wanna try. This evening I got two bags of these mini tomatillos because they were out of the regular ones. I have cilantro, a few large raw jalapeños, a bag of Roma tomatoes, onions, garlic and limes. I’m excited lol I saw a few reels on boomer book about how to make it and got inspired. Any salsa connoisseurs? I’m making it tomorrow.

 

[Plantation Barbie]

A poor man's chicken fra diavolo. I call it that because all the ingredients came from discount stores.

 

[Chad Holdenford]

Spaghetti with Clemenza sauce, with extra basil and shredded parmesan topping.

There's a reason Clemenza spent like five entire minutes of runtime to teach Michael Corleone how to make it. It is totally worth it.

 

[AnOminous]

I could always start bum-maxxing and drink the cooking wine too.

Cooking wine can last years after opening, so no need to waste it. It's nearly undrinkable.

 

[Jason Wynn]

Made a loaf of cheesy sourdough bread

 

[Archeops]

I made chili cheese dogs last night, I haven't them in a while and I felt a hankerin' for 'em

I ended up using some beef, a premixed seasoning mix, cheapo Tailgater buns (because all of the good ones were bought up due to the Super Bowl), some brioche hot dogbuns, a mix of 1/4 pound and bun length Hebrew National dogs. I stupidly bought some seasoned fries so I had to make due with older, possibly freezer-burnt fries as a side.

 

[rusty shackleford 1]

The salsa adventure went better than expected. It’s pretty thick but I’m here for it, I added some better than bullion chicken flavor instead of salt, no other seasonings. I can’t believe I made this lol it tastes good and it was minimal effort honestly. I didn’t have high expectations but this is encouraging, it’ll be fun to tweak it and make different kinds.

Cooking wine can last years after opening, so no need to waste it. It's nearly undrinkable.

I just bought a white and red cooking wine at Walmart to have in the pantry, I’ve never cooked with wine before but I’m excited to try. I recently went through a buy all the vinegars phase and I’ve had fun experimenting with them.

 

[Dr Cruel]

Reheated supermarket fried chicken.

 

[Nut-Roaster the 2nd]

Pan fried rice cakes in sweet and spicy garlic sauce. Hand made the rice cakes, and they turned out pretty good.

 

[There She Glows]

The salsa adventure went better than expected. It’s pretty thick but I’m here for it, I added some better than bullion chicken flavor instead of salt, no other seasonings. I can’t believe I made this lol it tastes good and it was minimal effort honestly. I didn’t have high expectations but this is encouraging, it’ll be fun to tweak it and make different kinds.
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Homemade salsa is a big upgrade. I really like some of the recipes in this book.

 

[Flabba Wabba Jabba]

Big arse stack of spaghetti bolognese. Mushrooms, onions, carrots, olives, a whole bulb of garlic, all finely diced with super lean mince, topped with dried parmesan...

My god it was amazing and will feed me for like 15 meals, all for like $40 Australian bucks.

 

[Welfare Bum]

I made these crazy keto wraps. They're on these tortillas that have 22g of carbs but 20 of those are fiber so 2 net carbs per tortilla. Ground beef, shredded cheese, a bit of bacon, and some hotsauce, cooked in the air fryer. Depending on your source of ingredients, it's about 2-4g of carbs per wrap. Filling as well. You can't even really tell the difference from a regular wrap. Good shit. Good for keto.

 

[PositiveMonk]

Cooking wine can last years after opening, so no need to waste it. It's nearly undrinkable.

Nearly you say? Note: I am not seriously going to drink cooking wine.

Made a loaf of cheesy sourdough bread

How did this taste and what kind of cheese did you use? I've never seen cheese in bread, only on top of it. Very curious about this.

Reheated supermarket fried chicken.

Reheated supermarket fried chicken.

Reheated supermarket fried chicken.

Reheated supermarket fried chicken.

Dude that is a lot of fried chicken. Maybe chill out and eat some vegetables. (The joke here is that it was posted 4 times)

I tried @Bronze Age Baddie's quinoa meatloaf recipe, but followed it exactly from the website. The better call was definitely seasoning it yourself, as when I put the salt and pepper called for in the bowl I could tell it was far too much. Texture and quinoa flavor came out great though! Definitely going to tweak it and maybe try it with BBQ sauce if I can find one that meets my friend's non-gluten issues. The recipe also said to shape it into a loaf on a lined baking sheet and the shape ended up kind of sad, so loaf pan next time as well. Turns out I thought I didn't like quinoa because I was confusing it with another grain that I find absolutely disgusting.

I've also got some dough going for some more bread experiments of my own today, as well as some plans for chicken and roast broccoli later. I've never made fresh broccoli florets before, does anyone have any suggestions for what I can use the stem for that'd be good? Do I just throw it in my stock bag?

 

[Dr Cruel]

Dude that is a lot of fried chicken.

It was two legs and two thighs. Not that much.

 

[Jason Wynn]

How did this taste and what kind of cheese did you use? I've never seen cheese in bread, only on top of it. Very curious about this.

I was very pleased with how it came out. First time I tried doing it. Just used sharp Tillamook cheddar. If you’re curious I’ll post the recipe later when I get home.

 

[souschef]

Do I just throw it in my stock bag?

I like stir fried broccoli stems. Dice em and fry em