What Have You Cooked Recently?

[Buster O'Keefe]

I fried a double yolker egg for brunch. It was the last in a half dozen box: the previous five were also double yolks. This probably isn't that rare but my mind was blown

 

[XYZpdq]

got a bunch of ground beef from a friend who overbought fresh food for the imminent collapse of humanity of last week
original plan was meatloaf, but then I thought about having to toast bread and dig out the food processor and clean the processor and processor the bread or maybe I'll just use lentils but then I have to rinse and drain the damn lentils and then awww fuck it chili instead
couple of pounds of 75/25 ground cow
can of mushrooms
can of red beans
can of pink beans
can of sliced carrots
onion and a half
green pepper

drain and rinse the shit out of the can veg, chop the fresh veg
dump the veg in and started it on the low end of med-low
throw on top the ground beef
then seasonings

salt, paprika, jalapeno powder, red pepper flakes, chili powder, curry powder, fresh ground black pepper
dump them on top of the beef and whatever
lid on and keep on lowmedlow, keep going for 30 min or so until the meat's started to drip grease, then up to med for 30, then stir and 30, then low and pull the lid back a bit to let moisture out, been stirring sporadically but not bad at all

 

[KeepHopeAlive]

got a bunch of ground beef from a friend who overbought fresh food for the imminent collapse of humanity of last week
original plan was meatloaf, but then I thought about having to toast bread and dig out the food processor and clean the processor and processor the bread or maybe I'll just use lentils but then I have to rinse and drain the damn lentils and then awww fuck it chili instead
couple of pounds of 75/25 ground cow
can of mushrooms
can of red beans
can of pink beans
can of sliced carrots
onion and a half
green pepper

drain and rinse the shit out of the can veg, chop the fresh veg
dump the veg in and started it on the low end of med-low
throw on top the ground beef
then seasonings

salt, paprika, jalapeno powder, red pepper flakes, chili powder, curry powder, fresh ground black pepper
dump them on top of the beef and whatever
lid on and keep on lowmedlow, keep going for 30 min or so until the meat's started to drip grease, then up to med for 30, then stir and 30, then low and pull the lid back a bit to let moisture out, been stirring sporadically but not bad at all

That sounds good. And DAMN, I'm so old, blind and drunk, I thought your avatar was Racer X.

Keep calm and chili on...

 

[XYZpdq]

I thought your avatar was Racer X.

no, that's a very different Mexican wrestling mask

 

[Salad Dodger]

Living on freezer and fridge odds and ends until one of us can be assed to get groceries. Got a few of those oven baked potato cakes made sure they were in long and hot enough to crisp up. Then added some nuked frozen veg mix: red pepper, corn and black beans. Then sliced avo, jalapeños and sour cream. Partner put sweet chilli sauce on theirs and declared it delicious. I liked it.

 

[AnOminous]

I made the dish where you are starting out to make an omelet but you are such a fucking idiot you completely fail at that and then pretend you intended to make scrambled eggs.

 

[Buster O'Keefe]

I made the dish where you are starting out to make an omelet but you are such a fucking idiot you completely fail at that and then pretend you intended to make scrambled eggs.

This is a rare but perfect real-world example of 'more haste less speed'.

 

[XYZpdq]

I made the dish where you are starting out to make an omelet but you are such a fucking idiot you completely fail at that and then pretend you intended to make scrambled eggs.

That reminds me of when I tried to make quiche and realized I was just as happy with baked scrambled eggs with stuff in it.

 

[AnOminous]

That reminds me of when I tried to make quiche and realized I was just as happy with baked scrambled eggs with stuff in it.

Oh, that you call a frittata. This is a fantastic way to get the hipsters out of your house after a party. Because you can use all the chopped foodie ingredients that weren't used the previous night in it. You just condition actually eating this wonderful dish (which usually takes about a dozen eggs) on them helping clean up the mess they made last night.

 

[Buster O'Keefe]

Fadge: or potato farls, if you are a dirty Roman Catholic. Basically cold mashed potatoes, flour, baking powder and an egg. Roll it out and fry in butter.

 

[melty]

I made this: https://thekitchenpaper.com/indian-butter-chicken/ with homemade naan

I had to make multiple substitutions because of lolcoronavirus but it turned out pretty well!

 

[Buster O'Keefe]

"1 1/2 cups tomato sauce**** (or one 14 oz can would work)"
Finally, an American recipe that accepts the 'cup' measure is fucking retarded. Buy scales Yanks.

 

[soy_king]

I make a dope quiche Lorraine/Florentine. It's not a real Northern European recipe if it doesn't have a shit ton of cream and saturated fats.

 

[Slimy Time]

Decided to try hand at making sourdough bread to help the designated bread maker of the house. We used a recipe for rolls and made 2 loafs instead. Very soft, doesn't firm up as much as other breads.

 

[Matthew216]

How about this recipe I came up with?
QUARANTINE COOKIES, AKA “ISOTQTIWTDSAMFISTRMOWIA10WD” COOKIES (“I’M SO SICK OF THIS QUARANTINE THAT I WANT TO DESTROY SOMETHING AND MY FAMILY IS STARTING TO REMIND ME OF WHY I ACCEPTED 10 HOUR WORK DAYS” COOKIES)

I was stuck at home and watching an episode of Good Eats on Dark Chocolate. I was a little frustrated when I made this recipe. Can you tell?



INGREDIENTS

• 3 Cups of Bread Flour.
• 1 ½ teaspoons Baking Powder
• 1 ¼ teaspoons Baking Soda
• 1 ½ teaspoons Kosher Salt.
• 2 and ½ sticks on Unsalted Butter, at room temperature.
• 1 ¼ cups Dark Brown Sugar
• 1 Cup plus 2 tablespoons, Granulated White Sugar.
• 2 Large Eggs, at room temperature.
• 2/3 of a cup of Dutch Process Cocoa Powder.
• 9-10 Tablespoons Boiling Water
• 3 tablespoons Black Cocoa Powder.
• 1 4-ounce bar of Ghirardelli’s 60% cacao baking chocolate, melted.
• 1 bag of Ghirardelli’s 60% cacao chocolate chips.
• 1 good sized bag of M&M’s or M&M’s minis.
• 2 teaspoons Vanilla extract.

STEPS.

• Combine Flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a mixing bowl. Set aside.
• Place butter and sugars in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes.
• Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• While this is going on, take both Cocoa powders and place them in a medium mixing bowl with boiling water, stir slowly until all the water is absorbed and the smell is very noticeable. Melt baking chocolate in the microwave, stirring after every 30 seconds until totally melted.
• Pour both chocolates into the butter mixture, and stir until fully combined, stopping only to scrape down the sides.
• Slowly add Flour mixture in intervals, mixing well after each interval.
• Add Vanilla extract.
• Place in air-tight container, or cover mixing bowl with tight aluminum foil. Let sit in the refrigerator for 12 to 36 hours, (or up to 5 days).
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Scoop cookie dough onto parchment lined sheets. Place dough back in the refrigerator between bakes (the dough is too wet to bake well at room temperature.).
• Bake for 12-13 minutes. Let cool on the sheet for 2 minutes, and move parchment to a cooling wrack.
• Cool and serve.

 

[XYZpdq]

I ran a piece of bread through the toaster, smeared honey and peanut butter on it.
Not bad

 

[Army Burger]

Made a tin of chocolate and coconut brownies

 

[melty]

One of my favorite foods that's currently unavailable is xaio long bao, soup dumplings. So I decided to try making my own. Here's the recipe I used: https://steamykitchen.com/88-xiao-long-bao-shanghai-steamed-soup-dumplings.html

Notable substitutions:
-used salted pork instead of ham
-used chicken skins instead of bones
-did not have any shrimp
-used premade gyoza wrappers instead of making them

The premade wrappers worked fine - they looked like they were going to be too small at first, but once steamed they fatten up a lot. The broth and meat turned out very good! It tasted pretty close to what we get at Din Tai Fung.

The issues were mainly technical ones. On the first try, I used cloth in the steamer basket. These cloths are meant for steaming dumplings, but they DID NOT work for this recipe. The dumplings stuck to the cloth. Also, I put too many dumplings in and they expanded and stuck together. Still pretty tasty though

The second try I spaced the dumplings out more and used cabbage to line the basket. This worked much better, but I find that even though I'd tried to fill the dumplings with more gelatin this time around they weren't soupy enough for my liking. It might be the wrappers are still a little too small.

The recipe made a lot of filling and I can probably get a couple more batches out of it. I'm pretty happy because even with the failures, the dumplings were still really good. I want to try making spicy wontons next, another Din Tai Fung dish I really like.

 

[Army Burger]

Made a pizza

 

[1Tonka_Truck]

Beef stroganoff from leftover steak. Put the steak in right at the end so it gets warm but doesn't brown the cut sides