What Have You Cooked Recently?

I cooked myself a breakfast consisting of a single egg, some slices of turkey bacon, and a slice of bread I chose to toast on a pan because I was too lazy to use the toaster nearby. It was pretty decent after having fast food mostly as my meals thanks to work. Since I'm on a day off, I'm deciding to try and cook something at home, either some hamburgers or some hot dogs.
 
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Pork and veggie bibimbap
 
I generally can't stop eating spinach gomae, so I changed it up a bit and made green bean gomae yesterday.

I don't really measure, so bear with me: My version of the gomae dressing was something like two or three tablespoons of roasted sesame seeds, blitzed in my spice grinder (a.k.a. my retired coffee-bean grinder) until I made a nice paste. Mixed it up with a good glug of soy sauce, a dash of water, a healthy pinch of brown sugar, a touch of salt and pepper, and several shakes of my beloved Togarashi seasoning. Steamed at least two handfuls of green beans for about three minutes in the bamboo steamer. Tossed the warm steamed beans with this gomae dressing, and ate the fuck out of it with a bunch of store-bought kimchi.

(Quick aside: Does anyone here prepare sashimi at home? Specifically tuna and salmon? I am really intimidated by the thought of serving myself raw fish that's not from a reputable Japanese restaurant, and was wondering if anyone had tips or advice regarding this and how to go about it. I have made tuna tataki without issue many times, but full-on raw fish...no.)
 
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(Quick aside: Does anyone here prepare sashimi at home? Specifically tuna and salmon? I am really intimidated by the thought of serving myself raw fish that's not from a reputable Japanese restaurant, and was wondering if anyone had tips or advice regarding this and how to go about it. I have made tuna tataki without issue many times, but full-on raw fish...no.)

I live in a landlocked state, so super fresh fish is expensive unless it's river caught or farmed. I've made sashimi with fish I've bought from whole foods and fresh market. I've never gotten sick from it. It's probably safe to eat raw fish from usual grocery stores. Just make sure it passes the color and sniff test.
I think I've read somewhere you can soak raw fish in acid, like lemon or lime juice, and it will "cook" it to safe to eat. No idea if that's true.
 
The chicken soup I made tonight was a hit. Real simple too, 1 quart stock, 3 celery stalks, two carrots, one chicken breast with some salt, pepper, parsley, and thyme to taste. Simmered for about 30 minutes and done.
I'll be making that again at some point but my inner weeb wants to try an udon recipe sooner than that.

I live in a landlocked state, so super fresh fish is expensive unless it's river caught or farmed. I've made sashimi with fish I've bought from whole foods and fresh market. I've never gotten sick from it. It's probably safe to eat raw fish from usual grocery stores. Just make sure it passes the color and sniff test.
I think I've read somewhere you can soak raw fish in acid, like lemon or lime juice, and it will "cook" it to safe to eat. No idea if that's true.
Ceviche is a dish prepped that way. Take fish and marinate it in lemon juice until it's color and texture changes. I've never had it but it seems interesting.

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(Quick aside: Does anyone here prepare sashimi at home? Specifically tuna and salmon? I am really intimidated by the thought of serving myself raw fish that's not from a reputable Japanese restaurant, and was wondering if anyone had tips or advice regarding this and how to go about it. I have made tuna tataki without issue many times, but full-on raw fish...no.)
Smell and looks test as mentioned - if it already smells like fish it's not very fresh.
Some asian supermarkets have blocks of sashimi grade tuna that are frozen fresh and are safe to thaw and consume raw.
You could try asking any restaurants nearby that serve sushi/sashimi to see where they get theirs maybe?
Not sure if you're in a place that you can hunt but deer (and horse) sashimi is amazing, just an idea.
 
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I've been making chicken and bacon etouffee as my go to dinner for like the past 2 weeks and it just gets tastier every time, 10/10 poor fag meal.
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Get ham hocks for a cheaper, more flavourful version. Bacon is expensive.
I live in a landlocked state, so super fresh fish is expensive unless it's river caught or farmed. I've made sashimi with fish I've bought from whole foods and fresh market. I've never gotten sick from it. It's probably safe to eat raw fish from usual grocery stores. Just make sure it passes the color and sniff test.
I think I've read somewhere you can soak raw fish in acid, like lemon or lime juice, and it will "cook" it to safe to eat. No idea if that's true.
If the fish section of your grocery smells like fish, it's a no go. Same with the local fish monger in areas near oceans or larger lakes. If you walk in, and are overwhelmed by the smell of fish, nope. Fish do smell, but you shouldn't be able to smell them on entering the store.
 
Get ham hocks for a cheaper, more flavourful version. Bacon is expensive.
It's actually frustratingly hard to get a hold of ham hock where I am, especially since the latin meatmarket I used to go to got busted by the health inspector, all the big box stores just sell the most basic cuts
 
Made some thai coconut, pineapple, and shrimp curry. Postan recipe just in case anyone wants to try it.
Ingredients
-Can of pineapple chunks stored in Pineapple juice
-Mae Ploy red curry paste
-Thai fish sauce
-2 to 4 minced garlic cloves
-One large red bell pepper
-Can of coconut milk, unsweetened
-Mushroom of choice
-Unsalted chicken or seafood stock
-1/4 a yellow onion
-thawed uncooked shrimp
-4 to 6 Kaffir lime leaves
-Brown/rock/white sugar
Chop yellow onion, slice bell pepper into bite sized pieces. Drain juice out of can of pineapple put pineapple into ziploc bag. Press pineapples to extract juice from them, leave juice in the bag with the pineapple.
Pour about 1/4 of your can of coconut milk into a pot and heat to medium high, let simmer for a minute or two. Put about 2-4 tablespoons of curry paste into coconut milk and simmer until reduced to a runny mud like consistancy then add rest of coconut milk. Add unsalted chicken/seafood stock until just a bit more watery than your preferred consistancy, let simmer for around 5 minutes. Add pineapple with juice from pressing, mushrooms, kaffir lime leaves, a small amount of brown sugar/Rock Sugar/White Sugar, onions, garlic, and fish sauce to taste. Let simmer to reduce to preferred consistancy if needed.
Add bell pepper and let cook for 2-3 minutes. Add shrimp and let cook for around 1 minute. Serve over rice.
 
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It's actually frustratingly hard to get a hold of ham hock where I am, especially since the latin meatmarket I used to go to got busted by the health inspector, all the big box stores just sell the most basic cuts

That's tragic. Ham hock is exquisite. I blame hipsters. But I do that for everything.
 
I cooked a ham. And tomorrow, or maybe Sunday, I'm going to make ham and beans with the bone. I seriously just got the ham to make beans. Beans are the best things ever. Everyone should eat beans all the time.
Red beans and rice is my favorite recipe to make with a leftover ham bone. Cajun cooking is great fun but it is so unhealthy if you do it the right way with copious amounts of butter.
 
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