What Have You Cooked Recently?

[rikochi88]

Not cooking, but related enough I hope:

I just baked some cranberry bread but the yeast went super fucking crazy and it's the shape of an atomic explosion.
Literally just writing this to rant about how retarded my bread ended up looking. Legit can't seem to figure out the mechanics of yeast, like my baking either fucking EXPLODES or doesn't do anything at all. Any tips?

Does it at least taste good?

 

[Mary Magdalene]

Does it at least taste good?

It's okay, the crust is a little hard but I've made worse. Yeast is a scientific experiment and harder than brain surgery.

 

[Buster O'Keefe]

Had some left over roast chicken and gravy, so made a cottage pie: sauteed some onions, mushrooms and thyme, added them to a pie dish along with the cubed chicken and some petit pois. Added some cider to the gravy (it was pretty thick), poured it over and topped with buttery mash, then baked at 180C for about half an hour.

(Apologies for the photo, wife's phone camera must have been on an odd setting)
That chicken provided three dinners for two of us plus the carcass and giblets for stock, which is just as well as it cost twenty flupping quid.

 

[MerriedxReldnahc]

Last night's feast of New York strip steak, taters, and beans. I love steak more than just about anything on the planet but for cost reasons I don't make it too often. I seared it in a cast iron pan, scooted of to the side and melted some butter, garlic and herbs, mixed it up until it was a frothy puddle of wonder and spooned it over the steak. My parents are weirdly squeamish about meat that has any pink but enjoyed it so much they didn't complain.

And for dessert,

FRUITCAKE!

 

[TinyKitty]

Not cooking, but related enough I hope:

I just baked some cranberry bread but the yeast went super fucking crazy and it's the shape of an atomic explosion.
Literally just writing this to rant about how retarded my bread ended up looking. Legit can't seem to figure out the mechanics of yeast, like my baking either fucking EXPLODES or doesn't do anything at all. Any tips?

Is the water you're using warm, cold, or room-temp?

That chicken provided three dinners for two of us plus the carcass and giblets for stock, which is just as well as it cost twenty flupping quid.

I had to look it up, but that's almost thirty dollars US. I have to know, was this a special organic heirloom-breed chook or is chicken just that expensive in the UK?

 

[Buster O'Keefe]

I had to look it up, but that's almost thirty dollars US. I have to know, was this a special organic heirloom-breed chook or is chicken just that expensive in the UK?

I've seen these hens clucking around their farmyard and I'm happy to pay for a quality bird, they taste amazing and I don't waste anything. You can buy battery raised hens in UK supermarkets for peanuts, I won't knock anyone who buys them but the difference is night and day.
Edit: it was 2.7 kg, so about 6 lbs, which is pretty big, so maybe not as expensive? I have no clue about the US poultry trade (aside from the horror stories about hormones and chlorination, but I'm pretty sure you guys have a market for tasty birds too).

 

[TinyKitty]

I've seen these hens clucking around their farmyard and I'm happy to pay for a quality bird, they taste amazing and I don't waste anything. You can buy battery raised hens in UK supermarkets for peanuts, I won't knock anyone who buys them but the difference is night and day.
Edit: it was 2.7 kg, so about 6 lbs, which is pretty big, so maybe not as expensive? I have no clue about the US poultry trade (aside from the horror stories about hormones and chlorination, but I'm pretty sure you guys have a market for tasty birds too).

No wonder then, a beautiful fat farm-raised hen is worth it. I was hoping that wasn't the price for a supermarket chicken.

Here in the US, the price of red meat has skyrocketed lately. The explanation is that more people are cooking at home, which is a little depressing once you know that the sales of vegetables, poultry and fish have barely changed.

 

[Orion Balls]

Chipotle chicken tacos. I give praise to the leftover gods for this bounty in the face of ice covered roads.

 

[XYZpdq]

>oh boy burning through these old-ish hot dog buns is going good
>they weren't even moldy, now to get to the second layer in the pack and
>[MOLD INTENSIFIES]
if I hadn't pulled this exact same "accidentally down a bunch of mold probably" a while back without dying I might be concerned
now, for me it is a Tuesday. Or a Wednesday in this case, I guess

 

[Mary Magdalene]

Is the water you're using warm, cold, or room-temp?

It's room-temp, have ruined so much baking by accidentally making the water too hot though. Figured out it needs to be just pleasantly enough to dip your hand in without burning yourself after a bunch of trial and error

 

[Goyslop Muncher]

I made hot and sour soup. Came out really well. But now I have a bunch of leftover tofu, bamboo shoots, and mushrooms. Guess I'll make more and freeze it.

 

[Robotic Richard Simmons]

It's been a bit since I've posted around here. These are my favorite dishes that I've made this year:

• Pollo sofrito
• Orange chicken
• Beef w/ broccoli
• Linguine Pomodoro
• Stuffed peppers
• Shepard's Pie
• Braised short ribs

 

[Warren Wilhelm]

Last weekend I tried making Adjarian khachapuri. Because Georgian cheeses aren't really exported, I tried doing a few different versions to see what turned out best. Closest I got to a proper one I once tried was with a 40/40/20 mix of mozzarella, feta and a vague farmers cheese. They were all good but far too filling. I wish I could experiment with cooking without having to then eat them -- plenty of hedonism foods to take that role -- but I just don't know enough people nearby to share with.

 

[ColtWalker1847]

For lunch today I had pea soup that I set up last night and dropped in the slow cooker first thing thing this morning. I used a hambone I had saved in the freezer, some bacon, and lots of garlic.

With it I threw together a grilled corned beef sandwich on 7-grain bread with muenster cheese. And a dill pickle.

I'm feeling a nap coming on.

 

[GrammaNazi]

@RoboticRichardSimmons, do you mind sharing the recipe for the stuffed peppers? They look fantastic. I assume rice & meat, topped with sauce & cheddar cheese. Any other details? From the pic I could devour a pan of these.

 

[Freya]

Cum in a jar

 

[A Gay Retard]

I churned up some ice cream using Alton Brown's custard-based recipe but substituting Mexican vanilla bean for the extract and to make up for the fact that I haven't made vanilla sugar in over a year. Flavored it with strawberries and some mini marshmallows (the marshmallows added enough volume that it almost was too much for the mixer).

I might try smashing up some graham crackers and coating them with chocolate to go with the marshmallow some time. Strawberry s'mores or something and the chocolate will keep the graham from getting soggy I figure.

It was almost as good as store brand frozen tater tots hot from the oven.

 

[Robotic Richard Simmons]

@RoboticRichardSimmons, do you mind sharing the recipe for the stuffed peppers? They look fantastic. I assume rice & meat, topped with sauce & cheddar cheese. Any other details? From the pic I could devour a pan of these.

You take the peppers (about 5-6), core and deseed them, and cut their ass slightly to help them stand up, make sure to boil them until slightly tender in well-salted water for 10-18 minutes. Mix together: 1 cup of cooked rice, 1lb of cooked ground beef, 1/4lb of ground cooked Italian sausage, 1 10oz. can of diced tomatoes, 1 medium onion diced and cooked with sausage and beef, 2 cloves of minced garlic (don't use that jarred shit, that's for fucking pussies and it tastes gross) 1 cup of finely grated parmesan, add 1/2tsp of oregano, 1/4 cup of diced fresh Italian parsley, salt, and pepper to taste. Combine and fill peppers. Top peppers with any cheese mixture you like. Mine was a fontina and cheddar mix. In a baking dish mix together 2 cups of marinara (you should probably be making your own if you must go jarred get non-shit stuff like Rao's), 1 cup of beef broth (you should try making your own! It's a good use for scraps and leftovers), 1tbsp balsamic vinegar, 1tbsp of Worcestershire sauce, 1tbsp of olive oil, 1/2~1 whole medium diced onion, 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes. Heat oven to 375, cook on the middle rack for 25-30 minutes.

 

[Syikeblade]

Korma curry with ground pork, peppers, potatoes and mushrooms.

 

[Buster O'Keefe]

Made cornbread without totally fucking it up this time, although I have no yardstick to measure it against.