Author Topic: The New, Improved Food Thread. (Read 6002 times)

B E C K · « **on:** Jul 04, 2016, 03:50:19 AM »

Okay, I lied. Nothing's really improved, it's just new. Anyway, I always thought I was a decent cook. I guess I am, generally speaking. I tend to be hard on myself sometimes. But I didn't realize until, like, this year or last year that I was overcooking my food.

I haven't been cooking as often as I'd like to these days and now when I am in the kitchen making something, it became urgent that I cook it as fast as possible so that I could leave the kitchen as quickly as possible. In doing so, I've been cooking the juiciest chicken and the moistest eggs ever. I still need to master making moist red meat. And I still have problems with making a perfect, moist chicken breast. But I've conquered fucking tenders. Juicy as fuck.

jonhammstein · « **Reply #1 on:** Jul 04, 2016, 10:17:27 AM »

I'm shit at it. Gordon Ramsay wouldn't care for me one bit. I eat out way too often. I'm fairly certain it's not doing me any favors.

Rodent of Unusual Size · « **Reply #2 on:** Jul 04, 2016, 11:18:13 AM »

Quote from: B E C K on Jul 04, 2016, 03:50:19 AM

I tend to be hard on myself sometimes.

Me, too. What are we talking about, again?

I don't cook like I used to when I was in college. But I grill like a fiend. My method is to get the grill near the coronal temperature of the sun, throw the meat on (covered in canola oil to prevent sticking and sprinkled with my favorite favoring, Steak and Chop), sear both sides, and then cook to proper temp if its steak. It comes out juicy with a brown/reddish pink/brown layering. Burgers are ready when the red juice that cooks out starts to taper off and mingles with clear juice. Take them up before they're to your desired doneness, as they'll continue to cook as they cool.

B E C K · « **Reply #3 on:** Jul 05, 2016, 03:54:21 AM »

Quote from: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 04, 2016, 11:18:13 AM

Quote from: B E C K on Jul 04, 2016, 03:50:19 AM
I tend to be hard on myself sometimes.

Me, too. What are we talking about, again?

Oh, you! But, yeah, sadly I'm in my mid-thirties and am just now getting the whole "red meat being medium done" thing. I was a well-done creature all of these years but it tastes too dry now. Another thing I'm doing now... tea + lemonade. I know that's all old and shit, but for decades I hated the tiniest bit of lemon in my tea. It repulsed me. And now I'm craving the shit for some reason. I kinda feel like I might be going through early menopause, so that could potentially be a reason. Like, lady hormones + age + ?? = (tea + lemonade) - overcooked meat or something something.

Rodent of Unusual Size · « **Reply #4 on:** Jul 05, 2016, 07:09:13 PM »

We're the same age. Quit talking about menopause!

I got over my whole, "I'm a manly guy, I like my steak all bloody," thing a long time ago. I'm firmly in the medium camp now.

Lemon is one of my favorite flavors: favorite cake, favorite ice cream. But I'd much rather eat the lemons themselves than squirt them in iced tea.

B E C K · « **Reply #5 on:** Jul 06, 2016, 02:37:11 AM »

Quote from: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 05, 2016, 07:09:13 PM

We're the same age. Quit talking about menopause!

Early menopause is a thing tho'. Given the general rarity of it, however, I probably just have a hormone imbalance due to stress.

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Lemon is one of my favorite flavors: favorite cake, favorite ice cream. But I'd much rather eat the lemons themselves than squirt them in iced tea.

Snackwells used to make these lemon sandwich cookies that were my freakin' fave. The cookies weren't too crunchy and the lemony icing wasn't too sugary or too tart. I haven't been able to find anything remotely like them since.

B E C K · « **Reply #6 on:** Aug 09, 2016, 05:16:54 AM »

Lance Black aka Mr. Emerid Skellington doesn't believe my birthday cinnamon twists were fluffy as fuck. Discuss.

Rumble · « **Reply #7 on:** Aug 16, 2016, 02:00:21 AM »

Don't talk to me about food. I'm in Mexico now with a severe case of Moctezuma's revenge. I'm also posting this from the porcelain throne.

As for cooking, my main concern is speed and not silly little details like taste or nutricion value. When I'm just cooking for myself I refuse to spend more time preparing my food than I'll spend eating it 😂

Rodent of Unusual Size · « **Reply #8 on:** Aug 16, 2016, 11:27:27 AM »

A Man, A Can, And A Plan is the greatest book ever.

B E C K · « **Reply #9 on:** Aug 16, 2016, 03:29:02 PM »

Quote from: Rumble on Aug 16, 2016, 02:00:21 AM

Don't talk to me about food. I'm in Mexico now with a severe case of Moctezuma's revenge.

Are you sure it wasn't from drinking the water?

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #10 on:** Nov 30, 2016, 02:06:58 AM »

Im good at cooking but I dislike doing it. But I have to. So that makes me dislike it even more.

jonhammstein · « **Reply #11 on:** Dec 02, 2016, 01:06:25 PM »

Whaaaaaat?

What about your kitchen staff? At least one of them must be a chef?

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #12 on:** Dec 04, 2016, 08:21:49 AM »

Quote from: joerammstein on Dec 02, 2016, 01:06:25 PM

Whaaaaaat?

What about your kitchen staff? At least one of them must be a chef?

Believe it or not I refuse to have any helper/maid/nanny at home. I just don't like unknown people having access to me, kids and stuff. Im also very against nannies raising my own kids (you can say I learned from my parents' mistakes).

I only have a cleaning lady that comes once a week for a couple of hours to do a "deeper cleaning" and thats it.

Rodent of Unusual Size · « **Reply #13 on:** Dec 05, 2016, 05:52:12 PM »

The good news is, as soon as your kids are old enough you can fire her.

jonhammstein · « **Reply #14 on:** Dec 08, 2016, 03:10:50 AM »

Quote from: Faye Valentine on Dec 04, 2016, 08:21:49 AM

Quote from: joerammstein on Dec 02, 2016, 01:06:25 PM
Whaaaaaat?

What about your kitchen staff? At least one of them must be a chef?

Believe it or not I refuse to have any helper/maid/nanny at home. I just don't like unknown people having access to me, kids and stuff. Im also very against nannies raising my own kids (you can say I learned from my parents' mistakes).

I only have a cleaning lady that comes once a week for a couple of hours to do a "deeper cleaning" and thats it.

It's okay! So long as she's not as attractive as you, and preferably significantly older, your husband totally won't cheat on you with her.

B E C K · « **Reply #15 on:** Dec 08, 2016, 05:49:09 AM »

*snort* Time to google Mildred Baena.

jonhammstein · « **Reply #16 on:** Dec 08, 2016, 10:07:58 PM »

Ha! Forgot about that.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #17 on:** Dec 11, 2016, 05:21:54 AM »

Quote from: joerammstein on Dec 08, 2016, 03:10:50 AM

It's okay! So long as she's not as attractive as you, and preferably significantly older, your husband totally won't cheat on you with her.

My husband is in his forties already. he's an old man.

B E C K · « **Reply #18 on:** Dec 11, 2016, 07:27:14 AM »

Why, he's practically dead and in the ground.

jonhammstein · « **Reply #19 on:** Dec 11, 2016, 03:54:04 PM »

I'm not sure what you're implying about his age.

Is it that he's no longer desirable to other women and that he should just be grateful that you'll have him?

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #20 on:** Dec 11, 2016, 07:54:01 PM »

No I meant to imply how some dirty men like much younger women, so I got that part covered.

Quote from: B E C K on Dec 11, 2016, 07:27:14 AM

Why, he's practically dead and in the ground.

Time to up dat insurance $$$$

B E C K · « **Reply #21 on:** Jan 02, 2017, 05:54:07 PM »

This shit's fuckin' tasty but I'll level with you guys, I make extra chicken for it and sprinkle it on top:
http://www.digiorno.com/products/italian-style-favorites/italian-style-favorites/11164/chicken-parmesan

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #22 on:** Jan 14, 2017, 05:09:12 AM »

>recipe from Digiorno

lol
Girl.

B E C K · « **Reply #23 on:** Jan 14, 2017, 08:49:07 PM »

But I love DiGiorno. It's not delivery.

Rama · « **Reply #24 on:** Jan 17, 2017, 08:59:28 PM »

Or is it?

It is not.

B E C K · « **Reply #25 on:** Feb 20, 2017, 04:24:10 AM »

Does anyone else on this board eat barbacoa or is that just, like, a Hispanic thing?

Rodent of Unusual Size · « **Reply #26 on:** Feb 20, 2017, 06:27:49 PM »

I've never heard of it, and my google-fu indicates that it's likely a Hispanic thing. But it looks like a barbeque variant, as if the name didn't already connote that. When I read that it was made from meat from cattle heads, I was afraid it was more akin to hogs head cheese/souse, which I never was a fan of. But the pictures I found of it looks a lot like regular pulled pork.

B E C K · « **Reply #27 on:** Feb 24, 2017, 04:30:36 AM »

Yeah, it's like pulled beef, I guess. I love eating that shit with scrambled eggs. I was eating it the other morning and then it occurred to me that most of my net friends have probably never eaten it, so my stomach shed a single tear like that fake-ass Indian.

I just had Trefoils for breakfast and I'm not as ashamed as I probably should be.

Rama · « **Reply #28 on:** Mar 13, 2017, 01:19:45 PM »

Never had barbacoa, but I'd be willing to give it a go.

Although I don't think I could eat it with eggs. I don't really like eggs unless they are really mixed in with a lot of other flavors, like on a breakfast pizza or the like. Eggs just don't have enough flavor for me to eat on their own.

B E C K · « **Reply #29 on:** Mar 14, 2017, 08:02:03 PM »

I love eggs. I eat five dozen like Gaston. Not, like, a day. Like in a month. So almost just like Gaston except it's, you know, totally not.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #30 on:** Apr 25, 2017, 12:02:17 AM »

Quote from: B E C K on Feb 24, 2017, 04:30:36 AM

Yeah, it's like pulled beef, I guess. I love eating that shit with scrambled eggs. I was eating it the other morning and then it occurred to me that most of my net friends have probably never eaten it, so my stomach shed a single tear like that fake-ass Indian.

When you said barbacoa I thought of the brasillian-style restaurant. Do you mean pulled beef? I think that name for that dish might be a central american thing, in south america we call that asado.

B E C K · « **Reply #31 on:** Apr 26, 2017, 08:08:52 AM »

In the Southern US, it refers specifically to this kind of meat:

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #32 on:** Apr 27, 2017, 03:47:54 AM »

It looks delish.....Thank you now I want mexican food

B E C K · « **Reply #33 on:** May 31, 2017, 07:12:53 AM »

I tried Vanilla Latte poptarts. It doesn't really taste coffee-ish enough for me. I wish they had made it stronger coffee-wise. I ate half of one cold and the flavor came out much stronger but the filling was, um, goopier, I guess. Coldness really brought out the cr0n syrup and cr0n starch. Not a great texture to it.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #34 on:** Jun 07, 2017, 02:55:52 AM »

Have you tried making your own? I saw a recipe for "rainbow poptarts", seemed pretty easy.

Made some strawberry jam (without pectin). Preeettay preeeettay preeettay good, and only 3 ingredients

B E C K · « **Reply #35 on:** Jun 07, 2017, 04:19:28 AM »

Making my own coffee poptarts sounds dangerous. I have a weakness for sweet bready things AND for coffee-flavored sweets so if they came out super delicious, I'd probably eat all of them myself. So I better not.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #36 on:** Jun 07, 2017, 08:04:16 PM »

I hear you. Ive been craving brownies for a couple of weeks but I have to stop myself from baking them, I know ill eat most of them.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #37 on:** Jun 08, 2017, 06:21:20 AM »

Quote from: B E C K on Jun 07, 2017, 04:19:28 AM

Making my own coffee poptarts sounds dangerous. I have a weakness for sweet bready things AND for coffee-flavored sweets so if they came out super delicious, I'd probably eat all of them myself. So I better not.

Btw Nuri, the lady from Cooking with Dog (youtube channel) has a video about doing coffee jello that is delishhh. And its not unhealthy. Also, super easy.

B E C K · « **Reply #38 on:** Jun 08, 2017, 02:27:16 PM »

Coffee jello sounds scary but I'll look for the recipe since I'm curious.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #39 on:** Jun 08, 2017, 08:47:47 PM »

Its good and refreshing. 10/10 good salary-man deseto

B E C K · « **Reply #40 on:** May 21, 2022, 08:56:03 AM »

I made potato and beef croquettes. They came out delicious but I'm not sure if worth the level of effort. I have to make mashed potatoes, then cook beef with onion, then mold them into patties, chill them, coat them with flour/egg/breadcrumbs, and chill them again before I can fry them. It's not like it's hard or anything but I don't like too many steps when making my food.

jonhammstein · « **Reply #41 on:** May 22, 2022, 03:35:14 PM »

They eat croquettes in the first episode of Honey and Clover.

I can't escape!

B E C K · « **Reply #42 on:** May 22, 2022, 06:08:02 PM »

I had leftover ingredients and made more today.
Second go was much easier. I don't make the tonkatsu sauce but eat it plain with some mixed vegetables.

Rodent of Unusual Size · « **Reply #43 on:** May 27, 2022, 11:33:14 PM »

I'm about to bail on the usual concept of meals and food for a few months in an effort to drop some post-injury/post-rona/post-college poundage, and a preacher buddy of mine swears Optavia is the second coming of diets. We'll see. At least my wallet will be lighter.