what happens if you spill food in bed?

She licks it off me.

Please!I'm eating a sandwich.

you just had to spoil it didnt you sonicl.

You can't give me a cue like that and expect me to ignore it!

you could have lied!

I did! The truth is that if I spill food in bed I get moaned at and she reminds me of my sin at every opportunity for weeks afterwards. But that wouldn't have been as funny.

This thread's making my mouth water.
Too bad I stop understanding English as soon as food is mentioned.
To tell you the truth, 2007 started with a pasticcio that wasn't dry at all, a jambalaya that was divine (ordered the book where it came from and gonna pick it up wednesday)... and so many good things...

My favorite starter - really easy to make :

2 avocados
shrimps
1 lemon
tabasco sauce

Squeeze the juice out of the lemon in a bowl.
Add two-three drops of Tabasco (not more).
Cut your avocados in small dice.
Cast the dice in the bowl.
Add the shrimps.
Mix it up.
Devour.

Quince Jelly
1.8kg (4lb) Quinces
2 Lemons, juice only
Sugar

Wash the quinces and roughly chop them.

Place the quinces and just enough water to cover into a heavy bottomed saucepan.

Bring to the boil and simmer, covered for 1 - 1½ hours, until very soft.

Strain through a jelly bag or muslin cloth, allow about 2 hours for this, do not squeeze as this will cause the jelly to become cloudy.

Measure the volume of the liquid, add 450g (1lb) of sugar for each pint (600ml) of liquid.

Place the juice back into a heavy bottomed saucepan, add the sugar and lemon juice, stirring until fully dissolved.

Bring to the boil and cook rapidly for 10 - 15 minutes until the setting point is reached.

Skim the surface if necessary, and pot.

GREEN EGGS AND HAM

INGREDIENTS:

• 8 eggs
• 2 Tbsp milk
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 1/4 cup chopped chives
• 1/8 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 1 (4 ounces) thick slice or chunk of cooked ham, cut into 1/4-inch diced pieces
• 1 Tbsp butter
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• Additional parsley for garnish

PREPARATION:

Place eggs, milk, salt, black pepper, chives, and parsley in a blender and pulse until herbs reach a minced stage, but not completely pureed.

Heat a large non-stick skillet over medium heat until hot.

Add butter and swirl to cover bottom of the pan. Add ham and saute about 30 seconds to heat. Lower heat to medium-low.

Pour egg mixture over warmed ham. As the mixture cooks, push up cooked portions with a heat-proof spatula and tilt pan so uncooked portion reaches the pan to cook. Remove from heat when eggs are still soft, but not runny. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Cover and let rest for 1 minute before serving to let eggs set and cheese melt a bit.

Garnish each serving with a sprig of fresh parsley. Serve with a side of fresh fruit and toast, biscuits, or hot rolls.

Yield: 4 servings

I do not like green eggs and ham.

Would you eat them in a box? Would you eat them with a fox?

I do not like them in a box. I do not like them with a fox.

Would you? Could you? In a car?

This thread is inspiring to make a bowl of cereal.

/laziness

I made macaroni cheese yesterday. Thought I'd share my recipe.

1. Cook macaroni.
2. Make some cheese sauce (milk, flour, butter, cheese, nutmeg).
3. Pour cheese sauce over macaroni.

Im not sharing my many fabulous recipes. How else am I supposed to woo my men and women???

I love cooking so much. It makes me joyus to cook with my friends and share good food.


Chocolate Tofu After Dinner Hauderves (super awesome instead of cheeses with red wine if you've vegetarians over)


3 sheets puff pastry (1 sheet makes about 9 hd's)
SILKEN SOFT Tofu (not the firm one) (1 small packet of tofu should fill all 27 I think from memory)
good quality cocoa (4 tablespoons per small packet of tofu)
a few drops of vanilla essence


Cut pastry sheets into 1 inch strips. Using the base of a small jar or large shot glass as a mould, tear a strip in half. Use one half to form a cross on the bottom of the glass, and the other half to wrap all the way around, making sure any holes are minimal. Remove from the glass and place on to a greased baking tray. Continue with all strips. Bake at 210 C until golden brown. (less than ten mins I think? )


Take tofu from packet and place in a mixing bowl. Add cocoa. Use a fork first to break up the tofu and mix lightly. Beat using a moulie or hand blender for 3 mins until the tofu resembles a choclate custard. Place covered in fridge.

After the pastries have baked and allowed to cool, take the tofu out of the fridge and give another quick mix with the moulie/hand blender. Spoon in to the cases. Arrange them all in a dish which can be covered, and refriderage until needed. (make them in the afternoon if you want to eat them that night)


MOST YUMMY. even for people who don't usually like tofu.

hahahaha I was the last person to write in this and I said I woudlnt share them.


:D

tofu has phytoestrogens that will destroy a man's hormones. i see where you're going w/ the pantyhead. clever.

Mushroom Stroganoff

1 oz butter
1 Onion, chopped
1 lb mushrooms (any type you like, a mixture is nice), cut into bite size chunks if necessary
1 tsp mustard
1 tsp tomato puree
1 tsp paprika powder
300 ml creme fraiche

Melt the butter in a pan
Fry the onions in the butter until they start going clear
Add the mushrooms and stir fry until they start going soft
Add the mustard, tomato puree, paprika and creme fraiche and stir all together, and cook over a gentle heat for another five to ten minutes, stirring frequently.
Serve with rice, noodles or potatoes, or as a side vegetable with pork.

that sounds really yummy!

:P hehe

Bump.

I'm cooking for vegetarians later. Ideas please.

you just found the right person.

as a small starter, i love cherry tomatoes filled with macadamia puree:

you need a cup of macadamia nuts, garlic (not much, about half a clove, you don't want it to overpower everything), lemon juice, parsley and some water. throw the nuts, parsley, lemon juice and garlic in a blender or food processor and let it go until it's a puree. you can thin it down with some water to make it a bit more mushy. slice the tops of the cherry tomatoes and scoop out the inside with a small spoon, then stuff with the puree. this also tastes great on pieces of fresh pepper.

potatoes with feta and mint are a nice side dish. peel and dice some potatoes, cook them until they are done. meanwhile, heat oil in a pan and add a small onion, in slices. add the potaotes and fry for a few minutes, add salt & pepper. take it off the stove and add freshly chopped mint and crumbled feta, then sprinkle with lemon juice.

i often make a quiche with goat cheese, you need about:
5 eggs
crème fraiche
chives
sun dried tomatoes
1 clove of pressed garlic
salt & pepper
puff pastry (storebought is just fine, get enough to fill a round quiche mold)
grated goat cheese
soft goat cheese
cherry tomatoes

preheat the oven on 185° celcius
beat the eggs with the cream, chives, sundried tomatoes, garlic, salt, pepper
mix the soft cheese with the grated cheese and spread it over the unbaked puff pastry
fill the rest of the mold with the egg mix
slice the cherry tomatoes in half and put them on top, with the sliced half showing

this all tastes great with a rucola-avocado-almond salad
1 small cauliflower
1 ripe avocado
1 ball of mozarella cheese
rucola salad
almonds
vinegar, oil, salt and pepper
wash the cauliflower and break it into little pieces
dice the avocado and the mozarella
roast the almonds in a hot pan (no oil! just toss them around real quick)
wash the salad
mix everything and make a nice vinnaigrette to go with it.

these are just some ideas, but i've made all of these dishes for a lot of people and even non-vegetarians thought they were delicious :) good luck!

Cool, this all looks good - quiche has never done it for me but I can certainly do something with the other bits. Unless anyone wants to better that (might as well make this more fun for y'all).

vegetarians or vegans? just wondering, because if they are vegans you'll have to forget anything to do with cheese, unless it's tofu.

Vegetarians. I'm often surprised, when cooking for vegans, that as well as having a fairly specialised diet, they also tend to be incredibly fussy eaters.

i'd be the worst vegan ever... with my love for cheese.

another reason to pray my animal-fats allergy never comes back (this caused me to be raised on soy milk and only have limited access to cheese, yoghurt or just about anything with full milk in it)

seriously, toast with brie, apple and a bit of honey... yum yum yum

Avocado salads, vegetarian sausages (or vegan rawsage), veggie thai curry, and pasta dishes are all fair game :D

pasta! yes! my favourite quickie pasta recipe is to make some pesto in the morning (so it get extra flavourish during the day) then later i slightly fry slices of tomato in a pan and then just cook the pasta, stir in the pesto and some soft goat cheese, along with the tomatoes. delicious and quick!

water & apples.
but it depends how and where the water is from... and the apple? make sure you can certify is 100% organic.

pesto is the most fucking amazing edible thing known to humans.

i can put it on nearly everything.

yes!

but it has to be good of course, ever since i started making my own the little jars just don't do it for me!

yuck on jars!

olive oil, basil, pine nuts, garlic, pepper, parmesan-- that's it for me

i can substitute the pine nuts for walnuts, i'll even do parsley instead of basil in desperation, but jars? never!

once upon a time i used to work on a shitty restaurant as a waiter. they fed us free. on my first day there i ordered some cappelletti with pesto and when i tasted it i made a face-- the cook asked if i didnt like it and i said that overheating up the pesto had ruined it. i was right, of course, but the cook made my life miserable from that day. oh yes, i'm a great diplomat!

I eat Vegans

It's like when Americans say "I'll write you". Similarly, we say "cooking vegans". If they can fuck about with the language, so can we. In fact, we have more right.

I did a veg korma in the end. But thanks for all your suggestions. It was awesome, in spite of me not being able to find okra.

from what i've learned, you never really cook the pesto, since it would only separate the oil from the mix... stir it in at the end! what an ass cook.

exactly. the idiot hated the pesto in a pan, then added the precooked pasta (the horror) to heat up in it. what a fucking dunce. i told him to heat it up in broth and then add the pesto. too much for his ego.

i hated that job anyway. i don't have the mental constitution to be a waiter, especially in america. "hi! my name is ... and i'll be your waiter today! our specials are..."-- what cack. i'm like "what do you want". ha ha ha. seriously, i suck at smiling at people i dislike.

anyway, back to recipes, my breakfast was a chili quinoa with a couple of fried eggs. quinoa rules.

it goes like this, more or less:

fry some onion at the bottom of a pot, when it's to the point you like add one crushed garlic clove, stir, then toss in a tablespoon of mild red chili powder and maybe 1/4 tsp of ground cumin. quickly (before it burns) toss in 1 cup of quinoa carefully rinsed (3-4 times if it's not pre-rinsed, just 1 time if it's pre-rinsed.). as it sizzles mix in the seasoning with the quinoa, add some herbs (say, a tbsp of oregano or what not). add 2 cups water, bring to a boil, then reduce temperature to a medium simmer & cover for 12 minutes. turn off & rest for 3 more. it's done. serve on a plate or bowl & top with fried or poached eggs with enough raw yolk to mix into the thing. could serve 4 people but i eat for 3. it's not exactly refined cooking but it's hearty and satisfying and has lots of proteins. might go well with some fried sweet potatos on the side for extra-carbos if you're doing hard labor.

Quinoa really is several thousand sorts of win.