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Epignosis
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Posted: June 18 2012 at 13:58 | |||
Chicken Kiev with mashed potatoes tonight.
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Dean
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Posted: June 18 2012 at 14:16 | |||
Mmmmm - nice
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Epignosis
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Posted: June 18 2012 at 16:59 | |||
It was thumbs up. I froze the compounded butter some, and after I fried the dish, it curdled into this deliciousness that I cannot describe.
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Epignosis
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Posted: June 19 2012 at 17:45 | |||
Since we have extra thin chicken, I am doing a chicken Cordon Bleu with sauteed squash.
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Epignosis
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Posted: June 19 2012 at 18:12 | |||
I meant to add (couldn't type long because I was cooking) that chicken Cordon Bleu is a ridiculously pretentious American dish. It has a European name to make it sound posh, but in the end, it's just Americans rolling one meat into another with cheese, breading, and frying it. |
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Dean
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Posted: June 22 2012 at 07:45 | |||
Ooops! I seem to have hijacked the What are you eating thread - I thought I was posting in this one.
Anyway, last night we made fish pie - a spur of the moment thing as Sainsbury's had some cod loin and smoked haddock reduced - we add to that some fresh king prawns, sliced hardboiled egg, a few grapes and scattering of capers in a simple white sauce topped with mashed spud laced with double cream and plenty of butter. I looked at the Heston Blumenthal version but that looked far too complicated for such a simple dish, however I did use one trick of his which was to fry off some panko breadcrumbs to crispy brown colour while the pie was in the oven that where sprinkled over the potato when it was being dished up, he arranged it with some "sea foam" (stupidly complicated to make on a Thursday evening) to look like waves lapping a sandy beach but I could not be that fussed - however the breadcrumb "sand" really did lift the dish to another level. Edited by Dean - June 22 2012 at 07:48 |
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Snow Dog
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Posted: June 22 2012 at 07:56 | |||
I have never made a fish pie ever. Something I wish to rectify.
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markosherrera
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Posted: June 22 2012 at 09:42 | |||
I love Chivito
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markosherrera
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Posted: June 22 2012 at 09:45 | |||
My fave sandwich, all is very explicit
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markosherrera
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Posted: June 22 2012 at 09:50 | |||
My other traditional
is Megachivito Its bigger than my first pick Edited by markosherrera - June 22 2012 at 09:52 |
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Epignosis
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Posted: June 23 2012 at 16:52 | |||
Tonight I'm sauteing chicken breasts with onion and mushroom in a balsamic vinegar honey sauce served over polenta.
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tamijo
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Posted: June 23 2012 at 17:02 | |||
Had a dobbelt meal
One slice of pig roast, chopped and fried with some onion and potatoes, with chilli. On a piece of Danish dark bread, topped with a fried egg. After a japaneese kind of stew, beef potatoes onion, boils in Mirin Soya Sake and sugar.
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Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
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Epignosis
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Posted: June 23 2012 at 17:47 | |||
Really good dish! But I burned my finger. |
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Atavachron
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Posted: June 23 2012 at 17:51 | |||
^ yeah the balance of sweet/acid/earthy sounds good there
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Atavachron
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Posted: June 23 2012 at 17:52 | |||
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Flyingsod
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Posted: June 30 2012 at 09:43 | |||
Do any of you make your own condiments? Mainly I'm thinking of mayonnaise. My palate can no longer accept fake factory productions of this excellent emulsion. Sure, I started out making my own for nutritional reasons but OMG the taste of the stuff made fresh with high quality ingredients is far and above the dreadfully bland stuff that comes out of a jar. Before I started doing this I didn't even like mayo ( I only wanted it for potato salad). Now I like it well enough to eat it off a spoon. That jarred stuff is good for little more than lubrication and you shouldn't put anything on your food that doesn't bring a fair amount of flavour to the party.
I make mine with fresh squeezed lemon, champagne vinegar, and olive oil as main ingredients.Pastured eggyolk as emulsifier. |
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tamijo
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Posted: June 30 2012 at 10:05 | |||
No, sadly I do use industrial mayo, should not, but it's a question of time, but we use japanese mayo, still industrial but way better than the danish.
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Dean
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Posted: June 30 2012 at 10:51 | |||
However, Hellmann's uses certified free-range eggs and quality rapeseed oil in Europe so I've no complaints and I do like the taste (even if it is made in a Unilever chemical factory) - since it does contain nasty preservatives it does keep in the fridge and can be used to make a quick sandwich. Sometimes convenience trumps conscience.
I do occasionally (again - need and consumable time frame dependant) make my own BBQ sauce, teriyaki sauce, sweet chili jam, apple sauce and piccalilli and my wife makes chutney and other preserves. I have a jar of lemons in brine in readiness for a tagines if they qualify as a condiment and things like Rose Marie sauce (aka 1000 Islands) and tartar sauce are so easy to make yourself (especially using a jar of Hellmann's as a starting point) that I'd never dream of buying a separate jar. Does mixing English Mustard from powder count?
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Flyingsod
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Posted: June 30 2012 at 11:11 | |||
Yah mustard counts! That's my next thing to make. I have a tendency to go to extremes for no other reason than I think it's cool and fun to do. So I have bought a bag of mustard seeds and will be starting from seed. If I recall correctly though there's not much difference to be gained from doing that. I dont use a food processor for two reasons. First one is that I don't have one. The second is the conventional wisdom that rapidly beating or mixing olive oil causes bitter compounds to form. I would like to test this out for myself but will have to wait till I get a food processor. I do a teriyaki version in my stir frys but other that I don't use a lot of condiments so you make a bigger variety than I do. Kudos
I understand the convenience aspect for sure. Especially if you are throwing together a quick sandwich or something. It may be a bit quicker than you think though, Maybe 7 minutes to get everything out, put it together, and put everything away. Even using the slow drizzly whisk method Like I do. Still too long for a quick snack though. |
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Dean
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Posted: June 30 2012 at 11:42 | |||
That's me and marshmallow - one day it all went horribly wrong and the resulting mess was grainy and unpleasant and I was sat there despondently thinking why am I doing this when I can buy a bag from the convenience store for a few pennies instead of going to the bother of slowly pouring boiling sugar syrup into egg-whites and gelatin and leaving it to set before dicing it into irregular shapes and dusting it with icing sugar? And then it all goes right and I use maple syrup instead of corn syrup or grate in some fresh lemon zest or a pinch of ginger and then I know why: It's cool and it's fun to do.
Except you can use whatever liquid takes your fancy, not just water.
I had one that fell into disuse because of the mess and bother, but I've recently bought a small one and find it okay to use again. I've never noticed the olive oil going bitter as a result - can't think of a scientific reason why it should - I also can't imagine making pesto without blitzing it in a food processor or blender and I've never heard of that being a problem.
I don't know how authentic my Teriyaki is - but soy sauce, sugar, mirim and/or saki bubbling away in a shallow pan until it's like syrup works just fine for me , then that holy trinity of sweet, sour and umami is a never fail combination that just works whether you use sugar or honey or sweet sherry, rice wine or vinegar or lemon/lime juice, fish sauce or soy or worcester or mushroom sauce - anything that cuts through the oil used to do the stir fry is just going to be right no matter what.
Man, I'm hungry just thinking about it.
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