What's cookin', good lookin'?

[MeekMe]

Ok, I take back what I said about cornbread. I shoved it in the same category as banana bread and had it with tea, and now I enjoy it. Still can't imagine eating it with anything savory, but yeah. This way it's pretty good.

(Why do I feel very British all of a sudden? Having things I pair with tea? Strange.)

I have a lot of little things I love to have with tea. Mister thinks I'm silly because we'll be shopping and I'll pick something up and say, "oh! This will be yummy with tea tonight." I get pretty excited about it. Little cakes, cookies, daifuku, chocolates, and sometimes savory items like rice crackers. I'm a huge fan of pairing things with hot tea.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[MeekMe]

I will google daifuku, but would you give a first hand description Meek me?edit : Oh, filled mochi! I didn't know that had a separate name


Wow, mochi! Indeed, tea and daifuku would be lovely!

Sorry I didn't come back right away. Yep, it's mochi with yummy fillings. There's all kinds of flavors, too. An (azuki bean paste), strawberries, chestnut paste, chocolate, all kinds of stuff. The mochi can also be flavored. I can only find bean paste filled, but if I go to Japan, I plan to look for special/limited flavors.

If you want something else that's really yummy with tea, I suggest Chinese moon cakes. There's a bakery that makes them fresh here and it's awesome. During the festival times, you can find boxes in Chinese grocery stores.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Netzach]

Cornbread has the same problem as the Irish Soda bread foodway, everyone is crazy about dessert. I'm definitely more into adding Jalapeno as an act of Yankee aggression than sugar. I like sweet versions of both - oddly enough, with tea, also. Not with other food, meh.

The tart velvety crumb of actual Irish soda without sugar bread is a fantastic thing. Caraway is technically wrong, but tasty.

 

[Tech_Director]

Need to go to the grocery store

Have to pick up a couple of fresh items

Tonight I'm going to cook

A couple of thick juicy Pork Chops prepared with a special dry rub of herbs and spices.
Creamy Mashed potatoes
Boiled and then pan-roasted baby carrots
with My special pan gravy (should be in it's own food group)

For dessert, (Laughing here)...I'm thinking just perhaps a nice "Ah Caramel"

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Have to pick up a couple of fresh items

Tonight I'm going to cook

A couple of thick juicy Pork Chops prepared with a special dry rub of herbs and spices.
Creamy Mashed potatoes
Boiled and then pan-roasted baby carrots
with My special pan gravy (should be in it's own food group)

For dessert, (Laughing here)...I'm thinking just perhaps a nice "Ah Caramel"

This sounds yummy
Do you do anything special to keep your pork chops tender and moist? I find that a rub can sometimes pull the moisture out of them, and they end up dry and tough...

And of course now I want your super secret gravy recipe please

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Sugar in soda bread? Goodness. And in farls too?

Tonight I was inspired to make a pizza. It had a sort of pesto base and then the flower stalks of the garlic, and fresh Greek basil, and Mozzerella added last minute.


Because we talked of Indian food recently tomorrow is certainly curry of some sort too, but it think a bit of a cultural mishmash curry.

I love pork chops, but only i do in this house.

Then I think you should put cut up pork chops in the curry

 

[BiBunny]

Cornbread has the same problem as the Irish Soda bread foodway, everyone is crazy about dessert. I'm definitely more into adding Jalapeno as an act of Yankee aggression than sugar. I like sweet versions of both - oddly enough, with tea, also. Not with other food, meh.

The tart velvety crumb of actual Irish soda without sugar bread is a fantastic thing. Caraway is technically wrong, but tasty.

Jalapeno, cheese, and a can of creamed corn in cornbread is legit for eating with chili.

 

[Tech_Director]

This sounds yummy
Do you do anything special to keep your pork chops tender and moist? I find that a rub can sometimes pull the moisture out of them, and they end up dry and tough...

And of course now I want your super secret gravy recipe please

Trick to that is make sure you do them in a pan....high heat with a good oil and then SEAR both sides and then finish cooking in the oven...main trick is to remember a tiny bit of pink in a good cut of pork is okay. When you cut them open the meat will be glistening to show you they're still moist.

And HELL non, that gravy recipe MIGHT be passed down to My daughter or son...but that's IT...laughing.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Jalapeno, cheese, and a can of creamed corn in cornbread is legit for eating with chili.

That's true, but I like to keep mine pretty pure, so that I can douse it in honey after the meal, and have it with coffee, too

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Well, I don't mind sharing that when I make my self pork chop I can rarely resist deglazing the pan with a little calvados or apple brandy from west of England . Pigs and orchards just go so well.

A friend of mine who was a pig who was owned by a human friend died a couple of years ago and she would not eat apples though, she liked strawberries . And cakes. . But we didn't eat her.

So, I have to buy a whole bottle of liquor for the next time I have pork chops??
Ok! Sold I will try it!

 

[Netzach]

This sounds yummy
Do you do anything special to keep your pork chops tender and moist? I find that a rub can sometimes pull the moisture out of them, and they end up dry and tough...

And of course now I want your super secret gravy recipe please

Any time something might get rough, I get it into something acidic for a while. So for pork, I usually do lime juice for a while, or cider vinegar, or crappy beer. Even 20 min. will help a lot.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Any time something might get rough, I get it into something acidic for a while. So for pork, I usually do lime juice for a while, or cider vinegar, or crappy beer. Even 20 min. will help a lot.

And when you say rough, my mind goes directly to sex but I get what you're saying
Lime sounds good!

 

[rbijon]

And when you say rough, my mind goes directly to sex but I get what you're saying
Lime sounds good!

.....MMmmmmm....peach cobbler

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[seela]

Zander, pea puree, spring onion butter sauce, a salad of sliced radish and fennel.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Pulled pork tacos dressed with a simple lettuce slaw and marinated red onion, from the farmers market. Iced mint coffee.

 

[rbijon]

Pulled pork tacos dressed with a simple lettuce slaw and marinated red onion, from the farmers market. Iced mint coffee.

....now I am for sure hungry.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

....now I am for sure hungry.

Your always hungry

 

[rbijon]

Your always hungry

You keep me so!