What's cookin', good lookin'?

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Que]

I had some commercial Parmesan cheese artichoke dip and some leftover chicken breast. I warmed that up and put it in a pita with avocado. It was unbelievably delicious.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

I can cook. It's just that people here would soon tire of hearing about my orgasmically fantastical mac and cheese. And I don't even use the blue box stuff, either.

Mmmm... now you are talking! The very first thing I ever learned to make from my grandmother. I love mac and cheese! Quite possibly my favourite food. I like it baked, with crunchy bits on top. I like it made with a bechemel sauce, all lovely and creamy, either baked or on the stove top. I even like shells and cheese out of the box But definitely NOT the blue box... The only mac and cheese I don't like!
Lobster sounds good, I also like my bacon and shallot version

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[bleublood]

Beetroot pickled been sprouts (Peter Gordon)
He recommends them on top of steamed new potatoes, tossed in salads, scattered on soup, or mixed with coriander and spring onions as a garnish for smoked salmon and other oily fish.

Makes one litre jar.
1 large beetroot, peeled
2 chopped cloves of garlic
200mls of cider vinegar ( or white wine vinegar or rice vinegar)
6 table spoons caster sugar
350g beansprouts rinsed and drained
12 allspice berries



Either grate the beetroot, or purée it in a small food processor. Place it in a pot with the garlic, vinegar, sugar, and 400ml of water. Bring to the boil and then simmer rapidly for 5 minutes.

Meanwhile fill a heatproof jar with boiling water and leave to sit for a minute on a folded tea towel. Tip the water from the jar, then place the bean sprouts and allspice in the jar, layering them.

Strain the hot pickling liquid through a fine sieve then pour as much of it as you can over the sprouts and seal while hot. Leave to cool on the tea towel, refrigerate, leave at least a day before using.

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The very short leave time appeals to me......ridiculously as I have jam put up from two years ago still. I just like to taste stuff. I'd like to make more chutneys etc, but....the idea of a maturTion for three months to find out I've made something disappointing is a bit of a put off......its one of the rare times my deferred gratification fails.

Thank you Gianbattista.

 

[bleublood]

Mmmm... now you are talking! The very first thing I ever learned to make from my grandmother. I love mac and cheese! Quite possibly my favourite food. I like it baked, with crunchy bits on top. I like it made with a bechemel sauce, all lovely and creamy, either baked or on the stove top. I even like shells and cheese out of the box But definitely NOT the blue box... The only mac and cheese I don't like!
Lobster sounds good, I also like my bacon and shallot version

I do a southwestern one that I like. It has mild, roasted, diced green chilis in it. I do bechamel of course, but with Mexican cheese blend, top with panko and more cheese bake. Sometimes I had diced ham to the mixture. Fun food.

 

[midwestyankee]

Mmmm... now you are talking! The very first thing I ever learned to make from my grandmother. I love mac and cheese! Quite possibly my favourite food. I like it baked, with crunchy bits on top. I like it made with a bechemel sauce, all lovely and creamy, either baked or on the stove top. I even like shells and cheese out of the box But definitely NOT the blue box... The only mac and cheese I don't like!
Lobster sounds good, I also like my bacon and shallot version

Bacon works well, but shallots are much too frou-frou.

 

[desertslave]

Mac & cheese with pan-fried diced pancetta and manchego + Drunken Goat cheeses.

 

[midwestyankee]

I have never had lobster mac n cheese. The idea is very tempting.

Lobsters in UK are small. When I first saw one here as a teen I thought it was a bit of a joke. .

Maine is somewhere I would LOVE to go and have not been.

Lobsters in Maine are not small.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g68/mwy_photos/giant-lobster-catch_zpslqzgrpf1.jpg

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

I do a southwestern one that I like. It has mild, roasted, diced green chilis in it. I do bechamel of course, but with Mexican cheese blend, top with panko and more cheese bake. Sometimes I had diced ham to the mixture. Fun food.

That sounds awesome!

Mac & cheese with pan-fried diced pancetta and manchego + Drunken Goat cheeses.

Ok, so does this
Have I mentioned that mac and cheese is my absolute favourite food in the universe?

Lobsters in Maine are not small.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g68/mwy_photos/giant-lobster-catch_zpslqzgrpf1.jpg

It's taking two men to hold that thing up for his glamour shot.
I wonder if it tastes good though? Or too strong?
I hesitate to tell you this, but I actually don't like lobster much. It's too fru-fru
I would probably prefer one of Elle's tender, tiny ones
I don't really think it's fru-fru, I just don't care for it.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[seela]

It's taking two men to hold that thing up for his glamour shot.
I wonder if it tastes good though? Or too strong?
I hesitate to tell you this, but I actually don't like lobster much. It's too fru-fru
I would probably prefer one of Elle's tender, tiny ones
I don't really think it's fru-fru, I just don't care for it.

So small lobsters are ok, but crayfish look like bugs?

Speaking of crayfish, come on Saturday!

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

So small lobsters are ok, but crayfish look like bugs?

Speaking of crayfish, come on Saturday!

Haha! No but I can handle a small claw or tail every now and then And hooray! On my way! You will just have to get me plenty drunk so I can join in and eat bugs. No pics, though!

 

[bleublood]

Haha! No but I can handle a small claw or tail every now and then And hooray! On my way! You will just have to get me plenty drunk so I can join in and eat bugs. No pics, though!

video at 10:00

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

video at 10:00

Eating bugs is not something I would want to remember

 

[seela]

Eating bugs is not something I would want to remember

Enough akvavit and you won't remember a thing. Problem solved.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Enough akvavit and you won't remember a thing. Problem solved.

Hooray! I'm sure that - other than eating bugs - I will behave myself perfectly. Yep!

 

[DiskoTroop]

clams and chorizo with a big hunk of a baguette

 

[desertslave]

Funny, I like crawdads, but strongly dislike lobster, except maybe a bit of claw meat. But I adore crab!

Weird lobster trivia. There was a prison uprising in the early 1800s in Maine, and one of the terms that was ultimately agreed on was a promise that they wouldn't be served lobster more than 3 times a week.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Weird lobster trivia. There was a prison uprising in the early 1800s in Maine, and one of the terms that was ultimately agreed on was a promise that they wouldn't be served lobster more than 3 times a week.

That's because it's a bug, and even criminals don't appreciate having to eat bugs

 

[DiskoTroop]

My nieces and nephews are no longer children and yet they still enjoy "hypnotizing" lobsters as much as they did when I first taught them how to

 

[IrisAlthea]

Enough akvavit and you won't remember a thing. Problem solved.

On for every claw will do it.
Roadtested truth.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

On for every claw will do it.
Roadtested truth.

Great! Thanks for the tip, Iris!!

Coleslaw and (left over, frozen) pulled pork sandwiches, potato salad, and cantaloupe. It's too hot to cook!!

 

[seela]

On for every claw will do it.
Roadtested truth.

For every claw?

I've thought one for every tail is pretty hardcore already. I can never keep up.

I did learn some new snapsvisor for just the occasion. I still have to print out the lyrics, although J's protesting already. He ain't gonna sing, he says. (Yes he will, after the first two akvavits anyways.)

I'm gonna be a sad panda, if we don't catch enough crayfish today. Oh, and I'm making Västerboten pie for the first time.