How many of you cook from scratch, or do you use prepared ingredients , for your dishes.
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How many of you cook from scratch, or do you use prepared ingredients , for your dishes.
I got a hit dish that a few have taken from me-
10$ gets U about 10 pizzas. for 10 minutes of cooking time.
Dollar Tree store: I get the 10 soft tortilla shells: 1$
Pack of Pepperoni 1$.
You could buy 1$ sauce, but I spend the 3 and get Preggo @ the store.
Fresh onion & Bell Pepper for about 2$
Shredded Cheese about 2.79$ @ my store.
The key is to brown the tortilla shell in the broiler/bottom ( about 3-4 minutes)
Have to baby it- turn it over about 3 or 4 x in that 4 minute time span- to keep it from burning on the edges.
Once it hardens on both sides- then U take it out add above ingredients.
(in the oven-not broiler or microwave--I found that it will melt the cheese and not heat the sauce- if u do otherwise)
So in the oven for about 7 minutes....and U have what I call the Pizzatia.
I have some photos , I'll upload when I get the chance.
Homies appreciated it. A couple of women loved it- one makes it for her kid & my nephews are crazy about it. Even mom loves it.
For My beef stew- I make it from scratch- but have it about once every other month- a shame I'm too lazy to eat right.
Slim how many vixens have you won over to come into your crib with your delectable delights of culinary mastery?
LOL! Some say a way to a man's heart is his stomach, I say naw, it's his dick. HOWEVER, Women luuvvvv a man that cook more than hamburgers and so-called signature spaghetti.
Baby girl a year back told me that- anybody can make spaghetti, but damn baby you got it goin on in the kitchen.
After making some chicken and dressing for this one special lady ( I think [dressing]iscalled stuffing in European-American homes ;D)
Panties were mine...she knew, I knew it.
It took 40+ years but I finally made a dry rub brisket and REAL mash tatters. Cayenne, brown sugar, garlic, black pepper, cumin, sea salt, *special herb, dry mustard...and shot of Captain to make it ooze.
bit the fork a record three times ;D
I used to subscribe to food and wine magazine. I would follow their gourmet recipes which would often leave me with twelve dirty pots and pans to clean but Damon I made some incredible stuff. I'd have to get top notch ingredients, some of which is hard to find, like truffles, and very expensive, but holy cow, what good food I put together. There would be layers of flavor. One recipe called for champagne vinegar which I thought couldn't be that much different than other vineyard but it was an animal unto itself. You need time and patience to cook gourmet but goodness it is worth it.
I make everything from scratch , also I cure and smoke all my own bacon / fish / cheese.
I am pretty obsessed with food ,drink,and flavour.
I also really like to cook. I'm not a great chef but I'm lucky to have really nice ingredients most of the time, and I like to think I have a bit of flair. I basically can't be assed to make anything great except when it comes dinner, or I'm cooking for other people though. Breakfasts, lunch and throughout the day I generally just have something simple and healthy, but I go all out for dinners even if I'm alone. I make banging stews and dahls, good scratch bolognese sauce(even started making my own pasta partly due to @DarkLordAl s harsh criticism of my not doing so :D), have a few pretty mean roast chicken recipes etc. Also love seafood. The other night I made some mussels in a thai broth that were delish. I can also see through shit and fly.
I'm glad I had a positive effect on your culinary journey , that is always my intention.Quote:
Originally Posted by p4pking
Something easy from scratch is homemade soup,! it's easy and extremely nice and what
could be so simple give it a go, with fresh crusty bread it's a good eat.:)
I'm pretty particular bout my food, i make it awesome, I have a lake next to my house, if i fish for bout 5-10 minutes i always get a fish, (Seatrout) also a lot of bass. I got family in the farmer work which supply me with potatoes, meat and vegetables. There some stuff i like to pick up from the market though. Like soy milk,
Pretty good at cooking too. i use to spend hours in the kitchen for a good plate, but lately I've been working to much so i have to make easier plates, which sucks.
I make a mean lasagne, and my currys are fucking awesome, if you like it hot then my madras is great if you prefer it mild then my murghi tikka masalla is absolutely amazing (I prefer my madras but the latter is pretty fucking special)
I also make a mean Sunday dinner, I live alone so its difficult to cook for one so everynow and again I get my mates round and cook them a dinner whilst watching the football and having a drink.
also does cooking stuff in the slow cooker count? if it does then I make a mean winter stew.
I'm actually not bad in the kitchen its just shit cooking for one.
Oh and cola gammon I love that shit man, a joint of gammon in the slow cooker with a quatered onion for 5 hours then throw it into the oven with a honey and mustard glaze, fucking mega that is
majority of the time though my food comes straight out of the freezer
Looks like you're doing good on the North Indian food there
So you're saying you cooked your way in there hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by SlimTrae
Roasted pork loin works well, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by SlimTrae
Loin to loin
I don't understand how you can be a self respecting adult if you can't cook. Cooking is essential! It speaks of where you're from and tells of where you're going! It shows what you place value in and on.
I learned from my mother and my grandmother how to cook simple dishes and cost effective dishes. I learned in my time working at an authentic Mexican restaurant a few things from a different culture. I have learned to be open minded when it comes to food and I quite enjoy cooking for people and sharing rather than just cooking for myself.
Cooking and the inability of the youngsters these days to do it and even their disdain of LEARNING to cook irritates me....yeah I fucking despise the youth of today.
This is my third agreement with Lyle in one day damn maybe I should play the lottery it looks like some strange stuff is about to happen. All Lyle has to say now is that he saw and Alex Jones video that he agreed with 1% and the sky will probably fall in let's also keep in mind that this Friday is Friday the 13thQuote:
Originally Posted by El Kabong
I've never cooked but I do do barbeque quite alot. I don't think barbeque really counts as cooking, does it? It's just something you do while you're drinking outside to give you something to eat when you're pissed. I learnt almost everything I know about barbeque cooking from some bloke called Meathead on the internet. He knows his shit.
If you're not eating your truffles less than forty eight hours after they come out of the ground then you're just eating expensive mushrooms.Quote:
Originally Posted by walrus
You are putting flame and spice to dead delicious farm animal that would otherwise make you very ill or kill you. That's my friend is cooking. Key is to make the sides first with the bbq as the drink increases. We would get the point where it took too long to prepare them and just end up with a huge tray of meat on the table, and a napkin or two. A fookin massive and mixed bbq Caligula. You want sides? Pour more hot sauce or mustard to put on it, there's your side ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing
Lyle made a good point about cooking, everybody should be able to cook my wife says I am
a good cook but I make a mess,;D come on it's not hard to cook.;)
You can only cook if you have the time though and when people start work early and come home late as many do, then you are just never going to have time. An hour long lunch break is enough time to go to the canteen and back to the desk and home after rush hour traffic means the last thing tired people want to do is cook. I don't blame some people for not having great cooking skills as they generally have skills in other places and have people cooking for them instead. I am a better cook than my wife, but it is only because I am less busy. Even on my busy days the best I can do is finish a 7 hour shift and heat up a tin of soup and slice up some bread. It is nothing to do with a lack of character, but is rather one of the symptoms of contemporary capitalism. Ideally people could stay home and cook and be with loved ones, but it's just not going to happen short of a revolution. I see union rights are next to go. Jump, jump, jump higher and fall a long way if you cannot keep up. Be thankful for a rasher of bacon, ye peasants.
That's a cop out Miles and lazy on your part. It doesn't take forever to cook from scratch. To follow some wankers recipe in a cook book yeah that takes a bit of time. Cooking regular food from scratch isn't a big deal and not something you need to spend hours on. Pull your finger out and stop eating tinned soup. It's packed with sugar.
That right there is why miles' posting reminds me of Akaky Akakievich the protagonist in Nikolai Gogol's "The Overcoat"/"The Cloak"Quote:
Originally Posted by Gandalf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONaD5GMLOgU
.......miles, I of course mean this not to poke fun of you, but just that is what you remind me of.
I will come to the assistance of my fellow English teacher. Cooking--- the best cooking is not the four hour preparation time and some snobby French Restaurant tradition. The best cooking of all is a peasant style cooking. I can prepare a dish and cook it all within half an hour I am talking about getting the ingredients together preparing the dish then cooking it all within 30 minutes or so for most of the most delicious dishes you can eat.. if you need more time for example if it is a large roast a large duck or a goose or something of this nature then you don't need to watch the damn thing you put it in the oven and you let it roast for 2 or 3 or 4 hours while you are correcting in your exams or essays or preparing your lessons it takes very little supervision and no work at all. The best cooking on earth is the simplest cooking and requires usually in 90% of the cases in my opinion the least amount of prep time and/or cooking time. It is not a matter of time. Unless one is trying to cook some kind of crazy ass complicated 25 step snobby French recipe. & I don't know who the hell would really want to do that more than once a year anyway
Last night I made a northern Indian curried pumpkin with basmati rice in under 25 minutes
You know that buying a bottle of Smirnoff doesn't count as cooking, right? Even if you use Bitcoins.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gandalf
Now that is a bunch of Wolverhampton b******* just the sameQuote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland LaingYou know that buying a bottle of Smirnoff doesn't count as cooking, right? Even if you use Bitcoins.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gandalf
What?Quote:
Originally Posted by brocktonblockbustNow that is a bunch of Wolverhampton b******* just the sameQuote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland LaingYou know that buying a bottle of Smirnoff doesn't count as cooking, right? Even if you use Bitcoins.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gandalf
You guys are missing the point. I don't work long hours whence I can cook. However, on my 2 busy days, I do not have the time. I drive 120km and work non-stop in between. You either make something quick or order a takeaway. My wife is very busy though. It just makes sense that I have learned more in the kitchen, it makes sense that eating out or delivery is so common for very busy people. 74% of UK mums work PT. They aren't all that busy. People who really work are busy. If a couple are both working hard as many here are then they will be less able in the kitchen. Their mother will be better as mother didnt slog it in the corporate world. Times are generally harder today and cooking ties into that. If you have the time to cook then society is typically more forgiving.
He said Now that is a bunch of Wolverhampton b******* just the sameQuote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland LaingWhat?Quote:
Originally Posted by brocktonblockbustNow that is a bunch of Wolverhampton b******* just the sameQuote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland LaingYou know that buying a bottle of Smirnoff doesn't count as cooking, right? Even if you use Bitcoins.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gandalf
Good one ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by El KabongHe said Now that is a bunch of Wolverhampton b******* just the sameQuote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland LaingWhat?Quote:
Originally Posted by brocktonblockbustNow that is a bunch of Wolverhampton b******* just the sameQuote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland LaingYou know that buying a bottle of Smirnoff doesn't count as cooking, right? Even if you use Bitcoins.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gandalf
Kirkland I was actually taking a roundabout little joke at master on that one while at the same time taking a poke at you for teasing miles. Good fun nothing personal
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Originally Posted by Gandalf
What nonsense. Cook on your short days food to eat on your busy days. A hearty stew takes minutes to get started and then left for as long as you want really. Put down the playstation controller and pick up a saucepan. Make a bit too much of whatever it is your eating and take it to work the following day for lunch.
It's not hard.