The food thread

[Cal Weldon]

Bob, you would appreciate the chicken as it's farm raised not factory. I think you already know how different they are.
The bitter melon pre cooking depends on how bitter you can handle it. Experimenting is your friend.

 

[mountainman bob]

Bob, you would appreciate the chicken as it's farm raised not factory. I think you already know how different they are.
The bitter melon pre cooking depends on how bitter you can handle it. Experimenting is your friend.

Yah.....them free rangers are all leg!

Free range eggs are the best part.....most people don’t realize what a real egg tastes like!

Couldn’t resist

 

[Cal Weldon]

Cream soda:

Water
Stevia
Vanilla extract
Lemon juice
Cinnamon
Cloves
Cardamom

Add 2 cups of water to the blender. Add Stevia, cinnamon, cloves and cardamom. Blend 1 minute. Add to pot. Heat to boil. Let cool. Add vanilla and lemon.

Fill the keg with water, add the syrup, stir and gas. Pour over ice.

Nice to be a kid again.

 

[jackinnj]

Cream soda:

You probably never had a Bronx "egg cream" -- had neither cream nor egg but wonderful nonetheless.

Cott, I think they were a Canadian company at the time, made a wonderful cream soda.

Thanks for posting Cal, this reminds me of summer as a kid eons ago!!!

 

[mikacolson]

So cruel! I am hungryyyyy!

 

[00940]

A classic of mine, mango Tatin.

For the meat aficionados in here... I've 6 striploin steaks to cook tomorrow. Any good recipes for a coffee based rub ?

 

[soundbrigade]

Have been sufferering from a severe longing for something sweet to chew on for a few weeks and today I baked a Key Lime Pie and have also absolutely irresistable ....

 

[DPH]

A classic of mine, mango Tatin.

For the meat aficionados in here... I've 6 striploin steaks to cook tomorrow. Any good recipes for a coffee based rub ?

Not sure if a Santa Maria style rub (associated with a cut called tri tip here and probably 5 other names elsewhere) might have something in the coffee/cocoa spectrum.

 

[mountainman bob]

Have been sufferering from a severe longing for something sweet to chew on for a few weeks and today I baked a Key Lime Pie and have also absolutely irresistable ....

Were you trying to measure it’s irresistance?

 

[soundbrigade]

Of course, I did. I am very much into science, you know. Forgot to measure if I had the capacitans to devour all of it tonite.



(I have a bag of frozen raspberries that will become a mousse later on ...)

 

[mountainman bob]

Of course, I did. I am very much into science, you know. Forgot to measure if I had the capacitans to devour all of it tonite.:rolleyes

You know it’s ok to come to some conclusions without measurement!

 

[Cal Weldon]

For the meat aficionados in here... I've 6 striploin steaks to cook tomorrow. Any good recipes for a coffee based rub ?

With coffee grounds, I like to add a little water, some liquid smoke then vacuum seal and use the immersion cooker for about 3-4 hours, temp adjusted to your taste, then rinsed or wiped and finished on a super hot grill for 1minute per side.

 

[jackinnj]

Have been sufferering from a severe longing for something sweet to chew on for a few weeks and today I baked a Key Lime Pie and have also absolutely irresistable ....

How did you make the crust -- for cheesecakes, key lime pie, meyer lemon pie we use "graham cracker" crust Stateside.

 

[soundbrigade]

I use "graham crackers" or Digestives as we say in correct Swedish. Using melted butter.
The cracker crust is tasttier than the normal flour, butter and cold water crust.

Just had 1/4 of the pie but realize I must have it with whipped cream to milden the somewhat intensive lime taste.

 

[TheGimp]

I've been tempted to use ginger snaps in place of graham crackers in a crust for a Key Lime Pie.

 

[soundbrigade]

I've been tempted to use ginger snaps in place of graham crackers in a crust for a Key Lime Pie.

Why not?! Go ahead!

I also wonder if unsweetened condensed milk would work fine as I find the pie a bit too sweet.

 

[Cal Weldon]

unsweetened condensed milk

In Canada it's called Evaporated Milk.

 

[soundbrigade]

I remember I had heard that word before. First verse of Marillion's The Invisible man:

The world's gone mad
And I have lost touch
I shouldn't admit it
But I have.
It slipped away while I was distracted
I haven't changed
I swear I haven't changed
How did this happen?
I didn't feel myself
Evaporating...

 

[billshurv]

Eh, we have both evaporated and condensed milk. The first you can pour, the second you have to heave out with a spoon. Has canada swapped them round, like milky way and mars bar?

 

[mountainman bob]

I've been tempted to use ginger snaps in place of graham crackers in a crust for a Key Lime Pie.

Oooh!