The food thread

[Cal Weldon]

Had these for the first time. Prickly pears? Somewhat tasty but a pain to eat. Mind you if you are in the desert and hungry they are probably the best food you could imagine.

 

[Cal Weldon]

Lettuce wrap anyone?

Jicama, carrots, pork, peppers, onions and seasoning. None of the fried wonton wrap **** in there.

 

[Cal Weldon]

Caesar salad last night, serious garlic breath this morning.

 

[Cal Weldon]

And now onto stock duty. Turkey that is. Boil the bones fat and skin, cool, skim of the fat, reheat the jelly, strain the bones and run it through a cheese cloth. Nothing like real stock to soothe the soul.

The reflection in the stock pot is the flash on the fat sheen, not icing sugar or uh, well never mind

 

[tinitus]

Hey Cal, what camera equipment do you use to shoot those nice looking pictures

 

[wakibaki]

Prickly pears. Delicious, but don't go near them unpeeled with bare hands. They have little fluffy bumps all over that look comparatively harmless but they leave tiny spines in your skin that are thinner than a hair and very difficult to find, never mind remove. Like glass fibre, but worse.

w

 

[Cal Weldon]

Canon S3 IS point and shoot. In iPhoto, hi res shot reduced to medium quality and max 1000 pixel. They end up being about 100K.

 

[Cal Weldon]

Like glass fibre, but worse.
w

Yes I've had the misfortune of encountering them in the wild. This was my first experience trying to eat the things.

 

[Cal Weldon]

Jacco, you turned me into a Gravlax animal. I can't seem to stop. Ran out of Demerara sugar so I had to use white.

 

[tinitus]

hey Cal
be very very careful with that gravlax(gravad lax)
if the process goes wrong it could be dangerous

I have another good one for you

salted herrings
clean then up, and water them
pour lots of sugar over then
finish with lots of fine chopped onion
when the sugar have 'melted' its ready to eat

I dont remember if it should be made the day before eating, or the same day
its salty, and simple, but fantastic, really

 

[Cal Weldon]

Hi tinitus, that sounds good. You are starting with a salted herring, soaking it in water for a while then pouring off the water adding sugar and onion and leaving it for a day, is that correct?

Geez, eating uncooked marinated salmon could be dangerous? Now you tell me.

 

[Cal Weldon]

Brining the chicken breast in the old beer bucket. Peel back the skin but leave it attached so you can pull it back over for cooking. 50/50 sugar/salt.

Hard to believe. Breast is $2 a pound and whole wings are $3.30. Go figure. Stupid yuppies started all this.

 

[Cal Weldon]

Seasoned dry-fry turkey and salmon. Great for topping soups and salads.

 

[tinitus]

Hi tinitus, that sounds good. You are starting with a salted herring, soaking it in water for a while then pouring off the water adding sugar and onion and leaving it for a day, is that correct?

Geez, eating uncooked marinated salmon could be dangerous?

try your luck, eh

I'm not sure about the watering
its usually done for marinading
you know winegar, suger, etc

the one I described is a very quick and tasty way to use salted herrings, fast
thats the trick, its fast, and tasty
maybe its made and eaten the same day
I dont remember it exactly
but ingredints are right
sugar and chopped onion, lots of it
hmm, a little black pepper, maybe

buy a whole bucket of good quality salted herring, not too old
you wont regret

 

[Cal Weldon]

We don't see a lot of that around here. Mostly fresh, pickled or frozen. The frozen stuff is what you use as bait to catch the salmon.

EDIT: I've just called around to a few markets and they all say salt herring is a special order item. Not stocked in these parts. Too bad.

 

[jacco vermeulen]

a Gravlax animal.

How come i'm not surprised.

(the accumulated fiy experience/database of a couple here is, the thread starter moved up several points on my mod respect rating)

 

[Cal Weldon]

Why thank you Jacco, you're not such an ******* yourself.

Considering your background your words really mean something.

So I had just enough time before I start cooking so I put together some pizza mushrooms.
Stemmed and de-gilled Portabellas
Sauce
Cheese
Seasoned pork
Green onion
Black olive
Roasted orange pepper
More cheese (grated with my best ever yard sale find)

 

[dave_gerecke]

Hey Cal, in the brining of the chicken, what liquid are you using, i.e. what brand of beer. Since it is an old beer barrel.

Peace,

Dave

P.S. Jacco and Cal, you are both still cwazy! Apologies to Zen Mod.

 

[Cassiel]

Considering your background your words really mean something.

Huh? Am I missing something here?

you're not such an ******* yourself

True, he still needs to improve.

 

[Cal Weldon]

Huh? Am I missing something here?

He has friends in high places when it comes to food. He is master, I am grasshopper.