Now that looks like a hamburger i could eat.
Yesterday's 17th birthday food quicky, didn't have time to add the sides for i took the pic.
Grilled salmon, 30 seconds each side, topped with simmered julienne of lemon, chili peppers, basil, s&p, virgin olive oil, lemon juice.
After 10K hrs of DIY cooking, it takes 2 minutes to come up with this combo, with what's in the fridge. Et voila : 6 content eaters.
Sorta makes me feel that Papa is right on the money with his 10K hrs of listening lines.
(Haa, got the chance to talk to NP, me felt like a 12-year old kid who had to audition for singing school)
Yesterday's 17th birthday food quicky, didn't have time to add the sides for i took the pic.
Grilled salmon, 30 seconds each side, topped with simmered julienne of lemon, chili peppers, basil, s&p, virgin olive oil, lemon juice.
After 10K hrs of DIY cooking, it takes 2 minutes to come up with this combo, with what's in the fridge. Et voila : 6 content eaters.
Sorta makes me feel that Papa is right on the money with his 10K hrs of listening lines.
(Haa, got the chance to talk to NP, me felt like a 12-year old kid who had to audition for singing school)
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Nice looking fish. Is it me or did you take half a steak and flap over the belly part to shape it like a fish? Very creative my friend.
Anybody like Beef Tendon? I do I just don't like the price. Around these parts we often have an oriental influence in our shopping so tendon often cost twice what chicken breast does. Go figure.
Boil the tendon in water a couple minutes, pour off and rinse.
Refill the pot partway with water and add:
soy
cane vinegar
sesame oil
chilies
5 spice
sugar
allspice
msg
Simmer for 3.5 hours then chill.
Slice and serve.
Boil the tendon in water a couple minutes, pour off and rinse.
Refill the pot partway with water and add:
soy
cane vinegar
sesame oil
chilies
5 spice
sugar
allspice
msg
Simmer for 3.5 hours then chill.
Slice and serve.
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Spinach in the oven !
Made this in 4 hours and was gone in 25 minutes 😉
Mozzarella topping and home made crust.
All ingredients where organic (except for the Mozzarella, I think 🙁 )
hope this can be uploaded.
Jacco looks nice and Yummy yummy 😀
I bet your cooking is a lot better than your languages 😉 No es asi señor ?
Cheers,
Audiofanatic 😉
Made this in 4 hours and was gone in 25 minutes 😉
Mozzarella topping and home made crust.
All ingredients where organic (except for the Mozzarella, I think 🙁 )
hope this can be uploaded.
Jacco looks nice and Yummy yummy 😀
I bet your cooking is a lot better than your languages 😉 No es asi señor ?
Cheers,
Audiofanatic 😉
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Duh, i thought i also put the lemon zest on in a way to make it look fishy.
Whole 4lb side of salmon, chunks from the widest part. Fish-shaped positioned on the grill.
Auww, that spinach mozzarella pie looks tasty.
(Oye tio, las chicas no importan de como suena, mientras el aparato se maneje bien)
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Note to self: Ask someone who's cooked it before you buy it.
Case in point: the Banana bud.
Now you'd think a guy from BC would know what they need to about buds. Wrong.
When I brought this home my wife looked at me sideways and said something very unbecoming of a woman. Translated it went something like this: "Gee honey, I hope you're not going to ask me to cook that" "Why?" I asked. Silly me - more foul language.
Translate: "Why don't you go look on the internet."
Me, still smiling, went to the computer and started to read. I should have known when the first 10 sites weren't in English that this was going to be a bad experience. When I finally found English, I could hardly believe what you have to do to eat this stuff. Undaunted I went back to my wife who now had a grin bigger than a Hyaena at a cat party. "So, what did you find?"
"Well", I said, "it looks like a lot of work. How do they taste?" She looks me in the eye and says, "in Vietnam the only people who eat it are the ones who can't afford real food."
"That good?" I asked.
"That good" she said.
At that very moment I realized I had just purchased $3 worth of compost. - Sigh -
Case in point: the Banana bud.
Now you'd think a guy from BC would know what they need to about buds. Wrong.
When I brought this home my wife looked at me sideways and said something very unbecoming of a woman. Translated it went something like this: "Gee honey, I hope you're not going to ask me to cook that" "Why?" I asked. Silly me - more foul language.
Translate: "Why don't you go look on the internet."
Me, still smiling, went to the computer and started to read. I should have known when the first 10 sites weren't in English that this was going to be a bad experience. When I finally found English, I could hardly believe what you have to do to eat this stuff. Undaunted I went back to my wife who now had a grin bigger than a Hyaena at a cat party. "So, what did you find?"
"Well", I said, "it looks like a lot of work. How do they taste?" She looks me in the eye and says, "in Vietnam the only people who eat it are the ones who can't afford real food."
"That good?" I asked.
"That good" she said.
At that very moment I realized I had just purchased $3 worth of compost. - Sigh -
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Hi Cal- I had a similar experience this weekend. The local store had a deal on chuck steak. Two for one for a total of just over four dollars. Thats a lot of cow. Anyway I fancy myself a passable cook, so I though "surly I can do something with this" Wrong! One I tried cooking long a slow in a duch oven, and it shrank to about 1/2 its size and was tough after 2 hrs. Ate a little bit. The other I marinated overnight and it still was awfull after 1.5 hourscooking. If anyone can tell me what I did wrong I will listen. That dosen't mean that I am going out and get some more. I will however listen to words of wisdon.
Are you familiar with Papain or the 'baking soda method' (think take-out Chinese food)
Chuck can be your friend with some patience and a little know how.
Banana bud? Not even Honey Badger eats Banana bud. 🙂
Chuck can be your friend with some patience and a little know how.
Banana bud? Not even Honey Badger eats Banana bud. 🙂
OK so a couple of hours wasent enough. This was chuck stake not chuck roast. I asumed that it would take a while, but do you mean slow like crock pot slow?
No I mean as a steak. Slow cooked chuck is good for chili.
Tenderizing is important. Marinading might not be enough. Mom used to leave it in the fridge for a couple of days. The Papain is a fruit enzyme. Works slowly but has good results. Buy meat tenderizer where salt is low on the list.
OTOH Baking soda is why the beef from the beef and broccoli you eat is kind of gummy and a bit slippery on the tongue. Works faster but you often have to rinse and then marinade just to get the baking soda taste out.
Tenderizing is important. Marinading might not be enough. Mom used to leave it in the fridge for a couple of days. The Papain is a fruit enzyme. Works slowly but has good results. Buy meat tenderizer where salt is low on the list.
OTOH Baking soda is why the beef from the beef and broccoli you eat is kind of gummy and a bit slippery on the tongue. Works faster but you often have to rinse and then marinade just to get the baking soda taste out.
Take a chuck steak and add the tenderizer both sides. Put it in a zip lock bag, squeeze the air out and put it in the fridge for a day. Next day add a mixture apple juice and worcestershire (or whatever) to the bag, Mix it all around a squeeze the air out. In the morning flip over the bag to get good coverage. Take it out that night, and grill it up.
You would be surprised my friend. My mother, always budget conscious, used to do a very large Chuck steak (for four) that way. You can imagine my surprise my first shopping trip away from the house how amazed I was to find that Chuck, the best steak I ever tasted, was also the cheapest. Problem was that when I tried to cook it, it came out like firechief's, not Mom's.
I had to call her many times over the years to find out why her stuff tasted better than mine. 🙂
I had to call her many times over the years to find out why her stuff tasted better than mine. 🙂
Thanks Cal for the low down. After an appropriate period of morning I may have another run at it. Im sure that it can be good.
Swiss Steak:
Put a chuck steak (or roast) in a pan and add just enough water to not quite cover.
Add salt, pepper, garlic powder, chopped onion, chopped mild peppers, bay leaf,
mushrooms, chopped celery, can of diced tomatoes.
Bring to boil then turn down to slow simmer.
Cover and monitor adding water if needed.
Cook ~ 2hrs until very tender.
Serve veggies over rice or noodles.
Put a chuck steak (or roast) in a pan and add just enough water to not quite cover.
Add salt, pepper, garlic powder, chopped onion, chopped mild peppers, bay leaf,
mushrooms, chopped celery, can of diced tomatoes.
Bring to boil then turn down to slow simmer.
Cover and monitor adding water if needed.
Cook ~ 2hrs until very tender.
Serve veggies over rice or noodles.
Mother grew up poor, and especially through the wars years learned about the value of a dollar. Chuck was the least of my worries. You should see what I had to wear to school somes days.
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