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USCHO Cooks: Allez Cuisine!

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Come on down wally- the more the merrier!

Mr hates peas. So does his aunt. They wear this like some weird badge of courage that they are proud of. I doubt he has actually ever eaten a pea because his parents never made him eat anything he didn't think he knew or wouldn't like. When I met him he was a social cripple when it came to eating out. No one would invite him anywhere because they never knew what he would eat. My Auntie cured him of that. She bullied him into trying stuff that ...surprise....he found out he liked.
 
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leswp1 said:
Come on down wally- the more the merrier!

Mr hates peas. So does his aunt. They wear this like some weird badge of courage that they are proud of. I doubt he has actually ever eaten a pea because his parents never made him eat anything he didn't think he knew or wouldn't like. When I met him he was a social cripple when it came to eating out. No one would invite him anywhere because they never knew what he would eat. My Auntie cured him of that. She bullied him into trying stuff that ...surprise....he found out he liked.
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As far as food goes, I'm no social cripple. I like it all:D. My mom was one heck of a cook, chef really. She wasn't afraid of trying new stuff and we had to eat what was in front of us or starve. My family was friendly with a Lebanese couple, talk about cooking lamb, spinach pies, stuffed grape leaves, lamb and rice, wow. This lady would make a pot of stuffed grape leaves, I'll bet it was half a bushel:D and she needed to make that much as we would kill the whole pot at Christmas or THanksgiving. Great stuff, she died a few years ago but I'll never forget the feeds she put on. We had friends from all over (university of Maine may be remote but we were exposed to cuisines from all over the world). At the time I thought it was torture but now I'm glad. When I go to resturant I'm looking for something out of the ordinary, something I can't get at home.
 
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walrus said:
As far as food goes, I'm no social cripple. I like it all:D. My mom was one heck of a cook, chef really. She wasn't afraid of trying new stuff and we had to eat what was in front of us or starve. My family was friendly with a Lebanese couple, talk about cooking lamb, spinach pies, stuffed grape leaves, lamb and rice, wow. This lady would make a pot of stuffed grape leaves, I'll bet it was half a bushel:D and she needed to make that much as we would kill the whole pot at Christmas or THanksgiving. Great stuff, she died a few years ago but I'll never forget the feeds she put on. We had friends from all over (university of Maine may be remote but we were exposed to cuisines from all over the world). At the time I thought it was torture but now I'm glad. When I go to resturant I'm looking for something out of the ordinary, something I can't get at home.
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Me too. I had to eat waht was in front of me. When I was a kid my Dad was a site admin over in England. We were trained to be little ambassadors. The first month we lived there the house wan't ready and they put us up in a really ritzy hotel- Maitre de and the whole 9 yards. We ate some really weird stuff there. They served at the table and they didn't ask what we wanted. My favorite moment was when James served my Mum stewed celery after she said no thank you. She had to eat it. House rule :D
 
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NMUKat82 said:
I have a grinder that I use for spices. Depending how often & what you use it for, the grinder could wear out faster. Just make sure if you're using a grinder for something, keep it that way (ie if you use it for coffee, only grind coffee, if you use for spices, only use for spices, etc). Not sure I would use one for flour as it may not grind quite as fine as you want and most grinders only have a capacity of around 1/2 cup (kind of a PITA if you need more than 1/2 cup at a crack) Here's some info I found with a quick google search.

Bob - Canada ;)
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Thanks. Looks like food processor is cheap enough to just try it. $50 or less for the 3cup-4cup capacity at amazon.

I think there were some people (kids) who had sensitivity to broccoli (some chemical in it or maybe it was smell) and it tasted really bad-awful for them. I think it was on PBS, And I believe the guy did double-blind tests so it was fairly accurate and he wanted to see what would cause that.

Although you could always grow to like certain foods you hated... ginger for me. So maybe if you fed them enough broccoli they could get to like it.:)

Made Carrot Cake Recipe . I used less sugar and oil (1/3 cup and replaced 2/3 with water) but it still came out pretty good.

I can't help noticing that all these recipes are identical to each other. the difference between cake recipe and biscuit (pancake) recipe is the unsaturated oil vs (saturated oil) butter. it's more of a cookie recipe with the amount of sugar in it and oil (unsaturated) replacing butter (saturated) as liquid ingredient.
 
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Hopped on the bandwagon and grilled up a flat iron steak tonight, with a chili-oregano-garlic rub. It was mighty good.
 
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Brined the turkey last night, sat the bird in my smoker at about 8 am. hopefully will be ready in another 2 hours or so.
 
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Roasted lamb chops were a hit. Not sure why the recipe called for a white wine marinade, so I used Merlot instead. And it tasted great.
 
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In keeping with the name of the thread, let's appreciate the comedic value of the revealing of the secret ingredient:

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I'll admit that I've always thought that it would be really funny to see the chairman give this kind of dramatic reveal for some totally low-brow ingredient. Like Doritos or Microwavable Ramen noodles or something like that. The hamburger reveal comes pretty close, yet I think the one for beer might be his best work yet.
 
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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
In keeping with the name of the thread, let's appreciate the comedic value of the revealing of the secret ingredient:

I'll admit that I've always thought that it would be really funny to see the chairman give this kind of dramatic reveal for some totally low-brow ingredient. Like Doritos or Microwavable Ramen noodles or something like that. The hamburger reveal comes pretty close, yet I think the one for beer might be his best work yet.
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Haha.

You know I never understood why Coke and Diet Coke taste so different.. since all the (secret) ingredients should be identical except for (HFCS/corn/cane sugar) vs artificial sugar.
I'm going to make soda next after flour (recipe) runs out and am going to solve the secret ingredient in coke and make millions selling it to Pepsi.
 
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Tundra said:
Haha.

You know I never understood why Coke and Diet Coke taste so different.. since all the (secret) ingredients should be identical except for (HFCS/corn/cane sugar) vs artificial sugar.
I'm going to make soda next after flour (recipe) runs out and am going to solve the secret ingredient in coke and make millions selling it to Pepsi.
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Diet coke tastes different because aspartame is 200 times sweeter than sugar.
 
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I used to make Root Beer all the time. Had some pork rids tonight. I need to build a smoker.
 
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My first sourdough starter failed miserably, so I'm going to try again. This time, I know that feeding it properly means dumping half of it, then adding a half-cup each of flour and water until it's done.
 
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And I'm making a large loaf of focaccia bread with rosemary and sea salt tonight. Once again, if this keeps up, I may never have to buy bread again... :D
 
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Focaccia turned out lovely. Next out of my kitchen: honey biscotti. I'm in the mood to try making anything at this point, even without a working mixer.
 
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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
I think stuff related to celebrity chefs belongs here as well, right?

Prepare to be not shocked at all:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...fans-continuing-promote-high-fat-recipes.html

Just start with about a cup of heavy cream...
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When I saw the "start with about a cup of heavy cream" I instantly thought of Nigella Lawson :), but then I saw that fat old loudmouthed bag. :( To quote Bullwinkle, "I think I shall now be sick".
 
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Homemade peanut butter:

1-2 cups skinned, roasted peanuts
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp honey*
1-2 tbsp peanut oil

Add peanuts, salt, and honey to food processor, pulse until nuts are chopped fine. Scrape the bowl down, snap lid back on. Setting processor to low, run continuously, adding oil through the processor feed tube. Keep processor running until paste reaches desired consistency. Store in airtight container in fridge.

*I used clover honey for this, but you might want to use a different variety, perhaps wildflower?
 
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ShirtlessBob said:
Homemade peanut butter:

1-2 cups skinned, roasted peanuts
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp honey*
1-2 tbsp peanut oil
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How does it taste? Don't you need to pasteurize it, like when you make jams ... lots of cooking and heating. For all that work I would rather make beer :)

You're absolutely right about not buying bread. none in months and not sure when I'll buy pizza again, if ever.

Made a thin crust Pizza with Arugula from Caprial&Johns kitchenwith 1 tbl olive oil as sauce and didn't have Arugula so just topped it with cheddar cheese, onions, tomato. It was surprisingly good.
 
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Tundra said:
How does it taste? Don't you need to pasteurize it, like when you make jams ... lots of cooking and heating. For all that work I would rather make beer :)

You're absolutely right about not buying bread. none in months and not sure when I'll buy pizza again, if ever.

Made a thin crust Pizza with Arugula from Caprial&Johns kitchenwith 1 tbl olive oil as sauce and didn't have Arugula so just topped it with cheddar cheese, onions, tomato. It was surprisingly good.
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No need for pasteurization. The honey adds a nice sweetness that the refined sugar in Jif and Skippy don't offer...
 
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