Cooking

[[BTF]RottenRose]

Let's talk about cooking! I love to cook, personally. Cooking is an art, even doing it badly. (Had a friend that was able to burn hard boiled eggs. We don't let her near the store any more....) I would like to have a sharing of recipes. There are a lot of things I can't cook, like fish, using alcohol, or baking.(Poor Jehar I know.) I would love to hear what is out there.

PS - Would love to hear funny disaster stories as well!


 

[[BTF]RottenRose]

(Egg, Pork, Chicken, or beef) Fried Rice

I have a wok. It's really good to have one that goes on the stove for this, but it can be done in a normal frying pan.



1.Cook the rice. The drier the rice is after cooking the faster it will fry up.

2. Use non-stick spray first or a little oil. I found the non-stick works better. Cook your egg first, just scramble it. Any meal can go in it's place.

3. After the meal is done add your vegetables (carrot, cabbage, and some onion) into the same pan as your meal. I wouldn't use to much just about half a cup or so. depends on how you like it. Add some soy sauce to help the vegetables cook, about a teaspoon or so. I wouldn't cook them to the point of being done, but keep them a bit crunchy. I would say about 5 to 10 minutes.

4. After you are happy with how the vegetables are cooked add your rice in and a little more soy sauce for flavor. Cook as long as you like. I would say about 10 to 15 minutes, it depends on how dry you have your rice.

Enjoy!

[|iR|Focalor]

Focalor's Famous Pancakes

1. Get in your car.

2. Turn on the engine.

3. Back out of the driveway. If you happen to hit one of the neighbors kids on accident, that's okay. Just put them in the trunk.

4. Drive to the nearest IHOP (International House of Pancakes)

5. Order a stack of pancakes.

6. Wait about 2 hours for them to finally arrive at the table, while watching other folks that came in AFTER you being served BEFORE you.

7. When the pancakes arrive at the table, pick them up and throw them at the waitress while screaming, "FUCK A PANCAKE! I LIKE WAFFLES, BITCH!"

No, but really... I'm a decent cook. Maybe later I'll go grab some of my favorites and post them. Some good old Southern favorites.

[Barton]

I live about 30 minutes from a very big Amish settlement (town). If you don;t know anything about the Amish people or their religion and background then I will give you a little history. The Amish are very very oldschool (i.e. They choose not to use electricity, their main system of transportation is still horse and buggy etc.). However, THESE PEOPLE CAN COOK. About once every 1-2 months I try to make it to a restaurant called Mrs. Yoders kitchen (it's my favorite place to eat). I can guarantee you that this is some of the best food in the world. The buffet is really nothing fancy, but the quality of this food is very very very very high. Their desserts are even better.

Although being in love with one of the waitresses probably adds a little to the equation...

I'm guessing they could make a mean plate of steak and mashed potatoes. Fresh mashed potatoes are the best.

I hate using soy sauce, but that's because I suck at cooking and usually end up putting too much in my food. Thanks for the brief instructions on how to cook fried rice. I never tried making it myself yet, but I love it.

[|iR|Focalor]

Although being in love with one of the waitresses probably adds a little to the equation...

God damn, you stalk anything with a hint of tits, don't you, Bundy?



How many women have restraining orders and good behavior warrants on you now?

[haunted]

(Egg, Pork, Chicken, or beef) Fried Rice

I have a wok. It's really good to have one that goes on the stove for this, but it can be done in a normal frying pan.



1.Cook the rice. The drier the rice is after cooking the faster it will fry up.

2. Use non-stick spray first or a little oil. I found the non-stick works better. Cook your egg first, just scramble it. Any meal can go in it's place.

3. After the meal is done add your vegetables (carrot, cabbage, and some onion) into the same pan as your meal. I wouldn't use to much just about half a cup or so. depends on how you like it. Add some soy sauce to help the vegetables cook, about a teaspoon or so. I wouldn't cook them to the point of being done, but keep them a bit crunchy. I would say about 5 to 10 minutes.

4. After you are happy with how the vegetables are cooked add your rice in and a little more soy sauce for flavor. Cook as long as you like. I would say about 10 to 15 minutes, it depends on how dry you have your rice.

Enjoy!

I make fried rice at least once a week, sometimes like 5 haha. Try adding 2 spoonfuls of lite mayo, depending on how much rice your cooking, as a substitute for oil.(use a LITTLE bit of oil.. but there will be enough natural juice for the stuff to cook in as it is) In essence, it's pretty much the same thing, soybean oil.... except the mayo will give it a much better 'fried rice' type texture and enhances the soy sauce as well

Of course it kind of sucks cooking fried rice at home, in general. You need a really hot surface to make it REALLY good, and I don't even have a stove currently, just an electric burner lol. Still a cheap way to cook dinner... I also throw a bunch of random stuff in there as well, garlic, mushrooms, different kinds of peppers, w/e.... tofu even if I feel like it. Depends on what meat I'm cooking.

I invented something that turned into one of my favorite foods and it's really easy to cook. I do it with an electric skillet.......it's really simple too.

Put a good amount of olive oil in there, a load of garlic (dice some of them, them turn your knife sideways and just crack open some of them so they just ooze, I'd say about 3/4 of a clove / 7-8 of those little sections).....keep in mind you won't be eating much of the garlic. Cut up 2-3 bell peppers into long thick pieces (they will shrink....i like the red/yellow/orange multi-packs haha). Then you cut up a whole chicken using the odd parts in all, back, neck, whatever... it makes the flavor so much better even if you don't eat it--A honduran man got  me hooked on that. And just fill up the skillet, or whatever you may be using that's similar to substitute, with the chicken pieces. Add some water, cover on, you're good to go. I'd say cook it at 230-250 degrees, just watch it and flip them all accordingly.

The olive oil/garlic/pepper combo is basically orgasmic to my tongue. I also cook a pot of rice so I can mix all of that shit in it. The chicken is unbelievable as well! :>

[[BTF] Reflex]

Vegie fried rice for my vegetarian wife

slivered onion
diced green pepper
diced fresh jalapeno 
sliced celery
olive oil to coat

mix it all in a bowl with Herbs de Province (oregano, marjoram, thyme, rosemary, aniseed, and lavender)
Let it sit in the fridge for most of the day (Jalapeno soaks into everything)

Saute the crap out of it then add a ton of rice, we use instant brown rice.
Toss in a few more veggies, corn, peas, green beans...  I do these separate from the jalapeno mix

Fry it all some more and enjoy.



I don't think I'll pay for any kind of fried rice again,  it's just too easy to make at home.

Good thread Rose,


Focalor,  as for the neighborhood kids,
 ALWAYS carry a tarp, 50 feet of rope/twine, and a shovel/cinder block or 2 in your trunk.

Could turn an otherwise disastrous trip to the store/jail into a regualar quiet family night back at home.

[|iR|Focalor]

Focalor's Mom's Idiot-proof Fried Chicken

1. Get an electric skillet.

2. Get some Crisco.

3. Get some chicken. Take the skin off.

4. Get some flour.

5. Get a big plate.

6. Pour a big pile of flour on the plate.

7. Roll the skinned chicken in the flour until it's completely covered.

8. Plop a big fat wad of Crisco on the skillet and turn it on.

9. When it liquefies and starts a-boilin' and a-poppin', use some tongs to lay the chicken in.

10. When it gets crispy brown on one side, turn it over and cook the other side.

11. Eat the chicken.

12. Slap your mother for not making fried chicken so delicious and easy.

That's off the top of my head. I've heard of people putting all kinds of spices and other junk on their fried chicken, but it really doesn't need anything other than Crisco and flour. Crisco ain't the healthiest stuff in the world, but who needs low cholesterol anyway.

Maybe later I'll try to find my recipe for Brunswick Stew. It might sound kinda gross as far the ingredients to you non-southerners who have probably never even heard of it, but here in Georgia it's MUST HAVE side dish for any good BBQ. Some of the things in it is pork, chicken, beef, stewed tomatoes, corn, and a few other little things.

[haunted]

hell yeah focalor. I skin my fried chicken as well..... and it tastes better too! It's always surprised me how many nublets say that they have to have the skin on their fried chicken..... 'it's the best part..'........ gotta be kidding me lol

[jägermonsta]

mmmmm chicken skin

[|iR|Focalor]

I don't mind skin on the legs if it's cooked on a charcoal grill or a smoker and slathered in BBQ sauce, but other than that, no skin for me.

[jägermonsta]

weird man...

slow cooker cooking is awesome. gosh what did my women make for me last night... something very horrible for you. hamburger, velveeta mac n cheese, cottage cheese and shredded cheese cooked in layers for 4 hours. was pretty heart attack. i hate cottage cheese too, but it didnt taste anything like it after it was done.

[reaper]

that sounds damn good

 

[[BTF]RottenRose]

Focalor's Mom's Idiot-proof Fried Chicken

1. Get an electric skillet.

2. Get some Crisco.

3. Get some chicken. Take the skin off.

4. Get some flour.

5. Get a big plate.

6. Pour a big pile of flour on the plate.

7. Roll the skinned chicken in the flour until it's completely covered.

8. Plop a big fat wad of Crisco on the skillet and turn it on.

9. When it liquefies and starts a-boilin' and a-poppin', use some tongs to lay the chicken in.

10. When it gets crispy brown on one side, turn it over and cook the other side.

11. Eat the chicken.

12. Slap your mother for not making fried chicken so delicious and easy.

That's off the top of my head. I've heard of people putting all kinds of spices and other junk on their fried chicken, but it really doesn't need anything other than Crisco and flour. Crisco ain't the healthiest stuff in the world, but who needs low cholesterol anyway.

Maybe later I'll try to find my recipe for Brunswick Stew. It might sound kinda gross as far the ingredients to you non-southerners who have probably never even heard of it, but here in Georgia it's MUST HAVE side dish for any good BBQ. Some of the things in it is pork, chicken, beef, stewed tomatoes, corn, and a few other little things.

That sounds so good! Going to give that a try tomorrow! I would like to add one thing to your recipe. Don't forget to put on a shirt.

[Slayer :D]

Chicken skin is !
Well, then again, chicken itself is .

Fruits & grains & nuts & veggies forever!!!