ok..how many of you can cook/bake/spouses not included!

[tenders]

i seem to be a natural at this. my kids love whatever i make for supper(and no, kraft dinner is not an option). i can take whatever i have on hand and turn it into something very good. sometimes i actually follow a recipe. i am not a cook/chef,nor do i do this for a living,its just kind of fun for me(exept cleaning up afterwards).

no cheating now

i will give you a recipe i found on the internet,for barbecue sauce

try it its very good,and it wont scorch/blacken the meat like the store bought stuff. hopefully you have the stuff on hand,but you may have to buy a couple of things.



CHINESE BARBECUE SAUCE


3/4 c Catsup
1/2 c Brown sugar
3 tb Soy sauce
1 tb Liquid smoke
2 x Cloves garlic, minced


Combine all ingredients and heat until sugar is dissolved and bubbly.


thats it! enjoy

[tenders]

*bump*

[tgpo]

I'll have to give that a try. Although I'm more of a Mustard based BBQ sause fan, I'm willing to try anything once. Perhaps I'll surprise Evonne tomarrow by making her dinner.....no wait we're going out tomarrow. Perhaps the day after that I'll make this and see how it is.


BTW, I went and saw the Italian job. Can anyone tell me what the end was?? I kinda had to leave early to run home and be sick....stupid sun poisining.

[tenders]

I'll have to give that a try. Although I'm more of a Mustard based BBQ sause fan, I'm willing to try anything once. Perhaps I'll surprise Evonne tomarrow by making her dinner.....no wait we're going out tomarrow. Perhaps the day after that I'll make this and see how it is.


BTW, I went and saw the Italian job. Can anyone tell me what the end was?? I kinda had to leave early to run home and be sick....stupid sun poisining.

i have done this with mustard too,but ketchup is better.

italian job: i only know the 1969 version. i'm guessing you mean the new one,sorry,can't help you out there

[tenders]

for those of you who like baked goods,ill post an awsome banana muffin recipe in the a.m.

[Doggiedaddy]

Damn, I just ruined my boiling water dish again. This boiling water is hard stuff, I give up. A womans work is never done, thank God.
(;-{> Dd

[sterno]

When you beat the eggs for scrambled eggs or an omlette, add a little juice from a jar of sliced jalapeno or banana peppers. Sure, it's mostly vinegar, but it picks up flavor from the peppers and it slightly changes the texture of the eggs when you cook them. I like the texture better, plus when you empty the jar you'll usually have seeds and little bits of pepper left in the liquid and I like spicy stuff.

I can sort of cook. I've gotten to where I can usually throw things together in a good enough combination that I like it. More than once I've made a pretty good meal that was partly intended to clean out the refrigerator and use up perishables that were getting old (usually a soup/stew or fried rice or some other combined dish).

The thing is that a lot of people who can't cook either just don't pay enough attention or they try to out-guess a recipe without the necessary experience. I recommend getting a copy of "The Joy of Cooking" if you can follow recipes, it has good food with reasonable ingredients, and it talks about cooking methods. I hate it when I look for recipes on the internet and they either use nothing but prepackaged/frozen stuff that has no flavor or they use lots of fresh or unusual ingredients that the average small home kitchen won't have.

[hoyboy]

Just one question - what the hell's "catsup". Sounds fairly ominous

[mrtristan]

I have a few dishes that I can make without a recipe. I also adjusted a few recipes that I found in various cookbooks to suit my taste. I enjoy cooking, but I don't get home from work early enough to make a meal during the week. Since the wife and I are still with my parents, my mom cooks during the week and I cook on the weekends. The wife is currently occupied with our first kid. She's planning on hitting the kitchen soon.

My family enjoys most of my meals, so I guess I'm not that bad. No ones died yet...

I haven't tried baking yet, except for cookies, which aren't really that hard.

[MOVIEGEEK]

Just one question - what the hell's "catsup". Sounds fairly ominous

Catsup=Ketchup
Ingredients:tomato paste,vinegar,sugar and spices.
Good on fries(chips),hotdogs(bangers) and hamburgers(hamburgers).
I make a mean bowl of chili:
Kidney beans
Hamburger
Tomatoes(stewed & paste)
Worcheshire sauce
Chili powder
Garlic powder
Black pepper
Salt

BTW...I used to make my own BBQ sauce but since KC Masterpiece came out that's all I use.

[hoyboy]

Thanks for that info- now i can proceed with trying that recipe- should taste great!

[tenders]

some great replies

here is the banana muffin recipe,don't be fooled,it is very easy.




1/4 cup butter, margarine or shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup sour milk (put a little lemon juice or vinegar - 1 tsp is enough - in
your measuring cup and fill to 1/4 cup with regular milk; let sit a few
minutes to sour)
1 egg
1/2 cup banana (I find 1 banana is about right)
1/2 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup flour

Add dry ingredients,then mix in the rest.
BAKE AT 350 degrees F.
10-15 mins
Test with toothpick - should come out clean when done.

enjoy

[galactica]

I am known for a mean pizza! Scratch ingredients for everything, including sause. No kids (yet) but my wife loves it!
Includes deep dish and thin crust.
I can post the "how to" if anyone is interested.

[mrtristan]

tenders - I might try that this weekend, if I have enough time. One of my neighbors moved back in to his house, so I've been meaning to bake him something. I'll let you know how they turn out, if I get around to them.

galactica - Gimme the pizza recipe! When I was a kid, my friend's mom up a few houses used to make the best pizza. Her husband was half Italian and his parents were from Italy. She learned a lot of recipes from her mother in law. The craziest thing is that they were muslims, so all the ingredients were kosher. It was still the best pizza I've ever eaten.

[Dragonsf]

Just one question - what the hell's "catsup". Sounds fairly ominous

It also can be sort of Indonesian soy sauce (sweet, salty and/or hot).
I know of (spelling may be wrong):
ketsup betang manis (sweet)
ketsup betang asin (salty)
ketsup babi pangang (sweet sour hot)
ketsup tjap tjoy (salty and hot)

[hoyboy]

Thanks for that- i've just purchased some of that so I will try it!

[housepig]

what I cook, I cook well, but I have a really limited menu...

I can make some mean chicken fried rice, or a broiled almond-crusted salmon with a mustard glaze, and I can grill like a mad bastard.

damn... this is making me hungry, and I've got 3 hours till lunch time...

[Craig Tucker]

I really dont cook much, the wife takes care of that sort of thing.

[galactica]

galactica - Gimme the pizza recipe! When I was a kid, my friend's mom up a few houses used to make the best pizza. Her husband was half Italian and his parents were from Italy. She learned a lot of recipes from her mother in law. The craziest thing is that they were muslims, so all the ingredients were kosher. It was still the best pizza I've ever eaten.

One Pizza Recipe coming up!

Dough
Ingredients
1. 3 cups flour
2. 1 cup water also 2tbs water
3. 1/2 tsp salt
4. 1/2 tsp sugar
5. 2 tbs crisco (shortening)
6. 2-3 cloves garlic
7. Parsley, oregano, basil (fresh if you have it)
8. Packet yeast (2tsp if you dont have packet)
9 Olive Oil

Combine 1 cup water, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp sugar and 2 tbs crisco into a bowl. Microwave for approx 1 min or until crisco is completely melted. Set aside

In a cup, put 2tbs warm water and packet/2tsp yeast together. Sprinkle a dash of sugar into the cup, mix via swirling and let the yeast start its thing

In a large bowl (I use a Cuisanart with a bread blade for kneeding) add 3 cups sifted flower. Season to your liking with parsley, oregano, basil and add the 2-3 cloves of pressed or chopped garlic.
Add the yeast mixture, which should be quite foamy by now.
Slowly add the water mix (with crisco you heated) to the bowl and mix with a large spoon until it becomes next to impossible to mix with a spoon anymore. (If using the cuisanart, like i do, turn processor on, slowly add the water mix until the blade starts picking up the dough ball, switch to kneed and let it run for about 1 min)

Remove ball of dough from bowl, dust the counter or a wood cutting board with flour and kneed the dough (adding a small amount of flour) until the perfect consistency is achieved.

Get another big bowl (ceramic or glass is best) and pour a small amount of olive oil into the bowl. add the dough ball coating all sides with the oil. Cover with a towel, and set in a sunlight area for 1 hour.
You can "force rise" the dough by placing bowl in the oven at 150-200F for about 15 mn. if you do this, ensure the top is well coated with oil, otherwise it will start to cook and get crusty.

Sauce
1 can peeled tomatos
any and all italian seasoning you can get your hands on
2-3 cloves of garlic
olive oil

In large sauce pan, add the peeled tomatos (cut them into small sections before you add them, and leave only a small amount of the tomato juice from the can. Pour most of it out). Add the italian seasoning (parsley, onion powder, bais, oregano etc) to your liking. Add pressed or chopped cloves of garlic and about 1-2 tbs olive oil. Simmer and let cool.

when the dough is risen (will look like a poofy mushroom, if you jab it with your finger it will puff down like all the air was shot out) remove from oven and set oven to 350F.

Deep dish use all the dough, and a pizza pan with at least 1" sides that stand vertically. Thin crust, cut dough in half, and roll it out with rolling pin.

Spread dough onto pizza pan (or if you have a pizza stone, thats even better! Heat the stone first, then put dough on it otherwise the bottom will be soggy)

Spread sauce on to dough, top with topping of your liking, load with cheese and bake for 10-15 min

Thin crust will cook the fastest obviously.
deep disk takes longer.


Hope that makes since.
/Galactica

[pacmania_2001]

I am known for a mean pizza!

I am known for making a pretty mean pizza. Mine involves the use of a phone and about 15 minutes waiting time though.

[galactica]

I am known for making a pretty mean pizza. Mine involves the use of a phone and about 15 minutes waiting time though.

Yea, i know those too. However, when I want to make a REAL pizza, I make mine. It does take a while, and that is what sucks! especially when you really want pizza, then I use the phone.

But I have not found one that tops mine in terms of dough texture, taste and quality. The only one that came close was BoJo's pizza in Colorado (if anyone knows of that)

[MOVIEGEEK]

@galactica,
Your recipe sounds good,I will have to try it.

Deep dish pizza with everything on it.......YUM!

[galactica]

@galactica,
Your recipe sounds good,I will have to try it.

Deep dish pizza with everything on it.......YUM!

Indeed! My favorite deep dish is with ham and pineapple and extra cheese!

ive also tried getting into more exotic toppings, like grilled chicken, mushrooms, peppers and onions and use a barbeque style sauce instead of pizza sauce.

Also did a garlic chicken "feta"-chini pizza with white alfreado sauce instead of pizza sauce. it was really good!

[Dragonsf]

An original pizza should be made with yeast and olive oil:

200g Flour
1/2 tsp salt
mix all loosly with a kitchen aid

make a hole with a spoon into the flour
add:

5g yeast
2 spoons of milk
1 tsp sugar

into the hole, cover with flour.Wait around 20 min until yeast is 5-10 times grown.

Add 1 cup water and 1 cupolive oil.Mix until dough is quite wet, but not stick.Remove dough, at flour with hands until completely dry outside.
Cover with cloth and let stand for 1 hout until doubled in size.

Cut dough into portions (recipe is for 2) and roll dough thinly.
Prebake the pizza (until dry on the surface), add tomato sauce, cheese and anything else (besides Salami - which add just before the pizza is ready).Top with cheese and bake until cheese is liquid.

[txpharoah]

I cook dinner, the wife makes the dessert.
I REALLY SUCK at making desserts.

[gmatov]

Dragonsf,
I think you better edit your yeast. 50g is almost 2 ounces, probably 1/2 a cup. Would it be more like 1 packet, 7 g, 2+ tsp?
Sounds good with the olive oil in the dough.

Anyone have one for a good, chewey, crusty bread?

[Dragonsf]

You're right: 5g not 50g.Far better than dry yeast ist fresh one.But fresh one takes more time to grow.

[whatsupnow]

Why can't i cook or bake my spouse???

[tenders]

Why can't i cook or bake my spouse???

where were you with that idea 6 moths ago


for my banana muffin recipe: you can also freeze them. i'm going to make a triple,or quad batch tonight

last time i made a double batch.............they are ALL gone

[whatsupnow]

Here's my instructions for cooking a tin of chocolate pudding.

Pierce the can and stand in boiling water for twenty minutes.

Don't blame me though if you burn your feet.