Cooking thread

Quote: Fleastiff

How can I defrost frozen hamburger meat in an accelerated manner since I often forget to take the saran-wrapped cardboard out of the freezer in time.

I found a way of solving the problem. It turned out to be very simple.

After your defrost patience is exhausted you scrape the part of the hamburger meat that has defrosted and put it in a mixing bowl along with the tomatoes, oats, spices, etc. Then you form what has been defrosted into a loaf shape, place the eight ounce block of cheese on top of the loaf, then place the still-frozen block of hamburger meat on top of that and place it in the oven. That way the frozen block of meat is exposed to the heat right away and it defrosts and cooks rather than being insulated by the seasoned mixture.

If you have guests, you simply turn over the project before serving it.

Mr. Pew: All is forgiven. You may show up for meatloaf anytime you like, just stop off six miles away and bring some eggs with you so as to save me the walk.

Uh... Ok. Next time I'm in Florida... I guess I could stop by for a minute or two. By the way, how did you make out in the storm?

Quote: pew

Uh... Ok. Next time I'm in Florida... I guess I could stop by for a minute or two. By the way, how did you make out in the storm?

I didn't. I was alone when the storm struck. No lights, no power for the computer, no power for the refrigerator, no sexually obsessed teen-aged girl working as a scullery maid, no yacht. I tell you life is a real pain when you are a pauper.

Note: give me some warning... and I'll make some meatloaf or else some stew meat with vinegar and a half bottle of brown stuff.

No yacht? that's a shame. I'd post a picture of mine if I knew how to post pics.

Bought some cooking stuff.... life's little pleasures, you know.

A large plastic pitcher and cover and a cutesy ice cube tray whose real advantage is that you simply twist the rubbery thingamajig to get the ice cubes out. I'm supposed to consume water each day, after all I do live in Florida, but always forget about it. This should help even though the ice cubes will be tiny and cutesy, after all, they are still a few ice cubes. Anyone know any recipies for exotic flavored water that are extremely low in sugar?

Silverware... a whole set. Plus a vertical container to keep it sorted.... well, somewhat sorted.

A turkey platter.... but I will use it as a convenient place to dump cell phone, keys, flashlight, ammunition and stuff that otherwise seems to wind up any old place.

I usually put the used meatloaf aluminum pan out for the cats and then rinse and re-use it. This time the neighbor's dogs ate the mealoaf and put punctures in it, so I may have to get a new meatloaf pan for 2017.

I made chipotle and ginger pasta with turkey chorizo and Manchego cheese, with oven fried garlic and ginger potato wedges on the side (I had ginger root left over).

At one of the High Holiday meals I was forced to attend this year, I came across a Nestle coffee machine called Nescafe Dolce Gusto. I knew of it, but hadn't tried it before. I though it was a lower-end, not as expensive version of the Nespresso line, but I've no idea what the capsules go for.

What intrigued me was a capsule labeled "cappuccino." I assumed it would be coffee with milk. Not quite. These capsules come in pairs, one has milk and the other coffee. First you do the milk one, then the coffee one (and I suppose then you can use any other coffee capsule and not the cappuccino specific, but then you'd have leftovers or something). The milk didn't quite come out frothy, but it was a bit foamy. The coffee was nothing to write home about.

That's not the worst option for home made cappuccino, but it would depend on the price. At home coffee ought to cost much less than coffee bought at a specialty place or a restaurant, or even 7-11.

Okay folks, let us hear the truth about this 'active yoghurt cultures"...
They add so much sugar to yogurt these days that IF there were active cultures, the container would be generating lots of CO2 and would need a vent during shipping/storage. So what is it that I am missing? are cultures miniscule? Active only a time of manufacture but pasteurized thereafter?

I think live germs are in plain yogurt only. It's no good for you either way. Stick with road kill.

>>>>>I think live germs are in plain yogurt only.
No.

>>>>> It's no good for you either way.
I'll admit when it was known as clabbard milk it sold for twenty five cents a bucket but when Yoplait packed it and sold it in NYC it went for a seventy cents a smidgen. Its health benefits as far as aging were over touted mainly by dishonest citizens and birth records that reflected a desire to avoid military service among the ethnic population investigated. Often a investigator who returned after five years to do follow up studies found a man who had aged fifteen or twenty years during that time.

>>>>> Stick with road kill.
I do not eat road kill except perhaps some insects that just about every bike rider winds up eating.

Oh, wow. I've always hated peeling onions ... now I find that you can simply roast onions skin and all: butter salt pepper. Wondrous discovery.

M
And my local supermarket is discontinuing natural vanilla flavoring so the bottles are half price for the real stuff from Madascar.

Culinary adventures await.