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Serious Eaters! Lend me your rice cooker recipes!
Joyyy-thank you so much! I write about food for a living, and am always trying out new dishes. One of our first ever conversations was centred around my love of cooking. Plus he knows that if I make something delicious, he gets first dibs on it!
Serious Eaters! Lend me your rice cooker recipes!
Cary-that book looks amazing, and even better you can buy it in the UK! Thanks so much!
gbania - I think I shall be trying out that recipe this evening. It looks delicious!
Video: Japanese Cheese Curry Cup of Noodles Commercial
Christ almighty. Imagine opening your fridge door for a midnight snack and discovering two superheroes dressed as pieces of cheese getting it on in there. That's the kind of thing which could scar a person for life!
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The Sometimes Fabulous food of the young and Broke
I'd make chilli con carne. Massive massive pots of the stuff which could feed me for a week. I'd usually serve it up on anything I had around the house - potatoes, rice, and on one notable occasion, crumpets.
One Summer, I was living off £1 a day, and survived by eating bagels which were bought from the East London bakery around the corner from my house (I'd usually buy a load at 11pm so I could get them mega cheap before they threw them out). Those would usually be accompanied by 40p a pack ramen Noodles. To this day, I can't look at ramen noodles without feeling slightly nauseous.
Serious Eaters! Lend me your rice cooker recipes!
Joyyy-thank you so much! I write about food for a living, and am always trying out new dishes. One of our first ever conversations was centred around my love of cooking. Plus he knows that if I make something delicious, he gets first dibs on it!
Serious Eaters! Lend me your rice cooker recipes!
Cary-that book looks amazing, and even better you can buy it in the UK! Thanks so much!
gbania - I think I shall be trying out that recipe this evening. It looks delicious!
Video: Japanese Cheese Curry Cup of Noodles Commercial
Christ almighty. Imagine opening your fridge door for a midnight snack and discovering two superheroes dressed as pieces of cheese getting it on in there. That's the kind of thing which could scar a person for life!
julie/julia
I live in the UK and am waiting for it to come out here as I've heard so many great things about it from this site! Plus, I've always been a sucker for cinematic food porn.
The only thing which has made me feel slightly sad in all of the reports I've read about the movie is that Julie only undertook the Julia project because she wanted a successful blog and book deal. It kind of takes something away from the idea that she really loved cooking and just wanted to do it for the hell of it. But perhaps I'm just being churlish!
Snapshots from the UK: Wagamama's Defunct #28 (Chili Mushroom Ramen)
Are you based in London? If you are, then why not try Tampopo? (http://www.tampopo.co.uk) In my (humble) opinion, it's much better than Wagamama's and has a better range of tasty vegetarian specialities. And it serves Kimchi!
The Sometimes Fabulous food of the young and Broke
I haven't had to go quite the white rice and pb route, although I have been a grad student--those of you who were living on white rice and hamburger helper, did it affect your health and waistline?
julie/julia
Saw the movie on Sunday. Loved it and I have to agree, I longed for more scenes of Julia's life in Paris and with Paul. What an adorable couple. Meryl Streep is amazing. I knew she was a great actress and have always enjoyed her movies, but she is so incredible in this movie, it's just takes your breath away. As for the ending, I really didn't think that Julia's apparent dislike of Julie's blog detracted from the movie, but then I had known beforehand about this little issue.
Funny but true side note: I went to this movie with a friend of mine who use to live in the Santa Barbara area, close to where Julia retired. My friend's husband was a photographer for a small newspaper and he was sent to take pictures of Julia's 90th birthday celebration and he agreed that Julia Child was a "pill". Apparently, she did not want to be interviewed nor did she want to have her photo taken. I think his word for her was "crotchetty" (sp?). But I still love her and her cooking.
The Sometimes Fabulous food of the young and Broke
endless bowls of cereal, boxes of mac'n'cheese, and apples (with peanut butter if i had it). i can just picture how empty and sad my fridge/pantry used to look back then.
The Sometimes Fabulous food of the young and Broke
My college roommate and I would always joke that our tv show would be called "Dorm room Gourmet." We learned to do amazing things with minimal equipment, i.e., microwave, hot water pot and shower, and with minimal money. Dinners rarely cost more than $2 a person, but we were able to entertain frequently :)
Staples were cheap bread loafs bought the day after baking, tons of vegetables as you can get literally pounds for pennies, bulk cheeses bought with parent's Sam's Club cards, and the giant frozen bag of chicken thighs.
We steered away from prepared food in boxes, and tried to stretch our homemade things as long as possible. My now-husband laughs about how one pot of homemade chicken noodle soup would go for at least two weeks. Homemade breads were made and stretched to point of complete covering with mold, which she usually just peeled off (I have some standards).
Looking back it taught us not only how to budget and survive on the bare minimum, but we eat a lot healthier than others our age as we never got into prepared foods or overly starchy things.
The Sometimes Fabulous food of the young and Broke
after college when i was dating the brokeass-iest of all the brokeasses i've been lucky enough to date, we lived for many many days on homemade pizza... which actually sounds pretty good right now after being in a hotel for a week!
The Sometimes Fabulous food of the young and Broke
You can add almost ANYTHING to a box of macaroni and cheese (the kind with the creamy cheese packet is obviously ideal, although not always feasible). Canned veggies, tuna, hamburger, chicken.
Now that I think about it, I suppose it's a lot like eating hamburger helper, although the protein is optional.
The Sometimes Fabulous food of the young and Broke
in college I lived with (and cooked for, most nights) two guys who ate like it was going out of style. We stretched everything, and I mean everything, with rice, from the rice cooker which I'm suprised we didn't wear out with use. I mean, hamburger helper stretched with rice. It was actually quite yummy, if absurdly starchy.
But my favorite "we're broke" dinner (or easy lunch to take to school) was some white rice, scrambled egg with cheese (usually a slice of kraft american), and some form of veg, usually canned or frozen green beans. I don't know why... one of my roomies turned us on to it... but man, it is much tastier than it sounds! I haven't had it in years, now that I think about it, and I am craving it now :-)
The Sometimes Fabulous food of the young and Broke
I ate many, many PB and J or tuna sandwiches (no name brands!), and spaghetti with butter and garlic. Chicken leg quarters were my go-to protein (still like them) and I ate a BUNCH of scrambled/hard-boiled/fried eggs on toast.
Video: Japanese Cheese Curry Cup of Noodles Commercial
What a weird commercial. Even after having lived in Japan for a year, I'm still stunned by the things they come up with.
The cheese guy is labeled as "chiizuseijin," or, "man from the planet of cheese."
The Sometimes Fabulous food of the young and Broke
I think that I lost count of how many peanut butter (couldn't even afford the jam/jelly or honey) sandwiches that I have eaten...or the number of eggs that I have made (poached, scrambled, omelette-style...), oatmeal, popcorn, and canned (because even frozen veggies were too expensive for me) veggies...animal crackers, Kraft dinner....ah, the memories. :)
The Sometimes Fabulous food of the young and Broke
Anything you could make with chicken legs and thighs. Back in the Dark Ages you could often buy a 10 lb. bag for 29 cents a lb. Also lots of red beans and rice.
Video: Japanese Cheese Curry Cup of Noodles Commercial
@steveha - thx for the synposis; I'd be "to" ahahaha
Serious Eaters! Lend me your rice cooker recipes!
I was just wondering, what kind of rice cooker? Does it have a glass lid that comes off? Or one those hinged plastic deals? I think the latter keeps heat and moisture in better. Some recipes won't suit all types of rice cookers. Some recipes are devised by college students getting around the no-hot-plates-rule. Keep that in mind when you use a recipe.
Also, some recipes tell you to prop something in to hold down the "cook" button. It keeps the rice cooker from switching off to "keep warm". Personally, I don't think this is a great idea. I just worry that it may damage the heating element and the thermostat. It might shorten your rice cooker's life span.
Now that you can make good rice, why not try your hand at sushi or maki rolls or kimbap?
In general, I've only ever made rice dishes in the rice cooker. But... my family makes rice nearly every night so its essential for us. :] Have fun.
julie/julia
@chiff: Just read your review. Excellent explanation on expectations, which is, to me, a major reason why movies do well or poorly when people walk out of the theater. I'll wait to see it when it airs on tv. Thanks. :)
julie/julia
...did I just read the proclamation that women are more narcissistic than men? Ugh, come ON.
julie/julia
@AnnieNT: "I don't know why Julia's age has anything to do with her dislike of Julie Powell's blog."
Most 90 year olds I have known are impatient and ornery. And deservedly so, they have lived 90 years. I am thinking, why the hell didn't these producers and screenplay writers do a documentary movie about Julia's whole life with Meryl Streep in the lead? I think we would have all loved that much more. The movie is cheapened and disrespectfull of Julia's life with the final scene of her rejection of Julie. So says me and most I have talked to that flocked to the movie, only to be disappointed in the portrayal of Julia. Now it's too late to do the movie correctly.
The Sometimes Fabulous food of the young and Broke
inkandsausages: I never understand why people on a tight budget would buy hot dogs or spam (I love hot dogs, but they're not cheap meat). There is so often a good deal on pork or chicken, even beef sometimes.
The Sometimes Fabulous food of the young and Broke
Dried beans, rice, eggs, peanut butter, pasta were all life savers.
If I were going through the poor years now I would get one of those whole pork loins and cut it up into roasts, stew meat and chops and cut a few thin slices from the end and pound them out for pork tenderloin fritters. At 1.88 a lb. that's pretty economical. It also makes good ground pork but needs a little added fat.
Serious Eaters! Lend me your rice cooker recipes!
Roger Ebert had a whole column devoted to the topic. It's quite creative and useful, actually. You might like it.
Serious Eaters! Lend me your rice cooker recipes!
What a nice gift! I had to explain to my OH a year or so ago that buying kitchen/house gifts for a woman is completely ok if she's very into whatever the gift is relevant to (cooking!) or if she's specifically requested it (my dutch oven!). Sounds like your guy walked that fine line with grace, what a great start to sharing your life together! :P
Serious Eaters! Lend me your rice cooker recipes!
make coconut rice: use coconut milk instead of water, and add salt to taste. enjoy w/ curries.
hainanese chicken rice: poach chicken w/ ginger and garlic, shred the cooked chicken, use the stock to cook the rice, season w/ soy sauce and fish sauce.
congee/ rice porridge: like hainanese chicken rice, but add extra water/ stock to make it a porridge instead of just rice.
and if you have a modern rice cooker (multi purpose, with a timer) instead of single-purpose rice cooker, make bread:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnWdCXaRB2g
Serious Eaters! Lend me your rice cooker recipes!
There's a recipe for red Mexican rice in a Bayless cookbook. Basically, you just add most of a bottle of salsa to your uncooked rice in the rice cooker, cutting the amount of water a bit. The result is amazing!
Serious Eaters! Lend me your rice cooker recipes!
Found an eggless banana cake recipe made for a Mother with a egg allergy. It's easy and impressive.
net 200g -----3 sml ripe bananas
160g--- soft flour
1 1/2tsp ---baking powder
1/3Tsp--- baking soda
3Tbs--- sugar
2Tbs--- Salad oil
3Tbs---Milk
2 pinches---Salt
1Tsp---Lemon juice
Cooking oil to grease pot
200cc--- Whiping cream
3Tbsb--- sugar
Few Drops Vanilla essence
Few Slices Seasonal Fruit
1. Mash Bananas, add wet ingredients and mix.
2. Sift dry ingredients together.
3. Softly mix wet to dry until well blended.
4. Fill rice cooker bowl and cook full cycle.
5. After cycle has finished, let cool before removal, then upturn (upsidedown-style cake will result) Slice into sandwich form if desired.
6. Slather whipped cream in-between and on top. Top decoratively with
slices seasonal fruits. Then, if desired (to cover any remaining blemishes) dust with Confectioner"s (powdered) sugar.
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I'd make chilli con carne. Massive massive pots of the stuff which could feed me for a week. I'd usually serve it up on anything I had around the house - potatoes, rice, and on one notable occasion, crumpets.
One Summer, I was living off £1 a day, and survived by eating bagels which were bought from the East London bakery around the corner from my house (I'd usually buy a load at 11pm so I could get them mega cheap before they threw them out). Those would usually be accompanied by 40p a pack ramen Noodles. To this day, I can't look at ramen noodles without feeling slightly nauseous.