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Crunchy foods...what are your favorites?
Crunchy rice at the bottom of the pot!
Did that yesterday. Lined a casserole pot with lightly-buttered rice on the base and sides, filled it with layers of raw marinated chicken and vegetables, sealed with another layer of rice, then put the lid on and baked on 420 degrees for 15 min, then 350 degrees for 30 to 45 min.
And read some Harold McGee while waiting.
What is your favorite spice, and in what dishes do you use it?
Star anise. And usually in a Peranakan dark soy chicken dish, with kecap manis, ginger slices, garlic cloves, cinnamon, cloves and black peppercorns
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Grocery Ninja: Sour Plums
I used to lick all the powdered sugar off them as a kid! Then put them back in the packets without telling my mum :D
And the last time my grandma saw me eating them, she eyed me and my belly carefully and asked, "Is there something you want to tell me?"
Crunchy foods...what are your favorites?
Crunchy rice at the bottom of the pot!
Did that yesterday. Lined a casserole pot with lightly-buttered rice on the base and sides, filled it with layers of raw marinated chicken and vegetables, sealed with another layer of rice, then put the lid on and baked on 420 degrees for 15 min, then 350 degrees for 30 to 45 min.
And read some Harold McGee while waiting.
What is your favorite spice, and in what dishes do you use it?
Star anise. And usually in a Peranakan dark soy chicken dish, with kecap manis, ginger slices, garlic cloves, cinnamon, cloves and black peppercorns
Grocery Ninja: Mooncakes and the Mid-Autumn Festival
My family's a big fan of the white or 'snow-skin' crusts, or the pandan-scented green skins. And these hideously indulgent ones with sugared crytallised pork fat!
I always look forward to your entries, Ling. Thanks for evoking nostalgia yet again!
Kitchen hacks?
Instead of buying a salad spinner, I roll up wet salad leaves in a large kitchen towel, hold the 2 ends together and spin it around over my head in the back garden. Gets all the water out, works a treat. Centrifugal force and what not. Although I've come close to twisting my shoulder from over-enthusiasm :) cue taken from jamie Oliver!
What's the weirdest thing you've ever put on the grill?
When i was a kid, my barbie dolls, just to see what would happen...
Seriously, bananas still in the skin, split lengthways down the middle to slip some chocolate in, wrap it all up in foil and onto the grill. Delicious!
What do you think of the new site?
I've started to use Serious Eats as an example of good blog and blog writing for training new bloggers at work :) Grats on the usability.
Any good online kid-friendly recipe sources?
Gastrokid has some recipes and great articles
What to do/where to eat advice for Singapore?
I suggest the Chomp Chomp hawker centre in my hometown Serangoon Gardens. People travel from across Malaysia to eat there!
Fabulous BBQ stingray, Hokkien noodles, prawn noodle soup, Chye Tow Kuay, rojak, everything.
And check out this website http://www.makansutra.com/
Maybe you could but them the guides as a gift?
Question of the Day: I love the smell of...
Freshly-plucked coriander leaves simmering in a light chicken broth.
Question of the Day: What are your favorite "simple" foods?
Chicken thigh fillet steamed with ginger and soy.
What to serve with quail?
Radicchio and something tart (pickled fruit.veg?) and parmesan polenta.
Interesting food combinations
My ex sister in law had chilli sauce on EVERYTHING. Even sponge cake.
In Hong Kong, Finish What You've Ordered or Pay A Fine
I know 2 places in Singapore that did it in the 80s (all you can eat joints). This was for steamboat/hot plate buffets where you grab the uncooked food at a buffet and cook it yourself at your table. It was shocking, how much people took and never touched.
Question of the Day: What's the farthest distance you've ever traveled for food?
about 1.5 hours across melbourne, australia for what was reputed to be the best fish and chips in the state. Was well worth it!
If it's true "we are what we eat," what are you?
Golden syrup dumplings!
Question of the Day: Frozen vegetables -- as good as fresh?
Saw this on a TV program in Australia - tests were done on the nutritional content of frozen versus 'fresh'. Frozen won out by far for broccoli. The theory is that the 'fresh' food bought at the supermarket has been sitting there for a while, as opposed to veg which has been frozen, supposedly as soon as it's been harvested.
Apart from that, frozen veg is usually too soggy for my liking.
Question of the Day: How did you get your first cooking-related burn?
Baking macaroons as a nine year old!
Is there a food you love that you won't buy?
Peanut butter, nutella, butter, margarine, doritos, any chips, chocolate, cheese, white bread, instant noodles, nibbly nuts, milo, hot chocolate, cookies, refined sugar, refined flour, cream, ice cream...
Sounds like a pretty boring household, eh? :P sighs.
On occasion, I"ll bake for someone and buy a block of butter. Mr Turkiyaki is onto the remnant butter bits like he's been starved for weeks.
Question of the Day: Cooking anything for Saint Patrick's Day?
Everthing sounds so good!
We put beer in the shepherds pie and made a potato salad, tinted green by a dressing of mashed arugula and whole-egg mayo. And drank heaps of beer.
What's your favorite pasta dish (homemade division)?
Sliced garlic and chopped chilli, sauteed in olive oil, with linguine tossed in at the end. Garnished with chiffonade parsley.
Or a good simple creamless carbonara, ridiculous amounts garlic included!
Question of the Day: Brown-bag lunch—what's in yours?
Yesterday, it was arugula with slices of poached swordfish and chunks of fetta, dressed with balsamic, olive oil, brown sugar, salt and pepper.
Today I've got a bran banana muffin, 2 bananas, 4 carrots and a toasted multigrain cheese sandwich :P
Question of the Day: Got any good food jokes?
If Adam and Eve were Chinese... they would've eaten the snake.
/me is Chinese-Singaporean, first heard this from my dad.
Is your kitchen clean right now?
I clean, but housemates always find SOMETHING to dump into the sink! The house we're renting is up for sale, so the real estate agent hired a cleaner sort us out. It's liked we've never lived in that house before, lol!
What is your favorite spice, and in what dishes do you use it?
cinnamon ginger and nutmeg they go amazing in everything, savory and sweet.
i add them to meat dishes, breads, oatmeal, anything!
i also love using tons of cumin and coriander and paprika in mexican food
Kitchen hacks?
Alton would be So proud of all of you!
Kitchen hacks?
Easy proof box for bread dough--nuke a cup of hot water in a glass for a minute/minute and a half in the microwave. Then place your dough in bowl in the microwave to enjoy that warm steamy environment. It really helps when I get sidetracked and need to speed up the rising process. Also, Corelle ware medium sized plates happen to be a perfect cover for my 5 qt. Kitchen Aid mixer bowl.
Minced garlic or onion--microplane, please!
Kitchen hacks?
if i'm making pasta with brocolli or primavera or whatever, i'll cook the pasta half way through and then throw the veggies in, and then drain both together -- then toss with the olive oil and garlic....
Kitchen hacks?
I was just making biscuits and the recipe called for working the chilled butter into the dry ingredients. In the past I've never been able to get the butter to crumble up enough, so I tried freezing it and then shredding it with my microplane grater. Worked like a charm!
Crunchy foods...what are your favorites?
JEP - Thanks for the nod to my recipe. These Coconut Toffee Almond Crunch Cookiesare always a hit. Even coconut haters love them. I've also developed a Peanut Butter Toffee Crunch Cookies.
Question of the Day: What's your favorite breakfast?
@BigD I want to marry you!
Interesting food combinations
My favorite is pickles and cinnamon applesauce. It works best if you have whole dill pickles. Bite the end off, then spoon some cinnamon applesauce onto the top of the pickle and eat. I add more applesauce after each bite.
Interesting food combinations
in n' out onion slices dipped in ketchup with black pepper sprinkled on top. oh and mcdonalds (!) french fries dipped in the ice cream cone.
Interesting food combinations
First, it's a good thing I don't have to use proper grammatical rules here, because I'm not going to. I love mac and cheese with tuna and peas. Rice, tuna and frozen peas works well...of course it needs a sprinkling of cheese. French fries with honey...yum! Bananas with sour cream?...that is something I might enjoy. I can see the whole M&M and goldfish cracker thing working...too bad I can't eat goldfish anymore! Before I found gluten-free crackers and bread I liked, I would put the following on plain rice cakes...not all mixed together!...nutella, brown sugar and cinnamon swirl cream cheese, any flavor jelly or jam, peanut butter, a slice of cheese... Applesauce goes with everything. Sausage with maple syrup is a combination found everywhere. Frozen sausage with maple syrup is out there, the McGriddle, etc. Oh man, I used to love the McGriddle! Banana pudding with chocolate sprinkles...I never got into the peanut butter and mayo sandwich, but mayo and cheese work great between two slices of bread. This thread is quite interesting, and I look forward to reading more.
Interesting food combinations
When I was younger, there were some candy shops that sold chocolate-covered potato chips. They were absolutely yummy!
Food at Work
meowises, it's simple...double the recipe. =)
Crunchy foods...what are your favorites?
Chinese-Muslim style stir fry thin strips of potatoes! Try to recreate it here at my house. I know they soak them in salt water, but do they blanch them??
Interesting food combinations
LOL I thought I was the only one that dipped french fries in my Frostys -- milkshakes and sundaes too. Yay!!!
When I went to McDonald's as a kid, I used to throw 4-5 french fries in my saimin* and fish them out later. They were soggy, but for whatever reason, I loved it.
* Hawaiian version of ramen except in a fish-based broth, with fishcake, green onions, and char siu on top.
@Chisai - I introduced the mayo+soy sauce as asparagus dip to my husband years ago and he LOVES it. He uses it with fish sticks, french fries, anything you can think of.
I always...always...dip my french fries in mayo-ketchup-mustard (1/2 mayo, 1/3 ketchup, 1/6 mustard), unless I'm at a Greek place, then I dip them in the tzatziki. Replace "mayo" with Kewpie mayo when I am at home.
Growing up, I used to dip my fries in honey, mainly because it was leftover from the fried chicken. I would also dab brine from pickled jalapenos on my fried chicken and eat it with whole jalapenos. I was also one of those kids who loved digging for and eating marrow. What a mess!
French onion dip lightly spread on fresh sour dough bread and sour cream and onion potato chips in the middle.
Interesting food combinations
i have a lot of weird food combinations, but i just remembered some more
avocados and raisins
goat cheese and salsa (instead of cream cheese and salsa)
speaking of which bacon cream cheese bagels are delicious
waffles honey maple turkey, sharp cheddar and little bit of maple syrup and butter
carrots and dijon
pretzels and applesauce
wow i eat alot of strange things
Interesting food combinations
Best snack - candy corn and salted peanuts
Toasted bagels with cottage cheese and applesauce on top.
Speaking of applesauce, one of my friends just loves to dip potato chips in applesauce!
Back in the day, used to love blue box mac & cheese w/ tuna and peas, Haven't had that in years.
Interesting food combinations
goat cheese, strawberries and brownies or dark chocolate
hummus and salsa
rice with tomato sauce and melted american cheese all mixed together
Interesting food combinations
Pepperjack cheese and fresh pineapple.
Interesting food combinations
@ohnofullmoon- Bacon and Peanut Butter ROCKS!!
@thefrugalfoodie - I love breakfast sausage and maple syrup.
I like peanut butter, Marshmallow Fluff (not creme, FLUFF) with potato chips in between the pb and fluff layers.
Interesting food combinations
Cottage cheese with syrup, we also ate our rice with syrup.
Popcorn and milk
Interesting food combinations
1- mac and cheese with ketchup
2- peanut butter and mayo sandwiches
3- handful of m&m's with a handful of goldfish crackers
4- french fries dipped in a frosty from wendy's
5- slices of green apple with dill cheese
if you cant tell: i LOVE sweet and tangy things together!
Interesting food combinations
Bagel and cream cheese with yellow mustard and obscene amounts of black pepper. Seriously.
Interesting food combinations
my sisters and I loved to get a piping hot egg roll. cut it in half and fill each "cup" with Texas Pete hot sauce and eat it over the sink. Hot, greasy, crunchy, making my mouth water in memory.
I like to eat fried chicken with hot sauce, but one day I was out of hot sauce, so I ate it with some kimchi. Now it's something I crave...a lot.
Husband likes Saltines with a thin layer of peanut butter, topped with a thin layer of mayo, topped with a thin layer of grated horseradish. gross.
X-bf used to melt a slice of american cheese in the broth of his Sapporo Ichiban beef flavored ramen. He made it for me when we were both a little hungover in college and I thought I was going to barf.
Interesting food combinations
@amyscoop - my dad introduced me to bananas and sour cream when I was a kid. I think it was actually pretty big in ethnically eastern European households. Oh, it's even better with a drizzle of maple syrup.
And I too love mac and cheese with peas or broccolli, which I also grew up with.
The thing my friends here think I'm really weird for is a hometown favorite - mayo mixed with shoyu and used as a tip for broccoli, though I've expanded to include grape tomatoes. It's SO good, but I think something one kinda has to grow up with.
Interesting food combinations
Leftover rice -- particularly if it was cooked with chicken stock, saffron, or both -- reheated and topped with a dollop of cottage cheese.
Or, that same leftover rice, reheated, with some frozen peas mixed in.
Or, a tomato and mayo sandwich on white bread.
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I used to lick all the powdered sugar off them as a kid! Then put them back in the packets without telling my mum :D
And the last time my grandma saw me eating them, she eyed me and my belly carefully and asked, "Is there something you want to tell me?"