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Pasta with coconut milk, peanut butter and bacon (and chili flakes if you want spice). LOVE this dish, even though it looks revolting.

Based on these recommendations, I may give canning a try! So many gift foods I want to do this year (mostly to have the excuse of tasting them myself). Next stop: pralines. thanks all!

When I lived in a group house in DC, our oven spent three or four months having temperamental fits. These inevitably occurred whenever I was having people over for dinner. Probably the most embarassing was the uncooked chicken served with finesse to my roommate's new girlfriend, but the cookies we ended up microwaving run a close second

I tried a Bobby Flay (I think) recipe recently in which you, while roasting potatoes, saute garlic and onion, deglaze with white wine, then add about half a cup of orange juice to the pan. You reduce this to a syrupy mixture and then pour it over the potatoes when serving. It was very different but awesome. I think I might recommend adding something spicy to the mixture (like crushed red pepper).

Pound them thin, bread in crumbs and parmesan, fry briefly and add a squeeze of lemon juice. After buying two giant value packs of pork chops (for people who generally don't eat much pork) earlier this year, this simple recipe saved us from drowning in pig.

Chicken rings. They were chicken nuggets in the shape of rings, and they haunt me to this day. Best was Fridays, when you could order them with a softball sized buttery roll, mashed potatoes and gravy, separately or as a sandwich. I remember visiting high school during college just to try them again. So good!

Also, the best egg roll I have ever eaten was served by the junk food line in my cafeteria.

From elementary school, I remember the pizza, which came practically cheeseless (loved that) and carrot and raisin "salad."

Lemon and lime (I learned my acids from Mario).

Definitely agree on the risotto! Throw in some bacon/prosciutto and parmesan too. Mm, tasty.

Ravioli (like butternut squash) with a butter and sage sauce (improvise for infinite variety with lemon, garlic, nutmeg, etc), but just the simple combo of butter and sage is delicious.

Wow, it appears I'm going to have to acquire more lamb! These all sound fantastic. I think I am either going to go with lamb burgers, or almondjoy's delicious sounding Indian/Pakistani recipe for this round. The burger with boursin sounds fantastic (what doesn't sound great with boursin?). Lambie-pies I'll save for the next time we get out the grill--come on spring!

Also a Texan, and ketchup is not only on every burger I eat, but on the side in abundance for easy dipping. But I also add mayo (to fries and hot dogs too). Maybe "Texas burgers" are supposed to have barbecue sauce? I sometimes add green chilis (more New Mexico than Texas).

I hate lettuce on burgers. I just don't understand the point. What is it adding to my experience besides some leafy greens inevitably hanging out of my mouth after I take a bite?

My first Juicy Lucy experience was the first time I really knew that commercials worked. There was an ad for the Groveland Tap on some local channel (a REALLY bad ad) with up close and personal video of JLs. Three minutes later I was in my car, twenty minutes later I had my first bite of cheesy goodness. It didn't rock my world, but it did cheese it up a lot.