The Org's next top chef

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Re: The Org's next top chef

Postby Pwolf » Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:01 am

I don't really cook often but I don't mind it at all. I actually find it rather refreshing to have an actual home cooked meal, cooked by myself, rather then throwing something in the microwave. I plan on cooking more myself in the future and will be looking to this thread for some ideas :P
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Re: The Org's next top chef

Postby Fall_Child42 » Mon Dec 20, 2010 1:00 pm

Well this isn't exactly a food recipie, but seeing as it's the holidays I'm going to tell everyone about one of my favourite mixed alcoholic beverages for Christmas time. It's the candy cane.

there are two forms of this drink, the shot and the cocktail.

The Shot
One third grenedine
One third green creme de menthe
One third Peppermint schnapps (gold schlager also works)

The trick to this shot is layering the alcohol to provide a visually pleasing Red Green White tower of holiday cheer!
A tip I know to layering alcohol is that spirits with higher alcohol contents are less dense and therefore go on last.

I couldn't find a picture of the shot I make, but here is an example of how awesome layering looks.
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it will look something like this, but different red green and white!

Put the third of grenedine in first.
using the back of a spoon
layer the green creme de menthe on top.
and then layer the peppermint schnapps on top of that.

It looks awesome and it tastes great.

The Cocktail
One shot of grenedine
One shot of white creme de menthe
One shot of Peppermint schnapps

pour all three shots into a shaker with ice.
shake shake shake!
Strain into a martini glass rimmed with crushed candy canes.

imagine my surprise when I saw Cat Cora make this drink as part of her Iron Chef holiday meal!
(i will be making many of these tomorrow i think)
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Re: The Org's next top chef

Postby Kai Stromler » Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:26 pm

I used to cook more when I had a 5 minute commute rather than a 45-minute one. Now, all that's left is industrial-scale cooking for special occasions, and occasional experiments. If I can find the scribbled-on and stained components, I'll post up my vegetarian Chinese meat buns (叉燒包) recipe later. I'm more proud of the process optimizations I've been able to do to recipes than any taste changes; despite living currently on cold cereal, raw fruit, tomato-lettuce-cheese sandwiches, beer, and takeout, cooking is not as hard as it looks, and if it can be made easier so that more people get up the will to do it, so much the better.


How To Really Make The Wonkette Chocolate Icebox Thingy

This recipe looks hard to make, but it isn't. One Sunday morning at the end of November, I got a text from my brother as I was preparing to go out to the store that he was rescheduling his oft-postponed holiday do to 2pm that afternoon. This was at about 9 in the morning. In between cursing, I put together a list of ingredients, totalling nearly every fucking thing in the recipe, because I keep like no food in the fridge, and four hours later, the dessert was done chilling down in time to pack up and take over. If I had an electric eggbeater, or even a whisk, it might have gone even faster.

FOOD PARTS:
6 eggs
1 angel food cake (just buy it at the grocery while you're getting the whipping cream)
12 oz. chocolate chips
4 tbsp. of sugar
6 tbsp. of water
2 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. salt
2 cups (16 fl.oz.) whipping cream
some rum if only adults are going to be eating this

GEAR:
double boiler OR one saucepan and one small metal pot with a rounded bottom
9"x9" of 3-4"-deep cake pan, divide it however the hell you want
enough waxed paper to cover the bottom and sides of your cake pannage
sharp knife
electric eggbeater (trust me)
two largish mixing bowls
normal kitchen utensils (small bowls, forks, etc)

1. Make sure you have all the food parts and your gear in grabbing range. This is a speed-optimized recipe. Also, read it through so you know what's next. If your country doesn't use weird imperial units, look them up and do the conversions.
2. Put an inch or two of water in the saucepan/bottom part of the double boiler and put it on your stove on high heat. Dump the chocolate in the round pot/top part of the double boiler and set it in/on the saucepan/bottom part. This should result in a close but not necessarily perfect seal; the chocolate is going to get melted by indirect heat from the steam so it doesn't burn onto the bottom of the pot. Don't cover the top pot; you're going to want to watch this and stir occasionally so that the chocolate bits that were originally on top melt too.
3. While the chocolate is getting up heat/melting, line your cake pan/pans, whatever you have, with your waxed paper, and then chunk out the angelfoodcake with the knife. Make chunks in weird shapes about 2" square-ish, don't rip it up with your hands like a barbarian or use that spatula shit, it doesn't work. Put these in the cake pan(s).
3a. If you are putting rum in this, pour it over the raw cake chunks as soon as the pan(s) are full/you run out of raw cake. This gives it time to soak in while you do the rest.
4. Break your eggs and separate the whites and the yolks. These get added at different stages, so yes, it does matter. Beat the yolks smooth with a fork, the eggbeater is for something else.
5. By the time this is done, unless there is something wrong with your stove's output, the chocolate should be melted. Take it off the heat and mix in the sugar, water, and yolks. You can probably still do this in the small pot/boiler top at this point. Let this cool down while you do the next step.
6. Whip the cream until it reaches your personal definition of "whipped" consistency. This is where you use the goddamned eggbeater, so that you don't spend three episodes of Dragon Ball whipping it by hand with a fork until it reaches "goddamnit, this needs to be deliverable in 90 minutes, this is whipped enough" consistency.
7. When the chocolate mix is cooled down, but while it's still fluid enough to stir, pour/wedge it into your other large mixing bowl (the one that does not have whipped cream in it) and add the vanilla, salt and egg whites. Mix thoroughly and mix the whipped cream in. Mix this until it's uniformly light-brown rather than marbled.
8. Pour/slather (dependent largely on what consistency you beat the whipping cream to) the chocolate-cream mix over the cake that has been sitting on the counter, potentially soaking its rum in, this whole time. Allow this to settle so that eventually, all the cake bits are covered and/or you run out of topping mix.
9a. If your idiot brother wants you to have this concoction at his place in an hour and a half, put the cake pan(s) in the freezer and crank it to maximum cooling. It's not going to stay in there long enough to get damaged as opposed to just setting up faster.
9b. If you made this on adequate notice, you can put it in the fridge to set up like normal.

One to four hours later, depending on how you cooled it, this chocolate thingy is done and ready to impress people with, especially if you tell them you used a double boiler in its construction, because apparently indirect steam heat is wicked complicated. Probably it's just that people don't have home ec in school any more and don't know wtf it is.

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Re: The Org's next top chef

Postby ZephyrStar » Tue Dec 21, 2010 2:17 pm

I cook all the time. Have this~

ZS's white chili:

You will need:
-large sweet onion
-two large potatoes
-dried lentils
-can of white corn
-can of white beans (usually just grab small cans of several different types)
-pearled barley
-a leek
-portobello mushrooms
-fresh garlic
-chicken broth, no salt (comes in a 1qt carton I think, may not need it all)
-chicken breast
-oregano
-cumin
-powdered cloves
-salt & pepper
-a large crockpot
-a blender
-a large pot with lid

-Take the big onion, the potatoes, the leek, and a couple of cloves of fresh garlic, and put them in a big pot. Fill the pot up with water, boil them until they become very soft and mushy. Usually takes about 30 min on medium, leaving the lid on the pot.
-Drain the water from the veggies you just boiled, and put the veggies in a blender. Slowly add chicken broth while blending to create a creamlike texture. Pour the creamed veggies from the blender into the crockpot.
-Dice the chicken and mushrooms, add them into the crockpot.
-Put one cup of dried lentils into the mixture.
-Put one cup of pearled barley into the mixture.
-Open the cans of beans and corn, drain them.
-Put drained beans and corn into the mixture.
-Mix all together by hand, adding the rest of the chicken broth.
-Add two cups of water, these are to balance the dried grains when they expand.
-You should have a rather souplike mixture, don't worry, it should reduce to a nice chili consistency.
-On the top, sprinkle a tablespoon of oregano
-Two tablespoons of cumin powder
-About half a teaspoon of powdered cloves

Now, we're almost ready to cook it. Find a good place for your crockpot, put the lid on, and set it on low heat for 8 hours if it has that option. Cooking it slowly makes it very flavorful. You might want to stir it up occasionally. Now, we're almost done. The last thing we need to add is salt and pepper, to flavor. I leave these out for last since I know some people like it very salty, or like myself (since salt messes with my blood pressure) prefer it with very little salt. You can also appreciate the subtle flavors of the veggies this way. The recipe makes enough for a large dinner, or you can do what I do and freeze half of it for later. Some weeks I will eat this stuff for lunch every day, it's a great carb and protien rich meal, without a lot of bad stuff. Enjoy!
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Re: The Org's next top chef

Postby JaddziaDax » Tue Dec 21, 2010 4:23 pm

I'd cook more often if John didn't beat me to it >:[
However the things I do cook are good imho O:
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Re: The Org's next top chef

Postby kenisama » Tue Dec 21, 2010 4:58 pm

I got married and demanded my wife prepare dinner for me upon my return from work... which usually results in me picking up fast food :roll:
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Re: The Org's next top chef

Postby Kaream » Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:14 pm

I can make Nachos and Pizza :pizza:

But usually I order Dominos or locals ^^
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