The Cooking Thread

Surprisingly there's different taste between the leaf and the root, even not close.
The root tastes kinda bitter and the leaf gives fragrance. We can't get such leaf from vegetable man, except by order. He ain't bring turmeric leaf coz most people don't know what to do with this leaf. Except Padangnese 

The first two pies, pumpkin and sweet potatoes.

I see you giving me grief. My crusts aren't pretty but they're delicious. On the sweet potato pie I only has the square dish.

And if you give me crap for having a square pie then that means that you are racist.

#notallpies

Looks like waste-water settling ponds, enjoy.

Do I spy a Betty Crocker cookbook?

Looks good, Mr Cruton!

Do I spy a Betty Crocker cookbook?

Indeed you do. It's my goto cookbook. Nothing fancy. Spiral bound. I don't understand why anyone would make a cookbook that isn't spiral bound.

The first two pies, pumpkin and sweet potatoes.

I see you giving me grief. My crusts aren't pretty but they're delicious. On the sweet potato pie I only has the square dish.

And if you give me crap for having a square pie then that means that you are racist.

#notallpies

What do you mean not pretty? They look better than the one in the book in the corner!

Your kitchen colour scheme looks pretty nice too.

#croutonkitchenenvy

Quote from: boydster on November 21, 2018, 04:35:57 AM

Do I spy a Betty Crocker cookbook?

Indeed you do. It's my goto cookbook. Nothing fancy. Spiral bound. I don't understand why anyone would make a cookbook that isn't spiral bound.

I don't like the newer Betty Crocker Cookbooks (should call them Recipe Books as that is basically what they are), while they may have updated recipes, I found the newer books leave out a lot of useful cooking information and tend to provide only info on the specific recipes.

I have a 1969 hard cover Betty Crocker Cookbook.  Shit is legit.

Mine is pretty old, but I still use it

A homemade apple pi.

No UK not drunk!

You're drunk,! NV!

PEANUT BUTTER BALLS!

Before the chocolate coating



And after


You'll notice, some of those are chocolate salty balls.

PEANUT BUTTER BALLS!

Before the chocolate coating



And after


You'll notice, some of those are chocolate salty balls.

I did not think of doing this! Thanks for the idea 

Peanut butter, browned butter, powdered sugar, rice crispies, and a little vanilla for the filing.

Oh that looks delicious.

Can anyone tell me:
 in baking bread, if you do a long big rise before panning it up for the second rise, do you lose the punch of the second rise? Like all the yeast reacts in the first and barely rises the second..?

Can anyone tell me:
 in baking bread, if you do a long big rise before panning it up for the second rise, do you lose the punch of the second rise? Like all the yeast reacts in the first and barely rises the second..?

Unsure, I usually follow the recipe (times) and directions when using yeast to make bread

I've tried a lot of variations that kind of worked, i'm not getting the best rise... I'm using a basic white recipe, but adding stuff. It seems to work ok, but not as fluffy the rise changes, i think because of the weight, so i gotta figure out the optimal rising parameters. My Book, "the book of bread" from the 70's/80's didn't have said info at first glance.

While this isn't quite cooking, I'm going to attempt homebrewing soon. My girlfriend got me a kit for Christmas. Has anyone tried homebrewing before and have some tips?

While this isn't quite cooking, I'm going to attempt homebrewing soon. My girlfriend got me a kit for Christmas. Has anyone tried homebrewing before and have some tips?

The most important items are sanitation and fermentation temperature.

Anything that comes in contact with the beer post boil MUST be sanitized.
Hydrometer, tubing, bottles, everything. StarSan works great and is no rinse.

The instructions probably say to pitch the yeast @ below 80ºF. That's too hot.
Pitch the yeast @ 64ºF ish.  The yeast will raise the temperature a few degrees
on their own. Try to keep the temperature constant.

Just follow the boil instructions. It's hard to not wind up with beer.   

Put some of your StarSan solution in a spray bottle. That way, you always have some ready to go.

Cool your wort to pitching temp before adding yeast. If you pitch hot, you'll ferment hotter.

All those bubbles on the top? That's normal, don't freak out. It's called krausen and that means it's working.

If you think of it, rehydrate your dry yeast. If you forget, no biggie, but maybe try it sometime. Similarly, if you are not using dry yeast, consider making a yeast starter depending on your original gravity. And if you don't, again, no biggie. But try it sometime.

Follow established recipes for a little while before you deviate and experiment. Get your process down, that way, when you make changes you KNOW the difference is down to a change in process/ingredients, and not just due to an "oops."

If you got a Mr. Beer kit, enjoy it, and keep that little brown keg, but after the first batch ask you local homebrew shop to help with a few recipes.

THERE IS SUCH A THING AS TOO MUCH HOPS!! IT'S EASY TO GET THERE! If you are making your own recipe, use something like BrewTarget software to help plan your recipe.

I could go on. But I won't. For now.

Thank you fellas. I have no clue what it means to pitch, so I've got more research to do. I also hate IPAs, the mr. Beer kit is a wheat, so I know all too well about too much hops.

Pitching = adding yeast. It's a fancy term for no real reason, kinda like krausen = bubblefoam, wort = malt sugar water, trub = gunk left at the bottom of the fermenter, stuff like that

For the Mr. Beer, if you have a place to keep the tank where there temps are low 60's, and you add the yeast around 65°, you should be pretty happy with how things turn out. Don't rush to bottle it. And once bottled, don't rush to drink it.

Thank you fellas. I have no clue what it means to pitch, so I've got more research to do. I also hate IPAs, the mr. Beer kit is a wheat, so I know all too well about too much hops.

Everything in brewing is called some weird name.
I'm surprised water is called water.   

Lots of info on this forum . . .  Home Brew Talk
Midwest Supplies has some basic recipe kits for $22.99 and free shipping over $30 . . .  Midwest Supplies

I do have a basement, I haven't checked what the temp is down there, by it I know it's pretty chilly. I'll check out that midwest supply site. Boydster already told me about that home brew talk site.

Valentine's Day 2019.

The day that everyone except women in healthy relationships like.

Of course I have to make it more difficult by making something I've never cooked before.

I have a container of mascarpone cheese that'll expire at the end of the month so here are the contenders.









This last one I don't know about.  That might be a little too experimental.

I thought Valentines Day is tomorrow?  Anyway, I bought some PJ's for my wife, as well as some bracelet pendants and a .380 pistol. 

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Make the second one.

I might do some eggs-benedict in the morning.  My wife loves that.  I think she likes it because it is a pain in the rear end to make, not because it is delicious. 

All too easy.