The Home Gourmet thread
#1022
2 Props,3 Dildos,& 1 Cat
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Don't know if this qualifies, BUT
We planted some corn in spring. It is glass gem corn, which if you've ever seen it, you'd be like "wow". Anyway, it can be dried and ground into meal and made into tortillas. it is also a poppable corn. So I did that because it's easy and fun and instant gratification almost.
Ours isn't as amazing looking as some other photos you can find, but check this **** out!
(not my photo)
story:
The Story Behind Glass Gem Corn - Business Insider
We planted some corn in spring. It is glass gem corn, which if you've ever seen it, you'd be like "wow". Anyway, it can be dried and ground into meal and made into tortillas. it is also a poppable corn. So I did that because it's easy and fun and instant gratification almost.
Ours isn't as amazing looking as some other photos you can find, but check this **** out!
(not my photo)
story:
The Story Behind Glass Gem Corn - Business Insider
#1027
Boost Pope
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I wanted to find this post again so I could reply to it.
Do you know hard it is to search for the term "Eggplant" on this forum, and find one specific post? It produces a *LOT* of hits...
Anyway, it was pretty good. Somehow I was anticipating that it would be overly salty (I dislike foods which are overpoweringly salty), and while it does have a fair bit of sodium, it wasn't oppressive.
Pretty darned yummy, in fact. Would buy again.
Haven' made anything exotic in a couple of weeks. Been honing the pizza skills (getting pretty good with the crust now that I've abandoned the stone), and have done the black beans & rice again for home consumption. Still finishing off the last of the most recent batch. I excluded the pork this last time, and that was a mistake.
Last edited by Joe Perez; 12-07-2015 at 09:19 AM.
#1028
Boost Czar
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nice. I had it on Wednesday night and almost posted here. :P
Best Trader Joe's dinner I had all week.
I tried the Deep Dish Pepperoni Pizza, and the Butter Chicken. Both paled in comparison.
Best Trader Joe's dinner I had all week.
I tried the Deep Dish Pepperoni Pizza, and the Butter Chicken. Both paled in comparison.
#1029
Boost Pope
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I've tried a few of TJ's pizzas, and was massively unimpressed. This seems to be true of frozen pizza in general. Pizza is something you can easily do 100% from scratch at home, with relatively few ingredients and not a lot of prep time, and get far better results.
I'll tell you who does make good frozen Indian entrees; Amy's Kitchen. You usually find them in the small hippie / vegan / organic / non-GMO section at the far end of your grocer's freezer case, and they're easy to overlook because of that, but they're quite yummy.
I'll tell you who does make good frozen Indian entrees; Amy's Kitchen. You usually find them in the small hippie / vegan / organic / non-GMO section at the far end of your grocer's freezer case, and they're easy to overlook because of that, but they're quite yummy.
#1030
SADFab Destructive Testing Engineer
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I'm blanking on the name right now. Stone something maybe. But there is a frozen pizza my gf gets us, and it is surprisingly good every time we make it. Better than any delivery I've tried.
Best frozen meal is costco lasagna. Hands down.
Best frozen meal is costco lasagna. Hands down.
#1039
Boost Pope
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True story:
In my apartment complex, a load of phone books was recently dropped off in the mail room. I honestly didn't know they still had phone books. I took one more out of curiosity / novelty value than anything else.
That said, the phone book has lost weight. When I first started coming to NYC for work about 15 years ago, the Manhattan phone book was three volumes, each about the size of the OED. Now it's more like Reader's Digest.
Relevant content: The phone book is a place you can look to find food, assuming you have no interest in knowing which restaurants are actually near you and / or deliver to your building, their operating hours, their menus and prices, etc.
In my apartment complex, a load of phone books was recently dropped off in the mail room. I honestly didn't know they still had phone books. I took one more out of curiosity / novelty value than anything else.
That said, the phone book has lost weight. When I first started coming to NYC for work about 15 years ago, the Manhattan phone book was three volumes, each about the size of the OED. Now it's more like Reader's Digest.
Relevant content: The phone book is a place you can look to find food, assuming you have no interest in knowing which restaurants are actually near you and / or deliver to your building, their operating hours, their menus and prices, etc.
#1040
Boost Czar
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This was one meal:
(Liquid Nitrgon + bourbon) + hot whipped lemon/honey foam = hot toddy
first bites:
uni in some beet thing.
chicken swarma tacos (the shell was crispy chicken skin)
freeze dried gorgonzola
pesto pasta and egg yolk
white bean soup with basil oil
scallops with rowe and plankton
carrot puree and tomato soup
cuttlefish and coconut
lemon/butter monk fish
qual with rose water, blackberry risotto and blackberry sauce.
thai rabbit with jicama
liquid nitrogen sunflower seed oil cups filled with mandarine sauce and salt
bananas flambe
deconstructed carrot cake with microwaved sponge cake (actually really good sponge cake)
cherry bomb, peanut/caramel praline, freeze dried asparagus dipped in white chocoloate
each course was paried with a wine as well...
(Liquid Nitrgon + bourbon) + hot whipped lemon/honey foam = hot toddy
first bites:
uni in some beet thing.
chicken swarma tacos (the shell was crispy chicken skin)
freeze dried gorgonzola
pesto pasta and egg yolk
white bean soup with basil oil
scallops with rowe and plankton
carrot puree and tomato soup
cuttlefish and coconut
lemon/butter monk fish
qual with rose water, blackberry risotto and blackberry sauce.
thai rabbit with jicama
liquid nitrogen sunflower seed oil cups filled with mandarine sauce and salt
bananas flambe
deconstructed carrot cake with microwaved sponge cake (actually really good sponge cake)
cherry bomb, peanut/caramel praline, freeze dried asparagus dipped in white chocoloate
each course was paried with a wine as well...
Last edited by Braineack; 01-13-2016 at 09:50 AM.