The Home Gourmet thread
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 19,338
Total Cats: 574
From: Fake Virginia
Home made slow cooker carnitas tacos
with pickled red onions
home made pico de gayo
cotija cheese
side of quick spanish rice and whole foods awesome ranchero beans.

Plate was dirty from three previous tacos.
with pickled red onions
home made pico de gayo
cotija cheese
side of quick spanish rice and whole foods awesome ranchero beans.
Plate was dirty from three previous tacos.
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 19,338
Total Cats: 574
From: Fake Virginia
Tonight I am going to try an experiment on my family.
Well my wife anyway. Because a sub-4 year old would have no idea.
I'm going to make a copycat recipe of taco bells "taco meat" and "hot sauce" to see what she says.
Now it might be hard because she's a legit food policy person and really eschews fast food from her life (mostly) but she does have suburban and lower middle class roots and has eaten lots of crap as a kid so there's that. Plus her mom's most recent job was, in fact, AT a taco bell.
Bottom line, I D G A F if she figures it out. I think it'll be fun.
Sauce (and I do mean source):
Taco-Bell-Mild-Border-Sauce-Copycat-Recipe.html
Perez edit: I assume you mean this: http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/Taco Bell Mild Border Sauce Copycat Recipe
http://food-hacks.wonderhowto.com/ho...lling-0124399/
Well my wife anyway. Because a sub-4 year old would have no idea.
I'm going to make a copycat recipe of taco bells "taco meat" and "hot sauce" to see what she says.
Now it might be hard because she's a legit food policy person and really eschews fast food from her life (mostly) but she does have suburban and lower middle class roots and has eaten lots of crap as a kid so there's that. Plus her mom's most recent job was, in fact, AT a taco bell.
Bottom line, I D G A F if she figures it out. I think it'll be fun.
Sauce (and I do mean source):
Taco-Bell-Mild-Border-Sauce-Copycat-Recipe.html
Perez edit: I assume you mean this: http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/Taco Bell Mild Border Sauce Copycat Recipe
http://food-hacks.wonderhowto.com/ho...lling-0124399/
Last edited by Joe Perez; Jul 14, 2016 at 09:15 PM.
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 19,338
Total Cats: 574
From: Fake Virginia
For the ***** and giggles. But definitely for less ***** than the real deal.
Like ... who doesn't crave that mcdonalds cheeseburger and fries taste? But maybe without all the shitty ingredients and preservatives.
Anyway, she enjoyed the burritos and was confused why I made so much hot sauce for them.
My taco meat is better and less bland/dry but I enjoy a good (social) experiment.


Joined: Apr 2014
Posts: 18,643
Total Cats: 1,870
From: Beaverton, USA
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 19,338
Total Cats: 574
From: Fake Virginia
I'll play...Everything is made at home by me
Shrimp Etouffee

Home smoked Salo (pure pork belly fat). It's like bacon x10.

White wine Drunken Mussels with Crostinis

Fresh caught and grilled vermilion
Shrimp Etouffee

Home smoked Salo (pure pork belly fat). It's like bacon x10.

White wine Drunken Mussels with Crostinis

Fresh caught and grilled vermilion
Salmon Tartar Amuse-bouche by The Braineack, on Flickr

Oysters and Pearls by The Braineack, on Flickr

Oysters and Pearls by The Braineack, on Flickr
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 8,146
Total Cats: 1,087
From: Lake Forest, CA
Stuffed, marinated eggplant. Because it's getting cold, it's hard to start fermentation process at room temperature, so marinating is the next best thing.
Stuffing - pan fried onions, bell peppers and carrots in sunflower oil with dill, cilantro and garlic..... Oh, and of course roasted potatoes with crushed black pepper and sea salt !!!
Stuffing - pan fried onions, bell peppers and carrots in sunflower oil with dill, cilantro and garlic..... Oh, and of course roasted potatoes with crushed black pepper and sea salt !!!










