I'm Bored As Hell----Ask Me Anything About Food!

[slinkerwink]

I'm bored as hell here, so feel free to ask me anything about food! I love to cook and wouldn't mind giving you a few tips.

[Syrinx]

1. What would you have as your last meal?

And would you let Rachael Ray cook it? :)

[slinkerwink]

5. I'd have a delicious goat-cheese stuffed chicken breast w/ peach chutney

with garlic mashed potatoes and a spinach salad with cranberries, chopped walnuts, goat cheese, and honey viniagrette sauce. I'd also have a kick ass glass of white wine to go with that. That's what I would want Rachael Ray to cook for me.

[Syrinx]

40. sounds delicious

Almost as yummy as Ms. Ray. :)

[slinkerwink]

41. it is delicious....

and I miss that awesome spinach salad that a deli in new york city makes :-(

[MattBaggins]

7. Rachael Ray

Oh my god I am so in love with her. Man I can't wait till the day she agrees to become my second wife.

[slinkerwink]

9. wait a second!----she's my wife!

I laid eyes on her first!

[MattBaggins]

11. I have spent hours practicing my smooth talk

She will melt like caramel on a golden apple

[slinkerwink]

12. I know how to cook---I'm sure I could charm my way into her heart

through my creative uses of cooking. Plus, who could resist a cute college student who loves jazz music and cooking?

[MattBaggins]

21. What does she want with some inexperienced young punk

when she can have a seasoned man who brews his own beer, grows his own herbs, and harvests wild ginseng and watercress among other things?

[slinkerwink]

25. Ha, I'm not inexperienced...

I sure know how to give a lady a good massage, and make her laugh when she's feeling a little down. When a girl's in my arms, it feels all right with the world.

[MattBaggins]

29. Just an excuse to post YAPORR (Yet another pic of Rachael Ray)

How could one not fall in love with this smile?

[slinkerwink]

32. can't see the image

:-(

[The Straight Story]

14. As the old saying goes (adult humor follows)

I'd do her with your dick and still get off ;)

[slinkerwink]

19. lol!

I have my feminine wiles :evilgrin:

[jdj]

2. Do you know how to make eggrolls?

I love them!

[slinkerwink]

8. no, I don't, but I do make mean flour burritos

[The Straight Story]

3. My wife

Is selling her salsa to the guys I work with (they think it is better than any they have ever had) and we are thinking of putting out quart jars of a hotter blend - how many habenaros should we use (making 4 quart batches at a time). I don't want it to be too hot to eat but I want it to be hot enough they will remember it :)

[slinkerwink]

10. Just do a taste, and try doubling the number of habaneros in your recipe

and do a taste test. If it's too hot, cut down on the number of habanero peppers. What kind of onions do you use in your salsa recipe? I like to use red onions and I LOVE using cilantro in my salsa recipe.

[The Straight Story]

13. She uses a lot of cilantro

White onions for now. Told the guys at work she was going to work on the formula for it all and they insisted she not change one thing. So I think for now will just add some heat for the speciall batches and take it in and let them test it out. If too hot they will scream and I will know :)

[slinkerwink]

16. you should definitely use red onions---not white

It makes for a prettier salsa, just my pov :-)

[The Straight Story]

20. Will try it out

We started out just canning salsa (and other stuff) for ourselves. I took some in to work an people were wanting to buy it.

Will try another batch with red onions and see how they like it!

[slinkerwink]

37. Do you puree your salsa or leave it chunky?

I love leaving my salsa chunky with the pieces of tomato, red onion, jalapenos, and cilantro leaves-----soooo good.

[The Straight Story]

48. Chunky

With fresh picked garden veggies from mom's house. We just bought the house next door and will plant our own garden next year. Mom has tons of tomatoes and such so we used them.

We have a big lot, about 165' by 65' so plenty of room to grow our own and leave chunky :) Next year we may get a business license and work on things (wife is darn talented in cooking and art, wants a small basket business for fun).

She is a wonderful cook and decorator - me, I can deep fry chicken legs :)

[slinkerwink]

49. that sounds great!

My dad grows a vegetable garden, and he loves using the veggies from that garden----I guess it makes him feel useful, ha ;-)

[The Straight Story]

56. My dad

Also has about 50,000 bees making fresh honey. Best I have ever had! He sells it as well and we may market it with our baskets, I am blessed with a pretty wife who can cook damn well (and she is a red head...)!

I bought this house so that as my folks get older I can be there for them, and there are so many side benefits. The wife is happy (she and mom get along better than her and her mother), I am happy, my daughter gets to walk a few feet next door and see the folks...overall things are going well.

My wife has always dreamed of having her own business, and now the wheels are turning slowly. When she lived in CA she worked at an aids clinic and was married to a real jerk, now she is in Ohio, had her first child (now 3), and her skills as a cook are in demand. Amazing how things develop. She has sold 4 quarts in one day when she was not even trying to sell any, and now she has labels and jars and we are making a little money (a few dollars profit) off something she does for fun.

My dream is to makes hers come true. Hopefully I will realize it. When she was depressed and living in CA she dreamed of having a simple life with a garden and baby, so far we are there and after 6 years together I am finally making her dreams come true (when we met I lived in a garage in CA with roaches that crawled on us at night, we just bought our first house in August).

Dreams are the fuel that keeps our hopes alive, I hope someday to make all hers come true - and this little thing of salsa is a big step in that dream. Thanks for all your replies, I will keep them handy!

[slinkerwink]

61. I'm glad to hear that you're making her dreams come true!

You're a great husband, I have to say! :toast:

[sendero]

66. Does she use a canner?

... how does she make it (jar it :)?

[slinkerwink]

67. yeah---canning is a very delicate technique

If you don't properly can a jar, you run the risk of food poisoning....eeek!

[sendero]

68. My wife...

... recently got a canner (freaking tank :) but she tells me that there is more than one way to handle salsa. Apparently, if you do the full blown in-jar canning trick you compromise the textures/taste - so there is another method that is not so "brute force".

But yeah, I understand you cannot just pour it in a jar and expect it to last very long :)

I'm allergic to garlic or some of the better store-bought salsas would be ok. But virtually all of the good ones have garlic so I need to make my own.

She's gonna give it a whirl soon!

[slinkerwink]

69. you could always substitute shallots for garlic

when it comes to salsa. It's a possibility that you can try.

[rumguy]

4. What's your favorite sandwich?

I love tuna melts.

[slinkerwink]

6. My favorite sandwich is a ham and cheddar melt

also a grilled cheese sandwich with tomatoes and bacon on the inside.

[tishaLA]

15. So you're Jewish then?

[slinkerwink]

17. no, I'm a lapsed catholic---jews don't eat pork

Ham is pork, y'know.

[Zomby Woof]

22. pssst

(that was the point of their joke, ya know - irony!) ;-)

[slinkerwink]

26. ha, subtle humor is lost on me

;-)

[Zomby Woof]

27. well, shucks

I am only here to help. :-)

[slinkerwink]

35. awww, thanks!

:hug:

[rumguy]

18. I'm a big fan of the grilled cheese

next time I make one I'm going to try it with tomatoes and bacon...sounds good.

[slinkerwink]

23. it really is!----to die for, I'd say

I love to butter my slices of white bread, and then I put them down with a slice of cheddar cheese, and I put the bacon on top of the tomato slices on top of the cheese, then I layer that with another slice of cheddar cheese. It's soooooooo sinfully good.

[rumguy]

30. that's my dinner tomorrow night

you sold me on it...

[slinkerwink]

38. thanks!

Remember not to burn the bread, and never to add raw bacon to the grilled cheese sandwich.

[yellowdawgdem]

24. do you have any ideas for key lime anything?

Or yogurt cheese anything? Or how about any recipes that you can add beer to?
:beer:

[rumguy]

33. there's key lime pie

that's some good stuff...

[yellowdawgdem]

72. tell me about it /nt

[slinkerwink]

34. I don't know how to make key lime pie

and I don't know any recipes that you use beer in. I do know a steak recipe in which you add wine.

[jmowreader]

63. I use a Lemon Meringue pie recipe for my key-lime pies

The official way to make these calls for Eagle Brand milk; I made one the official way and it tasted to me like an Eagle Milk pie. Maybe I fucked it up. Or maybe eagle-milk pies are popular in Florida. Who knows? They eat weird shit there.

On the side of an Argo Corn Starch box is a very good lemon meringue pie recipe. Just substitute key lime juice for the lemon juice.

[slinkerwink]

65. I'll look that up the next time I make pies with my dad

[yellowdawgdem]

75. Will try that one out

I do like condensed milk, but have never understood how one tiny little can, 14oz, of nothing but milk and sugar, has more calories than a pint of ice cream. It's mind boggling, that.

[yellowdawgdem]

73. so how about regaling us with pie recipes

that you make with your Dad? That's gotta be interesting.

[gmoney]

28. How come I can't find good taquitos anywhere?

And why aren't you out on the town tonight?

[slinkerwink]

31. It's raining, and I don't like being out in the rain

so that's why I'm staying warm and comfy. The reason you can't find good taquitos is because you live in Ohio, not Texas. ;-)

[gmoney]

36. Do you do mail-order carryout?

Or maybe fax me some taquitos?

[slinkerwink]

39. Sadly, I don't

They don't allow hot plates in dorm rooms ;-)

[LincolnMcGrath]

42. Beef: Choice Roast Top Round

Any ideas how I should cook it?

[slinkerwink]

43. the way my mom makes it is delicious

She sears the pot roast in a pan, and then she puts it into a roasting pan, and puts in chopped potatoes/carrots and onions. She uses about a full bottle of Coke to fill the roasting pan up. Then she leaves it in the oven at about 300 to slow cook all day long until she gets home at 6. It's so tender---and soo delicious.

[LincolnMcGrath]

45. coca cola?

hmmm, no water? 2 liter bottle or 12 oz?

Sounds yummy. 1 of 3 sons detests taters so I usually go heavy on the carrots and onions. Any other good veggies I could use?

[slinkerwink]

46. Yes, it was a 2 liter bottle, and mom used almost all of it

and left some for drinking. I don't know of any other good veggies to use---mind's a little tired now, heh.

[LincolnMcGrath]

50. Thanks Slink: Will try it tommorrow

:yourock:

[slinkerwink]

60. let me know how it goes, ok?

:-)

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

44. Is Al Hedges edible? (nt)

[slinkerwink]

47. no, he's not----he's too tough and chewy

[DS1]

51. Are there any 24 hr coffee shops in North Hampton?

:shrug:

[slinkerwink]

54. I wouldn't know

[kodi]

52. road kill, best for company or just the family?

and how long can it sit on the road before one should harvest it?

[slinkerwink]

53. the road kill is best left for vultures and scavengers

I suggest that you make the trip to the grocery store to get a nice meal for your family :-)

[jmowreader]

64. Depends on what it is

Possums and armadillos: family fare.

Deer and elk: best for company.

Squirrels, rabbits and other small vermin? Chili.

And if it stinks, leave it there.

[slinkerwink]

70. I've had deer venison----rather interesting meat

but I wouldn't touch possums, armadillos, squirrels, and rabbits even if my life depended on it.

[yellowdawgdem]

74. If it is fresh kill, that'd be tasty lol ..nt

[Swamp Rat]

55. You like crawfish?

[slinkerwink]

58. no, I don't

The only seafood I really like are crab cakes, salmon, and tuna steaks.

[cheshire]

57. How does jello feel on your stomach? LOL

[slinkerwink]

59. never had jello on my stomach

have you had that experience?

[slinkerwink]

62. one last kick before I fall asleep

[slinkerwink]

71. one last kick so I can dispense more advice, ha

C'mon, guys---you must have some questions! ;-)