It's a deal!!!!!

You will love my fried chicken everyone who has ever had it does...I promise you that ...I may even share my secrets.

and YES you can make the Rigatoni I haven't had that in a while so that would be amazing.

great thread!
 

Some of the best food I've had was homemade and came from my grandmother. She was from New Mexico so I got the fresh tortillas, tamales, fresh salsas, and your typical tex mex food using New Mexico fresh chiles. I remember my grandfather cooking on what is called a "disco". It is an outdoor cooking disk, fired up with charcoal or a propane tank. It resembles a giant wok. He would cook up steak with onions, tomatoes and that NM chili and we would eat it hot on warmed up corn tortillas.


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I've been to North End in Boston and ate cannolis.. mmmmm!

Some of the best bbq I've ever had came from KC Missouri.

The best pizza I've enjoyed has been made on wood fire and I had some in WA. It had feta cheese on it. yum! Some other good pizza recently was in St Augustine Florida at a Meat Market called Caramelos. They used fresh deli meats and cheeses and the slices are huge! Delish!

As for comfort food and my fav, it has to be Mexican! I'm always looking for a good mexican restaurant and trying to perfect my red chile enchiladas. I am a taco freak also and love anything from crunchy hard shell to traditional ones made of tripe, steak, marinated pork, and even found I love fish tacos. I also enjoy making and eating these lil things I call fresh Jalapeno poppers. includes Fresh jalapenos stuffed with cream cheese and wrapped in bacon. I love bacon!!

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My fav meal to cook, if I have to choose is breakfast, and it can include any kind of huge spread. I like to think this is my best meal to cook and enjoy with others! Traditionally it's Eggs (omelette, scrambled with cheese, or over easy) hash browns or diced potatoes with onions, tomatoes, jalapeno, bacon cooked just right, chorizo (which is a mexican sausage, mild or spicy) I taught one of my gfs to cook bacon. She was ecstatic. It's all in not turning up the heat so high. Many people fall in love with my chorizo and egg or potatoes in tortillas.

Mmmmm I lived in Albuquerque for a couple of years. Chili roasting season... those fresh tortillas...

I'm not sure of the proper term for said disk. People I've known from Mexico call it "disco" may be a slang term. lol.

I picked that photo up online, but it was pretty similar to what we had. I think it's somewhere in between cast iron and steel and had a small propane tank hooked up to it.

I've also thought of something else that was tradition when I went to Mexico with my grandparents when I was little and that was having parties and having a pig roast. Chicharrones were made from the pig. yum! I still enjoy chicharrones which is basically fried crispy pork and mostly the fat back of it. My family has also slaughtered and cooked goat. It is pretty good. . and I've ran into this again with Somalis in Denver and tried some at one of their Halal (Only what is permitted by Islam) Markets. They enjoy not only chicken but goat.

I've lived in Colorado but unfortunately I really didn't sample any of their good cuisine. I've heard also they have some good fare and restaurants. I know I enjoyed their Mexican Food. I've always enjoyed this restaurant, Casa Bonita, and the entertainment they provide. It is a must if you ever do go to Denver! .. and they have some good sopapillas made fresh with honey is sooo good!

yeah I'm hungry now too! We should all cook! hehe. :)

GMO's scare me as much as microwaves do...

There is a Rice Field here in woodland that would be affected if 37 passes because it is entirely GMO.

I think MEAT human consumable and or animal should also be labeled correctly, I know that they say dogs are meat eaters however i have had my pup on a primarily veggie/seafood diet her whole life and she seems to do ok with this when beef was added to her diet she had a seizure, that ended.

The other issue with this is this will drive the cost for foods up so this is sort of a catch 22 because there are already so many citizens in our state that have a hard time affording groceries. There has got to be a balance somewhere in all of this.

I've had a few requests for this recipe after posting it in the dinner thread, so I'll put it here too. This is my favorite to make. It won me a local top chef competition a few years ago. Super easy, delicious, and good for you!

Cooking greens with Tahini Dressing and Quinoa
• 1 bunch cooking greens (kale, collards, chard, spinach, or beet greens)
Sauce ingredients
• ¾ c tahini (sesame paste)
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 handful fresh cilantro
• 1 tbsp maple syrup
• 2 tbsp tamari or soy sauce
• Juice and zest of lemon
• ¼ c water
Quinoa
• 2c dry quinoa
• 4c water
Greens
Chop the greens up well and steam them for just a couple of minutes. Remove from heat and shock them by rinsing them in cold water to stop the cooking process, and set them aside.
Quinoa:
Rinse quinoa in a fine mesh colander. Then put 4c water and 2c quinoa in to a pot on the stovetop over medium high heat and cover with a lid. Bring to a boil and lower heat to simmer. Simmer about 12-15 minutes until water is absorbed and quinoa has a sprout shooting out of it. You can also make life easier by cooking your quinoa in a rice cooker. Measure, pour, and walk away. It will shut off when done.
Sauce: Put all sauce ingredients, just put ½ of the water for now into food processor or blender. Puree until creamy. Add more water slowly to obtain desired consistency. (Thickens in the fridge)
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To serve: Put a scoop of quinoa on bottom of plate. Top that with greens and then pour on dressing.
(good additions are steamed carrots, raw or steamed beets, parsnips, and other sweet vegetables)

Preview of tonites dinner! Cajun style fried shrimp !

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The season was early and ended early too-- I am thankful that we picked up a bag (two) and roasted them on our grill and froze them. MMM.

My wife and I are big foodies-- we love to eat food, and we LOVE to make food. Our new years resolution (2012) was to make food that we love to eat out at home-- This last week we made pork wantons, fried rice, and a chicken stir fry dish type yumminess.

I enjoy cooking, baking (limited), and grilling --

subscribing, too.

wine
 

I just thought I'd add, sometimes it's interesting to talk about what's nice to drink with the meal. I'm not hugely knowledgeable about wines, etc, but Gewurztraminer is really nice with spicy food. The wine itself is sweet but the combination with spicy is lovely.