Something Delicious

[TruBlu]

Sun - thanks for the spinach salad idea. I'll definitely try that one. One of my all time favorites is my Mom's chicken and dumplings! All from scratch and definitely not the healthiest, but they sure do stick to your ribs!!

[Sun]

Originally Posted by TruBlu

Sun - thanks for the spinach salad idea. I'll definitely try that one. One of my all time favorites is my Mom's chicken and dumplings! All from scratch and definitely not the healthiest, but they sure do stick to your ribs!!

Hiya Blu!

Did you catch my post where I asked for a recipe for chicken and dumplings?

No one replied!

I would love a recipe.

That spinach salad dressing idea works with any vegetable really. The flavors are just awesome and you can tweak it and make it your own, in a different way each time you make it. Add orange juice, grated fresh ginger, lemon zest..the possibilities are endless.

[lusciouskiwi]

Off to a mate's place for curry for dinner tonight. I really must post more about the food I eat here in Malaysia ... anyone have any questions ask quickly. My ex and her mum are staying with me for a few days. Ex mummy-outlaw is in her early 70's and knows a lot of the old school Malaysian dishes.

This morning I had a side dish of acar/archar (pickles) with my half poached eggs. What I had looks a bit like this picture, but there are some different varieties.

[Sun]

Originally Posted by lusciouskiwi

Off to a mate's place for curry for dinner tonight. I really must post more about the food I eat here in Malaysia ... anyone have any questions ask quickly. My ex and her mum are staying with me for a few days. Ex mummy-outlaw is in her early 70's and knows a lot of the old school Malaysian dishes.

This morning I had a side dish of acar/archar (pickles) with my half poached eggs. What I had looks a bit like this picture, but there are some different varieties.

Wow that looks good. But then again, I like pickled just about anything. The only thing that I have to be aware of are sulphites which are added to many pickled products. So home pickled items are best for me.

A few favorites that I always have in the fridge would be pickled garlic, and thinly sliced red onions pickled. I toss a jalepeno into the liquid for some kick.

The onions are great on Taco's and make an excellent side for fish and rice.

[lusciouskiwi]

Originally Posted by Sun

Wow that looks good. But then again, I like pickled just about anything. The only thing that I have to be aware of are sulphites which are added to many pickled products. So home pickled items are best for me.

A few favorites that I always have in the fridge would be pickled garlic, and thinly sliced red onions pickled. I toss a jalepeno into the liquid for some kick.

The onions are great on Taco's and make an excellent side for fish and rice.

YOu can buy yummy picked garlic at Korean supermarkets and pickled red onions sounds yummy. What do you pickle them in? Sulphites hadn't thought of that and goodness knows if they've been added or not. According to my ex most street food in Malaysia has MSG added to it. We ate at a Szechuan restaurant the other night (they also serve other Chinese dishes plus some Nyonya). We ordered the beef with ginger but it was so salty!!!!! They made us a fresh dish but my ex and her mum thought that the beef had already been salted or something and in the cooking process added more salt or MSG.

But I tell you what, when I first moved to San Diego from South Korea, I was always complaining to my exgf about the saltiness of food, especially pizza.

[lusciouskiwi]

One of my favourite brand of pickles (Australian):

[little_ms_sunshyne]

I cannot wait for the weather to change! I would settle for a 50 degrees! I am ready to make Fideo

[Sun]

Originally Posted by lusciouskiwi

YOu can buy yummy picked garlic at Korean supermarkets and pickled red onions sounds yummy. What do you pickle them in? Sulphites hadn't thought of that and goodness knows if they've been added or not. According to my ex most street food in Malaysia has MSG added to it. We ate at a Szechuan restaurant the other night (they also serve other Chinese dishes plus some Nyonya). We ordered the beef with ginger but it was so salty!!!!! They made us a fresh dish but my ex and her mum thought that the beef had already been salted or something and in the cooking process added more salt or MSG.

But I tell you what, when I first moved to San Diego from South Korea, I was always complaining to my exgf about the saltiness of food, especially pizza.

Over salting is a problem in food service. ugh.

Pizza was salty in San Diego? Ok first of all..why were you eating Pizza in San Diego when they have so much good Mexican food there?! LOL

Seriously why was it salty?

[Sun]

So..I offered to cook a bacon themed dinner for one of my friends and posted about this on her Facebook wall. We live in different states and have not seen each other in a year so this requires some planning. Bacon is her thing. Well the people on her friends list went nuts over this idea. Then I wrote about it on my wall. Now I am getting requests for Bacon themed events!

Who knew? Weirdest request so far is for a Bacon Vodka Martini.

This is going to be interesting. Especially when it comes to dessert.

Oh yeah, now my friends want me to turn this simple dinner into a Bacon party. LOL

[TruBlu]

Originally Posted by Sun

Hiya Blu!

Did you catch my post where I asked for a recipe for chicken and dumplings?

No one replied!

I would love a recipe.

That spinach salad dressing idea works with any vegetable really. The flavors are just awesome and you can tweak it and make it your own, in a different way each time you make it. Add orange juice, grated fresh ginger, lemon zest..the possibilities are endless.

I most certainly did miss that post. I'll did it out and repost later.

And yes, a little orange juice works well with a lot of dressings and sauces. Orange juice, a little ginger, soy if you like and a bit of cornstarch to tighten it up makes a nice orange sauce/glaze. I have used it over some quick stir fry veggies and shrimp.

[lusciouskiwi]

Originally Posted by TruBlu

And yes, a little orange juice works well with a lot of dressings and sauces.

My dad is diabetic. Mum makes a lovely fruit cake using a good quality orange juice - no sugar necessary. Nom nom nom!

[Bit]

Thank you Sun and easygoingfemme for the sweet tater/coconut ideas!

Originally Posted by Sun

Oh lord this will surely amuse my ex if she ever reads this. Cant think of one time that she baked! LOL. Too funny.

So deprived...not one home baked buttermilk bisquit in years and years and I cant remember how long its been. *sigh*

Different ex, love.

Still waiting for an addy. Although I guess I should say, I don't exactly make buttermilk biscuits because the best recipe I found was for sour milk biscuits. It's a southern thang.

[Sun]

Originally Posted by Bit

Still waiting for an addy. Although I guess I should say, I don't exactly make buttermilk biscuits because the best recipe I found was for sour milk biscuits. It's a southern thang.

Cath what are sour milk biscuits?

I will send you an addy right now hon. Thank you for that.