Something Delicious

[Ursy]

Originally Posted by Sun

Master Chef Australia..hmmm..I am going to have to find this online. It will be interesting to see what different ingredients they are working with as compared to the chef shows here. Did they use mud bugs?

Ah dumplings for breakfast. Now I could go for that.

Sometimes they do use bugs. There's always at least one show devoted to seafood. Yummm <3

Last year (or was it the year before?) they were demonstrating how to prepare an octopus. I think you bash it against a rock?!

Dumplings were pretty good. I have to get out of the habit of buying the leanest mince possible though, I always forget when it comes to dumplings. I think they just need a little bit of that fat, for the texture.

Okies, maybe I should try to get ready for work. It's really hot already and it's not even 9:00 am - now there's an incentive to get into the airconditioning!

[Sun]

Originally Posted by Ursy

Sometimes they do use bugs. There's always at least one show devoted to seafood. Yummm <3

Last year (or was it the year before?) they were demonstrating how to prepare an octopus. I think you bash it against a rock?!

Dumplings were pretty good. I have to get out of the habit of buying the leanest mince possible though, I always forget when it comes to dumplings. I think they just need a little bit of that fat, for the texture.

Okies, maybe I should try to get ready for work. It's really hot already and it's not even 9:00 am - now there's an incentive to get into the airconditioning!

Ok I have to see this show. For the readers mud bugs are a kind of shellfish. Not a bug, bug.




I do not know anything about bashing an octopus. Not my thing. If I have to kill it I will not deal with it at all.

Using some fat content in the dumpling meat is a good idea. When I have done them on the fly I use ground pork, fresh grated ginger root, minced garlic, scallions, a little soy, a little rice vinegar. Not bad but it needs work.

[Ursy]

Originally Posted by Sun

Ok I have to see this show. For the readers mud bugs are a kind of shellfish. Not a bug, bug.




I do not know anything about bashing an octopus. Not my thing. If I have to kill it I will not deal with it at all.

Using some fat content in the dumpling meat is a good idea. When I have done them on the fly I use ground pork, fresh grated ginger root, minced garlic, scallions, a little soy, a little rice vinegar. Not bad but it needs work.

Bugs are soooo goood - the meat is kind of like lobster.

The octopus is already dead! I think you need to bash it to tenderise it because the meat is very tough. Nonetheless, it looked like a lot of work and I don't think I'll give that one a go.

Yep - last night I had chicken mince, ginger, garlic, scallions, lemongrass, a little rice wine, chinese five spice, and some maggi seasoning. Oh, and a bit of carrot - just because my food processor needed a bit more volume to get going. Everything was getting stuck up the sides and not moving. I hate it when that happens!

Edited to add: ok, really really going to get ready for work now!

[Sun]

Originally Posted by Ursy

Bugs are soooo goood - the meat is kind of like lobster.

The octopus is already dead! I think you need to bash it to tenderise it because the meat is very tough. Nonetheless, it looked like a lot of work and I don't think I'll give that one a go.

Yep - last night I had chicken mince, ginger, garlic, scallions, lemongrass, a little rice wine, chinese five spice, and some maggi seasoning. Oh, and a bit of carrot - just because my food processor needed a bit more volume to get going. Everything was getting stuck up the sides and not moving. I hate it when that happens!

Edited to add: ok, really really going to get ready for work now!

Oh no we are making you late for work from across around the world!

How cool is that?

Wow your dumpling filling sounds a lot more interesting than mine. Hmm..I need to work on that. Next job is to create a veggie dumpling for the mini diva. At holiday time I want to be able to keep her interested in food and keep her away from sweets. Wish me luck.

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by guihong

<-----------------Check the location , although not a native. I'm always "fixing to" do something, too.

I've been trying to just buy some lemons and cut up a wedge, and I try to order water with lemon in restaurants. I can sympathize with your sister; I'm trying to break a pop habit (did a Southernism pop out there?) and it's not easy! So police away .

The greatest soul food I have ever had was in a place that by appearance, was the diviest dive of divedom in a divey neighborhood. Don't judge a book by its cover (usually)!

No, no, nooooooooo!

You are likely getting far more than you bargained for with that lemon (besides, lemons are a diuretic..good for when you've consumed too much salt and the retention is crazy wild...see here).

Linky loo

[Sun]

Originally Posted by Gemme

No, no, nooooooooo!

You are likely getting far more than you bargained for with that lemon (besides, lemons are a diuretic..good for when you've consumed too much salt and the retention is crazy wild...see here).

Linky loo

Hi Gemme!

I have never seen this information before. Thanks for posting it! Wow just think of how many sports drinks use powdered lemon as the citric acid base. Fascinating.

[Sun]

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[Bit]

Oh for pete's sake! Help me! I've made 48 Hour Bone Broth and I can't stop drooling!! This stuff is like crack!

So. There was broth leftover from the chicken soup... even after Gryph had seconds and I had thirds. It made a nice base for rice and veggies, which we polished off for supper. The next batch of 48 Hour Bone Broth cooked down tonight, and so help me, it MADE me drool again! So I turned the crockpot off, and strained the broth. The bones crumbled at the touch of a finger--guess that vinegar makes a big difference--and I ended up with four cups of really rich broth, so I threw in 2 cups of rice, a pound of mixed corn and carrots, some Mexican seasonings, the rest of the chicken (cut small), and an avocado.

When I put the rice on to cook I said to Gryph, in all seriousness, "I need to buy more chickens, I'm out of bones."

And when Gryph said, most reasonably, "Friday," which is, after all, payday... I pouted because I don't wanna wait.

I think I might buy beef bones this time, and see what happens with them.

Or yanno... a couple more roasted chickens.

I'm drooling again.

Did I mention that I don't drool? It's against my religion... well, it was against my religion... help me; this stuff is like crack!