Something Delicious

[gaea]

Originally Posted by Sun

Welcome to the thread Gaea!

Fried Chicken? Oh wow that is one of my favorite things (lets see how many times I can say that a certain food is one of my favorite things in this thread) and I have not perfected it.

Lets make a deal, when I get back to CA, you bring the fried chicken and I will make you Rigatoni. Hows that? I cant promise you that it will be as good as your Moms but I sure can try to make something good.

Seems like many of us are avoiding fried food and I always suggest having what you want once in a while. It is really important that we don't feel deprived while trying to eat healthy. Nothing healthy about wanting something and never getting it. lol.

So glad that you joined us!

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.

[ruffryder]

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.





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!!




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.

[Sun]

Originally Posted by gaea

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.

Ok we have a deal! Awesome. There are two kinds of sauces that I make for pasta like this, one is a simple quick plum tomato sauce and the other is a simmer all day long tomato sauce. Both are good but very different.

On another note...

I was just looking at Prop 37 and really hope that CA voters are going to pass this bill that requires GMO labeling of food. Really cant imagine our state not passing it. Once that happens and visitors start asking more questions about GMO foods we will hopefully see this thing get under control because right now it is out of control.

We are not digesting GMO foods and more, they are causing huge tumors for a lot of people. GMO is a bad idea and much of the GMO food is winding up in the hands of people who are living on the margins as well as public school children and those who are receiving USDA food.

[Daywalker]

Originally Posted by Corkey

Go look at my FB photo's of food, yer gonna be apoplectic.

I gotta get all mah Foodie Photo's into one Album.



Any minute now = 'someday, maybe one day' in Hippy time zones

[Daywalker]

Originally Posted by Sun

Ok we have a deal! Awesome. There are two kinds of sauces that I make for pasta like this, one is a simple quick plum tomato sauce and the other is a simmer all day long tomato sauce. Both are good but very different.

On another note...

I was just looking at Prop 37 and really hope that CA voters are going to pass this bill that requires GMO labeling of food. Really cant imagine our state not passing it. Once that happens and visitors start asking more questions about GMO foods we will hopefully see this thing get under control because right now it is out of control.

We are not digesting GMO foods and more, they are causing huge tumors for a lot of people. GMO is a bad idea and much of the GMO food is winding up in the hands of people who are living on the margins as well as public school children and those who are receiving USDA food.

The Meat Industry is exempt.

So Dog Food has to be 'labeled' but not our Meat.

That makes me pause.

[Sun]

Originally Posted by ruffryder

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.





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!!




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.

ruffryder! Welcome! You are killing me with this post!

Anyone who knows me in r/t or on Facebook knows that I too am in love with Mexican food. How cool for you that you were able to experience so much good food from New Mexican roots. I was blown away by the food in New Mexico. Especially in Santa Fe. Wow, what a great melding of cultures. My favorite Chili is the Hatch Green medium mild variety because it is packed with flavor and once roasted, seeded and pealed I can use it in a variety of different ways.

Ok now I am hungry.

The fresh poppers are a great idea! We could probably have a thread just for Mexican food and another just for bacon. LOL

Right now I am in AZ and have sampled the taco's that you mention. Cant get real fish taco's anywhere but the border states and NM as far as I can see though Denver does some pretty good food as well.

My favorite Chef, Silvana Salcido of Barrio Cafe' in Phoenix was just interviewed by Eaquire magazine and she was quoted as saying "Its time for the Taco to take over America".

I could not agree more.

[easygoingfemme]

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

[Sun]

Adding..I have seen that disk around AZ before and never knew what it was called. The ones that I come across are big and silver, maybe stainless steel or aluminum not sure.

ruffryder- that disk in your pic looks like cast iron. Is it?

The whole portable deal with the propane tank would come in very handy for outdoor parties.

[Sun]

Originally Posted by easygoingfemme

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

Hatch just had chili season and I missed it this year.

Nothing like those big baskets of chilis being roasted over fire. The gas units are not the same, but a good fire...wow.

[Sun]

Originally Posted by Daywalker

The Meat Industry is exempt.

So Dog Food has to be 'labeled' but not our Meat.

That makes me pause.

Yeah that is insane. The Beef industry lobby is throwing sick money at this issue. We can work on that piece, for now people have no idea what they are eating. They also have no idea that the cows are eating GMO grain and corn and getting sick. Then sick cows are being slaughtered and go to market. Its a mess.

[ruffryder]

Originally Posted by Sun

Adding..I have seen that disk around AZ before and never knew what it was called. The ones that I come across are big and silver, maybe stainless steel or aluminum not sure.

ruffryder- that disk in your pic looks like cast iron. Is it?

The whole portable deal with the propane tank would come in very handy for outdoor parties.

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.

[gaea]

Originally Posted by Sun

Ok we have a deal! Awesome. There are two kinds of sauces that I make for pasta like this, one is a simple quick plum tomato sauce and the other is a simmer all day long tomato sauce. Both are good but very different.

On another note...

I was just looking at Prop 37 and really hope that CA voters are going to pass this bill that requires GMO labeling of food. Really cant imagine our state not passing it. Once that happens and visitors start asking more questions about GMO foods we will hopefully see this thing get under control because right now it is out of control.

We are not digesting GMO foods and more, they are causing huge tumors for a lot of people. GMO is a bad idea and much of the GMO food is winding up in the hands of people who are living on the margins as well as public school children and those who are receiving USDA food.

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.

[easygoingfemme]

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)
.
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)

[girl_dee]

Preview of tonites dinner! Cajun style fried shrimp !

[ahk]

Originally Posted by Sun

Hatch just had chili season and I missed it this year.

Nothing like those big baskets of chilis being roasted over fire. The gas units are not the same, but a good fire...wow.

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.

[lusciouskiwi]

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.

[Sun]

Originally Posted by ruffryder

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.

Denver has a great food scene. There is a Tapas place downtown that was excellent. Cant recall the name.

Sopapillia's! OMG at Maria's in Santa Fe I had the best and its so simple. No idea why theirs was so good. Another great fried food to eat once in a while.

I am going to check on that cook top disc thing and see what I can learn. Love that idea.

Ok ruff your post really made me want to cook and I am supposed to be taking some down time. Wish I had someone to cook for me, I may be dropping by all yalls (as you folks say in the south!) places real soon for some good home cooking!

[Sun]

Originally Posted by gaea

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. We have to think about the future generations.

Watch how the European nations have handled GMO food. Very interesting. No room for negotiation. No is no.

Due to animal testing we have an idea of what is going to happen to humans with ongoing GMO foods and we are already seeing it.

The rice farm will have to become non GMO. That is all. Lundberg can grow organic and natural rice, so can they.

[Sun]

Originally Posted by ahk

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.

Welcome ahk!

How cool that you are in New Mexico! I saw that Hatch was offering to ship frozen roasted chilis but I really wanted to do my own. Sometimes we can get them around here for a little while after the season but not if the season ends early. What caused that to happen?

I am looking forward to you sharing more with us!

[Sun]

dee: Nice idea. Please share any recipes that you would like to.

Kiwi: I think that you are on to something there. A beverage conversation is always welcome.

Does anyone make any really interesting soft drinks?