OT; What are you eating or cooking?14395
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@HeinzDad  My muffins bring all the boys to the yard. And they're like, they're better than yours. Damn right, they're better than yours. I can teach you, but I'd have to charge. |
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| @DrWatson I bet you just eat the top and give the stumps to homeless. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by EbayMafia Not a chance. When I eat a muffin, I always eat the entire muffin. |
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| I think I just figured out why the authorities keep asking children if they know the muffin man. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by DrWatsonI’m not sure what’s more impressive. Your baking prowess, or your knowledge of that Milkshake joint! |
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For the sake of information, my muffins look good from any angle.  |
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Lasagna. House made sauce. San Marzano's, basil, garlic, oregano, and chives from the garden. The rest was store bought goods, if I could own a heffer or 2 I would. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by HeinzDad I don't know if I'm the only one, but for lasagna or Italian in general I prefer it the next day after it's been refrigerated and reheated. Not sure why exactly. |
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 The apple sauce and pudding were the best part...
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| @EbayMafia Agreed. It's almost as if they need to put that in the recipe. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by EbayMafia It is true, though tradeoffs and somewhat dependent on what type of pasta. What you are getting is the benefit of even longer flavor incorporation. When I cook pasta it is virtually always with homemade sauce but rarely with homemade pasta. When making the sauce we will batch it for 2 to 3 meals. This is because the “minimum” cook time for a good pasta sauce is over an hour. Raw tomatoes don’t have umami flavor. Slow cooked tomatoes have tons. So while it isn’t work-intensive to make a good sauce, it is “stove time” intensive. That time is also needed to fully incorporate your other ingredients (basil, onion, garlic etc). Reheating (properly) from leftovers essentially extends that cook time with another heating process and combined with a long, slow (chemically based) intermission period. So all your other ingredients have more time to chemically incorporate. The tradeoffs are potentially overcooked pasta if you are reheating not just the sauce but also the noodles. With lasagna it is less of an issue for most because the over-cook tolerance for most is very high. Reheated gnocchi on the other hand, is usually not as good. Overall, Italian food holds up very well (and often improves) because of the typical incorporation of flavors and use of tomatoes. Same with indian and thai dishes. Other asian foods that are more based on separation rather than incorporation (many stir fries) don’t hold up or become a “mush” of flavors. I would say we are equal balanced here between eating stir fries, Italian, thai and indian, and then a mix of “random” food. Flip side is curries and italian dishes usually have a much longer initial cook time (stove time). No surprise but also means it is a good thing the properties carry over for reheats :-) |
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| Homemade cake and cupcake leftovers from daughter’s birthday Is there a healthier way to start the day? Edit: wife baked. She has the baking skills. I can’t be bothered to measure ingredients. Works for cooking. Not so much for baking.  |
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 I live in RI and Rhode Islanders eat chili with beans.
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Quote:Originally Posted by EbayMafia My short take on this is that for lasagna, it’s pretty wet and loose when you cut into it when it’s hot out of the stove (but still delicious). The next day, it has a much firmer consistency and all the ingredients have absorbed more flavor from the sauce (and it’s even more delicious). Not to brag, but my mom (Italian and still with us at 93, but doesn’t cook much anymore) made an awesome lasagna. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by esaravo Yes - the firming of the pasta and the almost drier/crispier edges are one of my favorite parts of reheated lasagna. This sometimes happens with reheated pizza, especially homemade doughs. Though more hit/miss… Salute to your mom. My mom is also Italian. Makes a great lasagna too. Her curries and other ethnic foods taste great - but remind me of eating Chinese food in Treviso haha |
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| @esaravo @Davethebrave You guys nailed it, it's the firming of the texture and blending of flavors. When lasagna comes out of the oven hot it's kind of slippery. For years I've thought it would be cool to have a blue collar Italian Diner that only served food that could be prepared in advance and refrigerated overnight. Some clever name like "Better Tomorrow" or something like that. I kind of like the texture-firming effect of refrigerating chicken as well. I've long thought that KFC should refrigerate their leftover Fried Chicken at night and sell it the next day as a regular menu item called "Picnic Chicken". |
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From breakfast; toast, scrapple, eggs over easy and cheese sauce. |
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| Never had the stomach for scrapple... or any food that contained "crap" as part of its name. | ||
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| I've never had it. I'd give it a go though.... That stuff doesn't exist up north. Edit: That doesn't look appetizing though. |
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| According to Wikipedia: Scrapple is best known as an American food of the southern Mid-Atlantic states (Delaware, Maryland, South Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia). | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by DrWatsonOK. I'll go with that doesn't exist in the rust belt. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by HeinzDad I think it's Quaker food. You don't even have the right clothes for it. |
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| East coast Amish... I follow. | ||
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| More Amish and Mennonite, but you're right about the clothes. | ||
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| Just saw this being done at a live show and had to share somewhere to see if anyone found this normal. Taking out a bottle of hot sauce and adding it to their popcorn?? Has anyone ever done this or see it done before? |
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Quote:Originally Posted by enaz13Hipsters, did it have a twirly stache? |
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| Jalapeno's on popcorn is fairly common, they offer in in the theatres. But never seen the hot sauce thing before. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by enaz13 This is not a new thing in the South. |
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The apple sauce and pudding were the best part...
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Peanut butter cookies with chocolate chips  |
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 It was a one trick pony show but always hilarious.
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| @Bronte looks delicious!! | ||
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The apple sauce and pudding were the best part...
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| I'm told it's fantastic. I'll try some tomorrow. =) Edit. It was fantastic. For those interested this is the recipe we used. https://handletheheat.com/peanut-butter-chocolate-chip-cookies/ |
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It was a one trick pony show but always hilarious.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Davethebrave Agreed on better when re-heated but the re-heat has to be in a stove...no microwave. That crispiness can't be made in a microwave. |
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