Poll: Do you cook?

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A few dishes, I know how to grill stuff, and I can cook rice and noodles, so I'm not totally screwed.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
I could cook your ass under the table

Says you. I can cook a mean Indian dinner including Naan bread, I make a mean NY style cheesecake, I can cook a world class Thanksgiving dinner, I can bake a to die for apple pie and I bake my own bread...and I've NEVER used a bread machine. We won't even get into sauces, pasta dishes, seafood or breakfasts.

Bwhaha!

I fear no dinner

White Chocolate Strawberry Cheesecake
BBQ, the real stuff.
And breads? Oui!

Oh, what's a bread machine?



Seriously, you use a mixer or food processor for kneeding? No I don't feel the need to kneed 5 pounds of dough for batards by hand.

BTW, the best yeast I have found is SAF Instant. I get it through King Arthur Flour co., which has some GREAT things.

 

[MichaelD]

/stomach growling

/must somehow get these guys to do an Iron Chef type deal

/stomach yelling



OK...cut it out; you're making me hungry!!!

 

[winr]

Rouge dahling, you must be mine!!!!!!!!!
Ohhhhhhh cook you fool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I challenge you to a duel of the Alfredo sauces then! I submit that mine is the best.

Heavy whipping cream, real butter, some white wine, fresh crushed garlic, fresh ground black pepper, a dash of kosher salt, a shot of lemon juice and some finely grated fresh parmesean. Then I pound out some chicken breasts nice and flat, dip in milk, roll in bread crumbs and lightly fry in some EV olive oil. Some more fresh garlic and lemon juice go in the skillet with some fresh parsley, finely chopped and finally some coarse grated parmesean on top of the chicken with the lid on so it melts real good. Flip it over for a bit so fry the cheese and take out. Dump the chicken drippings into the alfredo and whip until it's nice and mixed. Some el dente fetuccini topped with the sliced chicken and the hot alfredo sauce pwns everyone!!!
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Darn, I can taste that now, wait!!!!!!!, no I cant!!!!, but I want to taste that taste.......

Man, I am eating Doritos and I have no Picante Sauce either, yummm, I love Alfredo sauce.:heart:

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
I could cook your ass under the table

Says you. I can cook a mean Indian dinner including Naan bread, I make a mean NY style cheesecake, I can cook a world class Thanksgiving dinner, I can bake a to die for apple pie and I bake my own bread...and I've NEVER used a bread machine. We won't even get into sauces, pasta dishes, seafood or breakfasts.

Bwhaha!

I fear no dinner

White Chocolate Strawberry Cheesecake
BBQ, the real stuff.
And breads? Oui!

Oh, what's a bread machine?



Seriously, you use a mixer or food processor for kneeding? No I don't feel the need to kneed 5 pounds of dough for batards by hand.

BTW, the best yeast I have found is SAF Instant. I get it through King Arthur Flour co., which has some GREAT things.

Actually, I do not have a mixer for kneeding...although my wife was telling me about this really nice $400 food processor the other day...I'm wondering if I might get that for Christmas. Scary, a guy getting a mixer for Christmas and being happy about it...what has this world come to?

I actually kneed my bread dough.

BTW-I have a killer recipe for pizza dough.

I also make my own pie crusts for pumpkin and apple pies. Hint: a good pie crust is made with lard.

Edit-I've always used Fleischmann's yeast. Easy to find at your local grocery and it is consistent.

 

[Rogue]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
I could cook your ass under the table

Says you. I can cook a mean Indian dinner including Naan bread, I make a mean NY style cheesecake, I can cook a world class Thanksgiving dinner, I can bake a to die for apple pie and I bake my own bread...and I've NEVER used a bread machine. We won't even get into sauces, pasta dishes, seafood or breakfasts.

Bwhaha!

I fear no dinner

White Chocolate Strawberry Cheesecake
BBQ, the real stuff.
And breads? Oui!

Oh, what's a bread machine?



Seriously, you use a mixer or food processor for kneeding? No I don't feel the need to kneed 5 pounds of dough for batards by hand.

BTW, the best yeast I have found is SAF Instant. I get it through King Arthur Flour co., which has some GREAT things.

Actually, I do not have a mixer for kneeding...although my wife was telling me about this really nice $400 food processor the other day...I'm wondering if I might get that for Christmas. Scary, a guy getting a mixer for Christmas and being happy about it...what has this world come to?

I actually kneed my bread dough.

BTW-I have a killer recipe for pizza dough.

I also make my own pie crusts for pumpkin and apple pies. Hint: a good pie crust is made with lard.

Hint: a good pie crust is made with lard.

The only way my grandmother ever made her pie crusts. Wish she was alive to show me how... BTW, can you PM me your pizza dough recipe? I have yet to find a good one, although I've only tried a few over the years.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Actually, I do not have a mixer for kneeding...although my wife was telling me about this really nice $400 food processor the other day...I'm wondering if I might get that for Christmas. Scary, a guy getting a mixer for Christmas and being happy about it...what has this world come to?

I actually kneed my bread dough.

BTW-I have a killer recipe for pizza dough.

I also make my own pie crusts for pumpkin and apple pies. Hint: a good pie crust is made with lard.

Edit-I've always used Fleischmann's yeast. Easy to find at your local grocery and it is consistent.

It's funny to see making your own pie crust up there with baking your own bread, considering the relative difficulty of the two acts

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
I could cook your ass under the table

Says you. I can cook a mean Indian dinner including Naan bread, I make a mean NY style cheesecake, I can cook a world class Thanksgiving dinner, I can bake a to die for apple pie and I bake my own bread...and I've NEVER used a bread machine. We won't even get into sauces, pasta dishes, seafood or breakfasts.

Bwhaha!

I fear no dinner

White Chocolate Strawberry Cheesecake
BBQ, the real stuff.
And breads? Oui!

Oh, what's a bread machine?



Seriously, you use a mixer or food processor for kneeding? No I don't feel the need to kneed 5 pounds of dough for batards by hand.

BTW, the best yeast I have found is SAF Instant. I get it through King Arthur Flour co., which has some GREAT things.

Actually, I do not have a mixer for kneeding...although my wife was telling me about this really nice $400 food processor the other day...I'm wondering if I might get that for Christmas. Scary, a guy getting a mixer for Christmas and being happy about it...what has this world come to?

I actually kneed my bread dough.

BTW-I have a killer recipe for pizza dough.

I also make my own pie crusts for pumpkin and apple pies. Hint: a good pie crust is made with lard.

You earned my respect with lard

I have the largest Kitchenaid mixer. The advantage of that is it has the guts of the smallest Hobart, or at least the metal gears. I stripped many nylon ones in the past. That mixer gets some heavy use BTW, My wife just finished making 130 dozen or so cookies for the holiday.

I have a 14 cup food processor as well. I do the pizza dough there.

All this to say there is nothing wrong with a grown man wanting good kitchen tools

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Scary, a guy getting a mixer for Christmas and being happy about it...what has this world come to?

Exactly what I got last Christmas.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I am very good with a grill, pretty good with a stock pot, and decent with a Wok.

 

[johnjbruin]

I am an Iron Chef in the making.









NOT .

I can cook pretty decent though.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
/stomach growling

/must somehow get these guys to do an Iron Chef type deal

/stomach yelling



OK...cut it out; you're making me hungry!!!

I can see it now


LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! IN THIS CORNER, WEIGHING IN AT A MIGHTY 105 lbs, JON THE SHREDDAR MASON, NAD IN THIS CORNER, WEIGHING IN A GRIZZLY 120 IS BILLY "THE LIQUIDATOR" HENDERSON.

LADIES, NOW I WANT A CLEAN FIGHT


LETS GET READY TO GRUMBLEEEEEEE!!!!!



The evening proceeds wit ha barrage of grilling baking an frying, with the contentants panting, bleeding, and crying at the bitter end.

Finally, the night is capped off with a knife fight to the death in the kitchen....WHUSTOF vs. CUTCO


BRING IT!!!!!!!

 

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
I could cook your ass under the table

on what, a really short hibachi?
And ass, geez is that the other white meat ???
Is ass on the Atkins list?

 

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: Rogue

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
I make the best Fetuccini that anyone I know has ever eaten.

Two bad it probably dooms everyone to stroke....it's THAT good.....and has THAT much butter and creme etc....

I challenge you to a duel of the Alfredo sauces then! I submit that mine is the best.

Heavy whipping cream, real butter, some white wine, fresh crushed garlic, fresh ground black pepper, a dash of kosher salt, a shot of lemon juice and some finely grated fresh parmesean. Then I pound out some chicken breasts nice and flat, dip in milk, roll in bread crumbs and lightly fry in some EV olive oil. Some more fresh garlic and lemon juice go in the skillet with some fresh parsley, finely chopped and finally some coarse grated parmesean on top of the chicken with the lid on so it melts real good. Flip it over for a bit so fry the cheese and take out. Dump the chicken drippings into the alfredo and whip until it's nice and mixed. Some el dente fetuccini topped with the sliced chicken and the hot alfredo sauce pwns everyone!!!

Is that Mexican or Spanish fettucini?
It's AL dente fer cryin out loud!

 

[RaDragon]

I cook, I bake, and I wanna learn how to make Souffle

 

[BigFatCow]

I always help my mom cook dinner, I rarely do it 100% by myself, but i easily could. We just work together and cook good meals faster than one person could.

 

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
I could cook your ass under the table

Says you. I can cook a mean Indian dinner including Naan bread, I make a mean NY style cheesecake, I can cook a world class Thanksgiving dinner, I can bake a to die for apple pie and I bake my own bread...and I've NEVER used a bread machine. We won't even get into sauces, pasta dishes, seafood or breakfasts.

Bwhaha!

I fear no dinner

White Chocolate Strawberry Cheesecake
BBQ, the real stuff.
And breads? Oui!

Oh, what's a bread machine?



Seriously, you use a mixer or food processor for kneeding? No I don't feel the need to kneed 5 pounds of dough for batards by hand.

BTW, the best yeast I have found is SAF Instant. I get it through King Arthur Flour co., which has some GREAT things.

Actually, I do not have a mixer for kneeding...although my wife was telling me about this really nice $400 food processor the other day...I'm wondering if I might get that for Christmas. Scary, a guy getting a mixer for Christmas and being happy about it...what has this world come to?

I actually kneed my bread dough.

BTW-I have a killer recipe for pizza dough.

I also make my own pie crusts for pumpkin and apple pies. Hint: a good pie crust is made with lard.

Edit-I've always used Fleischmann's yeast. Easy to find at your local grocery and it is consistent.

Come oN, you guys are just killing me tonight. Yes, I am the Spelling Luftwaffte tonight.....
Kneed = 2 entries found for Kneed.
knee ( P ) Pronunciation Key (n)
n.

The joint between the thigh and the lower leg, formed by the articulation of the femur and the tibia and covered anteriorly by the patella.
The region of the leg that encloses and supports this joint.
An analogous joint or part of a leg of a quadruped vertebrate.
Something resembling the human knee, such as a bent piece of pipe.
The part of a garment, as of trousers, that covers the knee.
An abrupt woody projection arising from the roots of some swamp-growing trees: cypress knees.

tr.v. kneed, knee·ing, knees
To strike with the knee.


KNEAD =4 entries found for Knead.
knead ( P ) Pronunciation Key (nd)
tr.v. knead·ed, knead·ing, kneads
To mix and work into a uniform mass, as by folding, pressing, and stretching with the hands: kneading dough.
To make or shape by or as if by folding, pressing, and stretching with the hands.
To squeeze, press, or roll with the hands, as in massaging: kneading a painful calf muscle.


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[Middle English kneden, from Old English cnedan.]
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kneader n.

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Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Knead

v 1: make uniform; "knead dough"; "work the clay until it is soft" [syn: work] 2: manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; "She rubbed down her child with a sponge" [syn: massage, rub down]


Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University


Knead

to prepare dough in the process of baking (Gen. 18:6; 1 Sam. 28:24; Hos. 7:4).

Come on PEOPLE it's only ENGLISH, you've all had many years of lessons in it. Hell, you speak it daily, just spell it right once in a while, bwhahahahahahaha ack ack.

 

[Howard]

I need the alfredo sauce and pie crust recipes STAT!

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: AlienCraft

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
I could cook your ass under the table

Says you. I can cook a mean Indian dinner including Naan bread, I make a mean NY style cheesecake, I can cook a world class Thanksgiving dinner, I can bake a to die for apple pie and I bake my own bread...and I've NEVER used a bread machine. We won't even get into sauces, pasta dishes, seafood or breakfasts.

Bwhaha!

I fear no dinner

White Chocolate Strawberry Cheesecake
BBQ, the real stuff.
And breads? Oui!

Oh, what's a bread machine?



Seriously, you use a mixer or food processor for kneeding? No I don't feel the need to kneed 5 pounds of dough for batards by hand.

BTW, the best yeast I have found is SAF Instant. I get it through King Arthur Flour co., which has some GREAT things.

Actually, I do not have a mixer for kneeding...although my wife was telling me about this really nice $400 food processor the other day...I'm wondering if I might get that for Christmas. Scary, a guy getting a mixer for Christmas and being happy about it...what has this world come to?

I actually kneed my bread dough.

BTW-I have a killer recipe for pizza dough.

I also make my own pie crusts for pumpkin and apple pies. Hint: a good pie crust is made with lard.

Edit-I've always used Fleischmann's yeast. Easy to find at your local grocery and it is consistent.

Come oN, you guys are just killing me tonight. Yes, I am the Spelling Luftwaffte tonight.....
Kneed = 2 entries found for Kneed.
knee ( P ) Pronunciation Key (n)
n.

The joint between the thigh and the lower leg, formed by the articulation of the femur and the tibia and covered anteriorly by the patella.
The region of the leg that encloses and supports this joint.
An analogous joint or part of a leg of a quadruped vertebrate.
Something resembling the human knee, such as a bent piece of pipe.
The part of a garment, as of trousers, that covers the knee.
An abrupt woody projection arising from the roots of some swamp-growing trees: cypress knees.

tr.v. kneed, knee·ing, knees
To strike with the knee.


KNEAD =4 entries found for Knead.
knead ( P ) Pronunciation Key (nd)
tr.v. knead·ed, knead·ing, kneads
To mix and work into a uniform mass, as by folding, pressing, and stretching with the hands: kneading dough.
To make or shape by or as if by folding, pressing, and stretching with the hands.
To squeeze, press, or roll with the hands, as in massaging: kneading a painful calf muscle.


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[Middle English kneden, from Old English cnedan.]
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kneader n.

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Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.


Knead

v 1: make uniform; "knead dough"; "work the clay until it is soft" [syn: work] 2: manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; "She rubbed down her child with a sponge" [syn: massage, rub down]


Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University


Knead

to prepare dough in the process of baking (Gen. 18:6; 1 Sam. 28:24; Hos. 7:4).

Come on PEOPLE it's only ENGLISH, you've all had many years of lessons in it. Hell, you speak it daily, just spell it right once in a while, bwhahahahahahaha ack ack.

8/10 Spelling Nazi.

 

[DaFinn]

I am teh master cooker!!!

 

[elbosco]

Would anyone *cough*Winr*cough* be kind enough to PM me their recipes for alfredo and/or pie crust?

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
I do most of the cooking and baking in my house. I guess this is a product of being raised by my Mom who worked to put food on the table for her three kids. Since I was the oldest I took an interest in cooking primarily because I wanted to eat and because my Mom is a good cook so I was used to eating good food.

Anyway, my wife doesn't cook. I do. How about the rest of you?

Edited: added an option for CheapArse.

This is interesting. I was the oldest of 6 kids and both of my parents worked so I learned to cook early and I think all men should learn to cook.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: elbosco
Would anyone *cough*Winr*cough* be kind enough to PM me their recipes for alfredo and/or pie crust?

This should work. I don't have my recipe handy. Still in a box somewhere

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
2/3 cup solid vegetable shortening, frozen, then cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1/2 cup (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
6 tablespoons (or more) ice water
2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar


Don't balk at the vinegar. The acid retards the formation of gluten, which is a good thing. You won't taste it.

The technique is the thing.

Everything ought to go into the fridge (flour included) to chill

Use a food processor or pastry cutter and just mix till it forms pea size chunks. Pieces of butter or shortning in the final product are just fine.

After mixing, chill again before rolling out.

People will admire you for miles around

 

[tami]

i cook for special occasions. does that count?

 

[Pliablemoose]

I love it, all you closet cooks

My wife doesn't cook much, I do most of it.

Omlets with italian sausage, cheddar & provalone cheese and home made toast for the kids breakfast this morning.

Supper was meatloaf, corn & focaccia bread with italian seasoning on 1/2, crushed red pepper on the other 1/2

I cheat with a breadmaker, it's just too convenient, on my 3rd one now.

Newest favorite site: Breadworld I need to try out a few recipies from there...

My new Zojirushi fuzzy logic rice cooker should show up soon, either today or tomorrow. Am looking forward to making brown rice with it.