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stevestory



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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 27 2008,21:32   

hmm. i'll also have to try Tony's suggestions.

   
Tony M Nyphot



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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 27 2008,21:44   

Quote (Arden Chatfield @ Oct. 27 2008,19:17)
(Oh, speaking of scary eastern European peasant cuisine...)

How does that compare taste-wise with our southern favorite of Scrapple? I've heard it's hog awful offal.

There's always Armour Pork Brains in Milk Gravy, supplying 1200% of your daily cholesterol in a single serving, too.

Doesn't have much Spam in it. Not so much rat, either.

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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 27 2008,21:49   

That bread looks awesome/toothsome!

  
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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 27 2008,22:00   

Quote (stevestory @ Oct. 27 2008,19:28)
   
Quote (Arden Chatfield @ Oct. 27 2008,20:21)
   
Quote (stevestory @ Oct. 24 2008,19:52)
I was making curry chicken tonight and it was going fine until i absolutely ruined it in the end. First I sauteed some diced chicken breast, onion, and garlic. Then I added about 2 tsp curry powder, a little cumin, salt, cayenne powder, and pepper. and 2 cups water, and was reducing that. Then I decide it's too watery

Just cook it half an hour with the lid off. Fixes that right up.

Also, in my experience, with curries dark meat like chicken thighs works better, tho I guess that's pretty subjective.

Yeah, i know that now. Not going with the corn starch again. Last night I made it, and did everything same as before, except added a can of diced tomatoes. I really liked the result. I've seen other recipes that involve stirring in yogurt at the end. Anyone got any comment on that?

Some of the Patak's Curry pastes call for yogurt, especially this one (which I recommend)*:



Tho that recipe suggests you marinade the chicken with the paste and the yogurt anywhere from an hour to a day beforehand.

The yogurt is mostly just to give a certain consistency to the sauce. I'm not that big on putting tomatoes into curries, tho YMMV.

*this particular paste qualifies as what I would call 'mild', tho there are all kinds of ways of heating it up.

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stevestory



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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 27 2008,22:11   

I can understand stirring the yogurt in at the end, but if you marinate it in the yogurt and then cook it, won't the yogurt curdle?

   
Arden Chatfield



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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 27 2008,22:38   

Quote (stevestory @ Oct. 27 2008,20:11)
I can understand stirring the yogurt in at the end, but if you marinate it in the yogurt and then cook it, won't the yogurt curdle?

No, it doesn't, it works fine. Probably because you're sposta marinate the whole thing in the fridge. Or maybe some weird chemicals in the spices prevent it.

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stevestory



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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 29 2008,03:10   

Perhaps you are telling the truth...or maybe you're just leading me down a trail of heartache

:angry:

I've got my eye on you, Chatfield.

Edited by stevestory on Oct. 29 2008,04:12

   
stevestory



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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 29 2008,03:17   

LOL I'm about to lead myself down a trail of headache. Bohemian Highway does have a very pretty label, though, and is available at many of your finer gas stations.

(Judge me all you want, I spent all afternoon tutoring a bunch of kids for the ACT, so you can all stuff it)

   
Louis



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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 29 2008,03:39   

Quote (stevestory @ Oct. 29 2008,09:17)
LOL I'm about to lead myself down a trail of headache. Bohemian Highway does have a very pretty label, though, and is available at many of your finer gas stations.

(Judge me all you want, I spent all afternoon tutoring a bunch of kids for the ACT, so you can all stuff it)

Judge? Never.

Join you in the gutter with a bottle wrapped in brown paper? You betcha.

You've had students, I've had moody French collaborators again. I swear they are contagious.

Louis

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stevestory



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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 29 2008,03:49   

Quote (Louis @ Oct. 29 2008,04:39)
Judge? Never.

Join you in the gutter with a bottle wrapped in brown paper? You betcha.

You've had students, I've had moody French collaborators again. I swear they are contagious.

Louis

Well, I don't have any brown paper for the bottles, and we'll have to substitute watching Buffy DVDs in the house for lying in a gutter, but otherwise, you're on. We'll just have to keep the sound down so we don't wake Arden's mom.

   
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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 29 2008,09:53   

Quote (stevestory @ Oct. 29 2008,01:49)
Quote (Louis @ Oct. 29 2008,04:39)
Judge? Never.

Join you in the gutter with a bottle wrapped in brown paper? You betcha.

You've had students, I've had moody French collaborators again. I swear they are contagious.

Louis

Well, I don't have any brown paper for the bottles, and we'll have to substitute watching Buffy DVDs in the house for lying in a gutter, but otherwise, you're on. We'll just have to keep the sound down so we don't wake Arden's mom.

It's my dad you have to watch out for. If he finds out you jagoffs are on his lawn, he'll be way pissed.  :angry:

Now if you don't mind, Louis's mom is expecting me.

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Alan Fox



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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 29 2008,10:01   

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No, it doesn't, it works fine. Probably because you're sposta marinate the whole thing in the fridge. Or maybe some weird chemicals in the spices prevent it.


It does work fine. You add the yoghourt before adding other liquid or stock, and in smallish dollops, stirring it in to the mix while heating it. You can then add water, stock or tomatoes to obtain the required consistency, and reduce back to required thickness if you add too much liquid. Creamed coconut (I guess this is available in the US) is also a good thickener in the appropriate curry. You can also make real coconut milk by grating the fresh flesh and extracting using boiling water. It thickens and tastes great but is a bit fiddly!

No need to thank me. Just answer the following:

We have a group called the "country club", where we have dinner at someone's house based on the cuisine of a country selected at random from a hat. This month it is the US . Does anyone have a recipe for an interesting or unusual US dish with which I could astonish* my friends?

*preferably in a good way.

  
carlsonjok



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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 29 2008,10:16   

Quote (Alan Fox @ Oct. 29 2008,10:01)
We have a group called the "country club", where we have dinner at someone's house based on the cuisine of a country selected at random from a hat. This month it is the US . Does anyone have a recipe for an interesting or unusual US dish with which I could astonish* my friends?

*preferably in a good way.

Well, if takeout from McDonalds isn't what you had in mind, I would suggest chicken fried steak with cream gravy, mashed potatoes and collard greens.

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Arden Chatfield



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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 29 2008,10:32   

Quote (Alan Fox @ Oct. 29 2008,08:01)
We have a group called the "country club", where we have dinner at someone's house based on the cuisine of a country selected at random from a hat. This month it is the US . Does anyone have a recipe for an interesting or unusual US dish with which I could astonish* my friends?

*preferably in a good way.

You can't go wrong with the basics. I can't imagine any of your European friends has ever eaten it:



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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 29 2008,10:58   

Thanks, Arden.

I googled and found a recipe for scrapple. A couple of things make me wonder. It appears to be normally served at breakfast, and the last line of the recipe I read says:
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It is in-arguably and unfathomably vile.

  
Alan Fox



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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 29 2008,11:07   

Carlson

Chicken-fried steak sounds a bit like Wiener Schnitzel using beef instead of veal. Do you recommend it?

  
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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 29 2008,11:21   

Quote (Alan Fox @ Oct. 29 2008,11:07)
Carlson

Chicken-fried steak sounds a bit like Wiener Schnitzel using beef instead of veal. Do you recommend it?

There are differences between a chicken fried steak and wiener schnitzel, but I am not sure they are great enough to make it worth the effort.

If I was going to cook a meal here for furriners, I'd probably smoke some ribs and serve it up with alot of beans, potato salad, and fried okra.  But, you probably don't have a smoker and can you even get okra over there in the old country?

You know, I am sitting here and cannot really think of any peculiarly American food.  Most of our cuisine is derived from some other ethnicity.  Even scrapple.

For some reason, this  reminds me of a scene from Pulp Fiction.
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Esmeralda: What is your name?
Butch: Butch.
Esmeralda: What does it mean?
Butch: I'm American, honey. Our names don't mean shit.


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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 29 2008,11:30   

WHAT NO AMURIKAN FOOD?  BY GOD YOU SISSIES PROBABLY TRY TO REWRITE THE CONSTITUTION TO

ramps!  speckled trout!  Boletus bicolor!  Herycium!  madeola virginica!  Sparassis crispa!  squirrel and dumplings!  Moxostoma patties (do grind them first, bony bastards)!  Branch lettuce!  

USA USA USA USA USA USA USA

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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 29 2008,11:37   

Quote (carlsonjok @ Oct. 29 2008,09:21)
You know, I am sitting here and cannot really think of any peculiarly American food.  Most of our cuisine is derived from some other ethnicity.  Even scrapple.

I would recommend lots of corn dishes, but technically that's Mexico, as are tomatoes and chocolate.

So if you're insisting on some strict notion of North American, pre-Columbian purity, then go with buffalo burgers and wild rice, like they serve at powwows. Maybe some acorn mush just for variety.

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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 29 2008,11:44   

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But, you probably don't have a smoker
True
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...and can you even get okra over there in the old country?
Sure

  
carlsonjok



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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 29 2008,12:25   

Quote (Erasmus @ FCD,Oct. 29 2008,11:30)
WHAT NO AMURIKAN FOOD?  BY GOD YOU SISSIES PROBABLY TRY TO REWRITE THE CONSTITUTION TO

ramps!  speckled trout!  Boletus bicolor!  Herycium!  madeola virginica!  Sparassis crispa!  squirrel and dumplings!  Moxostoma patties (do grind them first, bony bastards)!  Branch lettuce!  

USA USA USA USA USA USA USA

HA HA THIS IS YOU



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Arden Chatfield



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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 29 2008,12:35   

Quote (carlsonjok @ Oct. 29 2008,09:21)
can you even get okra over there in the old country?

Okra (bhindi) is a big deal in Indian cooking. There's a little Pakistani place here that does a spicy okra dish that will rock your world.

Wikipedia says it's originally from Ethiopia.

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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 29 2008,12:47   

Quote (Arden Chatfield @ Oct. 29 2008,12:35)
Quote (carlsonjok @ Oct. 29 2008,09:21)
can you even get okra over there in the old country?

Okra (bhindi) is a big deal in Indian cooking. There's a little Pakistani place here that does a spicy okra dish that will rock your world.

Wikipedia says it's originally from Ethiopia.

Dang it, that's right.  There was an Indian restaurant on High St in Columbus, when I lived there, that made an excellent okra and tomatoes dish.  Mibad.

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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 29 2008,13:57   

Quote (stevestory @ Oct. 29 2008,09:49)
Quote (Louis @ Oct. 29 2008,04:39)
Judge? Never.

Join you in the gutter with a bottle wrapped in brown paper? You betcha.

You've had students, I've had moody French collaborators again. I swear they are contagious.

Louis

Well, I don't have any brown paper for the bottles, and we'll have to substitute watching Buffy DVDs in the house for lying in a gutter, but otherwise, you're on. We'll just have to keep the sound down so we don't wake Arden's mom.

Buffy DVDs? I'm there! I have this fantasy about Buffy/Louis/Willow threesome, some hot wax and an array of motorised accessories.....mmmmm pervalicious.

I'll keep the noise down, I don't want that Behemoth to wake up and spoil me ogling the nice women. Is she still chained in the pit?

Louis

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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 29 2008,13:59   

Quote (Arden Chatfield @ Oct. 29 2008,15:53)
Quote (stevestory @ Oct. 29 2008,01:49)
Quote (Louis @ Oct. 29 2008,04:39)
Judge? Never.

Join you in the gutter with a bottle wrapped in brown paper? You betcha.

You've had students, I've had moody French collaborators again. I swear they are contagious.

Louis

Well, I don't have any brown paper for the bottles, and we'll have to substitute watching Buffy DVDs in the house for lying in a gutter, but otherwise, you're on. We'll just have to keep the sound down so we don't wake Arden's mom.

It's my dad you have to watch out for. If he finds out you jagoffs are on his lawn, he'll be way pissed.  :angry:

Now if you don't mind, Louis's mom is expecting me.

Awwww is oo sad oo doesn't have an invite?

Your bitterness and envy, it amuses me.

Louis

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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 29 2008,14:11   

Quote (Louis @ Oct. 29 2008,11:59)

Awwww is oo sad oo doesn't have an invite?

Erm, no, I'm cool with not having been invited to hang with you guys. Trust me.




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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 29 2008,14:19   

Quote (carlsonjok @ Oct. 29 2008,20:25)
Quote (Erasmus @ FCD,Oct. 29 2008,11:30)
WHAT NO AMURIKAN FOOD?  BY GOD YOU SISSIES PROBABLY TRY TO REWRITE THE CONSTITUTION TO

ramps!  speckled trout!  Boletus bicolor!  Herycium!  madeola virginica!  Sparassis crispa!  squirrel and dumplings!  Moxostoma patties (do grind them first, bony bastards)!  Branch lettuce!  

USA USA USA USA USA USA USA

HA HA THIS IS YOU


SO?

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Louis



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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 29 2008,15:03   

Quote (Arden Chatfield @ Oct. 29 2008,20:11)
Quote (Louis @ Oct. 29 2008,11:59)

Awwww is oo sad oo doesn't have an invite?

Erm, no, I'm cool with not having been invited to hang with you guys. Trust me.



But we're not watching the Simpsons.....OH! Are you trying to imply that those guys in the picture are us? Ummmm, I hate to mention it but if Steve and I were hanging out together there would be TWO of us, not THREE.

I realise that this borders on postgraduate level mathematics to someone like yourself, but do try harder, ok then champ? Yeah, you're a good boy, champ, well done, well done.

Louis

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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 29 2008,15:13   

Quote (Louis @ Oct. 29 2008,13:03)
But we're not watching the Simpsons.....OH! Are you trying to imply that those guys in the picture are us? Ummmm, I hate to mention it but if Steve and I were hanging out together there would be TWO of us, not THREE.

I realise that this borders on postgraduate level mathematics to someone like yourself, but do try harder, ok then champ? Yeah, you're a good boy, champ, well done, well done.

Louis



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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 29 2008,15:14   

Quote (k.e.. @ Oct. 29 2008,14:19)
Quote (carlsonjok @ Oct. 29 2008,20:25)
Quote (Erasmus @ FCD,Oct. 29 2008,11:30)
WHAT NO AMURIKAN FOOD?  BY GOD YOU SISSIES PROBABLY TRY TO REWRITE THE CONSTITUTION TO

ramps!  speckled trout!  Boletus bicolor!  Herycium!  madeola virginica!  Sparassis crispa!  squirrel and dumplings!  Moxostoma patties (do grind them first, bony bastards)!  Branch lettuce!  

USA USA USA USA USA USA USA

HA HA THIS IS YOU


SO?

precisely my point.  So?

she's kinda hot here.  if you go for the Lou Dobbs slightly out of focus type.


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Finding something hard to believe based on the evidence, is science.-JoeG

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I work on molecular systems with pathway charts and such.-Giggles

  
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