S.I.P./Quarantine Cooking

Well, we are all in a mess, so lets have some fun and learn a few things along the way!  First and foremost might be that...you can make a burrito at home!!!  That's a bit facetious talking to this crowd here on THP, who have some of the maddest cooking skills on the interwhebz. 
 
SO, lets post what we are cooking at home, what is made from the pantry, what was out of but substituted, all basic cooking skills.....
 
I'll get it started!
 
A couple days ago, talking with my son who is now 21 and living on his own for the last 2 years, he said..."I gotta go, Mom, the roasted chicken is done.  We're gonna eat dinner now."  :sniff:  AWW!!!!  I'm a happy mom.....
 
 Here's what we did for family entertainment last weekend.  We rented Milo and Otis...for the DOG to watch!!!

 
what's in the meat drawer- pork chops
Pantry- wild rice (doctored up majorly!)
Breading with pantry crackers
tomatoes (cuz that was the best FRESH veg I could come up with.)

 
I didn't have Panko, so I blitzed some Mary's pepper crackers in the food processor with some flour,  added some spices and pepper powders, dredged the chops in seasoned egg/milk wash and then cracker crumbs.  Pan Fry in cast iron skillet with a bit of oil until golden brown and done.
 

 
Rice- Saute rice mix in some butter (ala Rice-A-Roni) until toasty nutty done.  Add water and chicken base/boullion, cook until done.  Key notes!  Use broth as the cooking liquid and saute the rice mix before with butter!  There are lots of quinoa, rice mixes....just don't cook with plain water.  Saute in olive oil/butter or not,  or not, but definitely use seasoning in the water. 

 
Looks kind of blah, but was really yummy!

 
 
next up... Pork, shrimp, LO wild rice-vs-white rice, beans........and andoulle...
 
share what you got cooking.  Might make this into a competition of who had the best cooking Hack, or best out of nothing dish, to be awarded when all of this shite is over.
 
and my husband has developed a strange affinity for watching musicals.
 
Paint Your Wagon
Oklahoma
Dirty Dancing (OK...that one's mine... )
 
 
I'm queuing up
Pirates of Penzance,
Showboat
South Pacific...

 
and Floyd's final episodes.....

 

[salsalady]

Burger buns?

 

[keybrdkid]

indeed. a friend gave me this meat so I thought I'd try it. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
I had to throw the burger back on the grill here after I cut it. I thought the burger was done and it wasn't. I cooked it a little long to ensure it was not still alive. 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

 

[texas blues]

KBK.
 
That burger.
 
As good as any posted on this forum.
 
You got the supa' melty schmelty goin' on too.
 
Ono grindz.

 

[salsalady]

Insert the slow clapping emoji. Very good KBK! I'd eat them buns fresh out of the oven with a big smear of butter.


Probably the reason I didn't replace the bread cooker after Evan pulled it off the counter and trashed it. Fresh baked is sooooooo good!

 

[luvmesump3pp3rz]

how did you cook it?
 
may i suggest cast iron.
 
from now on we will refer to this as CI. 
 
it is also known as Black Betty, 
 
now, get that bitch hot!
 
and use plenty of lubrication.
 
and slap your meat on it. 
 
pound it till it sizzles. 
 
flip it when you want to try the other side. 
 
pound it some more.
 
the pan is not hot enough unless the room gets smoky and the smoke detectors start goin` off!
 
do this and you won`t have to cut your meat in half and put it back on the fire. j/k

 

[salsalady]

C'mon, every one! Post what you are cooking and eating!

Tonight was egg salad sandwiches! I'll post pics in a bit...

 

[salsalady]

how did you cook it?
 
may i suggest cast iron.
 
from now on we will refer to this as CI. 
 
it is also known as Black Betty, 
 
now, get that bitch hot!
 
and use plenty of lubrication.
 
and slap your meat on it. 
 
pound it till it sizzles. 
 
flip it when you want to try the other side. 
 
pound it some more.
 
the pan is not hot enough unless the room gets smoky and the smoke detectors start goin` off!
 
do this and you won`t have to cut your meat in half and put it back on the fire. j/k

Dude, you speaking Food Porn......

Oh,yea.......

 

[texas blues]

C'mon, every one! Post what you are cooking and eating!

Tonight was egg salad sandwiches! I'll post pics in a bit...

 
What wine.
 
Are you pairing with the egg salad?

 

[keybrdkid]

how did you cook it?
 
may i suggest cast iron.
 
from now on we will refer to this as CI. 
 
it is also known as Black Betty, 
 
now, get that bitch hot!
 
 
the pan is not hot enough unless the room gets smoky and the smoke detectors start goin` off!
 
do this and you won`t have to cut your meat in half and put it back on the fire. j/k

 
I once did use cast iron in my kitchen...and I did set the smoke alarm off. That was rather difficult trying to explain to my alarm company..haha. Now I cook such things outside on my grill. Maybe I will try the cast iron pan on the grill. I think I just sped the process up too fast that go around. Then I overcompensated and ended up on the other side of the scale. lol. Ah well it tasted good anyway.

 

[The Hot Pepper]

That burger is Throwdown quality! Pay no mind to luvhispeppers.

 

[The Hot Pepper]

I threw all my CI out. Put it outside and someone took it long ago. Good riddance! Scanpan non-stick is better. The griddle is slammin.

 

[luvmesump3pp3rz]

Scampan? what the hell is that? 

 

[The Hot Pepper]

just some TB bait.... in 3.... 2................

 

[texas blues]

I threw all my CI out. Put it outside and someone took it long ago. Good riddance! Scanpan non-stick is better. The griddle is slammin.

 
Really?

 

[texas blues]

just some TB bait.... in 3.... 2................

 
You sum of a bitch!
 
You got me.

 

[The Hot Pepper]

how's that for timing lol!
 
But yes REALLY!!!!! HAHAHAHAHA!

 

[texas blues]

how's that for timing lol!
 
But yes REALLY!!!!! HAHAHAHAHA!

 
 
That was some brilliantly timed comedy.
 
You played me like a '57 Strat.
 
Well done senor.
 
Well done!

 

[luvmesump3pp3rz]

 
I once did use cast iron in my kitchen...and I did set the smoke alarm off. That was rather difficult trying to explain to my alarm company..haha. Now I cook such things outside on my grill. Maybe I will try the cast iron pan on the grill. I think I just sped the process up too fast that go around. Then I overcompensated and ended up on the other side of the scale. lol. Ah well it tasted good anyway.

hey bro cook it whatever way it tastes good and you don`t piss off the alarm company. just keeping this quarantine lighthearted. 

 

[keybrdkid]

Another project of mine I finally got around to making. Jeweled Rice (Javaher Polow) with Beef Kabobs.
 
The layers are: lemon zest sugar syrup and slivered almonds; sauteed and sugared rehydrated apricot, cranberries, raisins, and black cardamom; and steeped turmeric soaked rice; all over steamed white rice. Topped with pistachios. Tasted pretty good.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[The Hot Pepper]

Whoa

Amazing

Pass the pita or naan