The cooking thread

[Rtificial]

I was just wondering if anyone else on the board is into culinary arts. If so what do you like to cook, any certain regional cooking you like? Have any favorite recipes? Hell even talk about all the different cooking shows out now days.

Right now I'm in school trying to get my pastry seal and get certified as a culinarian with the ACF.

[station82o]

I'd like to be able to say i'm a decent cook - truth is i dont know, i'm either too lazy to cook or don't have the appropriate ingredients to make whatever it is i want to make. The extent of my cooking thesedays reaches its ends at pancakes and more often than not, eggs, although I've recently put a stop to eggs because i bloody well hate them now, they were my last resort for food when nothing else is in the kitchen, now i just go hungry.

[Kidnemo]

I love pasta...you should come make me some.

I never cook, I hate it actually. But I love eating.

In other food related news, my FAVORITE chinese food joint of all time closed a month or so back. One of those little hole-in-the-wall type places, where you always got the same table, and the waitress didn't have to ask your order, she just brought it.

They had the absolute best General (Chos I think) chicken EVER. It's like this spicey n' kinda sweet breaded? chicken, in this kinda red sauce. Man they made it so good there, and now they're closed.

I've went to five or six other chinese places and NONE of them even come close to Lan Kwei Fong.

*cries*

[station82o]

yeah i have a chinese place down here that i like quite the same - rice and rolls, one of the most unassuming chinese restuarants i've ever been too, they dont try to pretend to be something they are not.

but as far as local "cheers-esque" hangouts, the local dennys is the place where everyone knows my name (tracer's as well) - same table and everyone is a little too familiar with everyone.

[Kidnemo]

Man...

After that post of mine above all I can think about is the Generals Chicken and how I may never get it again.

[Tones]

A really good way to cook roast:

1. Get a cheap pork/beef roast. The extra fat makes it taste better.

2. Put in Crock Pot with a little water. Season to your liking (you can add some BBQ sauce at the last minute to the beef roast).

3. Keep on high for an hour or two.

4. Turn to low and cook for about 3 or 4 hours, or when it's at a cooked temp.

Serving suggestions: The pork is good served over rice, either white or yellow, and with black or red beans on the side. Beef is good "BBQ" style, served with corn, fries, and some thickly-cut fresh bread slightly toasted.

This is definitely the best roast I've ever had. It gets very very tender after being in the Crock Pot for so long, cooking in its own succulant fat. *drool*

Edit: These are my estimated times. I've never cooked it myself, but I'm pretty sure that this is how my dad cooks it.

[M]

I nuke stuff.

and I'm done!

[Ragnarok the Red]

Well, when I still lived in Dallas there was this awesome flat bread you could buy at the Sam's and Costcos out there that was made locally. Now that I'm in Vegas I can't get it anymore but when I could I made the most awesome pizza with it.

Took flatbread and cut about 1/3 off of it (LONG pieces). Put on some Ragu Quick Pizza sauce, a combination of 2-4 cheeses, depending on what I had (asiago, parmesan, mozerella, cheddar), some Hormel pepperoni slices and sliced portabella mushroom on top.

Put in turbo oven and quick cooked it in about 7.5 minutes. Took it out, crunchy crust, toasted cheese, baked pepperoni....mmmmm....best pizza on Earth.

To anyone who lives in Big D or the vicinity, I recommend you head down to your local Sam's or Costco and pick up the bread, the other ingredients can be had anywhere else. Make it as I described and I guarantee it'll be one of the best pizzas you'll ever have

[Wildkat]

I make a mean Ramen.

And like any other red-blooded male, I grill. Year round. 3-4 times a week at least.

[Rocca]

I'm really into chinese food. It's probably, with Italian, one of my favorites. Although Chinese food is great, it's very hard to find an authentic chinese buffet without seeing them serve french fries, hot dogs in syrup and pizza... I mean the real shiznit.