Let's Cooking: TNL!

[Tones]

How did you make it? What noodles did you use?

[icarusfall]

Vermicelli.

Throw a pork shoulder roast covered in salt and soy sauce in the oven for a few hours until crispy and fall aparty. Chop it up and mix a splash of cider vin in the meat.

Render bacon in pressure cooker with lid off. Add a couple cloves minced garlic. Brown 1lb of ground pork. Deglaze with cider vinegar. Fill up to the minimum on the pressure cooker with water. Pour in a bunch of soy sauce and salt. Cook on high pressure for 20 minutes. Meanwhile heat a cast iron pan to high and saute the fuck out of some button mushrooms. Deglaze with soy sauce. Set mushrooms aside. Finish the pressure cooking and strain out all the spent meat. Taste for seasoning and adjust with vinegar, salt and soy sauce as necessary. Toss in any crunchy things - I used bamboo shoots - and a couple handfuls of spinach (or whatever, kale, mustard greens...) along with the reserved mushrooms. Bring to a boil. Put your dry vermicelli in the bowl you intend on eating in. Ladle in the broth and goods on top of the noodles. Cover with plastic wrap for 2 minutes - or until tender. Squirt some sriracha on it and top it with the soft poached egg I didn't tell you about till now.

Maybe a little pickled veg, if you've got some lying around.

Sounds complicated, but its really easy. The key is the pressure cooker - otherwise you'll be here all day getting flavor in that broth.

[FirstBlood]

Note to self, make broth in new pressure cooker.

I just made mac & cheese with some 1833 vintage english cheddar. Buttered up and browned some panko and sprinkled on top. Spectacular.

[Doc Holliday]

Hey guys, how do feel about rutabagas? I really want to mash some up, but I don't know what flavor they have or what to pair it with...

[icarusfall]

Rutabaga can end up with a sulfuric taste if not cooked/selected well. I stay away. Too much of a pot shot.

[Doc Holliday]

uhhh... how do I select a rutabaga? There's a few legit farmer markets here and the usual suspects of organic grocers.


edit: or if you have another rutabaga/starch substitute that is not potato varieties.

[Tones]

So I knew that the local organic co-op was the place to go for spices; way cheaper than the grocery store. But get this: Fresh vanilla bean pods: Just over a buck each. I didn't realize that vanilla could be bought for that cheap.

[Dunlap]

Vanilla beans are godly. I've seen it that cheap online, but never wanted to buy 50 beans at a time.

I made some Guinness ice cream, not sure if I posted about it last year. I reduced a bottle over the stovetop, cream, milk, sugar, a little vanilla and a little molasses. Drizzle tempered bittersweet chocolate to make crunchy striations. Yeah this is good.

[Tones]

I still haven't put the pod to use, but I'm equally excited about making vanilla sugar.

[Shin Johnpv]

Vanilla beans are godly. I've seen it that cheap online, but never wanted to buy 50 beans at a time.

I made some Guinness ice cream, not sure if I posted about it last year. I reduced a bottle over the stovetop, cream, milk, sugar, a little vanilla and a little molasses. Drizzle tempered bittersweet chocolate to make crunchy striations. Yeah this is good.

That sounds godly. I would love to make some of my own ice cream but I just haven't felt like investing the money in a good churner yet.

I'm attempting to make my own smoked salt today. I wanted to go for an apple wood smoked salt, but I haven't been able to find any apple wood chunks yet this season. Going with hickory for this first attempt.