OT: Do you cook?

[SunDancer]

I personally enjoy to cook, as that is my major (Hotel and Restaurant Management). However, I only cook like cookies, and my "fiesta" speciality. Any of you guys cook for the family? Enjoy it, and why? What are your "signature" dishes?

My only real dish is cutting up onions, green peppers and taking chicken strips, cooking it on the stove in the frying pan (Do onions and peppers for before putting the strips in, cause they take longer to cook) You add strips when the onions and peppers start to get "soft". Then I cook white rice in a pot. I take the white rice and mix it into some salsa sauce, to give the rice some flavor, and make the dish more tasteful (the white rice alone without salsa is just fine, but it kinda doesn't blend in terms of flavor). Then I mix it all together, and place it on a soft taco shell (heat it for a few secs in the frying pan), then eat. Or you can eat it without a shell.

[Philliesfan980]

Not a bad meal. Something about green peppers sucks though, why not use the Orange or Red Bell instead, produces alot better flavor.

As for my cooking, I love to cook. Some signature dishes include: Baby Back Ribs, Grilled Chicken and Shrimp pasta, and Steamed Clams with white wine sauce with a italian sauage broth.

[GrantDawg]

I cook, but mostly grill. I make a mean sugar-free BBQ sauce.

[Bad-example]

Turkey spaghetti is my specialty. I also make a potato curry salad that is pretty decent.

[GrantDawg]

Oh yeah. I make a great lasagna, too. It cost too much to make very often though.

[FBPro]

90% of the cooking in our home is done by me, however I'm not into that 65 ingredient dinner thing. I'm "KISS" when it comes to cooking but I don't mind doing it.

[SunDancer]

Anyone know how to cook fish, like a salmon fillet?

[bbor]

I LOVE to cook

How you want that Salmon done Sundancer?

I usually BBQ mine.....wrap it in tinfoil...with sliced onion,tomato salt and pepper.

Do it for about 10-12 minutes a side...it is one bad @ssed mama jama:)

Or so i hear...since i don't eat fish :D

[GoldenEagle]

I would like to learn how to cook.

[SunDancer]

Salmon, or Haddock.

I like to "bread" them, how could you that?

Philliesfan, would that add a spicey flavor?

[Easy Mac]

I'm sorry but my cooking's only got two moves...Shake and Bake

[JeeberD]

Originally posted by bbor
I LOVE to cook

:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

Don't you mean "I LOVE Taco Bell"?

[pim]

Whaouh !!
A thread about cooking !
On a Football forum !!
With americans guys !!!

That's just killing me !!!!

PS : For the Salmon in tinfoil, you can also try with sliced lemon instead of tomatoes

[korme]

I actually get to make some thing that is called Dog Food or something, named after the Brown's dogpound (the evil that it is). It's like Chex mix and powdered sugar and chocolate and every football sunday I make, then munch on it.

[Philliesfan980]

Salmon, or Haddock.

Well, what you can do is this: cut the salmon into strips (almost like chicken strips), then you coat each strip with some egg, and then with some breadcrumbs or a flour mixture with spices. Throw those bad boys in a deep fryer and in about 7-8 minutes you have homemade fish and chips... great stuff.

[Bee]

Originally posted by SunDancer
Anyone know how to cook fish, like a salmon fillet?

microwave it.

[pim]

Or make it the Japanese way :
cut it
eat it.

[WSUCougar]

I do all of our cooking, and I really enjoy it as long as I have the time to devote to it. A few of my favorite dishes: Cincinatti style chili, enchiladas, steaks, shrimp creole, meatballs.

Another salmon method:

Put it in the oven under the broiler for around 15 minutes, and add a sauce you like (I use a Thai Hot Pepper Sauce) in the final five minutes. Watch the timing, because fish is tricky - it's easy to under- and over-cook it. It takes a couple times to get a "feel" for the right timing.

[Mustang]

Originally posted by pim
Or make it the Japanese way :
cut it
eat it.

I can make a decent spicy tuna roll and boolgogi (kiwi juice makes it real tender...).

I'd eat sushi everyday if I could.

[oykib]

I rarely do it because it's such a hassle in my tiny Japanese apartment. But I'm a mean cook.

Thai chili sauce. That's a secret ingredient if you want to cook enough to impress someone (if you really can't make aything else). At least, that's true if you make something original.

Other than that, buy a cookbook. Follow the directions on the recipe. The main bar to most people learning to cook is their lack of patience.

Most people who don't start cooking by ten or so (even if it's only making breakfast stuff and baking cookies with mom) will never be decent cooks. Growing up without cooking regularly people will never quite gain the understanding that cooking is not instant gratification. They still have it in their heads that the process of getting food is telling Mommy or the Domino's guy that they're hungry and then eating thirty minutes later.

Even those "10-minute" cookbooks really take much more time to follow correctly. You have to go shopping. You have to make sure everything is the right temperature. You have to preheat the oven. If you are baking, you have to properly line your pan or cookie sheet. It's really to much for the fast-food generation to do.

I've even noticed this in Japan. Even the young women out here are poor cooks. They figure that they'll have enough time to learn when they become housewives. But by then it's too late for most of them.

[DolphinFan1]

I love to cook. I do most of the cooking just because I have a little more time than my wife.

My favorite dishes to make and EAT: Lasagna, Beef Stew and Chili.

[scooper]

I love to cook as well. I really don't have a specialty. I grill a lot, I like to get creative with stir-fry type meals. I have a seafood linquini recipe that rocks. My favorite thing to cook, though is buffalo wings on college football Saturdays. I put the deep fryer out on our covered deck where there is also a TV and fridge. I soak the wings for awhile in water with a bit of vinegar and salt before I fry them.

[oykib]

Yeah, scooper, soaking seems to be the trick with chicken. I've had good success with saoking chicken in milk, as well.

Another favorite cooking weapon of mine is balsamic vinegar. Also, for some unknown reason tomato always does well with basil.

[Ksyrup]

I used to cook more, when I worked for the state and was home by 5:30 nearly every night. Now, I'm barely home for dinner. Still, I have time to make a few of my specialities now and then (usually on weekends), all recipes passed down from my grandmother - chicken picatta, chicken and dumplings, and sour cream soup.

[3ric]

I'm a pretty fair cook, and do most of our meals. Cut the salmon fillet in inch-thick strips and fry on one side (the top) a couple of minutes. Serve with potatoes and a cold spicy sauce. Grilled salmon is good too, but clean the grill first!

Oykib is right on with the planning phase of it - you spend just 10-20% of the overall time involved at the stove. The rest is preparation.

[cuervo72]

Originally posted by WSUCougar
I do all of our cooking, and I really enjoy it as long as I have the time to devote to it. A few of my favorite dishes: Cincinatti style chili, enchiladas, steaks, shrimp creole, meatballs.

Another salmon method:

Put it in the oven under the broiler for around 15 minutes, and add a sauce you like (I use a Thai Hot Pepper Sauce) in the final five minutes. Watch the timing, because fish is tricky - it's easy to under- and over-cook it. It takes a couple times to get a "feel" for the right timing.

A simple yet good method is just to pop the salmon in the oven with olive oil, and sprinkle with a salt/pepper mixture (or lemon pepper, or whatever). We've been getting frozen salmon from Schwan's (http://www.schwans.com/), and bake that along with some of their fire roasted veggie blend (which soaks up some of the extra olive oil). Tremendous.

I've never thought of breading salmon, seems like a bit of a waste.

Oh, and yes, I love to cook when I get the chance.

[Ksyrup]

Yeah, I don't know that I've ever seen salmon breaded.

[Buccaneer]

I don't cook anymore (I don't have to). We eat salmon about twice a week (the rest of the week is mainly tossed salads and/or grilled chicken). We have done the salmon fillets several ways but lately my wife have been broiling it in tin foil with seasonings. Even though I like the crusty salmon that comes out of the Foreman grill, the consistency and juicyness of broiled salmon in tightly wrapped foil can't be beat.

[Bee]

This "stove" everyone is talking about. How do those work?

[revrew]

In our house (there's 10 of us), I do the cooking and my wife does the baking. She grinds wheat flour from the wheat berries and bakes bread, rolls, desserts, etc.

But when it comes to makin' the meal, that's my department. For my wife's birthday a few years ago, I invited her whole family over (there were about 25 of us total), and I made a full, 7-course meal. It took me 2+ days to do it, but I loved every minute of it.

Some of my fam's favorites among my recipes:
- chili
- french onion soup (though this takes 3+ hours to make right, so I don't do it often)
- Greek pork w/flatbread (it's about as close to good Greek food as we can get in Iowa. Oh, how I long for a good Chicago gyro)
- "Summer in Venice" - made with zucchini, italian sausage, northern beans, and gemelli. Mmmm
- "Kirschenhimmel" - German for "Cherry Heaven", it's a dessert of baked meringue, with a cream cheese filling, topped with a cherry/strawberry glaze. A major hit with my family, though it takes 16 hours to cook, so only once a year, tops.

The best show I ever watched for cooking was "Ready, Set, Cook" - Chefs are given 5 random ingredients and 18 minutes to make a meal. After watching it for a season, I now go to the pantry, yank out some of whatever and get cookin!

The most valuable thing in my pantry: A jar in the fridge of ready-chopped fresh garlic, which you can buy at any grocery store. The oil in the jar makes good stuff, too.

[3ric]

Originally posted by Ksyrup
Yeah, I don't know that I've ever seen salmon breaded.

Agreed. Haddock is a better choice of fish to do fish n' chips with.

[GrantDawg]

Originally posted by Ksyrup
Yeah, I don't know that I've ever seen salmon breaded.

Are you kidding? When I was a kid, I thought salmon only came out of a can, and fried in a breaded patty. I used to love it, but then again I ate glue.

[Ksyrup]

Nope. I've certainly never seen that.

[scooper]

Salmon cakes. Mmmmm. Kind of like crab cakes.

[cuervo72]

Originally posted by GrantDawg
Are you kidding? When I was a kid, I thought salmon only came out of a can, and fried in a breaded patty. I used to love it, but then again I ate glue.

Ok, salmon cakes are one thing (don't you usually mix eggs and a few other things along with the bread crumbs?). But slicing and breading is a little different (like the difference between a crab cake sandwich and a breaded fried fish sandwich).

[SunDancer]

So, does this sound good:

Haddock or Salmon, cut it into strips. Throw it on a frying pan on the stove, base both sides with egg (mixed up of course), cook it for alittle bit, then crumb it, or the flour mix. Is their a way to add some flavor in mixing the crumbs with spices? What do you recommd?

[cuervo72]

I'd add some dill to the bread crumbs.

[MizzouRah]

I love to cook as well. In fact, I cook, she cleans.

Salmon? I like to cook it on the grill with some blackening season or lemon pepper.

Salmon cakes and applesauce, yummy!

My specialties are Chili, veggie dip, and anything BBQ'ed. I also cook a mean Steak -n- Shake imitation burger and fries.


Todd

[SunDancer]

Now,
Can one be a good cook starting at around 19 years old of age? I don't cook really, but I do cook my fiesta dish every once in a while. I like to expand on that, as I am considering fish and a chicken paramsen sorta a dish. I will take one, or two, cooking courses as part of my major, as well as learn about the whole restaurant/hotel biz. I like to get into catering in a few years.

[scooper]

Outside of grilling, I never cooked much until after college. But my mother worked for years in my uncle's meat shop/catering business and I worked there awhile as well. A lot of that rubbed off on me.

Much of it, though, I either learned myself or got out of cookbooks. I enjoy experimenting in the kitchen.

[GrantDawg]

I'm trying my hand at red beans and rice today. I have the beans soaking now. Any advice on what to use/not use?

[bamcgee]

I've subscribed to Fine Cooking for years and highly recommend it. It not only has many easy recipes, but it talks about good cooking processes, such as for salmon, as well. Really good for novices. In fact, last night I made fajitas (seared steak with cumin and cayenne, sauteed onions, yellow peppers, and jalepenos in lime juice, garlic and parsley, with sour cream and fresh guacamole) from an issue I got over a year ago. Took about 30 minutes. Great stuff.

[3ric]

Originally posted by SunDancer
So, does this sound good:

Haddock or Salmon, cut it into strips. Throw it on a frying pan on the stove, base both sides with egg (mixed up of course), cook it for alittle bit, then crumb it, or the flour mix. Is their a way to add some flavor in mixing the crumbs with spices? What do you recommd?

Just salt and fresh ground black pepper with the crumbs will be fine, with an additional spice of your personal preference. Be careful with the breading while in the frying pan, don't move around the fish or turn the pieces over a lot. Breading rips easily until you've gotten a good crust on it, you need patience for it to look good.

[SunDancer]

Thanks...
I alittle suprised at the amount of decidated cooks here.

[SunDancer]

I like to follow a diabetic diet (not that I have them, but this a great diet to follow), however, anyone know what it is?

[GrantDawg]

Originally posted by SunDancer
I like to follow a diabetic diet (not that I have them, but this a great diet to follow), however, anyone know what it is?

Check out the Sugar Busters diet. That is all that basically is. High fiber, no sugar diet.

[Philliesfan980]

Is that otherwise known as the atkins diet.. (the worst diet ever in my opinion - good if you want a heart attack around 60).

[sterlingice]

As most people in hattrick chat know, I tend to make a lot of different things for food and enjoy cooking. I attribute this to the fact that I like eating. :D

SI

[bbor]

Originally posted by sterlingice
As most people in hattrick chat know, I tend to make a lot of different things for food and enjoy cooking. I attribute this to the fact that I like eating. :D

SI

Should'nt you change your name to SterlingRice then :)

[SunDancer]

Anyone recommend some good desserts? I like honey, carmel and fruit (not together, but something in that with those indregents)

[SunDancer]

Originally posted by Shorty3281
I actually get to make some thing that is called Dog Food or something, named after the Brown's dogpound (the evil that it is). It's like Chex mix and powdered sugar and chocolate and every football sunday I make, then munch on it.

I want to make that. Can you give me the recepie. Don't you put peanut butter into it as well?

[sterlingice]

It's called puppy chow, iirc, and I doubt it goes back to the Dog Pound.

SI

[SunDancer]

You are right sterling. Anyone give me a receipe?

[korme]

Sorry, but my teacher told us that in 6th grade I guess because she was a Browns fan. There is still a Cleveland sticker on the recipe we got.

Here's what I got on the web, not exactly what I use but still:

8 oz. bag chocolate chips
3/4 c. peanut butter
1 box Crispix
1 c. powdered sugar

Melt chocolate chips and peanut butter. Stir cereal in gently to coat. Place powdered sugar in large brown paper bag. Add cereal mixture and shake until Puppy Chow separates into bite size clumps.

[SunDancer]

Gosh darn it, I got chex (wheat instead), would that work?

[General Mike]

Originally posted by SunDancer
Gosh darn it, I got chex (wheat instead), would that work?
It should be alright. The what chex is gonna give a little different flavor then Crispix (corn?) would, but it should still be pretty similar.

[SunDancer]

Originally posted by 3ric
Just salt and fresh ground black pepper with the crumbs will be fine, with an additional spice of your personal preference. Be careful with the breading while in the frying pan, don't move around the fish or turn the pieces over a lot. Breading rips easily until you've gotten a good crust on it, you need patience for it to look good.

Any recommends on what a spice?

[SunDancer]

How would you do a flour mix to bread a haddock in the frying pan?

[General Mike]

A friend of my mothers makes an amazing fried chicken. I am sure you could do something similar with fried fish.

First she would slice the chicken breast into thin slices. (about 1/4"). Then lightly moisten the chicken and dip into flour mixed with seasoned salt. After taking the chicken out of the flour mixture, dredge thru a beaten egg, and coat with bread crumbs. Lastly put it in the frying pan with just enough oil to cover the chicken on one side. Its a very quick recipe and very delicious. It goes really well with mashed potatoes or homemade french fries, and if you enjoy fish, it would probably be just as good if you substituted fish for chicken.

[SunDancer]

Alright...

I bought some Lemon Pepper, Breadcrumbs and a haddock fillet. Need your input..


Do I cut the skin of the haddock?

I thinking of taking the haddock, egging both sides, sprinkle some lemon pepper and salt, then bread it. That sound good, then cooking it in the pan on the stove? How long, how can you tell it's done?

[SunDancer]

I bought some haddock, lemon pepper and breadcrumbs today.

Questions:

How long do you cook it for, and do you cut the skin off the fish?


I plan on egging both sides of the haddock, and putting breadcrumbs on them. Then I'll sprinkle the lemon pepper and some salt on it. How long do you cut it for in the fpan on the stove?