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Weekly Cooking (and related issues) Thread

Posted on 08/10/2016 3:36:48 PM PDT by Jamestown1630

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To: mylife

It’s not ‘slinging hash’; it’s ‘making connections’.

Sleep Tight!

-JT


81 posted on 08/10/2016 8:00:04 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
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To: KC Burke

I love that story, what a wonderful memory to share. He knew how to make the most of those valleys....; )


82 posted on 08/10/2016 8:02:26 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: henkster

There is NOTHING wrong with Velvetta. :-) I actually prefer this type when making grilled cheese sandwiches. It melts easily. It’s also used when making Mac and Cheese along with the cheddar. And, yes, it’s been used with hominy as well.


83 posted on 08/10/2016 8:02:29 PM PDT by V K Lee (u TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP to TRIUMPH Follow the lead MAKE AMERICA GREAT)
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To: Jamestown1630

Sam’s Club has quite a cheese bin.


84 posted on 08/10/2016 8:04:13 PM PDT by mabarker1 (Progress- the opposite of congress)
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To: V K Lee

Thanks, V K! There is one very special Hominy recipe that I’ve been saving to try - and I’ll post about it soon.

-JT


85 posted on 08/10/2016 8:04:34 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
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To: V K Lee

Try adding Mexican “Menonita” Cheese which is really Amish


86 posted on 08/10/2016 8:06:14 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: CottonBall

A whole set? I’m jealous! The bread pan sounds good. With the waffle mat I put canola oil on my hands & rubbed it in all the nooks & crannies. I never expected them to turn out so well!


87 posted on 08/10/2016 8:08:51 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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Mennonite, brought from Germany


88 posted on 08/10/2016 8:10:52 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Jamestown1630

That is interesting about the glass pie pan. I use both ceramic & glass. Maybe I will stick to the ceramic dish.


89 posted on 08/10/2016 8:11:41 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: mylife

This one is new to me. Not the Mexican description so much (live in Texas so see a lot of Hispanic influence in cooking here), but the Amish cheese. I don’t recall seeing any of this in our local super markets. Must remember to search for it next time. Thanks for the tip :)


90 posted on 08/10/2016 8:13:41 PM PDT by V K Lee (u TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP to TRIUMPH Follow the lead MAKE AMERICA GREAT)
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To: V K Lee

You’re correct! There really isn’t anything wrong with Velveeta - even if there isn’t anything terribly ‘Right’ about it!

I stayed away from it for a long time, thinking it had bad ‘trans-fats’ - but it doesn’t, and it’s a great ingredient for things like Broccoli-Cheese soup, or Cheese Sauce over cauliflower. (I would add some real cheese to those recipes, for flavor, though...the Broccoli-Cheese soup recipes usually call for a garnish of real cheddar cheese on top, which really makes the recipe.)

-JT


91 posted on 08/10/2016 8:15:46 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
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To: V K Lee

I lied it is Mennonite. I associate them closely.

You can find it in most Mexican markets.

Good melting cheese and all natural.


92 posted on 08/10/2016 8:16:12 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: leaning conservative

He lived past 90 and next year is the hundredth anniversary of his birth.

I could tell a great story about him every day and easily go for a year. On another thread about men’s strength in the past I posted two stories on him this evening.


93 posted on 08/10/2016 8:19:44 PM PDT by KC Burke (Consider all of my posts as first drafts. (Apologies to L. Niven))
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To: Jamestown1630

Please do! Question for you, once the canned hominy is opened do you drain and then rinse or just use it in your recipe. I’ve never rinsed it as it would seem to defeat the taste somewhat. I could eat it cold mixed with chilled stewed tomatoes but prefer it hot with the flavor of meat grease or butter with some chopped jalapeno peppers tossed into the mix.


94 posted on 08/10/2016 8:23:55 PM PDT by V K Lee (u TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP to TRIUMPH Follow the lead MAKE AMERICA GREAT)
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To: V K Lee

I haven’t cooked with hominy, myself; I remember it from my childhood. I think my grandmother just drained the can, and threw the hominy into the bacon grease to fry.

The only vegetables that I will eat straight ‘out-of-the-can’, without heating well first, are very acidic things, like tomatoes, or pickled things. I don’t use canned corn, or beans, even in a salad, without giving them a short boil.

I’m not sure why; I will eat canned tuna and sardines out of the can with no worries; but there’s something about the more alkaline veggies that I must have picked up somewhere, so that they worry me.

“Better safe than sorry.”

-JT


95 posted on 08/10/2016 8:45:39 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
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To: Liz

Yum!


96 posted on 08/10/2016 11:12:02 PM PDT by kalee
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To: Liz

These are lots of work and calorie laden but oh my they are wonderful. http://www.tastingtable.com/cook/national/kouign-amann-french-pastry-recipe-butter-laminated-croissant-dough-dominique-ansel


97 posted on 08/10/2016 11:20:37 PM PDT by kalee
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To: kalee

Thanks.......these have been featured on food.com....glad to have the recipe.


98 posted on 08/11/2016 4:01:57 AM PDT by Liz (SAFE PLACE? A liberal's mind. Nothing's there. Nothing penetrates it.)
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To: Jamestown1630

Regarding purchased canned food. Grew up with the same thoughts being drilled into mind about food from a tin. Believe these were from the original introduction of tinned products. “Tin” being the key word. Containers these days are not the same containers of 50, 60 years ago. My lesson from youth was you never leave the food in the tin after it has been opened. You store it properly NEVER in the tin. The other half was not taught this Kitchen Rule and he will take a can of whatever, open it for use, put a piece of Saran plastic tightly on the opening and pop it in the fridge. Tuna, chili, whatever. After 30+ years of attempting to re-educate, he continues this same practice.
Also, when left in the can there are times when the food takes on a ‘tinny’ taste which is very unpleasant.


99 posted on 08/11/2016 4:38:12 AM PDT by V K Lee (u TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP to TRIUMPH Follow the lead MAKE AMERICA GREAT)
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To: Jamestown1630

Asked about the health aspect of canned foods, a doctor recounted that as a young man, he stocked cans on supermarket shelves....said one of his tasks was looking for “bulgers.”

So discard any cans that “bulge”.....means the contents are inedible.


100 posted on 08/11/2016 5:12:26 AM PDT by Liz (SAFE PLACE? A liberal's mind. Nothing's there. Nothing penetrates it.)
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