Lunacy We all gotta eat, right? (Food Porn)

[bulllee]

Can we talk Chocolate ? 70% cacao and 50%, Belgian . I like to use chips and chunks. And I hand chop a bar of 80% and toss in for good luck

 

[momofthegoons]

Chicken Strudel - chicken, spinach, onions and muenster wrapped in filo.

 

[Tincandtoke]

There use to be a local company by the name Barq's, they had a very good Ginger ale. But I think all they do now is Root beer and Cream Soda. They also had pineapple, Lime , grape, and strawberry sodas. All were off the charts good with vanilla ice cream. Root beer with a couple of big scoops was the real deal

Infused cream/vanilla club soda is one of my priorities
Been dying to try a vanilla simple syrup
Picked up the beans
Just need to research
Barqs is the best
Up here we had a brand called Cotts that made the best cream soda in the area

 

[bulllee]

Chicken Strudel - chicken, spinach, onions and muenster wrapped in filo.

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YUMMY

 

[Vitolo]

Barqs is the best

Barq's, the one with Bite!

called Cotts

It's Cott to be good!

Loved them both!

 

[bulllee]

Infused cream/vanilla club soda is one of my priorities
Been dying to try a vanilla simple syrup
Picked up the beans
Just need to research
Barqs is the best
Up here we had a brand called Cotts that made the best cream soda in the area

1 cup sugar, 1 cup water, 1 or 2 vanilla beans. Split and scrape your vanilla beans into the water sugar mixture. Bring to a simmer about 5 minutes till sugar mixture is clear. Then bottle and let set minimum of a day. Some people will filter at this point, depends on what you use it for You can play around even further by adding a few drops of orange blossom water, or rose water ? Which is very interesting in drinks. All sorts of options for the DIY chefs

 

[Tincandtoke]

1 cup sugar, 1 cup water, 1 or 2 vanilla beans. Split and scrape your vanilla beans into the water sugar mixture. Bring to a simmer about 5 minutes till sugar mixture is clear. Then bottle and let set minimum of a day. Some people will filter at this point, depends on what you use it for You can play around even further by adding a few drops of orange blossom water, or rose water ? Which is very interesting in drinks. All sorts of options for the DIY chefs

actually very close to the simple syrup recipe i use for infusion
instead of 5 minutes you go 10 minutes and add another cup of sugar, you end up with a cook's illustrated invert simple syrup
what i will do is just add the vanilla bean right after the infusion
thanks for the recipe
was unsure of when to add the vanilla and if it should be filtered

 

[bulllee]

Split and scrape your vanilla beans into the water sugar mixture. Bring to a simmer about 5 minutes till sugar mixture is clear. Then bottle and let set minimum of a day. Some people will filter at this point, depends on what you use it for

 

[bulllee]

Grilled pork tenderloin, with homemade applesauce and gravy. Grilled potatoes with mushrooms and Blue cheese crumbles. Roasted asparagus

 

[bulllee]

The Muffin man came early

 

[bulllee]

 

[bulllee]

Sunday morning strawberry scones with fresh strawberry preserves

 

[bulllee]

Red chicken enchiladas, refries, and rice . Frozen margarita pie to cool down Wash it all down with Negro Mordello

 

[momofthegoons]

 

[bulllee]

Black and red cherry jam. I've used a little Amaretto, and vanilla, a pat of butter, lemon juice and SALT. Salt is a flavor enhancer, fruit just screams out for salt so why not a little in the jam ? I've got 10 - 4oz jars. Perfect for the HOLIDAY GIFTS Check out the cool cherry pitter !

 

[Marlon Rando]

good stuff @bulllee, where ya been all these months?
reminds me of this past week with my own canning, 'Millions of Peaches, Peaches for Free'!

 

[bulllee]

good stuff @bulllee, where ya been all these months?
reminds me of this past week with my own canning, 'Millions of Peaches, Peaches for Free'!
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@Helios , I was watching the wheels go round . Good to be back. Lovely looking peach jam ? How many peaches did it take ?

 

[Marlon Rando]

Good to be back. Lovely looking peach jam ? How many peaches did it take

your cookies and cakes were missed! regarding your question
joking aside, roughly a dozen

 

[momofthegoons]

Small rant. There are absolultely NO Greek restaurants left in the Detroit area. No true Greek restaurants. Greek town has become a 'No Go' zone. Too much crime and all the old school restaurants and markets are gone. So... one turns to 'Mediterranean' food. Tonight's fare:

Hummus and veggies.... I will say that this pita is the bomb diggity. It was fresh out of the oven when we got it.

Lamb and chicken kabobs with rice pilaf and grilled veggies. Now... I'm not a fan of these veggies because they pickle them. I'd prefer them without the pickling. The little grilled carrot rounds were not pickled and really, really good.

 

[bulllee]

Best Greek food I have eaten so far would be at the Greek festival, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church (Phoenix) ! The ladies there are incredible cooks. And the best thing is they are always cooking with love. You can taste the difference, the way they make their Dolmades, and when they try to out cook each other, damn I'm getting hungry then it's time for drinkin and dancin . They do know how to party, if you ever get a chance to dance and break plates , do it. You'll thank yourself.