The Spiritualized cookery thread.
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The Spiritualized cookery thread.
In this thread we discuss food and food related things.
This is an extention of ro's now infamous 'Chip Buddy' thread...
I'll start: I'm pretty sure if you explained what a hot toddy was, any bar-man worth his salt should be able to supply you with one (tea with honey, lemon and brandy)
I want to point out again that I don't eat the dodgy fried dishes I mentioned in the Chip Buddy thread. But I do eat toast.
If you must know, a 'Black Pudding' is blood mixed with cerial encased in the pig's membrane stuff they put sausage meat in. There is also something called a 'white pudding', although more elusive than it's black brethren, I believe it is still eaten in certain 'backward' parts of the British Isles. I dread to think what's in it!
I do eat chip buttys on occassion, always with fish n chips. But not very often.
my favourite foods are probably stuffed vine leaves (dolmades), cheese, and persian chicken curry. I like stuffed aubergines as well when my friend makes it.
The other day the man at the market sold me what he called 'a curious fruit', it was like a cross between a fig and a pommegranite, but much smaller. I recommend it.
I seem to remember reading J once lived entirely on tomatoe soup!
I genuinely 'don't really like' any form of chocolate never have
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This is an extention of ro's now infamous 'Chip Buddy' thread...
I'll start: I'm pretty sure if you explained what a hot toddy was, any bar-man worth his salt should be able to supply you with one (tea with honey, lemon and brandy)
I want to point out again that I don't eat the dodgy fried dishes I mentioned in the Chip Buddy thread. But I do eat toast.
If you must know, a 'Black Pudding' is blood mixed with cerial encased in the pig's membrane stuff they put sausage meat in. There is also something called a 'white pudding', although more elusive than it's black brethren, I believe it is still eaten in certain 'backward' parts of the British Isles. I dread to think what's in it!
I do eat chip buttys on occassion, always with fish n chips. But not very often.
my favourite foods are probably stuffed vine leaves (dolmades), cheese, and persian chicken curry. I like stuffed aubergines as well when my friend makes it.
The other day the man at the market sold me what he called 'a curious fruit', it was like a cross between a fig and a pommegranite, but much smaller. I recommend it.
I seem to remember reading J once lived entirely on tomatoe soup!
I genuinely 'don't really like' any form of chocolate never have
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".....I'm pretty sure if you explained what a hot toddy was, any bar-man worth his salt should be able to supply you with one (tea with honey, lemon and brandy)"
haha! i'm sure you're right!
the problem was me.
i thought the bartender would know.
and now that you mention it, i've only gotten hot water/honey/lemon/brandy.
no tea.
".....I'm pretty sure if you explained what a hot toddy was, any bar-man worth his salt should be able to supply you with one (tea with honey, lemon and brandy)"
haha! i'm sure you're right!
the problem was me.
i thought the bartender would know.
and now that you mention it, i've only gotten hot water/honey/lemon/brandy.
no tea.
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I like dolmades too. Vine leaves have a very subtle but delicious taste.
Don't be afraid of white pudding. It's really nice. Its just made from grain and salt and spices. Be at one with the pudding....and relax.
As for the 'curious fruit' I think I'd like to try that.
Don't be afraid of white pudding. It's really nice. Its just made from grain and salt and spices. Be at one with the pudding....and relax.
As for the 'curious fruit' I think I'd like to try that.
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Stuffed aubergine is:
aubergine cut in half, length ways
then half hollowed out to make a kind of aubergine bowl
save the bit you've cut out
make some rice, the different couloured ones or wild rice works best
mix it with the bit of saved aubergine
put the rice in the aubergine
maybe a bit of mint and a few peas as well? sweetcorn if you want?
some 'erbs
put the whole thing in a hot oven for a while
take it out after abit and have a look at it
maybe abit of cheese on top? bit of cracked black pepper?
put it back in the oven
take it out when you think it's ready
and serve it with spicey, horeradishy coleslaw stuff made while waiting
enjoy
Yankees call aubergines EGGPLANTS (I think), or you might call them zuchinis. Anyway, the purple one...
You can make stuffed tomatoes in a similar way, BUT
instead of halving them just cut off the top
add abit more mint (optional with the aubergine)
don't use cheese
and use the big beefsteak tomatoes
and put the top back on before you cook it
FACT 1: Tomatoes are better for you cooked than raw, because they release some healthy thing that is only 'triggered' when cooked.
FACT 2: The only food in the world that contains an equal balance of yang and yin is brown rice
aubergine cut in half, length ways
then half hollowed out to make a kind of aubergine bowl
save the bit you've cut out
make some rice, the different couloured ones or wild rice works best
mix it with the bit of saved aubergine
put the rice in the aubergine
maybe a bit of mint and a few peas as well? sweetcorn if you want?
some 'erbs
put the whole thing in a hot oven for a while
take it out after abit and have a look at it
maybe abit of cheese on top? bit of cracked black pepper?
put it back in the oven
take it out when you think it's ready
and serve it with spicey, horeradishy coleslaw stuff made while waiting
enjoy
Yankees call aubergines EGGPLANTS (I think), or you might call them zuchinis. Anyway, the purple one...
You can make stuffed tomatoes in a similar way, BUT
instead of halving them just cut off the top
add abit more mint (optional with the aubergine)
don't use cheese
and use the big beefsteak tomatoes
and put the top back on before you cook it
FACT 1: Tomatoes are better for you cooked than raw, because they release some healthy thing that is only 'triggered' when cooked.
FACT 2: The only food in the world that contains an equal balance of yang and yin is brown rice
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Are you a scum?! If I told you I'm gonna walk up to a sensible point, then swim over to Ireland to give you a dry-slap, would that answer your question?Fuzzhead wrote:A guilty pleasure of mine is a Super Noodle butty. Nothing to be proud of - but it's a winner at the time.
Has to be the proper Super Noodles, and if I'm being fussy, chicken flavour!
Am I scum?
(I'll bring those cds with me aswell )
sort yer self aaart san, get some brown rice down you!
tho on the positive side, proper astronaughts eat dried food, so why shouldn't you?
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I said it was a guilty pleasure - not my staple diet! And I don't eat staples either.
I'll have you know Duppy, you old food snob you, I'm having a very scum-free tea tonight, except for the Dutch lager.
I'm cooking from scratch a very tasty meal of stir fried beef pieces with egg fried rice and some good old fashioned Irish bread.
But I did have a cheesburger & onion rings for lunch.
I'll have you know Duppy, you old food snob you, I'm having a very scum-free tea tonight, except for the Dutch lager.
I'm cooking from scratch a very tasty meal of stir fried beef pieces with egg fried rice and some good old fashioned Irish bread.
But I did have a cheesburger & onion rings for lunch.
nothin like a noodle sandwich!
are those like our ramen noodles? 59 cents?
in college i used to just run em under the hot water in the bathroom sink.
here's this:
1 avocado
1 mango
some cilantro
some red onion
juice of 1 lime
chop it all up small, mix it all together. yum.
can't quite find the words to say why.
are those like our ramen noodles? 59 cents?
in college i used to just run em under the hot water in the bathroom sink.
here's this:
1 avocado
1 mango
some cilantro
some red onion
juice of 1 lime
chop it all up small, mix it all together. yum.
this is haunting me.duppyconquerer wrote:The only food in the world that contains an equal balance of yang and yin is brown rice
can't quite find the words to say why.
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Duppy, I eat a lot of brown rice and pulses., A favourite of mine is to strt off with a load of finely chopped onion and garlic in a little oil. YOu can have some root ginger too if you like. Wait til its soft and add brown basmati rice. Let this absorb the oils for a bit and add a selction of spices of your choice. Add water (just enough to cover rice) and bring to boil then add in equal measure of chick peas, borlotti beans til the mixture is half beans/rice. Turn it down and put lid on. When the rice has nearly absorbed the water add a couple of desert spoons of lime pickle. Enjoy.
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lovely salad that eats like a meal:
place on a dinner plate - -
mixed baby herbs and field greens, organic if possible
generous helping of sprouts (your choice)
diced grilled boneless chicken breast (marinated 1/2 hr in hickory marinade and grilled till juicy)
diced cucumber
grape tomatos (little tiny ones, sooo sweet!)
diced raddish
sliced carrots
diced strawberries, blackberries, mandarine oranges
blueberries
raspberries
hard boiled eggs cut in half, buttered and sprinkled with salt & pepper while still warm
lightly drizzle salad with raspberry vinagrette dressing and enjoy. you can add just about anything you want to this recipe. dried fruits are very good too. let your imagination run wild!
place on a dinner plate - -
mixed baby herbs and field greens, organic if possible
generous helping of sprouts (your choice)
diced grilled boneless chicken breast (marinated 1/2 hr in hickory marinade and grilled till juicy)
diced cucumber
grape tomatos (little tiny ones, sooo sweet!)
diced raddish
sliced carrots
diced strawberries, blackberries, mandarine oranges
blueberries
raspberries
hard boiled eggs cut in half, buttered and sprinkled with salt & pepper while still warm
lightly drizzle salad with raspberry vinagrette dressing and enjoy. you can add just about anything you want to this recipe. dried fruits are very good too. let your imagination run wild!
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Ok, and when you grill that chicken, make sure to grill about 10 extra breasts and follow along:
in a large cake pan, spread out an even layer of broccolli florets. Frozen is fine, just make sure to dethaw and drain them well!
in a separate bowl, combine 1 can cream of chicken (or any cream based soup) with 3/4 cup Miracle Whip or Mayonase, 1 tbs of lemon juice and curry powder to taste (1-2 tsps is a good start) whisk together.
spread 1/2 of soup mixture on broccolli.
dice chicken breast into bite size pieces and layer on top of broccolli/soup. Spread remaining soup mixture on top of chicken layer. You may have to make more soup mixture cause you can get carried away with this plus it is that good.
Cover entire cassarole with a generous amount of shredded cheese, mild chedder works great as does colby or monteray jack.
Pop into an oven at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until heated through. Do not cover while baking as the cheese will make a nasty oil pool if you are using cheap oil based cheese. Enjoy!
in a large cake pan, spread out an even layer of broccolli florets. Frozen is fine, just make sure to dethaw and drain them well!
in a separate bowl, combine 1 can cream of chicken (or any cream based soup) with 3/4 cup Miracle Whip or Mayonase, 1 tbs of lemon juice and curry powder to taste (1-2 tsps is a good start) whisk together.
spread 1/2 of soup mixture on broccolli.
dice chicken breast into bite size pieces and layer on top of broccolli/soup. Spread remaining soup mixture on top of chicken layer. You may have to make more soup mixture cause you can get carried away with this plus it is that good.
Cover entire cassarole with a generous amount of shredded cheese, mild chedder works great as does colby or monteray jack.
Pop into an oven at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until heated through. Do not cover while baking as the cheese will make a nasty oil pool if you are using cheap oil based cheese. Enjoy!
Last edited by purespace on Sun Apr 30, 2006 3:22 pm, edited 2 times in total.
I think I feel it coming on
Quality starter for 2.
1 avocado, halved
2 king scallops, finely chopped
2 rashers smoked bacon, finely chopped
Juice of 1/2 orange
2 tbl spoons Hollandaise sauce
1 tsp chopped parsley
Fry off the bacon, add the scallops and cook for about 2 mins. Drain on kitchen paper.
Heat and reduce the orange juice til its sticky.
Combine orange juice, Holladaise, then add the other ingredients. Spoon into the hole left in the avocado where the stone was. Add black pepper.
Eat. A triumph you'll find.
1 avocado, halved
2 king scallops, finely chopped
2 rashers smoked bacon, finely chopped
Juice of 1/2 orange
2 tbl spoons Hollandaise sauce
1 tsp chopped parsley
Fry off the bacon, add the scallops and cook for about 2 mins. Drain on kitchen paper.
Heat and reduce the orange juice til its sticky.
Combine orange juice, Holladaise, then add the other ingredients. Spoon into the hole left in the avocado where the stone was. Add black pepper.
Eat. A triumph you'll find.
Fuzzhead wrote:You'll make a great wife oneday Ro!ro wrote:nothin like a noodle sandwich!
are those like our ramen noodles? 59 cents?
in college i used to just run em under the hot water in the bathroom sink.
"used to".
nowadays i at least use the kitchen tap
besides, any spouse of mine would have their share of runnng the noodles under the tap for us.
last night i made lentil soup:
sautee chopped garlic, crushed cumin seed and coriander in olive oil in a pot.
add chopped onion, keep cookin it
then fill it halfway w/ water and half as much small lentils
boil it for maybe 10 minutes then add lots of chopped carrot
simmer till the carrots are softened, another 10 minutes
add some vinegar
et voila- nice and simple with toast.
now it's off to the supermarket for some brown rice.
ORBITAL, what are pulses.?
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Sounds brilliant! Gonna deffinitely munch me some of that!purespace wrote:lovely salad that eats like a meal:
place on a dinner plate - -
mixed baby herbs and field greens, organic if possible
generous helping of sprouts (your choice)
diced grilled boneless chicken breast (marinated 1/2 hr in hickory marinade and grilled till juicy)
diced cucumber
grape tomatos (little tiny ones, sooo sweet!)
diced raddish
sliced carrots
diced strawberries, blackberries, mandarine oranges
blueberries
raspberries
hard boiled eggs cut in half, buttered and sprinkled with salt & pepper while still warm
lightly drizzle salad with raspberry vinagrette dressing and enjoy. you can add just about anything you want to this recipe. dried fruits are very good too. let your imagination run wild!
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Here's a nice veggie dish that can be served on it's own, or as part of a more extravagent Indian feast:
Feeds about 4 hungry people:
get some chick peas, if using dried ones then soak 'em over night, if canned make sure to rinse 'em well.
Heat a not overly generous bit of vegetable oil in a thick-bottomed saucepan, gently sweat 2 peeled n' finely chopped onions for a few minutes, stirring every now and again.
Add as many cloves of crushed garlic as you want (I like about 5 or 6), 2 tablespoons of grated root-ginger, 2 teaspoons of ground corriander, the seeds of about 10 or so cardamom pods, bit of black pepper and cayene pepper to taste (again, I like alot), continue cooking on a low flame for a few more minutes.
Add the juice of 1 lime, can of chopped tomatoes ( I get the cans of whole ones n' chop 'em myself for some reason).
Now it's time to add yer chick peas, you want to use around 800 g. little bit of salt? stir.
Cover with water (not hot water). Stir.
Let it gently simmer for about 20 minutes or enough time to ensure the liquid has virtually evaporated.
Serve in bowls. Garnish with 1 red onion, peeled, halved and thinly sliced, and 1 green chilli, thinly sliced.
Fact 1: What we know as 'Chilli Powder', is in fact a mixture of dried ground chilli, spices, salt and oregano. And 'Cayene Pepper' is just dried ground chillies!
Fact 2: This dish is best served with Naan or Poori bread, and a glass of mild Indian lager, such as Cobra.
Feeds about 4 hungry people:
get some chick peas, if using dried ones then soak 'em over night, if canned make sure to rinse 'em well.
Heat a not overly generous bit of vegetable oil in a thick-bottomed saucepan, gently sweat 2 peeled n' finely chopped onions for a few minutes, stirring every now and again.
Add as many cloves of crushed garlic as you want (I like about 5 or 6), 2 tablespoons of grated root-ginger, 2 teaspoons of ground corriander, the seeds of about 10 or so cardamom pods, bit of black pepper and cayene pepper to taste (again, I like alot), continue cooking on a low flame for a few more minutes.
Add the juice of 1 lime, can of chopped tomatoes ( I get the cans of whole ones n' chop 'em myself for some reason).
Now it's time to add yer chick peas, you want to use around 800 g. little bit of salt? stir.
Cover with water (not hot water). Stir.
Let it gently simmer for about 20 minutes or enough time to ensure the liquid has virtually evaporated.
Serve in bowls. Garnish with 1 red onion, peeled, halved and thinly sliced, and 1 green chilli, thinly sliced.
Fact 1: What we know as 'Chilli Powder', is in fact a mixture of dried ground chilli, spices, salt and oregano. And 'Cayene Pepper' is just dried ground chillies!
Fact 2: This dish is best served with Naan or Poori bread, and a glass of mild Indian lager, such as Cobra.
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harira soup:
1 tbsp olive oil
1 chopped onion
14 oz. or so of tomato, chopped
1/8 tsp ginger
1/8 tspn cinnamon
1/8 tsp turmeric
some saffron threads
about 10 sprigs cilantro
half as much parsley
salt n' pepa
1/2 c. lentils, rinse em
4 c. water
half a can garbanzo/chick peas
half a can fava/butter beans
1/4 c. capellini/angel hair pasta, broken into pieces
an egg, if you like that sort of thing in soup
lemon juice
sautee the onions in the oil in a soup pot.
mix tomatoes, spices, cilantro + parsley, s + p in a blender
till it's pretty smooth.
add that to the onions and bring it to a boil.
add lentils and water.
turn it down to low heat and cover till the lentils are done, 30 mins.
add the beans and boil again but not too high.
add the pasta, cook another 6-8 mins.
add the egg if you are so inclined, stir it in.
a little lemon juice on top.
this is for 4 people.
it's the traditional soup for breaking fast during ramadan,
in morocco i think.
it's really fuckin good.
1 tbsp olive oil
1 chopped onion
14 oz. or so of tomato, chopped
1/8 tsp ginger
1/8 tspn cinnamon
1/8 tsp turmeric
some saffron threads
about 10 sprigs cilantro
half as much parsley
salt n' pepa
1/2 c. lentils, rinse em
4 c. water
half a can garbanzo/chick peas
half a can fava/butter beans
1/4 c. capellini/angel hair pasta, broken into pieces
an egg, if you like that sort of thing in soup
lemon juice
sautee the onions in the oil in a soup pot.
mix tomatoes, spices, cilantro + parsley, s + p in a blender
till it's pretty smooth.
add that to the onions and bring it to a boil.
add lentils and water.
turn it down to low heat and cover till the lentils are done, 30 mins.
add the beans and boil again but not too high.
add the pasta, cook another 6-8 mins.
add the egg if you are so inclined, stir it in.
a little lemon juice on top.
this is for 4 people.
it's the traditional soup for breaking fast during ramadan,
in morocco i think.
it's really fuckin good.
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The influence of resonance on rice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkox6niJ1Wc
"There's an anthropososophic branch of science known as cymatic that deals with the way resonance affects things. The shapes formed in the rice are called Chadni figures. It states there is a connection between sound, vibrations and physical reality."
more recipies coming soon...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkox6niJ1Wc
"There's an anthropososophic branch of science known as cymatic that deals with the way resonance affects things. The shapes formed in the rice are called Chadni figures. It states there is a connection between sound, vibrations and physical reality."
more recipies coming soon...
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