For a little something I'm working on elsewhere, I have need of the collective eclectic knowledge contained here....namely, your knowledge of food.
I need suggestions for dishes. Family recipes, uncommon, bizarre, or exotic. If you don't think anyone else would think of it, I'd care to have it.
As to what this is for...well. I'm assembling a menu, you see.... *shifty eyed*
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."
Chicken fettucine Florentine.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
cheese fondue (maybe)
Steak Tartare
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy
Quote:moose stew.
Chocolate Moose.
What? Served with mole, Mexican style.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
So, well, lessee. My grandmother - my mom's mother - used to do a pretty mean pig brain soup. This is a simple clear broth containing, well, I think the
meat goes without saying. This isn't uncommon in Teochew Chinese families, mind. My best friend's mom does this too.
Then there's 'kway chap' which refers to the noodle-like stuff...more like flat sheets of pasta...in brown sauce. That's the carbs you get
alongside the meat, see. The meat in this case generally being a mix of large intestines and small intestines from a pig, chopped and fried with black
soy-derived sauce. Other bits like liver and kidney may be involved. Beancurd (tofu) often features as well.
While we're still on the subject of pig, there's always the 'Pig's Organ Soup'. This strong-tasting broth contains familiar favourite bits
like the various intestines, stomach, and so on. The soup generally's done with some vegetables too - ginger, pickled salted veggies, etc. The real special
bit though - 'Pig's Organ Soup' is also served with blood cubes; that is, pig's blood that's been solidified into jelly-like chunks in the
soup.
Most of my the family does like jellied pork trotters - that'd be bits of leg and foot meat suspended inside a clear gel. When served, it's cut up into
rectangular strips. My mom's been talking about making this again; it's been a few years since she last did it. Usually, you get jellied pork leg - de
ka - along with ha zhoa, minced pork chunks inside a crispy deep-fried shell.
The pig is a very useful animal, you see.
How about seafood, now? Hm.
My grandmother - dad's mom - does pretty good fishcakes and fishcake-related products, like fishballs and yong tau fu...tofu stuffed with fish. Fishcake in
this case means grinding the fish meat down and mixing it with flour, so you get this springy chewy substance. Sorta like the meat in cheapass chicken franks,
except it doesn't suck.
Grandma also does pretty good ikan billis - that's a Malay thing, not Chinese, but in Southeast Asia there's a lot of overlap. Crispy dried anchovies,
basically. She makes her own Otah too, another Malay (or Peranakan) thing which would be...soft fish meat mixed with chilli and red pepper, etc, bundled up and
grilled inside pandan leaves. For a horribly racist Chinese woman that's mean to Muslims, she makes a lot of traditional Malay food. I suspect this is so
she doesn't need to buy it from 'em. =)
My grandfather, on the other hand, is a simple man who was quite satisfied to have just a few large fish eyes in his rice. Not necessarily removed from the
fish head.
-- Acyl
Onion pie, borscht, perogies... why yes, I am Polish.
Quote: OpMegs wrote:
For a little something I'm working on elsewhere, I have need of the collective eclectic knowledge contained here....namely, your knowledge of food.
I need suggestions for dishes. Family recipes, uncommon, bizarre, or exotic. If you don't think anyone else would think of it, I'd care to have it.
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I don't know how you could really do it, but a fanfic character I created had something that was called "Cajin Style Sushi"
The following is not cuisine or art. It's a quickie "bachelor" concoction that I came up with myself. But I like it a lot.
Texas Style Spaghetti Sauce:
One Jar of your favorite Spaghetti sauce (Mine's Prego).
One comparable sized can of Wolf Brand Chili (no beans).
Pour both into sauce pan. Stir.
Add in Oregano, basil, or any other spices that add zest. Apply by pouring directly over the sauce in the pan and dusting the surface thoroughly, then mixing
in.
Add a half cup of Parmesan or Romano cheese to thicken the sauce. Add more or less to your liking.
Heat and stir thoroughly for about 10 minutes. Let sit for 5.
Pour over spaghetti to taste.
The idea here is to use whatever you have handy to spice up the sauce. It's very forgiving.
One of my favorite snacks made around the holidays is Shit.
Yup. Shit.
Basically fry up ground turkey and ground breakfats sausage together.
Microwave it with cubes velveeta
Place a bit on cocktail Rye andbake in oven until brown.
It got the name Shit from my aunt who taught my mother the recipie. Being a bit of a smart ass, when my mother asked her what she called it, I'm not sure
if it was in jest or not, but she called it Shit.
It's been that ever since.
So when someone tells you to Eat Shit, you can say you have. And it was good. ^_^
Bachelor Stew: In a big skillet, fry up a pound of ground beef, drain. Add a cup or two of water, half to a full envelope of onion soup mix (depending on your
salt tolerance), and whatever vegetables you have handy -- carrots (sliced), (frozen) peas, celery, green beans. Simmer until the hardest vegetable in the
bunch is crisp-tender. If you didn't throw in potatoes, add a handful or two of egg noodles and bring to a boil; add water as needed to keep the stew from
drying out. When the noodles are soft, thicken the gravy with a couple tablespoons of cornstarch or flour mixed with twice as many tablespoons of cold water;
stir this into the stew and keep stirring until it thickens.
If you want to get fancy, replace up to half the original water with red wine.
ETA: I forgot to note spices, if you have them: Dill and thyme work well, and a bay leaf is always good; also salt and pepper to taste. I happen to like a
tiny sprinkle of ground cloves in many things, too, and this would be one of them.
Another one is a recipe my mom made a lot when I was a kid/teenager -- meatballs (beef) made with rice and raisins, served in a sweetish (sweet and sour?)
sauce. These were just called sweetballs.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
lets seee *gets his copy of the Nanny Ogg cookbook*
Banana Soup Surprise
Primal soup
Slumpie
Fikkun Haddock
Clooty Dumplings
Wow-wow Sauce
Chocolate Delight
now thise are real recipes that i have tried, pretty good. hope that helps
Hmm. My aunt's favorite meatball recipe:
1 box M&M Italian style frozen meatballs
1 jar honey-garlic sauce M & M brand or Diana sauce
Place meatballs (still frozen) in slow-cooker 6 - 8 hours before party starts and turn heat to low. Pour ? bottle of sauce over the meatballs and cover.
After 2 hours, stir the meatballs gently and add another ? bottle of sauce over the meatballs. Repeat after another 2 hours. Increase the temperature of the
cooker if necessary. Serve out of the cooker with toothpicks to eat.
The long slow method really makes better meat balls.
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Her homemade Black Forest cake is sinfully good too. It includes amongst other things real butter frosting. If you ever wanted to blow your diet and enjoy
doing it, that recipe is it.
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Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do.
There is a great book called 'The Devil's Picnic' that covers the food equivalent of Lord Byron - mad - bad and dangerous to know. Unpasteurized
cheese from France, Nordic Raw Liquor, and other such interesting unregulated things.
For sheer manly fun though, nothing tops a trip to the canned drink section of your local Chinese Market. Beverages that pour out in chunks or have the look
and consistency of frog spawn. Best served in large brandy snifters to fully appreciate what you are getting yourself into. From the same location, the
thousand year old eggs are a nice touch, for those who really want the solid-wall-of-pea soup feel as they vomit them back up; you can be your own exorcist
remake. Durian is also a good challenge food. They are tasty, provided that you hold your nose and think about the solstice. Dwarves and Orcs play American
football with Durians; and it is one of the few fruits that you can use in hand to hand combat. Forget bananas and raspberries, give me a Durian and release
the tiger.
Bob Schroeck Wrote:Quote:moose stew.
Chocolate Moose.
What? Served with mole, Mexican style.
[swedish chef]Poot de shocolate on de moose...[/swedish chef]
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"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin
If you'll allow fictional items, then I'll submit what may just be the best drink ever: "BBQ Soda". It's a glass of soda, with BBQ meat
hanging over the side of the glass... and somehow, it's good. (Attempts to recreate this in RL have run into various difficulties, however...)
There's also the "Natural Ice", a black ice cream that looks like it has dirt in it.
-Morgan. All our real food is boring or nameless...
Ooo speaking of strange Chinese food there is always Snake alcohol soup, Boiled Crab with marmite sauce, Fish head Curry and Ta Lo Poh choy. for a roughly
direct translation, Wife Beating veggies.
The story that goes along with the dish is that long ago a man brought home a big bunch of leafy veggies and told his wife to cook it for him, when dinner time
rolled around he was expecting a huge dish of leafy veggies but instead was served a very small plate. He asked his wife where the rest of it was and she told
him that she had used all the veggies he brought home. Angrily he ate his dinner and the next day he went out and brought back a bigger bunch of leafy veggies
and told his wife to cook it. When dinner time rolled around again he was served a slightly bigger plate of veggies than the night before. Convinced that his
wife was holding out on him he started beating her for lying to him. The truth was.... the veggies shrink when cooked.
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