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Magrus · Post by **Magrus** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 6:35 pm

I'll have to try that with a few modifications. A friend of mine will be alone when her parents go on vacation in about a week, maybe I'll cook that with her when I go to keep her company.

jopperm2 · Post by **jopperm2** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:21 am

WHAT! Magrus gets a proposal from Brynn!!!??? I'm a freakin master cook! I'll cook gourmet meals for you all day long Brynn.

I'm hurt.

I have so many recipes it's shameful I specialize in American/Southern, as well as French, Low Glycemic Index, and some German. I can do most anything though. If anyone needs any ideas, I have em.

Magrus · Post by **Magrus** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:29 am

[QUOTE=jopperm2]WHAT! Magrus gets a proposal from Brynn!!!??? I'm a freakin master cook! I'll cook gourmet meals for you all day long Brynn.

I'm hurt.

I have so many recipes it's shameful I specialize in American/Southern, as well as French, Low Glycemic Index, and some German. I can do most anything though. If anyone needs any ideas, I have em.[/QUOTE]

Oh, she was joking, we went over this one before. She wants my talents in her boyfriend or some such thing I think it was. My memories bad though..

Any recipes for marinades for steaks and chicken and such? I went into a culinary arts class hoping for a lesson on improving my skills with grilling and marinades. Nope, all stuff to do with fish and crumpets.

Oh, and stoners sneaking in bags on the day we baked gourmet brownies.

If your gonna chance getting caught bringing drugs into a class, might as well do it RIGHT not ruin your drugs.

giles337 · Post by **giles337** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 12:28 pm

For the same reason as your tomatoes, if I had to use a fresh clove of garlic every time I wanted garlic, I'd spend a few hours a day preparing garlic for my cooking.

Georgi wrote:Jars/tubes of garlic are not only lazy, but a really expensive way to buy garlic, IMO. Even if you want several cloves for a recipe, it doesn't take that long to crush/chop, especially if you have a decent garlic crusher. Not that I'm judging you, that's just why I don't buy the stuff.

And you know? It's even quicker and easier if you don't use a crusher! I find garlic crushers laboriously tricky to clean. It is easy and quick enough to chop garlic, if you leave the tip end of the knife on your chopping board, and just pivot the knife up and down rapidly on it, with practise, it'll come. (I can peel and finely chop a couple of cloves of garlic in about a minute, tops.) To peel a clove of garlic quickly, just press hard on it with your thumb. The skin will all crack off instatly, and it leaves you with a peeled clove.

Just an interesting side note, If you are so inclined, now is the perfect time to start planting garlic. Just seperate the cloves, and plant them in about two inches deep. Come autumn-ish (when the foliage begins to die off) then you will have beautiful tasting garlic, which is indescribably better than shop bought varieties. Enjoy

Magrus · Post by **Magrus** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 1:06 pm

I would plant a garden in the yard here, except the deranged moronic beasts I live with would eat/deficate on my garden and I would be wasting my time.

When I choose to cook a really nice meal, I'll go buy fresh garlic, for everyday cooking though. It's just me I cook for, and the spices here are free, so I just use those. It's simpler for me and doesn't cost me a dime. There is a definite difference between using fresh garlic and the powdered stuff, but I use garlic so often, I prefer to save that for special occasions. I cook the same things over and over so it's nice to have that little difference.

Ok, so, I think I've decided on what I want to do with my booze smoothies.

Here's three recipes I plan on trying in about a week or so, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on these. For budget purposes, I'll be using those $13 1.75 liter handles of booze as I'll also need to buy fresh fruit. No sense blowing $120 dollars on a bunch of booze your going to use with all sorts of mixers.

Guide: Ingredients in italics are Blended

My Rum Fruit Smoothie
1.75 liters of rum
2 Canteloupe
1 pint Cherries
1 pint Strawberries
1 pint Blackberries
1 pint Raspberries
1/2 Watermelon

Wash, cut, blend fruit until smooth, toss into container full of rum, stir. Let soak at least 4 hours, then stir immediately before stirring. Store in fridge/cooler until ready to serve

My Vodka Fruit Smoothie
1.75 liters of vodka
2 bananas
6 oranges
6 apples
1 pint cherries
1 lemon
1 liter Sprite

As above, only adding sprite before stirring and serving.

My Rum and Vodka Smoothie
1 liter rum
1 liter vodka
1 pint cherries
1 pint blackberries
1 pint raspberries
1 pint strawberries
1 cantelope
1/4 watermelon
2 oranges
2 bananas
2 apples
1/2 gallon strawberry ice cream

As above, blend, stir, let soak over night, excluding ice cream. Store in freezer instead of fridge. Blend ice cream, stir into mixture and serve.

Thoughts? Suggestions?

Donations?

jopperm2 · Post by **jopperm2** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 2:18 pm

Always stir immediately before stirring. Very important.

Suggestions? Get rid of the rum and fruit.

Magrus · Post by **Magrus** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 2:30 pm

[QUOTE=jopperm2]Always stir immediately before stirring. Very important.

Suggestions? Get rid of the rum and fruit.

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Ha sorry, I was tending a baby while typing. Stir immediately before SERVING.

But that just leaves vodka, sprite and ice cream. I've done vodka milkshakes before. Those were good...girls wouldn't drink them though because of all of the ice cream and calories and stuff. Fruit smoothies however, they can drink as much as they want with me.

jopperm2 · Post by **jopperm2** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 2:37 pm

Oh yeah, almost forgot. Leave out the Sprite and Ice Cream too.

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 2:38 pm

I have a pseudo chilli recipe (made with black beans) that everyone really likes, I can post it if you like.

jopperm2 · Post by **jopperm2** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 2:43 pm

Ooh.. Post that! I'm always looking for chili recipies..

I tried one recently that has cinnamon in it. I didn't like it much.

I have a recipe at home that simulates the zuppa toscana from Olive Garden if anyone is a fan of that.

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 2:51 pm

[QUOTE=jopperm2]Ooh.. Post that! I'm always looking for chili recipies..

I tried one recently that has cinnamon in it. I didn't like it much.

I have a recipe at home that simulates the zuppa toscana from Olive Garden if anyone is a fan of that.[/QUOTE]

lol, okay

Though this has both cinnamon and citrus juice in it, so it may not be to your tastes.

Black Tusk Black Bean Chilli

Ingredients

* 1 cup dried black beans
* 1 cup smoked, dried black beans (sometimes found in natural food stores)
* 1 tin tomatoes (try to get the oven roasted variety made by Eden, they have a nice smoky flavour)
* 1 bottle good dark beer such as a Guiness or Porter
* the juice of two freshly squeezed oranges
* the juice of one freshly squeezed lime
* 1 - 2 home roasted red or yellow bell peppers, chopped (if you don't know how to roast bell peppers let me know

)
* 2 yellow onions, chopped
* cillantro, finely chopped (quantity to taste)
* 2 dried ancho chilli peppers and/or 1 tin of chipotles in adobo sauce (depending on the level of heat you prefer)
* 1 whole bud roasted garlic (roast it alongside the bell peppers)
* ground cumin (to taste)
* 1 tin hominy corn
* 1 cinnamon stick
* a few teaspoons Dutch cocoa powder
* a shot of feshly brewed espesso (a couple ounces of good regular coffee will work too, but espresso is better)
* One high quality chorizo sausage (optional)

garnish

* 1 red pepper, minced
* a small red onion, minced
* finely chopped cillantro
* corn tortillas
* sour cream

1. Prepare beans by soaking at least 8 hours.
2. roast garlic bud(takes about 45 minutes.....)
3. In a large pot, saute yellow onions until translucent, then add chopped red pepper. (if you didn't roast it)
4. Add all remaining ingredients (including the now roasted garlic and the cinnamon stick, but not the stuff for the garnish)
5. bring to a boil, and simmer for about 45 minutes (at least)

Before serving:

Saute tortillas (cut into strips) until crisp, arrange them in a spiral pattern on top of steaming bowls of chilli. In the centre of each bowl, place a dollop of sour cream, and artfully sprinkle minced vegetables and cillantro on top of the cream

bon appetit!

Magrus · Post by **Magrus** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 2:58 pm

[QUOTE=jopperm2]Oh yeah, almost forgot. Leave out the Sprite and Ice Cream too.

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Well, if I do it the way I think I will, given some sort of monetary help with my friends of coures I'll have 3.5 liters of both rum and vodka. I'll be able to just do shots with .75 liters of each left over from those recipes.

The way to do vodka in shots, is to double fist two cups. One full of ice cold vodka, no ice, dilutes the booze. Second, half vodka and half cola. After 2-3 drinks from both cups, the buzz is on and you just refill as needed. Shot from the left hand, chase from the right hand. Double booze.

I don't plan on getting THAT wasted every night I'm there though. I figure I'll cut those recipes in half or quarters and parcel them out over 2-4 days drinking while I'm there. I can drink one of those recipes myself in a day. The girls though, a cup of a mix like that would get them good and drunk.

jopperm2 · Post by **jopperm2** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 3:10 pm

Wow! That sounds like a good chili DW! Complex though!

The one I did had like 3 Tbl of ground cinnamon. It was too much. I've never thought of coffee or OJ before.

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 3:15 pm

[QUOTE=jopperm2]Wow! That sounds like a good chili DW! Complex though!

The one I did had like 3 Tbl of ground cinnamon. It was too much. I've never thought of coffee or OJ before.[/QUOTE]

Thanks

The only thing really complex is the flavour. Though it looks like a lot of work, it actually comes together reasonably quickly.

jopperm2 · Post by **jopperm2** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 3:21 pm

It looks to have a real Mexican flavor, not your typical Texan.

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 3:24 pm

[QUOTE=jopperm2]It looks to have a real Mexican flavor, not your typical Texan.[/QUOTE] Well, I don't think I've ever really had authentic Texan Chilli, and the Mexican food I'm most familiar with is either TexMex or CoastyMex. So I'm not sure I can say

But it does have a nice combination of smoke, depth and citrus, and all the flavours balance one another out well.

jopperm2 · Post by **jopperm2** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 3:32 pm

In my experience, Cilantro goes very well with tomato and citrus. Also Chorizo is very Mexican. IIRC it's not used so much in TexMex.

Cuchulain82 · Post by **Cuchulain82** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 3:47 pm

[QUOTE=Magrus]Well, if I do it the way I think I will, given some sort of monetary help with my friends of coures I'll have 3.5 liters of both rum and vodka. I'll be able to just do shots with .75 liters of each left over from those recipes.

The way to do vodka in shots, is to double fist two cups. One full of ice cold vodka, no ice, dilutes the booze. Second, half vodka and half cola. After 2-3 drinks from both cups, the buzz is on and you just refill as needed. Shot from the left hand, chase from the right hand. Double booze.

I don't plan on getting THAT wasted every night I'm there though. I figure I'll cut those recipes in half or quarters and parcel them out over 2-4 days drinking while I'm there. I can drink one of those recipes myself in a day. The girls though, a cup of a mix like that would get them good and drunk.

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I think almost everyone saw it already in the Coke v. Pepsi thread, but if you are interested in a drink that is easy and also impressively exotic, try a mojito.

Since I hinted at it, I will also put down the margarita recipe:

This is a special, personal recipe. It makes really good, albeit strong, drinks.

Ingredients:

-Juice from 10-15 limes
-Tequila
-Triple Sec
-Water

Instructions:

The trick to this recipe is the ratio- for every 1 part lime juice, you should add 1 part water, 2 parts tequila, and 1-2 parts triple sec to taste. Mix, and then serve it not frozen, but rather over ice.

Be cautioned, however, because the juice from 15 limes is usually about 175-200 mL. If you do the math, you will realize that if you follow this recipe you will add a bottle each of triple sec and tequila to and equal amount of the lime juice/water mix.

The drinks are not strong tasting however! The triple sec and kills the tequila taste, the water softens the lime juice so it isn't too strong, but the lime juice is strong enough to kill the triple sec sweetness. It really is an amazing recipe, especially if it is ice cold.

My only caution is against drinking them too quickly- if you drink more than 2 of these in a night, be ready for a bender. If you only have 1 or 2, the are great tasting and get you happy but not hammered. Give them a shot and give me some feedback.

Magrus · Post by **Magrus** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 3:56 pm

[QUOTE=Cuchulain82]I think almost everyone saw it already in the Coke v. Pepsi thread, but if you are interested in a drink that is easy and also impressively exotic, try a mojito.

Since I hinted at it, I will also put down the margarita recipe:

This is a special, personal recipe. It makes really good, albeit strong, drinks.

Ingredients:

-Juice from 10-15 limes
-Tequila
-Triple Sec
-Water

Instructions:

The trick to this recipe is the ratio- for every 1 part lime juice, you should add 1 part water, 2 parts tequila, and 1-2 parts triple sec to taste. Mix, and then serve it not frozen, but rather over ice.

Be cautioned, however, because the juice from 15 limes is usually about 175-200 mL. If you do the math, you will realize that if you follow this recipe you will add a bottle each of triple sec and tequila to and equal amount of the lime juice/water mix.

The drinks are not strong tasting however! The triple sec and kills the tequila taste, the water softens the lime juice so it isn't too strong, but the lime juice is strong enough to kill the triple sec sweetness. It really is an amazing recipe, especially if it is ice cold.

My only caution is against drinking them too quickly- if you drink more than 2 of these in a night, be ready for a bender. If you only have 1 or 2, the are great tasting and get you happy but not hammered. Give them a shot and give me some feedback.[/QUOTE]

Strong drinks are good for me. I'll have to try that. I'll get ahold of my friends with the two recipes you've provided and mine and vote on what we're doing at the week long party. Money would be an issue trying to afford all of them so democractic way has to come into play. A shame booze isn't free.

jopperm2 · Post by **jopperm2** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 4:04 pm

Here's a recipe for dirt cheap margueritas:

1/2 a Bottle of Tequila, I like Cuervo Gold.
Two tubes of frozen limade concentrate
One of those little containers of ReaLemon Lemon juice
a couple of trays of ice cubes.
A cup of sugar.
Blend and enjoy

These will get you trashed though so be careful.