Jesus christ a food thread

[SaintCrazy]

I love Chopped, actually, but don't get to watch much Food network here. I've mostly been looking up recipes online, looking at stuff on the back of food boxes, stuff like that.

This site has actually been really helpful, especially for basics like cooking meats and such.

Also, I did it, I made edible food. A pasta/tomato sauce/chicken combo. I was terrified of over/undercooking the chicken but it actually turned out great.

One step closer to Martha Stewart, right?

[Kergan]

Wow, you guys even have a food thread !
I'm cooking one of my favorite recipes, chicken breast with mustard/cream sauce (and sauteed potatoes, because potatoes go along with almost anything)
(Wait a minute ... is the english word for it really "sauteed" ?)

[Exeres]

So my cheesecake ended up being mostly alright. It's not mixed perfectly so some patches taste just a bit differently. The inside is slightly undercooked so it's a bit more sticky than it should be. The crust is perfect. The browned outside doesn't taste like it's burned, but I'm sure if I had left it in the oven any longer it would have.

Lesson learned: Next time, have a large baking dish ready so I can follow the proper recipe.

[Dire]

If it's just the steam that does it you could try putting another tray on a rack below with water in it. Might not need to sit in another bigger tray necessarily.

[SaintCrazy]

Fried up some sausage and put it in some yellow rice with peas and carrots. Surprisingly tasty, despite how simple it is.

[Kergan]

Yeah, a lot of good meals are also simple. I mean, I wouldn't trade the pasta w/ pesto I'm eating right now against some of the "sophisticated" meals I ate.

[TheStranger]

Made a blimpy burger for lunch. Ugh, too much

[Exeres]

Baking another cheesecake. This time I am doing the water thing. It looks good so far, I'll know for sure in half an hour.

EDIT: Success.

[Dire]

Congratulations

[Kamak]

Now make a rainbow cheesecake to summon me to your plane of existence.

[SaintCrazy]

I am quickly discovering that sausage is the easiest meat to add to anything. In this case a baked potato.

...this is like the most fattening thing ever and I love it.

Edit: ah, the inside isnt quite as baked as the rest of the potato. Guess thats what i get for using a big one.

[The Willow Witch]

French fries is bodaciously the easiest thing to make in the world.

You cut those spuds up (2).

You soak em for like a minute.

You put a shit load of spices and and maybe a little salt.

Bake em for a half an hour, then turn em over and put em in again for 15 minutes.

Then you serve them with like anything you want to dip them in.

(I like ranch, malt, and ketchup)

[frostedflake]

As an enjoyer of pie, I am currently indulging in some lemon meringue (store bought and it is hurting me, but $5 is $5). I realized that every time I bite into a lemon-type pie, I am secretly wanting Lemon Chess Pie (proper noun because of glory).

Now I am finishing this slice, and wondering what a lemon-chess meringue would be like. But I know the answer: it would be godly.

[Dire]

Successfully made paella. Was never able to to it before on our temperamental electric stove. I love this new gas stove.

[Rinoko]

I had to look up paella to see what it is. Man, that actually looks pretty good.