Shawna Posted August 10, 2009 Report Posted August 10, 2009 as a rather uninspired cook, a friend of mine turned me onto a place called Dream Dinners, which I tried out last month and the food was beyond good. It was mouthwateringly tasty... It's a place where you go online and pick your meals, then make an appointment to go there and you "assemble" those meals (main meat, spices, seasonings, whatever's necessary for the complete meal), and you bring them home in a cooler and freeze. Then when you're ready to fix it, you thaw it and pretty much just throw it in the oven. The upshot is I don't have extra ingredients that go bad in my fridge or otherwise, because I no longer have to buy a whole "bunch" of parsley, for example, and only use a little bit. So I'm hooked. My kid loves loves loves it. He gets a great meal and Mom doesn't gripe about having to come up with an idea for dinner. This place is definitely taylored for people like me.
pinkstones Posted August 10, 2009 Report Posted August 10, 2009 I love cooking. I'm one of those people who will see something on TV or a recipe in a magazine/newspaper and then go out and make it. I guess I got it from my mom. However baking is what I do best. My chocolate cream pie is to die for. Speaking of chocolate, right now I'm having a chocolate chip cookie and a Diet Coke.
BlueAngel Posted August 10, 2009 Report Posted August 10, 2009 I love cooking. I'm one of those people who will see something on TV or a recipe in a magazine/newspaper and then go out and make it. Same here. I love to cook and bake for my family and friends. Planning on making a lattice-top peach pie with lemon crust this weekend for a friend's party. However, currently not eating or drinking anything.
pinkstones Posted August 10, 2009 Report Posted August 10, 2009 Same here. I love to cook and bake for my family and friends. Planning on making a lattice-top peach pie with lemon crust this weekend for a friend's party. However, currently not eating or drinking anything. OOOOOH PEACH PIE. I used to live in Georgia so we made peach pie a lot. Put a very generous dollop of whipped cream on top and some peach ice cream on the side and I'm a happy gal.
Levis Posted August 11, 2009 Report Posted August 11, 2009 I'm the friend you baker-types bake for No really - my housemate bakes, as do nearly all my friends from uni and anywhere else. I'm sure I could bake as well, but I'd rather not find out that I can because if I am successful with ovens, the consequences will be dire
Levis Posted August 11, 2009 Report Posted August 11, 2009 I just destroyed a steak right down to the skeleton of the poor creature. No one knows what it was anymore. Everything here is boneless - that's no fun! Meat tastes SO much better on the bone. I have missed going *crunchcrunchcrunch*. I'm absent mindedly nibbling on leftover bone bits now.
The Seeker Posted August 11, 2009 Report Posted August 11, 2009 I like baking. It's more fun than cooking. Especially since eating raw dough is more fun than eating raw carrots or meat
Levis Posted August 12, 2009 Report Posted August 12, 2009 A cup of green tea with just one (1) spoon of sugar. This is such a shock to my system.
Levis Posted August 12, 2009 Report Posted August 12, 2009 Oh that's only the beginning - my housemate bought some herbal infusion (erroneously called 'tea') which has green stuff, fennel, peppermint and licorice. I'm having THAT with only a spoon of sugar. It's not even got my green tea health benefits!
Kevin Posted August 12, 2009 Report Posted August 12, 2009 (edited) I'm gonna to take a shot and generalize that , in my experience , Asians don't like licorice ( black , that is - red ( strawberry ) is more tolerable ) . Absolutely every Japanese over the 18 years that I have offered licorice to finds it as delicious as one would rancid candy and immediately want it out of their mouths. The same holds for root beer . Both are for sale here in very limited and specialty stores , but I don't think it is for the locals . Curiously , though , Star anise , a very popular cooking ingredient which both smells and tastes rather the same is loved . Go figure . Edited August 12, 2009 by Guest
Levis Posted August 12, 2009 Report Posted August 12, 2009 The taste of fennel is supposed to be similar to licorice. I love fennel, I use it in my tea and it's yummy on its own too (with a bit of rock sugar and shredded coconut)
The Seeker Posted August 12, 2009 Report Posted August 12, 2009 Watch out for salmonella..... I know, but it's so tempting.
The Seeker Posted August 12, 2009 Report Posted August 12, 2009 I've developed an addiction to fruit-flavoured mentos, so I'm catering to that right now.
Floydaholic Posted August 12, 2009 Report Posted August 12, 2009 Are you coo coo for coco pops? Yes, especially the official ones
pinkstones Posted August 12, 2009 Report Posted August 12, 2009 A leftover biscuit from dinner yesterday and a Diet Coke.
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