The CMON Cookbook

[Sakura]

@ Equus: You don\'t happen to have a good okonomiaki recipe? I always wanted to try that.

And I\'m looking for an original American pie recipe. The last one I tried somehow looked ok as it got out of the oven, but after I transported it to my boyfriend it looked like that. (And it don\'t fall down or anything.)

???

 

[Equus]

@ Sakura - I know my sister has a few cookbooks, one of them I think is pretty much Japanese American recipes from Hawaii. I\'ll take a look sometime when I\'m home. Think she also has quite a few baking cook books, so I can take a look for a good apple pie recipe as well.

There are a few advantages to living with my sister, not the least of which is she likes to cook.

EDIT - That is an odd looking apple pie. Almost looks like there was some strange carmelization or something.

 

[No Such Agency]

Hmm... I admit I don\'t cook much, and when I do, it tends to be of the \"stir fry random things in a sauce made of semi-random quantities of soy sauce, ginger, sesame oil and peanut butter\" variety - pretty \"empirical\". Anyway, here are two recipes which are good for entertaining:

1. Mango Salsa

2 ripe mangoes - peeled, pitted and chopped
1 large serano chile, minced (or some other chile/hot sauce to taste)
1 small onion, minced
1 large clove of garlic, minced
Juice of 2 limes
Salt & ground pepper to taste

Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Store in a sealed container in refrigerator.

Yield ~ 1.5 cups

2. Basic Brownies (no-nuts for us allergic types)

Components:
2 oz (2 squares) unsweetened chocolate
1/2 cup butter/margarine
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
3/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla

optional: 1 cup peanuts or 1/2 cup white chocolate chips

Melt chocolate & butter together in a double boiler. Remove from heat and mix with other ingredients in a medium sized bowl. Add peanuts or chips last and mix in well. Put in a well-greased 9\" square baking dish (preferably Pyrex glass) and bake at 350\'F for 25-30 minutes, testing done-ness with a toothpick.

 

[Shawn R. L.]

This is home made Chai type tea.


Black tea
Nutmeg
Sugar
Cream or mild
Ice

Steep tea, nutmeg and sugar. Add cream and ice....enjoy!

 

[provoke_me]

take anything you like to eat.
batter it
deep fry it.
enjoy
its the american way

 

[Sakura]

Orginal gepostet von Equus
EDIT - That is an odd looking apple pie. Almost looks like there was some strange carmelization or something.

It\'s actually no apple, but a berry pie. Sorry, I forgot you call apple- pies american. I just meant an generic fruit pie. I call them american, because I have mostly seen them in american films.

 

[Naukhel]

Easy dessert

This is, perhaps, the easiest to make dessert that I\'m aware of, other than Jell-O pudding...

Butterscotch Oat Squares

Preheat Oven to 350 F.

2 cups Oatmeal
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup melted butter
1 tsp vanilla extract

Mix ingredients in a mixing bowl thoroughly.
Pat down gently in flat pan, about 1/4 inch thick.
Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until golden brown.

Makes for a very tasty granola bar-like treat.

 

[Equus]

Originally posted by Sakura

Orginal gepostet von Equus
EDIT - That is an odd looking apple pie. Almost looks like there was some strange carmelization or something.

It\'s actually no apple, but a berry pie. Sorry, I forgot you call apple- pies american. I just meant an generic fruit pie. I call them american, because I have mostly seen them in american films.

Ah...berry pie...that makes sense. ^_^ I\'ll see if we have some good fruit pie recipes around the house as well. Chances are good that we do.

The other recipes that I want to post are going to probably have to wait until the weekend. No time. :~(

 

[Sturmhalo]

How to make a rather p*ssed sturmhalo:

3 pints of lager
1 large whiskey

(all served on an empty stomach)

Then add:

1 tray of chips and peas with a large battered sausage
The last bit of rancid Amaretto you bought that time your now ex GF came round.
1 slice of pizza
And finally various crisps with felt tip pen on them.

Garlic sauce and BBQ sauce smeared around the face is optional.

Enjoy!

 

[marineboy]

Is that a traditional dish, Strum?:innocent:

 

[Duende]

Great.. I gotta follow Strum\'s post...

Anyway, I\'m not really much of a cook, but I do have a recipie for some good cookies! My mom would only make these around Christmastime and they were my favorites. They are different form other cookies in that they weren\'t hard and crumbly, or thick and chewy, but had a \"spongy\" consistency. Even my cat liked them, she stole one once when my back was turned So here it is:

Chocolate Chip Vanilla Drop Cookies

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups + 2T. sifted flour
1/2 t. baking soda
1/4 t. salt
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs (beaten)
1/2 cup sour milk (can add 1 T lemon juice to regular milk to sour it)
1 t. vanilla
1/2 bag of chocolate chips (bags are usually 11.5 oz)

Directions:

Sift flour, salt, soda together. Cream the butter, adding the sugar gradually. Add eggs and blend well. Add the flour mix alternately with the milk. Add the vanilla and mix well. Add chocolate chips.
Drop by the teaspoon onto ungreased cookis sheet. Bake approximately 10 min. at 350 degrees F.

*for those who may need to know: t. = teaspoon and T. = Tablespoon = 3 t.

Enjoy!

 

[RedDawn]

OK - I\'m cheating...

I posted this on the BBQ thread and just cut and pasted it here.

Scott/Grumb\'s Fabulous Ribs

First, find flanken-style ribs (cut across the bone - they\'re thinner and cook more evenly).

Mix together the dry rub:

1 part black pepper
2 parts salt (regular is fine!)
3 parts sugar (we use Splenda and it doesn\'t carmalize as well, but...)

Press the rib into the dry rub on all sides and place in a high-sided dish. (When we do a lot we put them in a lasagna pan.)

After you have a layer of ribs done douse with Worcestshire sauce.

Repeat until all ribs are coated with dry-rub and each layer has been doused with Wor. sauce.

Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 min. (The longer you leave them the more tender they will be - best is overnight.)

Grill on med. - med. high flame and marinate occas. with FRESH Worces. sauce - NOT the stuff from the marinating pan! Check doneness by cutting off pieces of meat while grilling and eating before anyone notices (that way you don\'t have to share!).

These ribs are awesome and will probably be served after Atlanta Games Day next year! (Along with cold beers, of course!)

Also sent one of my favorite recipes to Margo and she said she liked it.

@Marineboy - this would probably work for your veggie month.

(I use Vidalia onions, but they are only grown in south GA and probably aren\'t available everywhere. Use any sweet white onion available.)

Onion-Cheese Casserole

(for a 9 x 13 inch casserole dish)

6-7 med.-large onions
shredded sharp cheddar cheese
crushed crackers - cheese such as Cheez-its are best, but butter crackers (Club, etc.) work well too. Saltines aren\'t so great.

Slice the onions and place them on the bottom of the casserole dish. Cover with a layer of shredded cheese. Keep alternating between onion layers and cheese layers with a cheese layer on top. (It will be mounded up on top.) Liberally sprinkle crushed crackers on top and cook in 350 degree oven for about 30 min. Onions will really condense down.

Mmmm - now I\'m hungry!

 

[QuietiManes]

@ Provoke_Me: Have you ever had deep fried pickles? DAYUM they\'re good! Hard to come by around here though

@ Everyone else: Doesnt anyone have a microwave? Remove from box, heat, eat. That\'s how I do most of my cooking anyway. Maybe that\'s just the Canadian* way (*add cheap lazy unhealthy?). When I\'m feeling extra \"chefy\" I\'ll throw down some kraft dinner or hot dogs or both. lol

I\'m actually not quite that bad, but it\'s close.

 

[Naukhel]

Eh?
The Canadian way, eh?
I\'m Canadian, and I cook.
NSA\'s Canadian, and he\'s got a recipe up, too.
Laziness is inherent in Ottawa. It\'s all the politicians rubbing off on you.
lol

 

[Sakura]

A nice spice soup- recipe I just tried:
Ramen- soup
1 onion
2 pieces of garlic
1 Chili
1 ts. Five- spices- powder
5-6 spoons soysauce
4 spoons sake
800ml chicken broth
200g schnitzel
250g ramen- noodles (I used Mie)
200g frozen spinach- leafs
2 spring onions
Cut the onion into small cubes. Press the garlic and cut the chili fine. Put some oil into a pot and heat it. Roast the onion in it for 5 min. then add the chili, spice- powder and garlic. Let it roast some more, than add the soysauce and sake. Pour the chicken broth over it. Let it cook for 10 min.
Meanwhile cut the schnitzle in small stripes and cook the noodles as stated on the packing. Put schnitzle, noodles and spinach to the soup and boil. Cut the springonion in slices and put over the soup. Serve.

You really should eat it with chopsticks, it\'s quite difficult to eat those long noodles with a spoon. And it\'s more fun that way, if not exactly clean.lol

 

[RedDawn]

Originally posted by QuietiManes
@ Provoke_Me: Have you ever had deep fried pickles? DAYUM they\'re good! Hard to come by around here though

I LOOOOVE deep-fried pickles! (and deep-fried mushrooms, and deep-fried shrimp, and deep-fried....)

And here I thought only Southerners would deep-fry anything!

 

[Sakura]

My beloved boyfriend deep- fried a carrot once. And he liked it, too:|~

 

[freakinacage]

damn you all - i\'m drooling on my keyboard!!!

here\'s one i make every now an then because it quick, easy and filling.

400g lean minced beef
one large onion, diced
one tin of chopped toms
tom puree
can of beans
oxo cube (any beef stock cube will do)
some ale

fry beef and when brown/grey, add onion. add oxo cube, chopped tomes, a generous dollop of tom puree and a good splash of ale (drink whats left before it gets warm, then have a couple more...) leave to simmer for 15 mins then add the beans and continue to simmer for anothe 5. enjoy with a generous portion of buttery mash and veg of your choice

 

[Duende]

Originally posted by RedDawn
And here I thought only Southerners would deep-fry anything!

And here I thought Southerners deep-fried EVERYTHING!

Babies are raised on deep-fried milk... lol

 

[RedDawn]

@Duende - only if their mamas sun-bathed a lot!