FOODIES MEET HERE.

[Master Rel]

Fresh chorizo and eggs, toast, roasted red potatoes

Salad with tomatoes, olives, pickled red onion, garlic croutons
Pene with roasted chicken in a smoked mozzarella sauce

Small banana split with my frozen banana ribbons*


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* frozen banana ribbons

When the starches of bananas convert to sugars the skin reflects this by changing from green to yellow...the brown spots and sections represent were the sugars have ripened.

So your bananas have gone a day or two past where you will casually eat them?

Let Master Rel help you out...

peel said bananas (I buy 4-5 lbs of quick sale for .99)
put in bowl
a teaspoon (the small one) of brown sugar for every 2-3 bananas
pinch of salt, fresh cracked black pepper for the batch
a tablespoon (the big one or three teaspoons) of cinnamon for the batch
smash with potato masher
put in freezer zip lock, press out all air, lay flat

Once frozen you can stand it up.

For deserts you can shave this with a potato peeler or cut into small cubes...by itself or on a sunday.



Best of all, no banana ever need die of rot   

[kewlkev360]

So, today, I had oatmeal for breakfast, ramen for lunch, and garlic steak cubes for dinner. What did you guys have?

i had no breakfast, frozen chicken fries for lunch, and crap chicken n dumplings from a box for dinner.

 

[eerockk]

Ooooh! Can't wait until dinner this eve. My in-laws are coming from out of town for the weekend. My mother-in-law has ties to Goa, India, (Anglo-Poruguese-Indian colony) so she has a vast knowledge of how to construct a true Indian curry. This evening, we feast on the good stuff! I hope it's a Vindaloo too, cause, as discussed earlier, I like when capsaisin abuses every fiber in my body . I'll snap a photo (of the curry, not the spice abuse) later.

I foresee a good pass out on the couch after TPLA's Soresu this eve. 

What's your favorite curry style, Saberfoodites?

[TheHobbitofDune]

That sounds sooo good, eerockk I'm a huge fan of Indian curry. There is a tiny, secluded Indian buffet where I live and I used to eat there all the time Indian food in general is just so amazing.

My favorite curry style? I can't pick; I love them all

My mom also makes an extremely mean Indian lamb curry and a Chinese chicken curry that my grandma taught her her how to make, as well as a more Indian version.

[eerockk]

Yummo! I do prefer the Indian varieties, but I like how Chinese (and other Asian) curries are lighter and a little easier on the system.

Is this day over yet?

[Master Rel]

My favorite is Thai curry as a general category, as with other curries it is always different depending on regions, ingredients, tastes, etc.

I do like Thai Massaman curry which is a more Indian style curry, but I do prefer Thai Red curry (Gaeng Phet) with fresh coconut milk, chicken, and jasmine rice



It is spicy and hot without causing a numbing sensation lol.

[TheHobbitofDune]

I've never really liked Thai curry for some reason  As a kid I would eat it a lot but as I've grown older it just doesn't taste that great.

[Master Rel]

I've never really liked Thai curry for some reason  As a kid I would eat it a lot but as I've grown older it just doesn't taste that great.

Well...that leaves more for me!

 

[eerockk]

I love Thai curry as well, despite it being the lowest on my personal opinions of curries mentally-noted list. (Bet you had to read that twice...)

Jasmine rice is great too, but I'll take a straight-up Biryani-flavored basmati, or even a straight-up steamed basmati as the base any day.

That image of the Thai red made me wish this day ended sooner!

[eerockk]

Please pardon the double post, but as promised:



          ^^Daal (Lentils)                                              ^^Steamed basmati rice                                    ^^Chicken and potato curry   


The heat was under control with the chicken and potatoes, but the daal (spiced lentils), were very spicy and added a very nice backheat to the intense flavors curries deliver.

The curry was made with a can of diced tomatoes, 4 chopped potatoes, and 4 chicken drums and thighs, and half a jar of Pataks hot curry paste. It was well worth the wait!

[TheHobbitofDune]

Please tell me you saved some for me

[Master Rel]

Lol I also made curry tonight...red curry for me and miso soup for my wife.

I went vegi tonight because I forgot to buy meat...for some reason I had some chicken and then I didn't 

Potato, peas, onion, hot pepper flakes, pinch of brown sugar, fish sauce, garlic, two Thai bird chilies, yellow squash, red bell pepper, coconut milk (Thai import brand), two tablespoons of crunchy peanutbutter, and Thai Red Curry Paste.

Both dishes served with Jasmine rice.

[TheHobbitofDune]

I had roast duck and pork for dinner. Win.

[Rina Ascura]

Meat used as filling for pel'meni is usually spiced a little. Most recipes use onion and a small amount of black pepper, but I'm an onion-hater and prefer just pepper. You shouldn't use a lot of it, the end result should not be firebreathing.

If you use mashed potatoes or quark instead of meat, you'll get vareniki, or kolduny (Belarusian recipe) instead of pelmeni. Vareniki are usually half-circle-shaped, like Siberian pel\meni.

[Master Rel]

Quark, like a Paneer cheese?

Hmm sounds like fun