On 03-20-20 00:08, ryan wrote to All <=-
Hey folks,
I hope everyone is in good health and carrying on as well as possible considering the current global condition. What a nightmare.
Quoting ryan to All <=-
Anyone else having some fun coming up with recipes?
Yesterday marinated chicken hearts in Soy sauce, ginger, garlic,
sesame oil for an hour, fried with what I could save from a red
pepper, onion and some brown rice.
On 03-20-20 01:25, ryan wrote to Tiny <=-
Yesterday marinated chicken hearts in Soy sauce, ginger, garlic,
sesame oil for an hour, fried with what I could save from a red
pepper, onion and some brown rice.
Excellent. I love fried rice.
Rice is one thing we couldn't buy at all here. :/
On 03-20-20 02:37, ryan wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Rice is one thing we couldn't buy at all here. :/
All I've been able to find is rice-a-roni pilaf rice. It's good,
but...I'm getting sick of it lol.
Anyone else having some fun coming up with recipes?
LOL we'll see what happens here. It's totally ludicrous. I live in a country capable of producing 3 times as much food as it needs (we
export a lot, normally), so sooner or later, we're going to have a
huge glut on our hands here.
On 03-21-20 03:39, Spectre wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Mebbe, obviously we don't know what anyone else is doing :) But over
here we've got our tide you over supply, put aside and still working
day to day on what comes out of the supermarket. So it may not drop
off as fast as you might
expect. I'm also expecting we're going to have plenty of time to use
it up.
Yes, procuring food has been a nightmare, but so far, we've been very successful. Only thing we didn't get this time around was dry pasta, but we found a substitute. Got a bit lucky at the butcher - they found
some mince out the back. Being a loyal customer of nearly 10 years standing helps, when it comes to local small businesses. :)
Rice is one thing we couldn't buy at all here. :/
Rice is one thing we couldn't buy at all here. :/
On 03-20-20 20:49, Spectre wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Hmm we ended up with bangers 'n mash today.. Which reminds me, I must
find a better way to store spuds... the have a tendency to green up to fast in their usual basket location. Mebbe a cardboard box for now...
On 03-20-20 20:55, Spectre wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Rice is one thing we couldn't buy at all here. :/
Really? I'll keep my peepers open for a bit more...
On 03-20-20 20:56, Spectre wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Rice is one thing we couldn't buy at all here. :/
Actually if you don't mind Jasmine try and indian store :) regular long grain might be a little hard to find.
ryan wrote to All <=-
Hey folks,
My girlfriend and I are doing our best to keep mealtimes interesting
and it's actually become a bit of fun. We are at the behest of whatever food is available for us when we make a shopping trip. Chicken breast
is basically nonexistent at this point, so we've had to get creative.
I went to the supermarket a few days ago and the only meat that they
had was one whole chicken. I barely saw it covered with ice cubes in
the bottom of the freezer but it was there, and I bought it. Yesterday
I gave it a dry rub of salt, garlic, onion, and herbs, stuffed some carrots, celery, and garlic inside, and smoked it for 1 hr 15 mins at
375 to an internal temperature of 168. It was /delicious/. It was
honestly the best chicken I've ever had.
We had plenty of leftovers for today, but before throwing the leftovers
in the fridge, I carved the chicken and then boiled the carcass. I seasoned the water, threw in some chicken stock, and made some chicken broth. Today for dinner we had chicken soup, leftover smoked chicken,
and chicken pilaf rice with steamed broccoli. It was a hell of a meal
:)
Tomorrow we're either making a tortellini dish or some sausages...not
sure which just yet. But we have some soup left for lunch.
Spectre wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Hmm we ended up with bangers 'n mash today.. Which reminds me, I must
find a better way to store spuds... the have a tendency to green up to fast in their usual basket location. Mebbe a cardboard box for now...
Whenever we make bagged pasta, I'll make enough for at least one lunch - easy when everyone's home. Mashed potatoes (I bought a 10 pound bag) get turned into potato pancakes the next day. One of my favorite lunches is
a caesar salad wrap, so when I have leftovers, that's lunch the next day.
We have a carton of strawberries and a banana that are starting to show their age. With some nonfat yogurt and ice, and a stick blender, it's a smoothie for the kids. Add some flaxseed for Omega-3 and fiber.
Leftover brown rice? Throw some minced green onion into it and toss it into an egg scramble to make fried rice.
I need to break out the slow cooker, they're great for making use of frozen stewed vegetables, cheap stew meat, leftover carrots, or whatever else is lying around.
Do you read the COOKING echo on Fidonet? That's one of the most lively echoes there...
ryan wrote to All <=-
My girlfriend and I are doing our best to keep mealtimes interesting
and it's actually become a bit of fun. We are at the behest of whatever food is available for us when we make a shopping trip. Chicken breast
is basically nonexistent at this point, so we've had to get creative.
This thread is intended to be a "today my interesting meal was x" type thread, but please feel free to go way off the rails. Hey, we could probably all use a distraction.
Rice is one thing we couldn't buy at all here. :/
Actually if you don't mind Jasmine try and indian store :)
regular long grain might be a little hard to find.
Have to find an Indian store here... ;)
We had pasta tonight. Had to use packaged, rather than dry, otherwise relatively normal. :)
Do you read the COOKING echo on Fidonet? That's one of the most lively echoes there...
I do! It's nice that there's no political back and forth in that sub
hehe.
On 03-22-20 10:43, Spectre wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Have to find an Indian store here... ;)
Well lets make in preferred Alien Grocery Store in your area... :)
You're looking for an AGS :)
On 03-22-20 11:50, Spectre wrote to Vk3jed <=-
We had pasta tonight. Had to use packaged, rather than dry, otherwise relatively normal. :)
Ahh we went the apex of healthy foods.... hot cross bungs :P They were
on sale.... chuckle.. they were a tad doughy though....
Urk, I don't like anything that is remotely like fruitloaf.
Bendigo is still a very Anglo area, although there have been immigrant families from Asia and Africa moving in, in recent years.
On 03-22-20 18:32, Spectre wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Urk, I don't like anything that is remotely like fruitloaf.
Yer edjumacations bin neglected, a good hot cross bung bears no resemblence to fruit loaf...
On 03-22-20 19:04, Spectre wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Bendigo is still a very Anglo area, although there have been immigrant families from Asia and Africa moving in, in recent years.
There'll be something somewhere then.. Stores smallish to start
usually arrive
with them.
Yer edjumacations bin neglected, a good hot cross bung
bears no resemblence to fruit loaf...
So, explain then. ;)
ryan wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
I need to break out the slow cooker, they're great for making use of frozen stewed vegetables, cheap stew meat, leftover carrots, or whatever else is lying around.
That's a good idea. We have one of those, too, and beef stew and short
rib are delicious when made with the slow cooker.
On 03-23-20 04:26, Spectre wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Yer edjumacations bin neglected, a good hot cross bung
bears no resemblence to fruit loaf...
So, explain then. ;)
Well hot cross bungs are far better for starters :) The fruit load is lower, the secret herbs and spices balance is different too. Fruit loaf bears more resemblence to bread with cinnamon, and per slice a fairly
heft dry fruit loading. Yer =bung on the other hand is perhaps not a sweet bun in the scheme of things is a bit more like your coffee scroll with cinnamon and nutmeg in it.
It is IMHO a more balanced product with better flavours. :)
Hmm we ended up with bangers 'n mash today.. Which reminds me, I must
find a better way to store spuds... the have a tendency to green up to fast in their usual basket location. Mebbe a cardboard box for now...
Actually if you don't mind Jasmine try and indian store :) regular long grain might be a little hard to find.
Tonight, I took 6 yukon gold potatoes, 2 pounds of stew meat, rosemary, thyme, and a handful of baby carrots. 1 can of beef broth, and 5 hours later had a nice stew to celebrate the fact that I found a loaf of
french bread in the supermarket.
And still in that range of tastes that cause issues with me. :/
Used to live in Idaho. If you head over to Simplot's website...you
should find some suggestions on how to store them. They used to use
"root cellars" which were about as long as aircraft hangers to store
them long term. Many of these are falling apart.
Bought a 25 LB bag of this rice & it is amazing! You can find
it...you will never buy the "normal" rice again.
On 03-23-20 20:31, Spectre wrote to Vk3jed <=-
And still in that range of tastes that cause issues with me. :/
Shrug,
No acounting for taste :P
ryan wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Excellent! If you have some gruyere cheese and leftover broth and
bread, you can treat yourself to a nice french onion soup tomorrow :)
Tonight we had a ribeye, pan seared in cast iron and then cooked to medium-rare. It was delicious. We also had a salad and some garlic
mashed potatoes along with a 1er Cru Burgundy from 2008. We eat enough kellog's cereal and chef boyardee to treat ourselves once in a while.
Do you read the COOKING echo on Fidonet? That's one of the most lively
echoes there...
I do! It's nice that there's no political back and forth in that sub
hehe.
My oven goes up to 11! :P
bag they arrived although opened the top of it, and put them into a cardboard box to keep it dark and somewhat stable temperature wise.
Shudder, I'll send you mine. I find both Jasmine and Basmati difficult
to palate. I think they're for the basmatics ;)
ryan wrote to All <=-
My girlfriend and I are doing our best to keep mealtimes interesting
and it's actually become a bit of fun. We are at the behest of whatever
food is available for us when we make a shopping trip. Chicken breast
is basically nonexistent at this point, so we've had to get creative.
Same here with the chicken. I suspect anything that can be frozen
for a
while got snatched up. I was out of milk on thursday so I went in
and it
seemed a lot of folks were buying up hamburger.
This thread is intended to be a "today my interesting meal was x" type
thread, but please feel free to go way off the rails. Hey, we could
probably all use a distraction.
I have to say that you are doing a great job so far. Made me hungry!
:D
cardboard box to keep it dark and somewhat stable
May I suggest a dark basement or an inside closet.
We have stocked up on flour, rice, beans, toilet paper, chips (that's french fries for the yanks), meat, pasta, tomato sauce, cans of soup and some other things. Since the stores are out of bread we bake our own
bread all the time which both saves money and also allows us to actually have fresh bread in the house every day.
You may certainly suggest those, and they sound right. Unfortunately I don't have either. 1st floor unit so no basement, and I still have about
a house and a halfs worth of stuff jammed in here so space is at a premium, not empty closets.
Used to be you could buy wooden bins with a slide or flip top that you could pop veggies in. Haven't seen them for a long time... If I had
space I'd nearly think about trying to build one.
Joacim Melin wrote to Blue White <=-
We have stocked up on flour, rice, beans, toilet paper, chips (that's french fries for the yanks), meat, pasta, tomato sauce, cans of soup
and some other things. Since the stores are out of bread we bake our
own bread all the time which both saves money and also allows us to actually have fresh bread in the house every day.
Joacim Melin wrote to Spectre <=-
I'm gonna build a kitchen stove. The greatest kitchen stove that's ever been built, and I'm gonna make the fridge pay for it.
Phoobar wrote to Spectre <=-
May I suggest a dark basement or an inside closet.
Joacim Melin wrote to Blue White <=-
We have stocked up on flour, rice, beans, toilet paper, chips (that's french fries for the yanks), meat, pasta, tomato sauce, cans of soup
and some other things. Since the stores are out of bread we bake our
own bread all the time which both saves money and also allows us to actually have fresh bread in the house every day.
I think a lot of people around here (US - SF Bay Area) are baking bread as well -- along with TP, there's no yeast packets for miles around. Really wish we had though to make our own yeast starter before all this :)
Will it be built by incredible, beautiful people and make perfect pizzas?
tenser wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
POTUS wouldn't know good pizza if it bit him on his
prodigious ass.
Joacim Melin wrote to Blue White <=-
We have stocked up on flour, rice, beans, toilet paper, chips (that's
french fries for the yanks), meat, pasta, tomato sauce, cans of soup
and some other things. Since the stores are out of bread we bake our
own bread all the time which both saves money and also allows us to
actually have fresh bread in the house every day.
I bet that smells good. :)
How do they make the dough chewy AND crunchy? You know that's pooled grease on top, but you fold it over to keep the grease in? I have no
idea why it works, but it does.
May I suggest a dark basement or an inside closet.That would intrude into my WINE SPACE.
wish we had though to make our own yeast starter before all this :)Can always go the spud option... grow your own. :)
Quoting tenser to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
How do they make the dough chewy AND crunchy? You know that's pooled
It's the water! Seriously, though.
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