Food Pics That Make Ya Drool !!!

[Bad Dog]

Needs sliced hard boiled eggs still looks yummy

 

[kel]

hehe yes, I thought about it, but there's wasn't room... hehe

I sometimes do a baked egg in the middle like this one with spinach. It's from a couple of months ago so the dough is not as nicely baked, it was still good though!

 

[Bad Dog]

hehe yes, I thought about it, but there's wasn't room... hehe

I sometimes do a baked egg in the middle like this one with spinach. It's from a couple of months ago so the dough is not as nicely baked, it was still good though!

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Looks scrumptious but can I make a small suggestion? Use quail eggs?!? That way you can use a few and more evenly distribute the yokey goodness.

 

[kel]

Possibly, maybe, one day...

All my eggs come from the chickens on the farm, super tasty, proper shells that actually require some force to crack, properly yellow yolks, etc. I don't think any of the farmers around here have any quails, but I could ask around, someone will probably have some somewhere and if not the question may prompt a little investment!

 

[Bad Dog]

I can get them at my local farmers market that's a 5 minute drive up the road but if we are talking eggs my favorite is duck!

 

[Bologna]

 

[MinnBobber]

Trying out my new pepper grinder on beef kabobs and mashed potatoes.
Why does picture show 640x480 etc as I did:
Attach files, click on pic to use, resize down, select, and it shows that misc stuff??,

 

[kel]

When you're eating breakfast at 1pm because you had beers the night before... this breakfast roll is the best way in my book:

Mushrooms fried in butter with chipotle, top quality smoked bacon - oven baked to perfection, a fried egg - yolk still runny and the edges slightly crispy, and HP Sauce on a lightly toasted oven bottom muffin

Oh. my. god.

 

[kel]

I really do enjoy a good omelette every once in a while...

Mushrooms, some leftover bacon from yesterday morning - oregano, chipotle, garlic... oooh and some mozzarella on top -



Turned out light and fluffy... nom nom

 

[macbill]

Radish Patiently Waiting to be Eaten

 

[kel]

Using up a few bits, cavolo nero a neighbour brought round, half an avocado, half a ball of fresh mozzarella, half a tub of hummus and corn on the cob... undeniable proof that I don't just eat pizza

 

[kel]

Oh my... a friend brought me a chilli plant, laden with chillies and neglected to warn me about the heat until I was half way through cooking this chicken & cashew nuts dish, I'd already added half a dozen dried Árbol chilies and a Bhut Jolokia - eek!!



Sweating, eyes watering and mouth tingling almost but not quite to the point of pain, and a myriad of flavours from the staged cooking process - 9/10!

Possibly one of the best chicken cashew nut dishes I have ever made!!

 

[Ramahs]

Oh my... a friend brought me a chilli plant, laden with chillies and neglected to warn me about the heat until I was half way through cooking this chicken & cashew nuts dish, I'd already added half a dozen dried Árbol chilies and a Bhut Jolokia - eek!!



Sweating, eyes watering and mouth tingling almost but not quite to the point of pain, and a myriad of flavours from the staged cooking process - 9/10!

Possibly one of the best chicken cashew nut dishes I have ever made!!


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That looks really good, my friend!

 

[kel]

That looks really good, my friend!

Thank you

I am particularly pleased with this one, especially as Thai food is not really something I do very often or feel particularly confident with, definitely going to do more though. I had a bit of a realisation last night about how to make the hot, spicy, sweet and sour flavours work together and how to create those sticky sauces that coat the meat and veg - it's actually really simple once it clicks, but like a lot of things it's only easy once you know how. This one involved 8 distinct stages in the cooking process, all simple in their own right, but overall the result is very complex. Good stuff.

 

[kel]

Had another Horse Mushroom left over from last night which needed eating today, so for lunch I prepared:

A bed of cavolo nero dabbed with hummus and drizzled with olive oil...

Then stuffed the mushroom with garlic, red onion, thyme, cheese - topped it off with panko breadcrumbs and za'atar and baked it in the oven until it melted... utterly delicious!!



Read more about this excellent mushroom here:

Horse Mushrooms – Edibility, Identification, Distribution – Galloway Wild Foods

 

[kel]

I know, I know, I spend far too much time in the kitchen, but we have to eat and I believe that food is one of the greatest pleasures in life... so why not make the most of it if the desire is there? It can be a hobby as much as any other right?

Beef truffle with red onion and mozzarella, served with hand cut chips cooked in the air fryer in vegetable oil but finished off with half a teaspoon of beef dripping for extra crispiness, and peas! I love peas!! Give peas a chance!!!

 

[Bologna]

Lunch (9" paper plate for scale):

$6.99 Chicken Parm sub w/sharp provolone & extra grated parm (ginger ale & chips from the home supply...)

 

[Bologna]

 

[kel]

Ahhh I've been getting it wrong all this time...

I thought that the drooling should come from salivating with desire for the plate of food...

and not because you suddenly feel like you are losing your mind with anxiety because of wrong food

 

[Ramahs]

Not the prettiest plate ever, but I made a garlic/basil based creamy fettuccini pasta (sauce from scratch), with sun dried tomatoes, chicken, and sausage for dinner tonight...and it was damn good!

 

[Chicken No Name]

I like pizza a lot.
Got bored in lock down so built a pizza oven. 90 mins to heat to approx 600 c. Cooks pizza in 90 seconds.
Next day we usually slap in a leg of lamb or pork joint (I keep sheep and pigs on my small holding) to slow cook for many hours.








Mutton pie. Shoulder slow cooked for 4 hours on bed of onions and bottle of wine. Falls off the bone. Boss made the pastry.....

 

[Ramahs]

I like pizza a lot.
Got bored in lock down so built a pizza oven. 90 mins to heat to approx 600 c. Cooks pizza in 90 seconds.
Next day we usually slap in a leg of lamb or pork joint (I keep sheep and pigs on my small holding) to slow cook for many hours.

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Mutton pie. Shoulder slow cooked for 4 hours on bed of onions and bottle of wine. Falls off the bone. Boss made the pastry.....

Very nice. A serious brick-oven like that would be nice to have. I'm jealous!

 

[Chicken No Name]

Very nice. A serious brick-oven like that would be nice to have. I'm jealous!

Thanks.

I now consider them essential and when I leave this little slice of paradise I will build another.
We grow a lot of peppers and tomatoes etc and roasted in the oven they just taste amazing.

I understand there are some very good gas pizza ovens that sit on a countertop that get very good reviews and don't require such construction.

Building a smoker next as we love smoked meats and cheese.

 

[Ramahs]

I understand there are some very good gas pizza ovens that sit on a countertop that get very good reviews and don't require such construction.

Yeah, but it just wouldn't be the same.

For example, I love the convenience of my George Forman grill in the kitchen. I use it all the time. However, it in no way comes even close to a real charcoal and/or wood grill.

 

[kel]

I like pizza a lot.
Got bored in lock down so built a pizza oven. 90 mins to heat to approx 600 c. Cooks pizza in 90 seconds.
Next day we usually slap in a leg of lamb or pork joint (I keep sheep and pigs on my small holding) to slow cook for many hours.

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Mutton pie. Shoulder slow cooked for 4 hours on bed of onions and bottle of wine. Falls off the bone. Boss made the pastry.....

Awesome - if I lived anywhere where 'outside living' were possible for more than a couple of days (okay it's usually a few weeks) a year I would do the same! One of my neighbours did this through lockdown too, and I think I have seen them use it twice this year? It's just too damn cold and windy here!

In a completely different vein to pizza, here's a feta and olive salad