Sorry to say, but this site has been so depressing for a few days. I thought I'd ask an average, everyday question....to make us all feel a little more normal today.
I made Eggplant Lasagna, and my BIL and SIL are coming for dinner. They leave for Cali tomorrow to see their beautiful grand daughter.
Sorry, sometimes we just need some REGULAR conversation.......or at least THIS caregiver does.
I then throw everything, bones, skin, other parts in a pot of water, add apple cider vinegar, salt and whole peppercorns and simmer for 2 days, homemade bone broth to use as a super nutritious ingredient for anything requiring liquid.
I had the best steak ever, cooking over a white hot campfire, in the dark. We couldn't see anything but, boy that steak changed how I cook steaks. I had to laugh at your experience, love those kinds of surprises. :-)
And it seems silly to buy a new outdoor grill/bbq just so I can cook on it half a dozen times a year...
What about the indoor type grills?
I am trying to remember the kind of grills that I bought for my daughters as gifts.
I think they were Cuisinart. They had one side that was a grill, the other side was smooth. So, they made grilled sandwiches with the flat side and chicken, fish, shrimp, meat and veggies on the grilled side.
I too like a hot sear on a steak! Rare in the center!
Filet mignon.?? Well if I recall correctly 3 minutes on each side and throw the pan into oven???
Oh wait… I took cooking lessons from my mom… 🥰
Step 1: Pour boiling water all over the liver… that gets rid of the first layer of texture..
then you put it in you cast iron pan olive oil.. chopped onions… salt pepper.. you csn also add peppers, cooked bacon…
and back in the day it was healthy… lots of nutrients as I remember.. but in todays world… who knows…
Liver was the cure back when for iron deficiency…
Texture … pour boiling water over it to get that slime off.
After that coat it with flour then grill it…
I find that cooking my steak in my air fryer is a game changer!
And the clean up is super simple.
Today I am cooking a tri-tip
My daughter loves her air fryer. She asked me if I wanted to borrow it and try it out. I might take her up on it, just to see if it is worth buying one.
How often do you use yours and what do you cook in it that you find comes out better than cooking it using other methods?
I was a daddy’s girl and I thought that he was eating steak. I didn’t want to miss out on trying steak!
She let me believe it was steak in order to get me to try it. I almost threw up when I discovered how gross 🤮 it was!
It took me awhile to forgive my mom for that trick! We laughed about it later on but I wasn’t laughing when it happened.
If I'm really craving a steak I can always haul out my charcoal grill.
I cook almost everything in my air-fryer.
Steaks are definitely wonderful in it, as are burgers and chicken
I've cooked frozen mixed veggies in it and got the veggies slightly crispy
(instead of the soggy mess of microwaves) then added some seared beef and
a sauce to make a quick "stir fry".
I've made muffins in it, because it is just me now and I don't need a full batch. So a couple of them at a time. I do put a bit of water in the air fryer when baking to aid the moisture level and it improves the texture.
Reheating is a wonderful.
It's an all around tool that I am enjoying because it's just a compact convection oven that uses a lot less electricity than a regular stove. and it doesn't heat up the house.
My grandmother and mom made fantastic meals in cast iron pots and pans!
My daughter says that she will never reheat pizza in her microwave again after having her air fryer.
She cooks all kinds of food in it too. She lives alone. I wonder if her size air fryer will feed two people. I cook for my husband and myself.
I roast veggies in my oven all the time. I will do an entire sheet pan and eat them throughout the week.
What’s your opinion on food cooked at a high temperature being carcinogenic? I guess that I am at risk then, because I am like you. I don’t like soggy food!
Why is life so cruel?
I love going to the farmers market. I enjoy buying fresh vegetables and a few treats that I love, pepper jelly and spicy pickles!
I glaze meats with the pepper jelly or I serve it on a cracker with cream cheese for a snack.
So, I just looked up uses for pepper jelly. Some were surprising to me.
1. Glaze on vegetables.
2. Glaze on ham or pork.
3. Glaze on chicken wings.
4. Glaze on shrimp or salmon.
5. Top a cracker or bagel with cream cheese and pepper jelly.
6. Mix with cream cheese or sour cream for a dip.
7. Use as a dipping sauce.
8. Topping on ice cream.
9. Use as a condiment on a sandwich.
10. Brush on phyllo pastry dough appetizers.
11. Use in pinwheel appetizers.
12. Use instead of tartar sauce on fried fish, oysters and shrimp.
11. Top cornbread.
12. Eat on popsicles.
13. Top a cheesecake or pound cake.
14. Top a cracker or toast with peanut butter and pepper jelly.
15. Top waffles or pancakes with pepper jelly.
16. Melt pepper jelly and
mi with Italian salad dressing.
17. Brush pepper jelly on fruits and vegetables to grill.
18. Use in thumbprint cookies.
19. Use in margaritas.
20. Use in a sauce when cooking clams or mussels.
21. Use in coleslaw.
22. Mix with plain yogurt.
23. Serve with a bread basket.
I had veggies for my lunch today. Then for some reason, I was craving popcorn! So I am munching on popcorn 🍿. I haven’t thought about dinner yet. I may just scramble up some eggs with toast.
Years ago, I went to a diner and sat at the counter. It was slow and I was chatting with the cook. I ordered over-easy eggs and he wanted to make sure that is what I wanted?! he told me that they are runny yolks. of course I knew that and it's how I like it.
Apparently, he's had people who had heard them being ordered over-easy in movies, ordered them over easy, and then freak out over the runny yolks. lol
That’s funny 😆!
I do over easy eggs the lazy way! I place the heat in a skillet. Cook the bottom and then put a cover on the skillet and then turn the heat from medium to low.
You don’t have to flip it! It comes out just like an over easy egg.
I cannot tell you how many yolks I have broken when I attempted to flip it! LOL 😆 Then it is no longer ‘over easy’ because it is just a messy over cooked egg!
Instructed to cook over-easy eggs.
Group did not read instructions, wanted sunny side up. Lol.
Only one egg was perfect. When serving it, the egg turned over on the plate, yolk facing down.
What we thought was a mistake, was a perfect over-easy egg, because it finished cooking while waiting for the teacher to come by and grade it: An "A".
Lol.
In the little diner I worked at we used to serve around 200 breakfasts on Saturdays and Sundays (my shift) - sunny, over easy, over hard, scrambled, poached, and I cracked dozens of eggs for buckets of french toast - I'm sure I dreamed about cracking eggs. On thing is certain, it's definitely easier to flip your eggs on a big griddle than in a pan.
That’s not a stupid question. I heat my pan on medium, just until it’s hot. I put one pat of butter in the pan and drop in my egg! I let the egg cook just until the white cooks through.
I put the cover on it and cook it just until the white of the egg covers the yolk. Somehow this works! I am like Cashew. I like my eggs runny!
I watched Sara Moulton cook an egg this way on tv. She’s a culinary trained chef in NY!
Do you think it is easier on a griddle? I bet that I would have been fired at the restaurant that you worked in! LOL 😆
I still think that I would have broken lots of yolks. You probably did dream about eggs! I like eggs for breakfast, lunch or dinner!
My dad liked runny eggs. My mom liked well cooked eggs. Daddy was right when it came to eggs! 😊
When I waitressed as a young girl, the worst thing that I did was drop an entire plate of pasta in a man’s lap!
The worst thing that happened to me was, a waitress accidentally spilled an entire hot cup of hot coffee down my back as she was rushing to get to another table!
By the way, the first fight that I had with my husband as a newlywed was over french toast! We still laugh about it.
Just finished my runny yolks cooked on the induction top, low at #2 for
5 minutes. It did work to turn them off after 4 min. and let them sit, covered.
Dh was exercising. His bear claw from breakfast is uneaten. His eggs are still in the pan, waiting for hard cooked.
May never happen.
Going in to serve his eggs now. 🆗
Feeling put out to cook, eat, and then go back in the kitchen, do it again for a finicky eater. The ALL Day breakfast/lunch.
Okay, so now I am totally convinced that you are an egg ‘over easy’ aficionado!
Big spatula! 2 or 3 eggs at one time? Wow! I’m impressed. I am telling you that I have broken many yolks just flipping one egg.
Now, I want to try cooking an egg 🥚 on a griddle to test it out! 😁