http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/ en Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:17:06 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/images/insignia/misc/rss.jpg http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/ http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/tilted-food/151991-cooking-crab-apples.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:59:00 GMT I ate a unique soup over spring break - it involved crab apples and butternut squash. This was the first time I had eaten anything that had been cooked with crab apples - and it was delicious! I love the tartness. So, Thanksgiving is around the corner and I'm fixing to make at least one side that incorporates crab apples. But so far I've only been able to find recipes for crab apple jam and apple butter. Has anyone here cooked with crab apples? Or, even if you haven't cooked specifically with crab apples, perhaps you have some suggestions that I can fiddle with between now and next week.


Thanks in advance! ]]> Tilted Food genuinegirly http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/tilted-food/151991-cooking-crab-apples.html http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/tilted-food/151934-cooking-question.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:26:57 GMT I had no idea where to post this, general, life, or somewhere else, so I chose general.

Anyways, I'm fairly new to the whole cooking situation, and I'm making a stir fry tonight. I have some frozen shrimp I was gonna cook and de-shell and fry up with some green and orange peppers, mushrooms, soy sauce and teriyaki sauce, then put it all over white rice and put crunchy noodles on top.

My question was, will the shrimp be enough protien or should i cut up a piece of chicken to go with it? I'm making the stir fry for 2-3 people.

Thanks guys! ]]> Tilted Food Salem http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/tilted-food/151934-cooking-question.html http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/tilted-food/151811-pre-scrambled-eggs-delicious-yes-safe.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:23:41 GMT As an industrial engineer, I can't help but notice that scrambled egg production benefits from economy of scale - cooking a lot of eggs at once is no problem and requires no more utensils or time than a few eggs. However, when I want to eat three eggs as part of a healthy breakfast every morning in a hurry, I don't have time to meticulously crack (it's a pain in the ass for me...maybe I could improve that), scramble in a bowl, and then cook and clean the equipment.

So I had this bright idea of "Pre-Scrambling" my own eggs. Basically I just crack a bunch of eggs and whip them really good, and I put about three eggs worth of scrambly goo into a teeny cup size tupperware container and shove them in the fridge. My plan is, when it's go time, I can just grab a little cup and shake it while the pan heats up and then just dump them in and have scrambled eggs much more quickly.

So questions of sanity aside, is this safe to do? Note that I would eat the pre-scrambled eggs within two weeks and they would always be cooked, I would not eat them raw. There will be no freezing of the eggs and there will never be "re-heating".


If this is indeed safe to do and as efficient as I suspect it to be (for me, at least), I will start buying eggs in larger amounts.

Thanks for the advice,
Hungry College Student

(p.s. sorry if I asked about this question before. I have really bad memory and I used the search tool to no avail. But I have been wondering about this for a long time now!) ]]> Tilted Food MikeSty http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/tilted-food/151811-pre-scrambled-eggs-delicious-yes-safe.html http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/tilted-food/151792-make-your-own-candy.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:25:14 GMT ... because frankly most store-bought stuff is crap. Take a Snickers bar, for example. It's a great idea on paper: peanut butter nougat topped with peanuts in caramel, all covered with milk chocolate. It's not subtle, but I remember them being quite tasty in my youth. On Halloween, I had a miniature Snickers (there were a few left) and it tasted like crap. The chocolate was way too sweet, it barely tasted like chocolate. The peanut butter nougat was okay, but a bit dry, and the caramel tasted bland. Even the peanuts weren't particularly interesting.

Well bullshit, M&M/Mars. I'm going to have a decent Snickers and there's nothing you can do to stop me.

Nougat:
1 egg white
2c powdered sugar
1tsp liquid glucose
2tbs local honey
2tbs water
2tbs organic, chunky peanut butter

Whip the egg white until stiffening. Combine sugar, glucose, honey, and water in a small saucepan and stir over low heat until the mixture reaches hardball stage (about 275-280f). Remove from heat. While whisking, pour syrup slowly into the egg white and continue whisking until the mixture begins to harden.

Line the sides and bottoms of a cupcake pan with rice paper, pressing down well. Pour even amounts, about a half inch, into as many cupcake indentations as you can, then cover with another layer of rice paper and a bit of weight.

Caramel & nuts:
.5c unsalted butter
1.5c brown sugar
.75c light corn syrup
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1tsp vanilla
.25tsp ground cinnamon (and by ground, I mean you grind it)
decent roasted peanuts

In a 2-quart saucepan, melt the butter on very low heat. When the butter is melted, add brown sugar, corn syrup and milk, stirring. Increase heat slightly. Stir until the mixture comes to a boil. Remove from heat and carefully (slowly) add the vanilla and cinnamon as you stir. Remove rice paper from the top of what should now be solid nougat foundations, and pour a bit of the caramel on top of each. Sprinkle as many peanuts as you wish on top of this, and refrigerate until they're solid.

Chocolate:
3c Ghirardelli semi-sweet chocolate chips

If you've got one of those cool double saucepan things, do that. Otherwise, fill a medium saucepan with a few inches of water and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Turn off the heat. On top of the saucepan, put a heatproof medium bowl with the chocolate in it. Stir until smooth.

Take the discs of nougat covered with caramel and peanuts out of their rice paper and submerge each of them in the chocolate completely, placing them on wax, parchment or rice paper to cool.

Bam, homemade Snickers.


If you're so inclined, drizzle the snickers with white chocolate or substitute the peanut butter and peanuts with almond butter and roasted almonds. They're your candy and you can do with them as you wish.

Okay, so let's say you want to make your own Butterfinger, Almondjoy or Baby Ruth... how would you go about doing that? ]]> Tilted Food Willravel http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/tilted-food/151792-make-your-own-candy.html http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/tilted-food/151780-post-some-your-weird-food-choices-habits.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:35:31 GMT Like...

• I stir in creamy peanut butter into softened ice cream. Put it back in the freezer for another few hours. The pb solidifies and then melts in your mouth just like milk chocolate.
• I can't stand overcooked meat. I'm so bad that yes, I have eaten pink pork before and I've only cut out the raw pieces of chicken and eaten around the area. Beef must be bloody. Overcooked meat is a disaster.
• Despise onions but adore Burger King's onion rings.
• If I'm really hungry, I'll spread peanut butter on warm Pop-Tarts (fruit flavored only.) Makes it like super gooey peanut butter and jelly.
• I only eat cereal out of large cups / mugs with a spoon. The vessel is easier to maneuver. And as I run out of cereal and there's still a bunch more milk, you just add more cereal till you're full. Then instead of drinking milk out of a bowl all careful like, you just drink it out of the cup / mug voila.
• Must mix corn and mashed potatoes.
• My dog always gets some of whatever I'm eating. He's fat. My fault completely. Shame on me.

]]> Tilted Food wooÐs http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/tilted-food/151780-post-some-your-weird-food-choices-habits.html http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/tilted-food/151726-blackened-anything.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:03:29 GMT Ok, blacked fish, chicken, pork....whatever....how about posting some spice combination's that work. I used a modified Emerill's essence... more peppers for blackened fish... any suggestions? ]]> Tilted Food cyndykane http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/tilted-food/151726-blackened-anything.html http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/tilted-food/151699-craft-beer-junkies-unite.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:20:16 GMT So after spending four hours in line outside in a cold, windy alley I got my hands on the latest craft beer special release: The Bruery Black Tuesday. A Russian Imperial Stout with 19.5% ABV. Today, I lined up a group of RIS from my collection: Image:... So after spending four hours in line outside in a cold, windy alley I got my hands on the latest craft beer special release: The Bruery Black Tuesday. A Russian Imperial Stout with 19.5% ABV. Today, I lined up a group of RIS from my collection:



From Left to Right:
Brooklyn Black Ops
Stone Imperial Russian Stout
Deschutes The Abyss
Foothills Sexual Chocolate
Three Floyds Dark Lord
The Bruery Black Tuesday
Surly Darkness
Portsmouth Kate the Great
Alesmith Speedway Stout
Port Older Viscosity
Rouge XS Imperial Stout

So, anyone else here a big craft beer junkie? Post your latest find! ]]> Tilted Food im2smrt4u http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/tilted-food/151699-craft-beer-junkies-unite.html