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Re: FOOD!
« Reply #60 on: July 14, 2012, 12:30:00 PM »
where i am at least ethnic food means any food from a country outside the US and/or specific local cuisines like tex-mex or cajun.

any advice on asparagus besides grilling it?

Steam it with some balsamic vinegar then throw in some diced tomatoes and feta cheese at the last minute just enough to soften them up.

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« Reply #61 on: July 14, 2012, 03:41:58 PM »
Has anyone here tasted the pure ecstasy of fried green tomato BLTs before?  I can't believe I haven't shared this before, but they are super easy to make (comparatively) and one of the best sandwiches you can possibly make.  Warning for those who know how to fry things, I do go into unnecessary detail for those who don't know how to fry things.

Ingredients:
fried green tomato*
bacon (just before it's fully crispy)
sourdough bread (lightly toasted, make it crispy but soft)
lettuce
mayonnaise based spread (basil mayonnaise (take basil, put it in mayo, let sit for a while) works wonderfully)

*How to fry green tomatoes nicely.

ingredients:
oil
1/4th in. green tomato slices, sliced horizontally
salt
flour
1 cup buttermilk or milk (buttermilk's better)
1 egg
spices**

Heat oil.  Use a wide, deep sided frying pan for this, heavy cast iron is best.  By wide I mean about a half meter in diameter.  A little less.  About a foot and a quarter is mine.  I can't imagine going smaller, and any larger won't fit my stove.  Deep means about an inch.  Use canola oil, and then add in some other oils to change the flavor/color of the finished product.  Peanut is strong, as is sesame, and both will darken the stuff.  Olive won't do much for color, but it does change the flavor a little.  I use the bacon stuff left over from frying that, and then top it off with canola (makes it about 4:1 canola:bacon).  You need a good quarter inch depth with the oil for the best frying.  Just enough to barely not come over the slices, so they will get splashed on top.

Assemble four surfaces for the breading: 1 flat surface for pre-breading tomatoes, 1 edged surface for first dry, 1 bowl for wet, and one more edged for second dry.

Wet: Beat the egg into the buttermilk, put into shallow wide pan.  Amount of liquid not important, just need enough to cover the tomato slices completely.  Use more buttermilk if you don't have enough liquid.

1st dry: flour.  Just plain flour.  Have enough to coat all of the tomatoes lightly.  It'll take about a 1/4 cup for a full tomato, but you need extra or they won't coat evenly.

2nd dry: Flour, same amount as before, but add spices**.  To add, just sift them together.

Tomato process: Salt the slices lightly (don't overdo it, even though tomatoes need a lot of salt), then coat in 1st dry.  Dip in wet, until coated.  Finish with 2nd dry.  Go straight to the pan.  Fry on first side until just under what you want, then flip them over.  Careful, cause it's hot oil and tomatoes are mostly water.  They will be done when both sides are a nice light brown (depending on the oil) and the tomato slice is very rigid.  Let sit for about a minute on a paper towel before putting on sandwich, to drain excess oil.  I suggest having the rest of the sandwich ready to go before you fry.

**Spices: salt, pepper, and anything aromatic you want.  It really doesn't need anything specific, but I find that smoked paprika is the only thing we need.  Don't overpower it, the sandwich has enough flavor as is.  The paprika adds another dimension and colors the flour so they turn a darker brown with a hint of red.
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Re: FOOD!
« Reply #62 on: July 15, 2012, 01:09:59 PM »
I'm looking for Chinese dumplings (both northern and southern). Thanks in advance for potential pointers :D
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« Reply #63 on: July 15, 2012, 05:16:03 PM »
http://chinesefood.about.com/cs/dimsumdumplings/a/dumpling.htm  is it jiaozi you're looking for out of the ones these guys describe?

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« Reply #64 on: July 16, 2012, 07:44:52 AM »
http://chinesefood.about.com/cs/dimsumdumplings/a/dumpling.htm  is it jiaozi you're looking for out of the ones these guys describe?
I'm not 100% sure what it was in the ones that caught my eye, but those look delicious. Thanks  :D
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« Reply #65 on: July 16, 2012, 10:45:22 AM »
Make sure you and chinese hot peppers, garlic, and ginger.  Or any combination of those.  I'm definitely trying my own take on it, now that I know how to make that dough.
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« Reply #66 on: July 16, 2012, 12:22:58 PM »
That was just the first place I came across that had photos of the various dumplings so you could compare :D


I can still look for recipes

http://userealbutter.com/2007/10/04/chinese-dumplings-and-potstickers-recipe/

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Re: FOOD!
« Reply #67 on: July 16, 2012, 01:43:45 PM »
Make sure you and chinese hot peppers, garlic, and ginger.  Or any combination of those.  I'm definitely trying my own take on it, now that I know how to make that dough.
Depends on your personal taste, but its fairly rare to have chinese dumplings actually be spicy. Garlic and ginger are definitely in though.
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Re: FOOD!
« Reply #68 on: July 16, 2012, 01:51:19 PM »
Make sure you and chinese hot peppers, garlic, and ginger.  Or any combination of those.  I'm definitely trying my own take on it, now that I know how to make that dough.
Depends on your personal taste, but its fairly rare to have chinese dumplings actually be spicy. Garlic and ginger are definitely in though.
Yeah, the spiciness comes from dipping them in chili sauce. :P
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« Reply #69 on: July 16, 2012, 01:59:11 PM »
There was this nice chilli sauce once, I don't know how it went from a teaspoon of soup stock, minced garlic, lemon and chilli into something tasty...and that speaking as a guy who doesn't normally like spicy.
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Re: FOOD!
« Reply #70 on: July 17, 2012, 02:36:56 PM »
How hot are e pepperoncinis sposed to be?  I harvested some of mine and theyre worse than jalapenos!

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« Reply #71 on: July 19, 2012, 05:58:42 AM »
How hot are e pepperoncinis sposed to be?  I harvested some of mine and theyre worse than jalapenos!

The peperoncinis I'm used to are pretty darn mild compared to jalapenos.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peperoncini has them listed at 0-500 on the Scoville scale while jalapenos are in the range of 2,500 - 10,000 apparently.  Either you've got a strain that is particularly potent, or it wasn't a peperoncini.

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« Reply #72 on: July 19, 2012, 07:32:11 AM »
Jalapenos are actually from 800-1000.  But still, they should be hotter than peperoncinis.  And yes, jalapenos are not actually that hot of a pepper.  However, they are one of the hottest that you'd use in a dish as a vegetable/fruit.  Most hotter ones you'd use as a spice instead.

Oh, and this is delicious.  Like, really, really delicious.  You have no idea.  Well, unless you've done it before.  And you will have an idea if you do it.  Suggestion: maybe a little cinnamon?  Spices could use work, but it's great as is.
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« Reply #73 on: July 19, 2012, 02:56:03 PM »
I  think they cross pollinated with the cayenne's.  They look smell and taste like pepperoncinis, but theyre at least 100,000 scovilles

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Re: FOOD!
« Reply #74 on: July 21, 2012, 03:54:11 PM »
That was just the first place I came across that had photos of the various dumplings so you could compare :D


I can still look for recipes

http://userealbutter.com/2007/10/04/chinese-dumplings-and-potstickers-recipe/
Made these for dinner. Sweet mother of dog, they were good. As for dip sauce, I mixed mushroom soy, minced garlic and some sambal ulek. I strongly recommend them. Just make sure your not doing them all alone (unless you have a lot of time on your hands) since they took me circa 2.5 hours to make.
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« Reply #75 on: July 21, 2012, 04:30:03 PM »
So I did good in finding da recipe :D

also if anyone has recipes good for those of us with high cholesterol do please share

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« Reply #76 on: July 21, 2012, 05:43:53 PM »
I made fried rice for the first time earlier today, god was it good. Not quite what the recipe demanded but I used pieces of spiced chicken instead of egg and it was awesome.

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« Reply #77 on: July 22, 2012, 06:57:17 AM »
If spiced ham is called spam, what is spiced chicken called?  Spicken?

And dammit, I'm hungry now...  And based on my dizziness, my blood sugar is low.  To the fridge!

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« Reply #78 on: July 22, 2012, 11:41:22 AM »
I really don't want to compare my wonderful chopped chicken breast coated in spicy Chinese sauce to spam...

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« Reply #79 on: July 22, 2012, 11:44:31 AM »
other than salt there really arent any spices in spam...