Food for thought (or more accurately, food thoughts and inspirations)

[Hojuman]

Omg that’s my -



How did you get it?

Would you believe grown in a backyard Thomastown !

 

[Samsquanch]

SonofSamsquanch;

Mrs.H.has some chinese friends who grow their own backyard veg. Not sure if this is a zucchini, pumpkiny, melony, cucumberry type of thing that they've given her. Suggestions ?

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Flowers, a nice bottle of bubbly and a candle lit chicken dinner.

 

[Samsquanch]

Some nice soft choccie buns...

 

[marklovesbeer]

Tandoori chicken in the Weber. Only been in 15 minutes so far. Smells good though.

 

[andana]

Went to a birthday party in Cambodia last night. The Cambodians were eating pizza slices with chopsticks.

Cambodia 1, Italy 0.

 

[Hojuman]

Hey, SonofSamsquanch ( you need to explain that one day ) and others

Mrs.H.got an air fryer.
1. Air fried is o.k.but meat tends to be dry.
2. It doesn't have a " grill " setting ( weird ) Says use " broil "

Suggestions welcome

 

[Samsquanch]

Hey, SonofSamsquanch ( you need to explain that one day ) and others

Mrs.H.got an air fryer.
1. Air fried is o.k.but meat tends to be dry.
2. It doesn't have a " grill " setting ( weird ) Says use " broil "

Suggestions welcome

Broil = Grill

 

[Hojuman]

Broil = Grill

Tried the " broil " function. Temp & time ?

 

[Samsquanch]

Tried the " broil " function. Temp & time ?

Air frier is good for chips. You can also do carrots and small pieces of potato and similar (I suggest to zap them first in the microwave). It is OK for crumbed chicken pieces or frozen fish from the supermarket. I'm not sure if I'd do meat in it though. Frozen samosas are OK. Don't bother with chicko rolls though as these need to be deep fried in fat. My opinion is that the AF works best with supermarket frozen stuff.

I did discover that you can do cheese on toast. A slice of cheese on a slice of bread cooked for 2 or 3 minutes (on flat out) comes out pretty well.

You could try small frozen pizza but I make my own dough and the depth of an AF makes it impossible to drop in a real home made pizza.

I'd stick with the wok, BBQ, pan, slow cooker, pressure cooker or regular oven for meat (yes, I know that there are other methods like sou vous, George Forman or the toaster on its side but I have so far avoided these).

 

[Samsquanch]

Hmmmm. At some stage soon I expect a chocolate cake...

 

[Samsquanch]

Apple pie. Apple pie. Mine. Mine. Mine...

 

[andana]

SonofSamsquanch;

Mrs.H.has some chinese friends who grow their own backyard veg. Not sure if this is a zucchini, pumpkiny, melony, cucumberry type of thing that they've given her. Suggestions ?

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If they are from SE Asia they would call it bottle gourd. Don't know the name in any Chinese language.
It's bland. Add to stew, curry etc for bulk.
It contains choline which everyone needs, especially North Melbourne supporters. Supposed to reduce stress.

 

[Samsquanch]

OK... I planted some basil, coriander, lettuce and parsley into some tubs a couple of weeks ago. I mixed some Osmocote premium potting mix bags with a bag or two of Bunnings generic potting mix and I've watered with seasol so the seeds and seedlings are growing well.

I just noticed that I also have heaps of mushrooms popping up - they are currently very small (about fingernail size or smaller). Those taking shape appear to be some kind of oyster mushroom but I am concerned that they might be toadstools.

Can anyone here tell from these pictures?

 

[ferball]

No but they don't look like toadstools.

Be very careful with fungii tho. It can kill you painfully. But I've grown food with various mushrooms growing in the garden beds and its never been an issue. had gold tops pop up once from the coww shit. No one tripped off the food unfortunately and another time death caps were growing in the garden beds but they didn't make the food poisonous.

 

[Ligma]

EW I HATE LOOKING AT MUSHROOMS GROW ITS FOUL

 

[Samsquanch]

EW I HATE LOOKING AT MUSHROOMS GROW ITS FOUL

Depends where they are growing I suppose. In the garden is OK. In your shoes, not so good.

 

[Themanbun]

EW I HATE LOOKING AT MUSHROOMS GROW ITS FOUL

Don't watch The Last of Us then

 

[Samsquanch]

Don't watch The Last of Us then

It started with a banana left in a school bag didn't it?

 

[Samsquanch]

Not much going on with the mushrooms...

 

[Gumble Frankieton]

Good beer, great colours and just $12 for a six-pack at Dan Murphys (member price). Might come in handy, either way, after tomorrow’s game.

 

[koshari]

2 Bavarian seasoned chickens on the rotisserie in the smoker. lousey weather but lunch will be lovely

 

[Samsquanch]

2 Bavarian seasoned chickens on the rotisserie in the smoker. lousey weather but lunch will be lovely

2 Bavarian seasoned chickens on the rotisserie in the smoker. lousey weather but lunch will be lovely

 

[Nate7]

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Gobble Gobble Gobble, as Zondors would say

 

[koshari]

Quick headsup, the aldi rotis are very good.

 

[Lomas]

Quick headsup, the aldi rotis are very good.

They also have some decent gyoza, as far as the frozen ones go, was surprised.