The Unofficial Cooking Thread

[Lino]

Personally I have always enjoyed cooking and eating out etc. Yes I am a sucker for good food

I will post a favorite recipe of mine later.

Running short for time now

 

[Arzy]

I also love cooking and luckily for me, due to the hours my wife has to work, I get too cook almost every night.

Mostly during the week its something quick and easy, but I try and keep it balanced most of the time 1 meat with at least 2 veg and as little starch as possible. Basic weekly cooking is 1 night fish, 1 night pork, 1 night red meat and 2 nights chicken.

The weekend is when I have time to have some fun cooking and I tend to experiment a lot.

I also like cooking in the winter, I have 2 slow cookers, so before I leave for work in the morning veg goes into one and normally a nice stew or roast in the other.

Some recipies I like to do once in a while:

Ox Tail, very simple but delicious
I use the big round black kettle pots (potjie pot) and do this on an open fire. Basically need to be home all day to get it just right. I've done it on the stove before but then you need the flat base pot.

In my opinion: You can not make oxtail in anything other than a cast iron pot.

Start off with browning your oxtail in the pot with just olive oil, salt and pepper.
Once its browned nicely move the pot away from your fire to let it cool a tiny bit and to give you chance to build up a nice coal bed.
Add 1 bottle of brown pickled onions, with all the liquid. Size of the bottle depends on the amount of ox tail your doing and how much you like the onions.
Now comes the waiting part, you basically cook the oxtail with the pickled onions over the fire for the next couple of hours. Make sure it isn't too hot! you just want it simmering nicely. Ad coals as the day progresses and top up your pot with a bit of water now and then, not a lot though.
Finally about an hour before your ready to serve add 1 big bottle of those Koo broad beans(could be butter beans can't remember now, I know the bottle by sight) with the light brown sauce, just toss it all in and let is simmer again.

Serve on stamp and a nice pot bread.

Fillet
Get a nice piece of fillet and rest it in some port or red wine over night.
Roll in brown sugar(not the one with molasses) and crushed pepper corns until it has a nice crust.
Braai on a hot fire and continue to roll in more sugar and pepper. Your trying to get a nice carmalised crust on the meat.

 

[blunomore]

Start off with browning your oxtail in the pot with just olive oil, salt and pepper.
Once its browned nicely move the pot away from your fire to let it cool a tiny bit and to give you chance to build up a nice coal bed.
Add 1 bottle of brown pickled onions, with all the liquid. Size of the bottle depends on the amount of ox tail your doing and how much you like the onions.
Now comes the waiting part, you basically cook the oxtail with the pickled onions over the fire for the next couple of hours. Make sure it isn't too hot! you just want it simmering nicely. Ad coals as the day progresses and top up your pot with a bit of water now and then, not a lot though.
Finally about an hour before your ready to serve add 1 big bottle of those Koo broad beans(could be butter beans can't remember now, I know the bottle by sight) with the light brown sauce, just toss it all in and let is simmer again.

Sorry, but i find this part of your post very Freudian

 

[pos(t)er]

Why's it unofficial?So you can't be held responsible for food poisoning?

 

[Arzy]

Sorry, but i find this part of your post very Freudian

Why Freudian?

 

[Telkomisaloser]

Why's it unofficial?So you can't be held responsible for food poisoning?

Pooky stole the first title

 

[porn$tar]

Pooky stole the first title

Then you shoulda called it the official good cooking thread.

 

[Lino]

Starting with something basic.

The Ultimate Cheese and Egg Sandwich.

Take a pan, fry some onions in butter slowly, so that they caramelize. At the same time in another pan fry some eggs, (soft or hard your choice.)

(At the same time keep the onions frying)

Then make some toast, put some chutney on the toast. Just a bit, add the onions, the eggs and some thinly sliced cheese.

Basic but to die for

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

*takes notes*

 

[DJ...]

Starting with something basic.

The Ultimate Cheese and Egg Sandwich.

Take a pan, fry some onions in butter slowly, so that they caramelize. At the same time in another pan fry some eggs, (soft or hard your choice.)

(At the same time keep the onions frying)

Then make some toast, put some chutney on the toast. Just a bit, add the onions, the eggs and some thinly sliced cheese.

Basic but to die for

Hmmm, not sure about the chutney. However, cheese is complemented quite nicely with sweet foods, as are eggs so it might work. I would suggest a really strong cheese though to stand up against the onions and chutney combo.

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

nice mature cheddar is my fave .... not really a gouda/boring taste cheese guy.

 

[DJ...]

I still want to start another thread for foodies, but one aimed at more of an education about food, what goes into taste, the science behind a lot of it and why certain ingredients work together etc.. A place to learn more about food itself, instead of a repository for recipes.

I think they should be separate, with links to actual recipes in this thread - any thoughts?

 

[Keeper]

cheese on egg = disgusting. unless it's an omlette.

 

[Lino]

No actually it is fantastic, DJK I actually think your idea of using a strong cheese would work well. Only ever used Chedder for it but something like Blue Cheese (my fav) might work nicely.

If you start a thread about education about food etc, I can comment if we have wine as well. (Work on a wine farm)

 

[Peder]

*takes notes*

Me too!!

And DJK i would love to learn the science behind cooking would be heavy cool!!

Please start the thread already.

That Egg toast sounds heavenly...

 

[Keeper]

as long as the cheese and egg don't touch, yes.

maybe it's just me...

 

[blunomore]

So I wonder if that thread would be to discuss or to educate?

 

[Lino]

Quick Dinner:

Take a nice cut of steak, rub spices in it (your own preference) and brush it with Olive Oil. Then put it under the grill until medium (or well done, your choice)

While this is happening, pop a potato in the microwave. Once it is cooked, spread some butter and then some cream cheese, add chives.

Then, place potato and steak on plate. Wholla all done and ready to eat. If you want a make a small green salad to go with it.

 

[porn$tar]

try a blue cheese and spring onion omelet.

 

[skoob]

I rarely follow a recipe. I normally read it, get some ideas and do my own thing.