I wouldn't be able to stop shoving my fingers in people's faces and asking "What does this smell like?".

Baked a smoked ham for an acquaintance's birthday/going away party and had some leftover ham. So fried it to death and added some shallots, carrots, half-day old rice, spring onion, kimchi, garlic powder, sesame oil and seed, Tony's, smoked paprika, MSG, and this Japanese BBQ sauce from Costco that is absolutely amazing.

Yesterday I fried up ham steaks and only fried it with Tony's and MSG, then put some of that BBQ sauce and some Dijon mustard on it and ate my heart out. It was pretty amazing, especially since I'm not typically a ham guy.

Anywho, here's my delicious fried rice abomination that's currently in the oven to keep warm.

I didn't take a picture of it, but I tried baking cake for the first time, and it turned out pretty great! Recipe for chocolate ricotta cake. My mom wanted me to bake it for her. The only suggestion she and I had was maybe a bit less powdered sugar for the frosting. It was delicious, but a touch too sweet for our liking. Also, instead of making it a tiered cake, I just made it into two separate cakes, cuz I didn't like the thought of stacking them. Not confident in that yet

Today, I'm testing out this recipe for a copycat chuy's tres leches cake. I'm surprising my mom with it as an early Mother's Day gift. I'll try to actually get a picture for that one. Wish me luck 🫡

It got the Mom Seal of Approval!

Made one-pan fajitas the other day, chicken, yellow/red/green bell peppers, white onion, a fuck ton of spicy spices muy caliente 🔥 and heated up tortillas and beans on the side. I stuffed one tortilla with all toppings and hot sauce and I was stuffed, so yummy.

Strawberry 🍓 jello poke cake. It was so moist and perfect.

Trying out a sourdough starter for the first time, cuz I wanna make cookies from the discard. I was even surprised with a sourdough starter jar as a gift, it's a charming lil thing

The recipe

Troubleshooting

Oooh! How’s the sourdough coming along? Did you make the cookies yet?

Passion fruit tart from a Michelin Star restaurant I went to a while ago! Chocolate ganache base, passion fruit gelee, coconut ice cream & shavings, honeycomb chocolate. I LOVED this dessert. It was so tangy and sweet at the same time. I’m not a big coconut person but they did it in a way where the coconut wasn’t overpowering and complimented the taste perfectly. I’m drooling just typing this.

The starter has been going along quite nicely. Its been doubling in size as it should, even with the not-entirely consistent feedings (which I appreciate). I collected 4 days worth of discard and baked the cookies with it today. I actually just pulled them out of the oven only moments ago. They look fine and taste pretty good, too. Soft and chewy, not too cakey, which I love in a chocolate chip cookie. I can taste just a small hint of sourdough. It's delicious! However, while I do enjoy it and feel proud that it went smoothly, I think I kinda prefer the cookies without the sourdough? I don't currently have a conclusive answer to that yet. But they are delicious, and I'd be down to bake them again

Edit: Unestablished starter and sourdough discard absolutely reeks though, ugh. It was worth it

I once tried to cook frozen vegetables. Almost burned the house

Homemade patties and nothing else because I'm lazy.

Pork, panko crumbs, egg, msg, Tony's, smoked paprika, Worcestershire, and gochujang for a little kick.

May have left them on the flattop a smidge too long.

Some of the delicious food that I had in New Orleans. Beignets in the first photo, boudin balls in the second. I also had muffuletta, red beans and rice, king cake, gumbo, tried some crawfish étouffée. For drinks, a daiquiri mixed with ice cream, a frozen grape daiquiri from the oldest building being used as a bar in the USA (tasted like a grape popsicle), a hurricane (originated in New Orleans…but you can get that anywhere now). 10/10 on the food, 7.5 on the drinks overall. Good place to try some new food!

Made pasta fagioli for the first time tonight. Served it with some crunchy, buttery garlic bread. Great for the rainy weather we’ve been having here.

This is my egg salad sandwich, there are many others like it, but his is mine and you can't have it.

Actually you can, just let me boil some eggs, Kewpie mayo, and bread.

I did it a little different than I normally would, based on Guga's trip to Japan. He pops the egg yolks out, mashes them with the mayo, then mixes it with the chopped up egg whites.

I've tweaked it since then, using eggs that were soaking in dill pickle brine for a week, and Tony's, MSG, and pepper. It's amazing.

Kraft Macaroni and Cheese with provolone and Genoa salami

Tried a crab dip recipe at the request of a sibling. First time ever making crab dip, and it turned out pretty great. Toasted some brioche to eat with the dip

Made a homemade pizza tonight! Served with a Caesar salad and white wine.

My cheating pickled eggs. I save the leftover pickle juice and jars and throw medium/hard boiled eggs in them. Only once though. Here's roughly 5 dozen worth.

Makes a killer egg salad sandwich or tater salad.

Anyone know of any custom pans to make big loaves of milk bread?

Bought a wok, fried some rice, with egg, mushroom, and bok choy, and spices and seasonings.

No wok hay though, because my stove is electric.

Almond maraschino cherry cupcakes 🍒 

First time attempting to make buttercream frosting. Props to anyone that makes that - overall cupcake tasted so good though

wanna taste that :c

That looks amazing. Sounds amazing too.

I do not, I’ve never made milk bread. Have you found one?

I think it's been a couple years since I've made granola.

TADA!

Rolled oats, walnuts, flax seed, hemp hearts, chia seed, cinnamon, honey, and ghee.

I just realized that all this time I've been posting in the wrong thread, not this one. Future meals & gustatory experiments will go here, if the club regulars are cool with it.

Sounds good to me. Everyone commits mistakes

Very cool!

Meat sauce last night.

1.5 lbs beef

1.5 lbs pork

0.5 lbs lamb

0.5 lbs chicken liver

3 lbs onion

3 lbs carrot

Whole bunch celery

4 - 28 oz cans San Marzano tomatoes

Tony's

Smoked paprika

Pepper

MSG

Fried/baked the meat in beef tallow and ghee until mostly crispy. Fried/baked all the water out of the veggies and blended with chicken livers. Crushed tomatoes by hand and mixed all together and baked @ 250*F for 5 hours uncovered.

Added a bit of 33% cream after reheating a small bit in the toaster oven, plus pasta water at the end.

Those are 6.6 litre roasters BTW.