What did I cook this weekend.....

[passedpawn]

The pasta I fear dried with a slight bluish tint. I could be imagining things or it could be the light but I have only dried pasta hanging what was I supposed to do with these? Thanks for the tips.

Freeze. If you use eggs in the pasta it'll be yellow. What's your dough recipe?

Don't fear the blue. Try boiling some butterfly pea flowers (30 or 40) in the water first, then remove the flowers and make your pasta in it. I've done it and it works great

 

[applescrap]

Freeze. If you use eggs in the pasta it'll be yellow. What's your dough recipe?

Don't fear the blue. Try boiling some butterfly pea flowers (30 or 40) in the water first, then remove the flowers and make your pasta in it. I've done it and it works great

I was thinking freeze, freeze while fresh and soft, I am assuming? The flowers sound super cool. Kids will love that. I need to put them on my list for when I am on amazon and am like what was I wanting again. My recipe is 2 cups flour to 3 of the best eggs I can find in the food processor. When stone to pea gravel, I check to make sure it squeezes into a clump. I have learned that I dont like too much water. Then I pour it in a bag and form into an oval loaf.

Should let it rest, but I cut a fifth or so and seal bag with rest to rest as I work the first. Used to work near the whole pound at once in a loop. Using my arms as the outer gear. Tossing the big loop over my arm as I work. Now just one sheet at a time. How did the elbow mac come out. I am thinking extruder for sure a manual one would be fine as well, maybe the ka. I know you said you used it, do you recommend it? Hope you and others share your recipes. I need some inner nonna time.

 

[applescrap]

Haha I've seen your claws in the friendly thread.

Thanks for the reminder to never ever drink and post

 

[passedpawn]

Thanks for the reminder to never ever drink and post

Yea right. I'm sure you'll never do that again, haha.

If you get the flowers, 1) try with rice also, and 2) you can make a nice herbal light tea with the flowers, 3) try adding a few drops of lemon juice to the blue tea and watch the magic happen. Here's some rice I made with them (the orange stuff on top is carrot juice formed into balls, quite another subject). I posted this here a while back.

 

[Staestc]

Yea right. I'm sure you'll never do that again, haha.

If you get the flowers, 1) try with rice also, and 2) you can make a nice herbal light tea with the flowers, 3) try adding a few drops of lemon juice to the blue tea and watch the magic happen. Here's some rice I made with them (the orange stuff on top is carrot juice formed into balls, quite another subject). I posted this here a while back.

That's awesome Andrew. And strangely disquieting!

 

[passedpawn]

That's awesome Andrew. And strangely disquieting!

Yea I know, I wouldn't do that again. Exactly NOBODY would eat that, though it tasted normal.

 

[TwistedGray]

Yea I know, I wouldn't do that again. Exactly NOBODY would eat that, though it tasted normal.

No of the "flower" flavor or aromatics came through?

 

[passedpawn]

No of the "flower" flavor or aromatics came through?

Naw, it's a very faint flavor.

 

[Inkleg]

Yea I know, I wouldn't do that again. Exactly NOBODY would eat that, though it tasted normal.

I'd be on that like stink on a pig!

 

[S-Met]

Freeze. If you use eggs in the pasta it'll be yellow. What's your dough recipe?

Don't fear the blue. Try boiling some butterfly pea flowers (30 or 40) in the water first, then remove the flowers and make your pasta in it. I've done it and it works great

Sometimes I'll pour a cup of red wine into the water and give the noodles a nice purple hue. Usually with a big flat egg-noodle with stroganoff.

 

[TwistedGray]

Fried brie

 

[RevKev]

I immediately regret drinking this entire bottle of wine with dinner

 

[bleme]

Sometimes I'll pour a cup of red wine into the water and give the noodles a nice purple hue. Usually with a big flat egg-noodle with stroganoff.

This reminds me of the first time I made spaghetti sauce from scratch. I didn't have a recipe so I was just going by what I remembered my mom putting in her sauce, and by 'feel' on quantities. I put in way too much wine and turned the whole dish purple. We got a good laugh and it was still mighty tasty!

 

[VApatriot]

Was cleaning out the pantry today and came across an item I did not buy - coconut oil. Wife bought it with good intentions but as usual it’s not going to get used.

Is there anything this stuff is good for? I couldn’t find a recipe where it wasn’t just a replacement for butter.

Dude, we use coconut oil all the time. Anytime I'm sauteeing onions and other veggies, the wife uses spray coconut oil on the pan to bake french fries, spray on samosa and pakora when making indian food. Do a google search and you'll find it's excellent for you.

 

[bleme]

Was cleaning out the pantry today and came across an item I did not buy - coconut oil. Wife bought it with good intentions but as usual it’s not going to get used.

Is there anything this stuff is good for? I couldn’t find a recipe where it wasn’t just a replacement for butter.

I like to melt a teaspoon of it in my coffee sometimes, especially if my lips are chapped.

 

[TwistedGray]

Made some potatoes wedges

 

[Temptd2]

Coconut oil is great stuff. It has antiviral and antibacterial properties, it's great for cuts or nicks, dry skin, chapped lips - and I love to cook with it! I buy the plain and also the butter-flavored one (Walmart carries all kinds of it) and often mix it half & half with the duck fat they also carry - great flavor, spreads the expensive duck fat out longer!

 

[Staestc]

Coconut oil is great stuff. It has antiviral and antibacterial properties, it's great for cuts or nicks, dry skin, chapped lips - and I love to cook with it! I buy the plain and also the butter-flavored one (Walmart carries all kinds of it) and often mix it half & half with the duck fat they also carry - great flavor, spreads the expensive duck fat out longer!

Cool, I did not know Walmart carried duck fat! I will have to look and see if they have it here.

 

[passedpawn]

Cool, I did not know Walmart carried duck fat! I will have to look and see if they have it here.

You can buy it on Amazon.

 

[applescrap]

The research on coconut oil health is still debated. It has the potential to be good and bad for you. Some call it a miracle oil others a bad fat to steer clear from. Btw, the chocolate was stellar and I couldnt stay away from it, dang it!

 

[S-Met]

The research on coconut oil health is still debated. It has the potential to be good and bad for you. Some call it a miracle oil others a bad fat to steer clear from. Btw, the chocolate was stellar and I couldnt stay away from it, dang it!

Everything is good and bad for you it's all about moderation.

 

[schematix]

Yah i'm still confused by why it's a popular 'healthy' ingredient all of a sudden. It's like 80% saturated fat, which is a lot more than pork lard, beef tallow, and butter even. Seems the consensus is that excess saturated fat isn't all that good for you.

 

[TwistedGray]

Pork bellies
Orange sauce I made, sliced kumquat, and thinly slice green apple (also brown rice, salad, and red cabbage with green apple)

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Everything is good and bad for you it's all about moderation.

Including moderation - Ben Franklin

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Salad, cod, twice baked potato with spinach and some semolina bread.

 

[baldm79]

Lunch courtesy of @TwistedGray
Chorizo, mushrooms, onion, broccoli, and tortilla strips

 

[TwistedGray]

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Lunch courtesy of @TwistedGray
Chorizo, mushrooms, onion, broccoli, and tortilla strips

A few things to try next time (assuming you still have a little left):
Always pull the meat from the casing (looks like you did) before cooking.
Try cooking it again but this time for longer.
It should be dark brown (nearly black) and crunchy.
You can reserve the oil to add to something or pitch it.
Add the crunchy chorizo to the dish (tacos for example).
Note: I have only ever had it prepared this way.

 

[TwistedGray]

@baldm79
Chorizo, pork belly, butter, wine, garlic and clams (they needed more soaking time)

 

[jimyson]

 

[S-Met]

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Could be the light l, but that looks like sockeye fillet. My favorite!