Cooking and Food, v. 2009

They’re things we all have in common, yet we haven’t had a new thread about them since last year. So what are we waiting for? Let’s eat talk about eating!

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69 Responses to Cooking and Food, v. 2009

  1. Loreena Chatheng (AP) says:

    I made Peace Pie a while ago. ‘Twas yummy.

    (first post?)

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  2. Sunrunner Bramblewood says:

    I once made these really yummy dessert bars- they had a layer of shortbread, then a layer of caramel, then a layer of brownie on top. They were incredible, but the recipe took so long…quite a shame.

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  3. Jakob Wonkychair says:

    I want to cook more. Maybe I can join a cooking club at school.

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  4. SilverLeopard says:

    I can bake if I have a recipe. I usually don’t cook.

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  5. MissSwann! Loves you! says:

    Vanilla yogurt. Frozen blueberries. Chopped almonds. Low-cal love. :3

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  6. Kiga says:

    I have food issues, so I can’t eat a lot of foods like chocolate and stuff. I like grilled cheese and frozen fruit. :)

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  7. bubbles says:

    I made chocolate chip cookies from scratch and brought them to a group outing. They were gone in about five minutes, 16 out of the 19 I made, anyway. I was hoping for leftovers to bring home, but really, who am I kidding? :D

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  8. Jakob Wonkychair says:

    Soup. I like soup. Especially the oyster crackers. And especially if it’s french-onion.
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  9. RoseQuartz says:

    I can cook…. um…. pasta. I can bake brownies and snickerdoodles, and I forget how to make fudge. Yay! :D

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    • vanillabean3.141 (Minka, Shae, Claire, and Juliette) says:

      I used to have a recipe for fudge, but it involved raw eggs, which isn’t such a great idea anymore. I made peppermint fudge using that recipe once, and it turned out OK…

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      • Luna the Lovely says:

        Mmmmmmm. Yum. I love fudge. And peppermint fudge. I made some once (or maybe twice or three times) for the fair back home when i was younger. One of the food items for which I got a purple ribbon (grand champion). ’twas fun. Except, now that I’m in the adult category, I don’t rate ribbons anymore, because apparently my stuff is just that horrible compared to everyone else’s…..

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  10. speller73 says:

    Um… I made instant oatmeal this morning. I didn’t realize that the cafeteria still closed at 8:30 on Wednesdays, even if people don’t have anything scheduled until 9:30. I think Wednesday will be oatmeal/cold cereal in my wing day.

    I had a really nice five-course dinner last Friday. It was my parents’ reward for surviving over a week with only cafeteria food. I had:
    fresh tomatoes with arugula and really good prosciutto
    corn soup with scallops
    salmon with a pineapple-citrus sauce and polenta
    steak with scalloped potatoes and green beans
    molten chocolate cake with ice cream

    ‘Twas delicious. Other than that, I’ve been eating cafeteria food. (It’s not bad for cafeteria food, but still…) I do have a fridge and a few microwave-able things in my room, but I keep them for days when I get to the cafeteria late or when they decide that funnel cakes and snow cones at the school carnival are a perfectly acceptable brunch.

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  11. Alice says:

    Today I made a Brasilian black bean soup (from the Moosewood cookbook), with orange juice and bell pepper and cumin and tomato paste and (of course) black beans. It was pretty much amazing. And yesterday I made chips and eggs.

    How to make chips and eggs:
    Mix up eggs with any powdered spices, tomato paste, etc.
    Saute onions, seed/pod spices, garlic, saute-y vegetables, etc. When onions are translucent, add tortilla chips. Or pieces of corn tortilla works too.
    Saute some more.
    Add eggs, softer vegetables, olives, whatever.
    When eggs are cooked, remove from heat.
    Add cheese, cilantro, salsa, whatever. Eat.

    Right now I am craving bread and butter, but because the bread my sister bought is the worst of white sourdough supposedly-artisan-but-really-not bread, I am trying to satisfy my craving with the Indonesian rice salad we made on Monday (rice, carrots, bell pepper, pineapple, orange juice, lime juice, currants, scallions and I think some other stuff), which is kind of amazing but somehow not as satisfying as I had hoped. Also we have macadamia nut butter in the fridge and I really want some, but…no bread. I must have Mother show me how to make bread tomorrow.

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  12. soccer starr says:

    Ahhhh, food. How I love it. I’m horrible at cooking though but that’s not really a problem at my age because my parents do all the cooking in my house and I’m only twelve. My favorite food….I’m not really sure, but I do love my mom’s homemade pesto pasta. :)

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  13. bubblebabe46 says:

    Pseudonym cooks for me. i love how she randomly makes me lunch. it’s useful :)
    *round of applause for Pseu*
    *Pseudo***

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    • bubbles says:

      Are you new? I haven’t seen you before.
      On another note…
      I decided to make cookies yesterday. They are sooo good, and soo evil! The butter! The obscene amount of butter!
      I think I have a cookie fetish. Plus, they’re just about the only thing I can cook.

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  14. bubblebabe46 says:

    Pseudo makes cookies!!! i once got the urge *number two* make cookies and they were yummy!! i don’t make cookies that often. I mean, I don’t make cookies that often. Ugh it’s so hard to get used to this capitalizing thing!

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  15. bubblebabe46 says:

    Pseudo and I made banana cake coconut thingie today!
    there are no
    Bananas in the sky, in the sky there are no
    Bananas in the sky, in the sky
    There’s a sun and a moon and a chocolate cream pie but there are no
    Bananas in the sky, in the sky!
    Il n’y a pas
    De bananes dans le ciel, dans le ciel,
    Il n’y a pas
    De bananes dans le ciel, dans le ciel,
    Il y’a lune, et soleil, et la tautou chocolat mais il n’y a pas
    De bananes dans le ciel!

    No hay plátanos en el cielo, en el cielo. no hay plátanos en el cielo, en el cielo. no hay un sol y una luna y un pastel de crema de chocolate, pero no hay plátanos en el cielo, en el cielo!

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  16. Pseudonym says:

    sfttp … ?

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  17. bubblebabe46 says:

    Sorry for the .. how many posts is it now? Anyway, today Pseudo made chocolate pudding pie.

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  18. Pseudonym says:

    I think you killed the thread… No one’s here but you. (And you posing as me.)

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  19. peary moppins says:

    Well…I’m here now!
    I gots this awesome vegan cupcake book yesterday! Gonna make “peanut butter bombs”.

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  20. Pseudonym says:

    Are you vegan? Peanut butter bombs…that sounds yummy.

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  21. kiwimuncher says:

    One word. CHEESE.

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  22. Cerulean Pyros says:

    Thanks, GAPAs!

    Right now, I really want to try cranberry ice cream, but we haven’t found a company that sells it. *Sigh*

    Anyone else into feta cheese? Toasted pecans? Pomegranates?

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    • Pseudonym says:

      Feta cheese. Toasted pecans. Mmm. Have you tried cucumber ice cream? It’s delicious. (Debatabely.)

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      • vanillabean3.141 says:

        I saw a show on TV about someone who went to Mexico and they went to an ice cream parlor where they sold CORN flavored ice cream. The reporter person said that it was very good, but I’m not so sure. Peppermint ice cream is delicious, and maple ice cream is good too (without the walnuts).

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  23. bubblebabe46 says:

    Peppermint is my favoritey favorite thing ever. I also love that Red Sox brand ice cream, where they have the little sock shaped candies and veins of chocolate stuffy and it’s really good? and mint chip. OH, and yes, orange pineapple!!! and heath bar! and snickers! and i’m forgetting to capitalize i’m so excited! I’m so excited I mean!! Haha! Sorry!
    *ice cream lovers of the world unite*

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  24. chimichanga says:

    I think you should take a deep breath. Only I reckon you’re a tad hyper tonight.

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  25. soccer starr says:

    Yesterday I had the best dessert ever! It was delicious fudge with ice cream and one of those fake cherry things on top that I hate, but I just picked it off and the rest was good. I know it sounds so simple, but it was soooooo good. :)

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  26. vanillabean3.141 says:

    You all have not lived until this day!!!!!!! ;-)

    So go find your local trader named Joe and out of his hands wrest a box of mini chocolate peanut butter cups (If you don’t have a Trader Joe’s then find some kind of mini peanut butter cups). Let them sit out a bit (WITHOUT eating them) and then throw them in a bowl. Make your own cookie dough or use your favorite mix, but mush them up with the dough and then bake these cookies. Let cool, then eat. :D

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    • JJjetplane-girlw/catsâ„¢, thinking about shortening/changing her name says:

      YUM!!!!!! As some of you know, I’m a not-recovering chocaholic, and adding peanut butter just makes it worse. :grin:

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  27. bubblebabe46 says:

    OOO. THAT SOUNDS…YUMMY. *devours vanilla’s cookies* mwahahaha i ate your cookies!!

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  28. Marfwarrior says:

    I made pumpkin pie yesterday. I was trying to make pumpkin pasties (HP) but the filly was too runny so it wouldn’t stay in the crusts, so I ended up making mini pies in a muffin tin. I was going to throw one, but it would be a waste of good pie.

    I read an article on the internet about odd ingridients (sp?) and the next time I make whipped cream I shall add crushed altoids.

    I like sea urchins. (not to eat)

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  29. SudoRandom says:

    I made crepes today. I made them with lemon juice and sugar, apples and chocolate and sometimes almonds, and (a new idea from my brother) apples with cinnamon and sugar and lemon juice. It was delicious. I love making crepes. And omelets. Yesterday I made a chocolate cake with my mom’s daycare. It was fun. (And vegan.)
    The crepe recipe can be found at http:// cookingwithalia . com/index.php?searchword=french+crepes&ordering=newest&searchphrase=all&Itemid=65&option=com_search
    (I know, long URL. But that website is amazing. Go there. (cookingwithalia . com))

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  30. vanillabean3.141 says:

    Nutella cake: cake mix with about half a jar of Nutella mixed in (it blended very well, I was surprised) and baked, frosted with Nutella. If you’re using as scratch mix, don’t put vanilla in.

    SudoRandom–lemon juice and sugar? Hmm, interesting. I usually stick with maple syrup (the real kind, not the fake stuff) or chocolate, strawberries, and ice cream.

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  31. bubblebabe46 says:

    I ALWAYS eat lemon juice with sugar when i have crepes. it’s the BEST – try it, vanilla!

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  32. bubblebabe46 says:

    Hahaha. Would that be a useful treatment? Probably. SUGAR MAKES ME HAPPY

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  33. bubblebabe46 says:

    SFTDP!!! I HATE KILLING THREADS!!!
    But I just wanted to ask if anyone makes grilled cheese sandwiches in their waffle cooker? mm-mm good.

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  34. SudoRandom says:

    33- Sounds like a good way to make a panini.
    Today I made donuts. Yum.

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  35. Rosebud2 says:

    Yesterday I made peanut butter kiss cookies while i was staying up til midnight.

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  36. Beedle the Bard says:

    I made cookies in the microwave once… They were more like warm cookie dough.

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  37. bubblebabe225 says:

    I made peppermint bark and it was insanely good. Even though I had to half the recipe because I forgot to check the amounts beforehand >_<

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  38. vanillabean3.141 says:

    I made rice crispies today. Melted marshmallow should be used as industrial-strength glue.

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  39. Jadestone says:

    Took a flour tortilla (versus corn-based)

    put tomato sauce (spaghetti) on top, spread it around with the back of a spoon

    piled on shredded cheese we had in the cheese drawer (o wondrous place of deliciousness) and added some parmesan

    heated in the microwave for 30 seconds.

    Fold in half to eat.

    Not bad. I was really craving pizza and it didn’t taste anything like it, but it was pretty good. Kind of messy though.

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  40. Cello-Playing Mathematician (AKA Kyra) says:

    The first time my mom and I made peanut butter kiss cookies I saw the picture of them in the cookbook and I was really confused as to where we were going to get the giant chocolate chips. I thought they came from a specialty baker or something…

    Sadly, this was two years ago.

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  41. Pseudonym says:

    A few days ago I made, er, thingies. (Real descriptive, Pseudo. *headdesk*) I sliced a banana, mixes rasberries and vanilla ice cream in the blender and refroze it, and spooned then spooned some of the mixture (about a teaspoon) onto each banana slice. Then I put strips of mango over each of the rasberry/vanilla ice cream-topped bananas and froze the whole thing. They were pretty good.

    Also, does anybody know how to make vegetable broth? Is their more to it than boiling vegetable bits in salted water and then straining it after a while? Because I use vegetable broth all the time, but the bouillion (spelling?) cubes are way too salty.

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  42. Mikazuki says:

    41-Sounds yummy!

    I was cooking Udon noodles in Dashi stock, and they were delicious!!!!!! mmm… Sadly, I made way too much, and couldn’t eat it all. *sighs* What a waste. I am going to have a sleepover with a friend of mine who loves Japan a lot, waaaaaaaaaaay more than me, and was the one who got me interested in Japan. Anyway, so then we will cook tons of Japanese food!!!!! Mwahaha!!! So, my mom has one of those Foods of the world cookbooks(Or something similar, can’t remember.) and it is about Japanese food. After looking through it, I have chosen several dishes and will be serving:

    Makizushi(rolled sushi) with any vegtables I have lying around the house, and sushi ginger & Wasabi sauce.
    Round Udon noodles in Dashi stock
    Water Chestnuts fried in peanut oil
    Green Tea
    Pickled Radish
    Short-grain Japanese rice
    Mizuyokan(Red Bean Cake)

    What do you think? Sound Yummy?

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    • fireandhemlock1996 says:

      Ooh. Mizuyokan. Have you had anpan? I love an (red bean).

      MAKIZUSHI! I love Japanese food, my mom makes it all the time, plus strange variations. If you can eat natto then I applaud you.

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      • Mikazuki says:

        No, I’ve never had anpan. It is good? I love japanese food!! You are really lucky! Yeah, red bean is really yummy! No, I don’t think I have the moral fiber(hehe) to try natto. I have everything I need to make this stuff, but my friend REALLY NEEDS TO COME OVER so that I can cook it. I can’t wait! *squeal* *gets really hyper, falls down* Okay, sorry. I love japanese food. Now I’m hungry. Heehee.

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        • fireandhemlock1996 says:

          Oh come on. Natto is just fermented soybeans, aka soybeans that are somewhat into the process of rotting. If you ignore the texture and the fact that you’re eating slightly rotten soybeans, it’s yummy. :lol: Anpan is very good. It’s basically a roll with an in the center of it.

          Fact of the day: Most Japanese people think that instant ramen was the greatest thing ever invented in the history of the world.

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  43. Mikazuki says:

    Sorry for the double post, even if this is a week or two after.
    I made a blackberry pie yesterday!!!!!!! Pie rules!!!!!!!!

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  44. Randomosity101 says:

    – 42 *mouth waters*

    – 43 Yum! Pie is nearly as fun to make as to eat!

    I gotta get of this thread. It’s not a good time to get hungry…

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