What are you cooking #001
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Is macaroni really the right word for that in this context? I’m pretty sure you don’t have a elbow noodle extractor. Pappardelle, Tagliatelle, Fettuccine?
I think this needs a seasoned breadcrumb topping when you boil it.
I assumed a basic pantry for my other ingredients
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Is macaroni really the right word for that in this context? I’m pretty sure you don’t have a elbow noodle extractor. Pappardelle, Tagliatelle, Fettuccine?
I think this needs a seasoned breadcrumb topping when you boil it.
Not OP, but I would have thought a basic pantry included staples like rice, cheap dried beans, and pasta (probably elbows or shells, since they’re pretty versatile).
I’d also do mac & cheese, the same as theirs, but with different seasonings: a little sauteed, minced onion or a dash of onion powder; a tiny bit of mustard for creamier cheese sauce; and a dash of black pepper.
PS: This is great! I hope you do these regularly.
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Assume a basic pantry. So yes, eggs, milk, herbs, spices, baking powder, yeast, butter, etc.
saw a “recipe” by Guga for a spicy cheesy cornbread today that looked pretty fire. Two boxes of Jiffy cornbread mix, eggs, milk, butter, poured in buttered cast iron with a layer of sliced pepper jack halfway through. Looked pretty damned good.
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I stopped using the blue box a long time ago, but one of my favorite cornbreads is your basic cornbread mat mixture (recipe available on request) with either bacon or smoked hog jowl, cheddar cheese and jalapenos mixed in.
Chopped hog jowls are low key fire.
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I have thought about cheddar pizza a couple of times and my brain always shuts off.
Cheddar goes really great on taco/nacho pizza.
Or a cheeseburger pizza.
Or Mac and cheese pizza. (Found at Aldi. They slap.)
To name a few.
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Not OP, but I would have thought a basic pantry included staples like rice, cheap dried beans, and pasta (probably elbows or shells, since they’re pretty versatile).
I’d also do mac & cheese, the same as theirs, but with different seasonings: a little sauteed, minced onion or a dash of onion powder; a tiny bit of mustard for creamier cheese sauce; and a dash of black pepper.
PS: This is great! I hope you do these regularly.
More is the plan. That’s why I did 001 instead of 1.
Yes, a basic pantry would include those items. Picture yourself somewhere between 1850 and 1870 living on the prairie what’s in your kitchen. What can you get access to? You definitely have sugar and yeast. You probably have cinnamon. You don’t have saffron or caviar. But you have all the starches like rice, bean, potatoes and flour to make pasta. You definitely have milk and butter, but you definitely don’t have 9-month aged parmesan.
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I assumed a basic pantry for my other ingredients
The reason I made the distinction there is because I can totally accept macaroni noodles as a basic pantry item. But I was thinking make the pasta because you have the flour. I can see the confusion here. You’re going to take pre-made elbows and use the flour for the cheese roux. I get it. I just wasn’t seeing it at the time.
By the way, I have elbow macaroni in my pantry right now. About 2 lb worth. They are sealed up in mason jars to prevent the pantry moths from getting in.
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A crêpesadilla
That does not sound as good as it probably tastes.
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Cheddar naan sounds epic. I have made naan. I have never put cheddar in it or on it. Some butter, garlic and parsley. It’s probably heaven.
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Pot pie; flour goes into a shortening crust, cheese melts into a creamy veggies/choice-of-meat-if-desired stew for the inside.
What are your go-to veggies in a pot pie?
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Cheddar goes really great on taco/nacho pizza.
Or a cheeseburger pizza.
Or Mac and cheese pizza. (Found at Aldi. They slap.)
To name a few.
I will tell my wife about the Aldi mac and cheese pizza and let her decide if that’s a thing that’s allowed here. She’s probably going to go for it because it’s two of her favorite things.
I hadn’t really thought about nachos being a variation of pizza. You have a tomato-based salsa, cheese and a carb substrate. Every chip can be its own pizza. In which case cheddar is totally allowed.
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The picture is your starter. Assume a basic pantry for your other ingredients. What are you cooking?
These two ingredients were less than $4 total when I bought them.
For me, an obvious choice here is quesadillas. A little bit of salt, baking powder, oil and water and you have tortillas. You could add a little sour cream or hot sauce or peppers and onions or any number of other things to make this into a meal.
What are you going to make? How much is it going to cost per a person? Bonus points if you know how long it’s going to take? You kind of have to rest tortilla dough for 30 minutes. So for two people this meal is going to take me about an hour.
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Not included in the price is the cutting board. I made it years ago as an experiment to see if I could frame an edge face cutting board without it cracking breaking itself apart. It’s made of poplar and it refuses to die. Materials caused on it was probably about $10. Labor time was probably about 2 hours.
Poplar makes a horrible cutting board. It’s too soft even though it’s a hardwood. However, for end grain butcher blocks it’s a champion. I usually only use this for cutting and serving pizza because every knife mark shows on it.
Hassleback potatoes w/ cheese sauce.
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Every time I’ve tried hasselback potatoes, I’ve been disappointed. It always seems like they don’t cook evenly. So the centers are raw and the outsides are overdone? I suppose lower and slower might work. What’s your time and temperature on them? Do you wrap them? What fat are you using?
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I think you need a little bit of wine to make that work but yeah. I can see it. I’d probably also make some crusty bread. You already have the flour. All you need is some salt yeast and water.
Crusty bread with beer or wine cheese fondue sounds really tasty
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The picture is your starter. Assume a basic pantry for your other ingredients. What are you cooking?
These two ingredients were less than $4 total when I bought them.
For me, an obvious choice here is quesadillas. A little bit of salt, baking powder, oil and water and you have tortillas. You could add a little sour cream or hot sauce or peppers and onions or any number of other things to make this into a meal.
What are you going to make? How much is it going to cost per a person? Bonus points if you know how long it’s going to take? You kind of have to rest tortilla dough for 30 minutes. So for two people this meal is going to take me about an hour.
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Not included in the price is the cutting board. I made it years ago as an experiment to see if I could frame an edge face cutting board without it cracking breaking itself apart. It’s made of poplar and it refuses to die. Materials caused on it was probably about $10. Labor time was probably about 2 hours.
Poplar makes a horrible cutting board. It’s too soft even though it’s a hardwood. However, for end grain butcher blocks it’s a champion. I usually only use this for cutting and serving pizza because every knife mark shows on it.
I have a leek in the fridge. I’m making leek and cheese soup.
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Cheddar goes really great on taco/nacho pizza.
Or a cheeseburger pizza.
Or Mac and cheese pizza. (Found at Aldi. They slap.)
To name a few.
CiCi’s pizza when I was a kid had macaroni and cheese pizza I fucking loved and think of very nostalgically, cause I was a picky eater that loved both pizza and mac and cheese
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I have a leek in the fridge. I’m making leek and cheese soup.
Excellent choice. Is it bad seals or something else?
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The picture is your starter. Assume a basic pantry for your other ingredients. What are you cooking?
These two ingredients were less than $4 total when I bought them.
For me, an obvious choice here is quesadillas. A little bit of salt, baking powder, oil and water and you have tortillas. You could add a little sour cream or hot sauce or peppers and onions or any number of other things to make this into a meal.
What are you going to make? How much is it going to cost per a person? Bonus points if you know how long it’s going to take? You kind of have to rest tortilla dough for 30 minutes. So for two people this meal is going to take me about an hour.
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Not included in the price is the cutting board. I made it years ago as an experiment to see if I could frame an edge face cutting board without it cracking breaking itself apart. It’s made of poplar and it refuses to die. Materials caused on it was probably about $10. Labor time was probably about 2 hours.
Poplar makes a horrible cutting board. It’s too soft even though it’s a hardwood. However, for end grain butcher blocks it’s a champion. I usually only use this for cutting and serving pizza because every knife mark shows on it.
Does this basic pantry have eggs? Cuz if I have 1 egg, I can make fried cheese with the flour and cheese.
I suppose I could do it without the egg, just making a simple flour water dough to encase the cheese.
Take less time than making a quesodilla. And probably better anyway since that isn’t corn flour. -
Does this basic pantry have eggs? Cuz if I have 1 egg, I can make fried cheese with the flour and cheese.
I suppose I could do it without the egg, just making a simple flour water dough to encase the cheese.
Take less time than making a quesodilla. And probably better anyway since that isn’t corn flour.I hope it includes eggs. It would be weird if it didn’t.
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The picture is your starter. Assume a basic pantry for your other ingredients. What are you cooking?
These two ingredients were less than $4 total when I bought them.
For me, an obvious choice here is quesadillas. A little bit of salt, baking powder, oil and water and you have tortillas. You could add a little sour cream or hot sauce or peppers and onions or any number of other things to make this into a meal.
What are you going to make? How much is it going to cost per a person? Bonus points if you know how long it’s going to take? You kind of have to rest tortilla dough for 30 minutes. So for two people this meal is going to take me about an hour.
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Not included in the price is the cutting board. I made it years ago as an experiment to see if I could frame an edge face cutting board without it cracking breaking itself apart. It’s made of poplar and it refuses to die. Materials caused on it was probably about $10. Labor time was probably about 2 hours.
Poplar makes a horrible cutting board. It’s too soft even though it’s a hardwood. However, for end grain butcher blocks it’s a champion. I usually only use this for cutting and serving pizza because every knife mark shows on it.
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