What did you cook or eat today (July 2019)?

morning glory said:
I've heard of twice cooked chips (fries) but what are twice baked mashed potatoes?
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Make your mashed potatoes. Be sure they are creamy. Place them in a ceramic or glass dish and bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes. Until peaks / tips start to brown. Remove and enjoy.
 
pocofan said:
Make your mashed potatoes. Be sure they are creamy. Place them in a ceramic or glass dish and bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes. Until peaks / tips start to brown. Remove and enjoy.
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Oh I see! Just like when you put mash on top of a Shephard's Pie.
 
I'm on cooking strike due to the heat - so its a salad feast tonight. Devilled eggs, smoked salmon, potato salad, hummus, bean salad, red leaf salad, prosciutto, tomato salad, pâte etc. Photo to follow later if possible...
 
Ramen noodle bowl with shrimp, Asian pork belly, baby bok choy, shiitakis, roasted red bell, green onions and cilantro garnish. The broth was the braising liquid for the pork belly, strained and defatted.
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Pizza. Pepperoni and banana peppers on my side, ham and pineapple :)stop:) on the wife's half.
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morning glory said:
I'm on cooking strike due to the heat
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we have now obtained a BBQ (Australian style) that runs off a gas cylinder for this very reason. In summer during the hotter parts when we routinely exceed +35C and often +40C, cooking outside is the only option. It is usually a case that the temperature will drop dramatically after dark and because we are closer to the equator than the southern UK is, dark happens at the latest at 8pm in the summer (somewhat different from my childhood of mid/north Scotland when it would still be light at 11pm at night). this means eating warm food is an option, but cooking indoor certainly isn't. Now all I have to do is clean it up, get a stand for it (or make one from bricks) and get a gas cylinder and I am sorted. It is basically a 4 ring stove with grill and the option for an oven, only outside.

TastyReuben said:
banana peppers on my side
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What are banana peppers please?
 
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White bread this time.

Russ
SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
we have now obtained a BBQ (Australian style) that runs off a gas cylinder for this very reason. In summer during the hotter parts when we routinely exceed +35C and often +40C, cooking outside is the only option. It is usually a case that the temperature will drop dramatically after dark and because we are closer to the equator than the southern UK is, dark happens at the latest at 8pm in the summer (somewhat different from my childhood of mid/north Scotland when it would still be light at 11pm at night). this means eating warm food is an option, but cooking indoor certainly isn't. Now all I have to do is clean it up, get a stand for it (or make one from bricks) and get a gas cylinder and I am sorted. It is basically a 4 ring stove with grill and the option for an oven, only outside.


What are banana peppers please?
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My 5 burner sounds just like your 4 burner. Havnt used yet, waiting on better weather.

Russ
 
TastyReuben said:
Very mild pickled wax peppers, very good on pizzas, salads, and sandwiches:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_pepper

The cooking outside when it's hot...I never liked that, because it involves standing out in hot/humid weather, in the sun, in front of a grill that's 600F-700F. I'd much rather be in the air conditioning.
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I don't have air con. When it is hot, the curtains and all the door are kept closed and it keeps the house cool until late afternoon/early evening. Once it goes dark the windows and doors are all opened (as are the curtains) and kept that way. Everything is on flyscreens so no insects unless they come in with you. Once it gets light again, all the windows and curtains/doors are closed up for the day. I usually sit out on the veranda in the morning, until it gets too warm before coming in to the cool of the house. Cooking outside will be no different to cooking inside, In the summer, I can't have the oven or even the rings on because it gets the house way too warm. So the BBQ will help considerably even if I cook in the morning, and simply reheat everything for the evening or eat it cold. Even boiling rice on the cooker in summer is too much, so anything will be better. It's just a totally different way of living that you have to adapt to or quit and return to the northern hemisphere with your tail between your legs. lol
 
SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
I don't have air con. When it is hot, the curtains and all the door are kept closed and it keeps the house cool until late afternoon/early evening. Once it goes dark the windows and doors are all opened (as are the curtains) and kept that way. Everything is on flyscreens so no insects unless they come in with you. Once it gets light again, all the windows and curtains/doors are closed up for the day. I usually sit out on the veranda in the morning, until it gets too warm before coming in to the cool of the house. Cooking outside will be no different to cooking inside, In the summer, I can't have the oven or even the rings on because it gets the house way too warm. So the BBQ will help considerably even if I cook in the morning, and simply reheat everything for the evening or eat it cold. Even boiling rice on the cooker in summer is too much, so anything will be better. It's just a totally different way of living that you have to adapt to or quit and return to the northern hemisphere with your tail between your legs. lol
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Can't beat air con.!!

Russ
 
rascal said:
Can't beat air con.!!

Russ
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makes the houses too expensive to rent when you are renting rurally. Even in the towns it makes them too expensive. We can't afford $$$ on rent just living off the one salary. It is one of the reasons, that I grow a lot of what I do and make a lot of what we do. Makes ends meet.
 
SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
makes the houses too expensive to rent when you are renting rurally. Even in the towns it makes them too expensive. We can't afford $$$ on rent just living off the one salary. It is one of the reasons, that I grow a lot of what I do and make a lot of what we do. Makes ends meet.
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Yeah I can understand the renting. We've been here 30 years and only got air con about 6 or 7 years ago.

Russ
 
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