What did you cook or eat today (March 2020)?

medtran49 said:
I meant the Chinese style ones, with the steamed buns, pickled cukes, hoisin sauce. That's 1 of Craig's top meals.
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No, I haven't had that, but it sounds good!

Windigo said:
I let my inner six year old have a go at cupcake decorating. I baked cupcakes before but never decorated them. Guess it's a start :wink:
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They are lemon cupcakes by the hairy bikers.
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My favorite one is middle row, second from left. I'll have that, please!
 
TastyReuben said:
No, I haven't had that, but it sounds good!


My favorite one is middle row, second from left. I'll have that, please!
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You're too kind.

However, they tasted fab. But you can see that I never had any training in patisserie and baking. Starting to catch up now. This really was my first time handling a decorating nozzle, and even as a kid I never have done this.
 
Windingo you are in for a lot of fun. I’m not especially good at it despite taking some classes but I do enjoy it.

Last night we arrived home from hospital desperately for some good food. My daughter took a container of pasta sauce from the freezer & added bacon, chilli & olives for arrabiata served with spiral pasta.

There was also a calamari & chorizo stew with chickpeas from the freezer.

fresh bread, salad & pecorino on the table.
 
I’ve got a huge pork hock that I’m marinating in garlic, ginger, turmeric, cumin, chilli, tamarind & fish sauce. I’ll braise it’s in the oven for a couple of hours then uncover for a bit to see what happens.

I’ve got ordinary potatoes to roast plus I’m going to toss some sweet potato in garlic ginger & chilli and roast that too.

I’ve piles of Asian greens plus enoki that I think I’ll throw in a screaming hot pan with some sesame oil.

I’ll make some sort of pan sauce once the pork is done.
 
Yorky said:
You may do when your kitchen temperature is in excess of 40°C.
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This is true! If it was that temperature I wouldn't cook at all. In fact, I would probably expire...

The halogen cooker is quite good for hot climates, I'd imagine, as it isn't heating up a big oven.
 
morning glory said:
The halogen cooker is quite good for hot climates, I'd imagine, as it isn't heating up a big oven.
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It's definitely not as hot as when stir frying!

I have gained sufficient confidence in my halogen timer since the maintenance to allow me to leave it unattended.
 
I put a couple of stuffed jacket potatoes (made last week) in the halogen to re-heat but it's so bloody hot I really cannot face them yet. Still 40°C ambient at almost 5 pm.

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