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Best recipes, food ideas, cooking hacks of ask metafilter?
I'm putting together a collection of recipes and other cooking related ideas into a small booklet that I can copy, cut, staple and use as a stocking stuffer for my immediate and extended families for christmas.
What are the recipes on metafilter that have most changed your cooking and appreciation for food? And not just recipes... anything, from simple kitchen hacks to specific combination of ingredients that you never would have thought of. I'm mining this thread, at the moment.
I'm putting together a collection of recipes and other cooking related ideas into a small booklet that I can copy, cut, staple and use as a stocking stuffer for my immediate and extended families for christmas.
What are the recipes on metafilter that have most changed your cooking and appreciation for food? And not just recipes... anything, from simple kitchen hacks to specific combination of ingredients that you never would have thought of. I'm mining this thread, at the moment.
Aha, exactly what i was looking for. I was wondering why this hadn't been done before.
posted by symbollocks at 9:13 AM on December 21, 2009
posted by symbollocks at 9:13 AM on December 21, 2009
does it have to be human?
posted by The Whelk at 9:16 AM on December 21, 2009 [4 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 9:16 AM on December 21, 2009 [4 favorites]
QIbHom's Norwegian Apple Pie is an all-site standout. Fast, simple, light, damn tasty.
posted by Iridic at 9:17 AM on December 21, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by Iridic at 9:17 AM on December 21, 2009 [1 favorite]
Every once in a while I think "Man, a metafilter cookbook would be killer".
posted by boo_radley at 10:12 AM on December 21, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by boo_radley at 10:12 AM on December 21, 2009 [2 favorites]
If by killer, you mean "burn off the fingerprints and pour plenty of bleach down the drain", then yes, it would be killer.
posted by Plutor at 10:15 AM on December 21, 2009
posted by Plutor at 10:15 AM on December 21, 2009
MeRecipes would be so awesome, but EatMe looks to get me 80% there. There is so much on the Wiki I have not found yet.
posted by mccarty.tim at 10:47 AM on December 21, 2009
posted by mccarty.tim at 10:47 AM on December 21, 2009
There have been at least a few good questions not about cooking per se, but about stocking up with ingredients: fancy items, staples & pantry management.
For example: What do I need to have in my pantry? I'm about to move into a rented house house- what staples should I use to stock my first-ever pantry?
What are your favourite kitchen and pantry management tricks to avoid the waste of food and money?
Help me have a well-managed pantry. Not a well-stocked pantry. A well-managed pantry. Stocking is not a problem for me: I need something, I buy it. I've got all sorts of crap stocked in my fridge and on my shelves.
What are ten (give or take a few) ingredients that are handy to always have on hand to cook a good meal?
What fancy pants ingredients should I buy for a foodie?
And, on a bit of a tangent: What are the best minimal (2-6) ingredient recipes you have?
posted by UbuRoivas at 11:26 AM on December 21, 2009 [2 favorites]
For example: What do I need to have in my pantry? I'm about to move into a rented house house- what staples should I use to stock my first-ever pantry?
What are your favourite kitchen and pantry management tricks to avoid the waste of food and money?
Help me have a well-managed pantry. Not a well-stocked pantry. A well-managed pantry. Stocking is not a problem for me: I need something, I buy it. I've got all sorts of crap stocked in my fridge and on my shelves.
What are ten (give or take a few) ingredients that are handy to always have on hand to cook a good meal?
What fancy pants ingredients should I buy for a foodie?
And, on a bit of a tangent: What are the best minimal (2-6) ingredient recipes you have?
posted by UbuRoivas at 11:26 AM on December 21, 2009 [2 favorites]
Hm, most or all of those were in EatMe.
If I'd known about it or read all the comments, I could've saved myself ten minutes.
posted by UbuRoivas at 11:36 AM on December 21, 2009
If I'd known about it or read all the comments, I could've saved myself ten minutes.
posted by UbuRoivas at 11:36 AM on December 21, 2009
This thread on pizza toppings is worthy inclusion if only for the entertainment value of some of the suggestions. (Eggs? WTF.)
posted by DU at 12:15 PM on December 21, 2009
posted by DU at 12:15 PM on December 21, 2009
(Eggs? WTF.)
You sir have obviously never been to Europe. Eggs rock on pizza.
posted by Meatbomb at 12:26 PM on December 21, 2009 [1 favorite]
You sir have obviously never been to Europe. Eggs rock on pizza.
posted by Meatbomb at 12:26 PM on December 21, 2009 [1 favorite]
Well, how good a pizza topping thread is it really, given the shocking omission of two of the best pizza toppings ever: smoked oysters and smoked mussels. No, I'm not kidding. Yum.
posted by bearwife at 12:33 PM on December 21, 2009
posted by bearwife at 12:33 PM on December 21, 2009
Phone number of nearest restaurant that delivers?
posted by Cranberry at 12:58 PM on December 21, 2009
posted by Cranberry at 12:58 PM on December 21, 2009
It is my opinion that black pepper is the most under rated and under appreciated spice out there.
posted by JohnnyGunn at 1:54 PM on December 21, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by JohnnyGunn at 1:54 PM on December 21, 2009 [1 favorite]
does it have to be human?
Just the first course.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 2:17 PM on December 21, 2009
Just the first course.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 2:17 PM on December 21, 2009
QIbHom's Norwegian Apple Pie is an all-site standout. Fast, simple, light, damn tasty.
Cool! I missed that first time around. It looks exactly like the same dessert that my mom made when I was a kid. She always called it Ozark Pie. I haven't had that in years.
posted by marsha56 at 3:08 PM on December 21, 2009
Cool! I missed that first time around. It looks exactly like the same dessert that my mom made when I was a kid. She always called it Ozark Pie. I haven't had that in years.
posted by marsha56 at 3:08 PM on December 21, 2009
BlowMe
for Woodwind instrument related discussion and links
posted by The Whelk at 3:27 PM on December 21, 2009
for Woodwind instrument related discussion and links
posted by The Whelk at 3:27 PM on December 21, 2009
Garlic
Onion
Leek
Oregano
Butter (real butter)
White wine (reduced)
Add to pretty much anything you want to eat for deliciousness.
1 carrot
1 celery stick
sprig of rosemary
bay leaf
heat up in olive oil, remove and then add your tomato based sauce. Yumilicious and easy.
posted by Elmore at 3:46 PM on December 21, 2009
Onion
Leek
Oregano
Butter (real butter)
White wine (reduced)
Add to pretty much anything you want to eat for deliciousness.
1 carrot
1 celery stick
sprig of rosemary
bay leaf
heat up in olive oil, remove and then add your tomato based sauce. Yumilicious and easy.
posted by Elmore at 3:46 PM on December 21, 2009
Remind them to make their offering to AskMe afterwards. At least one of the foods in those recipes should be forgotten in the fridge for a couple months, and then they should come back to AskMe and ask if they should eat it.
posted by qvantamon at 4:37 PM on December 21, 2009
posted by qvantamon at 4:37 PM on December 21, 2009
Serious Pie in Seattle has a pizza with soft yolk eggs (can't remember if it's poached or fried). It is AWESOME.
There's nothing that can't be improved by a fried egg.
posted by qvantamon at 4:39 PM on December 21, 2009
There's nothing that can't be improved by a fried egg.
posted by qvantamon at 4:39 PM on December 21, 2009
You sir have obviously never been to Europe. Eggs rock on pizza.
So the Republicans were right all along. A socialist, egg-topping nightmare.
posted by DU at 4:40 PM on December 21, 2009 [1 favorite]
So the Republicans were right all along. A socialist, egg-topping nightmare.
posted by DU at 4:40 PM on December 21, 2009 [1 favorite]
Perhaps we could also have a crafting/how-to subsite: MakeMe.
posted by orange swan at 5:04 PM on December 21, 2009 [5 favorites]
posted by orange swan at 5:04 PM on December 21, 2009 [5 favorites]
There's nothing that can't be improved by a fried egg.
*puts down bottle of oil, turns off music, goes to fry an egg*
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 5:09 PM on December 21, 2009
*puts down bottle of oil, turns off music, goes to fry an egg*
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 5:09 PM on December 21, 2009
Brandon Blatcher - No need to turn down the music.
posted by qvantamon at 5:26 PM on December 21, 2009
posted by qvantamon at 5:26 PM on December 21, 2009
I make chili this way: Take a vegetarian chili recipe. Ignore cooking directions. Hack up all the aromatic vegetables (celery, peppers, onion, carrots (WHY? they don't go in chili)), and then saute them in the oil of your choice. Add a pound of ground beef. Gloat about how wrong what you just did is.
Then add the rest of the vegetables and liquid, simmer along with some apple cider vinegar, soy sauce, and worchestershire sauce and eat it in about 20 minutes. I don't have the patience to stew something all day unless it's transcendently phenomenal and can't be had for $4 at a restaurant. Traditional chili is normally not that great for me, nor does it usually cost more than $4 per bowl.
Yes, I just did everything wrong if I want to make real chili. I don't care. It's a meat and bean soup with a lot of spices that I like to eat.
If you're offended, call it American Curry. That gives me an excuse to pour it over rice, which is also good.
The more you complain, the more I'll ruin your precious tradition, Texas. See the pattern yet?
posted by mccarty.tim at 7:54 PM on December 21, 2009 [2 favorites]
Then add the rest of the vegetables and liquid, simmer along with some apple cider vinegar, soy sauce, and worchestershire sauce and eat it in about 20 minutes. I don't have the patience to stew something all day unless it's transcendently phenomenal and can't be had for $4 at a restaurant. Traditional chili is normally not that great for me, nor does it usually cost more than $4 per bowl.
Yes, I just did everything wrong if I want to make real chili. I don't care. It's a meat and bean soup with a lot of spices that I like to eat.
If you're offended, call it American Curry. That gives me an excuse to pour it over rice, which is also good.
The more you complain, the more I'll ruin your precious tradition, Texas. See the pattern yet?
posted by mccarty.tim at 7:54 PM on December 21, 2009 [2 favorites]
Every once in a while I think "Man, a metafilter cookbook would be killer".
CookMe
A mefite Paleo cookbook would of course be called MeCook.
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 8:25 PM on December 21, 2009 [2 favorites]
CookMe
A mefite Paleo cookbook would of course be called MeCook.
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 8:25 PM on December 21, 2009 [2 favorites]
CookMe
*wide-eyed and screaming: You see! they said they wanted to help us! But it's a cookbook! A cookbook!*
posted by The Whelk at 8:35 PM on December 21, 2009 [4 favorites]
*wide-eyed and screaming: You see! they said they wanted to help us! But it's a cookbook! A cookbook!*
posted by The Whelk at 8:35 PM on December 21, 2009 [4 favorites]
And what a cookbook! Kanamits' Test Kitchen does great work.
posted by Iridic at 9:04 PM on December 21, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by Iridic at 9:04 PM on December 21, 2009 [1 favorite]
most ignorant thing I've ever read on AskMetafilter
posted by eddydamascene at 1:09 AM on December 22, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by eddydamascene at 1:09 AM on December 22, 2009 [2 favorites]
My solution for most everything is chick peas.
Need to thicken/creamify a dressing without adding much fat? Whisk in some hummus.
Want your smoothie to help keep you full? Throw some chick peas into the blender.
I have so many ideas for chick peas. Mash them up and put them in brownies for extra fiber/protein, blend them in soups to make them more creamy without adding additional fat, and of course, they make a yummy snack to pop in your mouth. I fucking love chick peas.
posted by raztaj at 5:50 AM on December 22, 2009 [3 favorites]
Need to thicken/creamify a dressing without adding much fat? Whisk in some hummus.
Want your smoothie to help keep you full? Throw some chick peas into the blender.
I have so many ideas for chick peas. Mash them up and put them in brownies for extra fiber/protein, blend them in soups to make them more creamy without adding additional fat, and of course, they make a yummy snack to pop in your mouth. I fucking love chick peas.
posted by raztaj at 5:50 AM on December 22, 2009 [3 favorites]
raztaj - I did the same thing until I discovered something even better: hit your local Indian grocer and get some roasted chana powder. (or roast your chickpeas til crunchy then grind yourself) Yum!
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 9:17 AM on December 22, 2009
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 9:17 AM on December 22, 2009
Metfites know how to boil and peel an egg.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 9:43 PM on December 22, 2009
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 9:43 PM on December 22, 2009
QIbHom's Norwegian Apple Pie is an all-site standout. Fast, simple, light, damn tasty.
I made this this morning and it was the best thing I've ever made. Even better than the Blues Clues banana bread (which rocks) or my No Bake cookies. Ok, maybe not better than the No Bakes, but it was still damn tasty.
My only quibble, even double the ingredients, it's not going to serve 6.
posted by cjorgensen at 11:49 AM on December 23, 2009
I made this this morning and it was the best thing I've ever made. Even better than the Blues Clues banana bread (which rocks) or my No Bake cookies. Ok, maybe not better than the No Bakes, but it was still damn tasty.
My only quibble, even double the ingredients, it's not going to serve 6.
posted by cjorgensen at 11:49 AM on December 23, 2009
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posted by The Whelk at 9:04 AM on December 21, 2009 [9 favorites]