What Are You Chef-ing Tonight, Dr?

Ybabpmuts

nolaegghead said:

16.95 seems like a lot to pay for that little pile of cream cheese and butter. Oh, and you're down to the last two garlic bulbs and just one white onion. I hope you replenish them before you try to make a big garlic and onion cake.

Cake looks fantastic. My cakes always come out round, I suspect it's the pan itself.

SB (Simpleton Baker)

GrateEggspectations

Lunch is served. Toasted curry chicken salad sandwiches on artisanal bread featuring red grapes and toasted walnuts with lightly dressed greens.

Ybabpmuts

I love curry chicken salad. I put raisins and green apples in mine. No nuts. I like heavily dressed greens the most. I only like lightly dressed greens when we're halfway through playing "Olga at the Gulag" because you can almost see right through the dressing at that point, so you can guage how much stoli you'll need once all of the dressing comes off. It's kinda like seeing into the future in a way.

SB

FarmingPhD

Pasta and grilled shrimp with a white sauce.

FarmingPhD

Leftover homemade ice cream for dessert.

4TheGrillOfIt

Had ground beef left from yesterday’s cookout.  Briefly considered stroganoff, but fired up the small instead.  Goo decision,

Botch

FarmingPhD said:

Leftover homemade ice cream for dessert.

My family made homemade ice cream a couple times every winter, using a manual-crank bucket machine set near the basement drain, while we all sat on our summer lawn-chairs waiting for our turn to crank the Beast.  Dad would run out to the driveway edges for snow and broken ice, and Mom would man the rock-salt.  
Helluva lot of work, but that treat was fantastic.  There's a small KitchenAid thingie that you've got me looking at, again....

GrateEggspectations

Botch said:

FarmingPhD said:

Leftover homemade ice cream for dessert.

My family made homemade ice cream a couple times every winter, using a manual-crank bucket machine set near the basement drain, while we all sat on our summer lawn-chairs waiting for our turn to crank the Beast.  Dad would run out to the driveway edges for snow and broken ice, and Mom would man the rock-salt.  
Helluva lot of work, but that treat was fantastic.  There's a small KitchenAid thingie that you've got me looking at, again....

In case you need the push, I’ll mention that we use the Kitchen Aid ice cream making accessories for ours. Makes things pretty easy, with excellent results. 

Botch

GrateEggspectations said:
In case you need the push, I’ll mention that we use the Kitchen Aid ice cream making accessories for ours. Makes things pretty easy, with excellent results. 

Sure, spend my money freely!   >:) :# 
(thanks, Grate!)  

FarmingPhD

@Botch mine is a cheap 4 quart version that we got as a wedding gift 15+ years ago.  I’ve learned a few key things about ice cream making, a good recipe to get the fat content right for creaminess and lot more rock salt than I would have guessed when freezing.

nolaegghead

Reminds me of a chemistry lab where we measure the molal freeze point deviation to determine the molarity (concentration) of a solute.

Bellavista52

I had an ice cream freezer like that, but it finally gave up the ghost after 25 years of use. :(

SonVolt

Made crepes for breakfast for the first time yesterday. Stupid easy. 



https://www.seriouseats.com/basic-crepes-batter-recipe

Mark_B_Good

SonVolt said:

Made crepes for breakfast for the first time yesterday. Stupid easy. 



https://www.seriouseats.com/basic-crepes-batter-recipe

One of my favorite is Crepe Suzette ... have you done that permutation before?

LetsEat

Two years ago we purchased the Breville ice cream maker. It was never intended to be a counter top appliance but given its frequency of use it has earned its place of honor. It’s convenient, fast and makes delicious ice cream, sorbets, frozen yogurts. 

caliking

LetsEat said:

Two years ago we purchased the Breville ice cream maker. It was never intended to be a counter top appliance but given its frequency of use it has earned its place of honor. It’s convenient, fast and makes delicious ice cream, sorbets, frozen yogurts.
...

This recently made it to my "Lust List" (after an air fryer).

Either of 2 things need to happen: 
a) it goes on sale, and I get a crazy good deal OR
b) caliqueen is out of town for a spell.

We have the Kitchen Aid attachment, but never have the freezer space to pre-freeze it.

I guess I just made the case for another freezer

JohnInCarolina

caliking said:

LetsEat said:

Two years ago we purchased the Breville ice cream maker. It was never intended to be a counter top appliance but given its frequency of use it has earned its place of honor. It’s convenient, fast and makes delicious ice cream, sorbets, frozen yogurts.
...

This recently made it to my "Lust List" (after an air fryer).

Either of 2 things need to happen: 
a) it goes on sale, and I get a crazy good deal OR
b) caliqueen is out of town for a spell.

Foghorn

caliking said:

LetsEat said:

Two years ago we purchased the Breville ice cream maker. It was never intended to be a counter top appliance but given its frequency of use it has earned its place of honor. It’s convenient, fast and makes delicious ice cream, sorbets, frozen yogurts.
...

This recently made it to my "Lust List" (after an air fryer).

Either of 2 things need to happen: 
a) it goes on sale, and I get a crazy good deal OR
b) caliqueen is out of town for a spell.

We have the Kitchen Aid attachment, but never have the freezer space to pre-freeze it.

I guess I just made the case for another freezer

Either?  Or both?

caliking

Foghorn said:

caliking said:

LetsEat said:

Two years ago we purchased the Breville ice cream maker. It was never intended to be a counter top appliance but given its frequency of use it has earned its place of honor. It’s convenient, fast and makes delicious ice cream, sorbets, frozen yogurts.
...

This recently made it to my "Lust List" (after an air fryer).

Either of 2 things need to happen: 
a) it goes on sale, and I get a crazy good deal OR
b) caliqueen is out of town for a spell.

We have the Kitchen Aid attachment, but never have the freezer space to pre-freeze it.

I guess I just made the case for another freezer

Either?  Or both?

I am not above claiming that "I found it on craigslist for $50"
"And, its NIB!"
"No, I have no idea how it has a shipping label with my name on it!!"

caliking

A big pot of not-necessarily-authentic arroz con pollo. 

Looks like a mess, but the fam enjoys it, so I make it every now and then. 

LetsEat

caliking said:

Foghorn said:

caliking said:

LetsEat said:

Two years ago we purchased the Breville ice cream maker. It was never intended to be a counter top appliance but given its frequency of use it has earned its place of honor. It’s convenient, fast and makes delicious ice cream, sorbets, frozen yogurts.
...

This recently made it to my "Lust List" (after an air fryer).

Either of 2 things need to happen: 
a) it goes on sale, and I get a crazy good deal OR
b) caliqueen is out of town for a spell.

We have the Kitchen Aid attachment, but never have the freezer space to pre-freeze it.

I guess I just made the case for another freezer

Either?  Or both?

I am not above claiming that "I found it on craigslist for $50"
"And, its NIB!"
"No, I have no idea how it has a shipping label with my name on it!!"

I purchased the Breville two years ago when we were confined to home with Covid restrictions. I was bored and with a disgruntled college student forced back home I was open to just about anything. The way to my families hearts has always been about cooking and extraordinary food so this purchase seemed like a no brainer. Amazon had a great price the day I was shopping and the rest is history.  The Breville sits on the counter and is used multiple times a week. It’s convenient, fast, produces a superior product and is easy to clean. We are fond of all flavors of ice cream but when summer fruits are abundant the sorbets are our favorite. So @caliking, I recommend you order one today. I can’t advise against the need for a second freezer as we have two full kitchens which I have become accustomed to for entertaining. But, you may be able to sneak in the purchase of the Breville much easier than an 20qf freezer.  The photos are of this morning’s vanilla mix. I’ve also previewed my next mix— Mango sorbet….You might pick up a case of mangos at Costco today.  

Legume

Damnit.  Now I want an ice cream maker.

LetsEat

Legume said:

Damnit.  Now I want an ice cream maker.

Go for it. You won’t regret it. 

This forum has influenced way too many purchases for me. And I don’t regret any of them!

Legume

@caliking

to help push you over the edge

http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/mango-sumac-yogurt-semifreddo

LetsEat

Blackbean chicken and broccoli. 

Sourdough boule. 

caliking

Legume said:

@caliking

to help push you over the edge

http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/mango-sumac-yogurt-semifreddo

**** you. That looks delicious.

Legume

caliking said:

Legume said:

@caliking

to help push you over the edge

http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/mango-sumac-yogurt-semifreddo

**** you. That looks delicious.

You don’t need a machine for this one @caliking

CPFC1905

Flat iron, 1.25 lbs of it - the optimum weight.  
On the plancha at 400C for 4 minutes per side.  About 15 mins rest - and away we go.  
Served with thin fries and salad - but that's just background noise.
Oh my days!

caliking

Legume said:

caliking said:

Legume said:

@caliking

to help push you over the edge

http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/mango-sumac-yogurt-semifreddo

**** you. That looks delicious.

You don’t need a machine for this one @caliking

I noted that, but keep it under wraps. It doesn't help the case for getting a fancy ice cream maker!

The sumac in that recipe is intriguing. I've got it bookmarked.

GrateEggspectations

@CPFC1905

Nice cook! Why is 1.25lbs the optimum weight?