The Open Source Cookbook? 555
InspectorPraline asks: "I'm currently working on a cookbook that is intended to provide good food at a reasonable price - the kind of stuff you'd make before sitting down for a long coding session, with the occasional idea that would feed a LAN party. I've got some ideas I can put down, but the book would be quite thin, so I thought I'd put the call for submissions to Slashdot. I'm calling it 'The Open Source Cookbook,' and I'd release it under the GFDL, in PDF, ASCII text, and Word formats. Of course, I'd take submissions as comments here or via email. I'd 'publish' the book via the web once I got enough submissions to make the book at least about 40-50 pages in length or 30 recipes (whichever comes last), and as submissions came in I'd update the book. Anyway, I'm asking for submissions for the book, which could be recipes for dinners, lunches, even drinks. Two webpages that will serve as temporary homes for the project can be found here and here, and those addresses list my email as well as some submission guidelines. So, any ideas, folks?" Hey, if you ever wanted to share your favorite dishes with geeks around the world, this might be the way to do it. What great dishes have you prepared?
A cookbook in the 'toys' category? (Score:5, Funny)
Tux (Score:5, Funny)
Only recipes you'll get on Slashdot are (Score:2, Funny)
You missed one (Score:3, Funny)
Obligatory Simpsons Reference (Score:3, Funny)
Technologically inclined food (Score:5, Informative)
An MLT (Score:3, Funny)
Re:An MLT (Score:3, Funny)
You're kidding right... (Score:2)
Re:An MLT (Score:4, Funny)
It's known for raising the mostly dead.
pdf, ascii and word?! (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:pdf, ascii and word?! (Score:2)
Re:pdf, ascii and word?! (Score:2)
don't worry about me, i made enough money during the bubble.
Re:pdf, ascii and word?! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:pdf, ascii and word?! (Score:2)
ObRecipe: 1 box Kraft Cheese & Macaroni
It's the only damn thing I know how to make, but it convinced my daughter that I'm a good cook
It is GNU licensed... (Score:2)
(See why the open source community can't provide a good user-friendly OS? Cuz all the people who complain about it refuse to actually fix it... the point of Open Source is to give you a chance to shit or get off the pot.)
When I was poor and 'borrowing' electricity (Score:2)
Ahhh, the good old days.
Hello? Pizza Hut? (Score:2, Funny)
Real geeks don't cook, they code.
Potato Soup (Score:3, Interesting)
1 Can of campell's Cream of Potato soup (with 1 can of milk)
1 Can Chunky Baked Potato w/bacon & chives
1 Can Baxter's Potato and Leek soup
Mix it all together, and slow-cook it for about 20 minutes (boil it for at least 5), add salt/pepper to taste!
holy crap, that's brilliant! (Score:5, Funny)
> but it's a really good and easy to make potato soup.
>
> 1 Can of campell's Cream of Potato soup (with 1 can of milk)
> 1 Can Chunky Baked Potato w/bacon & chives
> 1 Can Baxter's Potato and Leek soup
You can make potato soup out of nothing more than potato soup, potato soup and potato soup? Astonishing.
Here's another: Tuna Casserole (Score:5, Informative)
1 Box of Kraft Mac 'n Cheese
1 Can Campell's Cream of Mushroom soup
1 can of Starkist Tuna in spring water
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup milk
Some crushed potato chips (ruffles work best)
Preheat oven to 350. Boil and drain the noodles (do not rinse).
Mix in the cheese powder, milk, butter, tuna, and soup with the noodles, and pour into a casserole dish.
Sprinkle a layer of crushed potato chips on top. Bake uncovered at 350 for 30-45 minutes.
Use more butter if you want it a little sweeter, and more milk if you want it creamier.
Re:Potato Soup (Score:2)
That, my friends, is a dish of the gods. You can't eat it fast enough.
Re:Potato Soup (Score:2)
Here:
Click [triumf.ca]
Check here first (Score:2, Insightful)
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/02/01/14232
Good link... (Score:2)
Coding + Eating = Bad Idea (Score:2)
Re:Coding + Eating = Bad Idea (Score:2)
.....VODKA and RedBull..... (Score:4, Interesting)
This is dangerous (Score:4, Informative)
Re:This is dangerous (Score:2)
Convenience and Expedience (Score:2)
I code; you want me to cook too? What, and have the circus people after me? ("It codes in 5 different languages AAAAAND it cooks lasagna! Step closer!")
Thanks. If you have a list of phone numbers for fast food delivery places, I'm your man, though.
God didn't create all this in 6 days AND cook. _Someone_ must have been delivering, even back then.
Ars technica already did this (Score:2)
ehhh (Score:5, Insightful)
Jeez.
Bah, programmers don't cook... (Score:2)
Mmmm.....delivery sushi in San Francisco.......
Re:Bah, programmers don't cook... (Score:2)
Bachelor dishes! (Score:5, Informative)
Tuna Mac
1 can of tuna
1 can of macaroni and cheese
1 tsp black pepper
Cook macaroni like you normally would. When done cooking drain tuna and mix with macaroni. Pepper to taste.
Dennisons Chili Chimichanga's
1 Can of dennisons chilie
3 cups of shredded cheese
6 flour tortilla's
Use equal amounts of cheese and chili and wrap the ends. Fry in a pan till golden brown.
Chili Relleno's
2 tblspoons of flour
1 egg white
1 Can of whole green chili's
Cheese cut into sticks.
Mix the flour and egg white. Stuff the chili pepper with a stick of cheese, then dip in the batter. Fry in a pan until it is brown and the cheese is melted.
Open source Salsa
Everyone brings the hottest chili's they can find. Add tomato paste and chilis to a food processor. Mix until you have a nice salsa like texture. Have a contest to see who can eat the most.
--toq
Re:Bachelor dishes! (Score:2)
The best part about this being an Open Source idea, and basically all replies are subject now to that licence.
People could build better recipies which would be fucking awsome.
The best cooking (Score:2)
The best cooks in the world dump things in until it looks, feels, and tastes right. Their measuring cup is a scoop only. It takes YEARS of practice to get this good, I've managed to do a few meals this way that turned out great, but many that were about what you can get anywhere, and a few disasters.
Good cooking takes time. Be prepared to spend time at it. It is all worth it when you get a compliment from someone you want to impress. (S.O. or clients) However you have to make the mistakes on your own first. (The good S.O. will wait them out, the clients never will)
Note though that there are a few things that tolerate NO variance at all, and you must get them perfect. In those cases make sure you measure by weight, not volumn.
Re:The best cooking (Score:2)
I learned to cook from my grandmother. I would go over - and she would have a different recipe for me to make each time. anytime I would ask how much of an ingredient to put in she would just look at me, shrug and say "uuhhhh" - I never follow quantities except for a general guide.
so - here is my favorite dish:
1 package of boneless skinless chicken brests (4 or 6)
some red potatoes (or wbrown/white/whatever)
1 large onion
3 stalks of celery
1 package of onion soup mix
1 bottle of gin (beafeaters)
1 bottle of tonic (generic)
1 glass
1 frying pan
1 large oven backing dish (12x18x2 or so)
some ice
step one: put ice in glass, fil half with gin, half with tonic.
Step two: drink
3: wash chicken (you should always wash your meats)
4: drink
5: cut up potatoes into 1 inch or so cubes
6: drink
7: cut up onion into 1 inch squares
8: drink
9: cut up celery into 1 inch units
10: cook potatoes in frying pan in olive oil till mostly done and browned on sides.
11: sear chicken on all sides so it is white. do not cook the chicken in the frying pan - just sear it.
12. combine all components (except onion soup mix) in oven cooking dish.
13: mix onion soup mix with a little bit of water in a bowl. add in any spices you like (except salt - soup mix provides plenty) dried basil -
pepper - garlic etc...
14: drink
15: pour the onion soup mix/spices over ingredients in oven dish. There should be about a quarter of and inch of liquid in the bottom of the dish.
16: put in oven for about 45 minutes at 275-350 depending on your patience level.
17: go back to neverwinter nights while it cooks.
18: drink.
check on it every 20 minutes... you will want the tops of the chicken to be baked brown - then you know is done. put it on a lower heat if you tend to forget that you have shit in the oven. like 250 or 225... then it will take a lot longer - but you wont ruin it if you cant get out of the dungeon when you want to, trust me.
I also add: teryaki sauce from costco. worschester sauce, balsamic vineger.
mmmm mmmm good.
Nanaimo Bars! (Score:2)
hyacinthus.
Repeat story (Score:5, Insightful)
Not an EXACT duplicate, but the answer to his question is "rip off every recipe mentioned in this book".
Been done.
Wanna do it better? Listen to the poster who said you should make a web accessible database of recipes. Then anyone can search based on available ingredients ("what can I make with this crap in my pantry?"), dish-name ("what can I bring to a theme-potluck?"), and holiday affilation (obvious applications).
Guacamole, the easy way (Score:2, Interesting)
1 large jar Pace brand medium picante sauce (yellow lid, the red lid stuff's too hot even for me!). Use the thick variety for dips if you can find it, as the lime juice makes it drippy otherwise.
2 large (Florida) avocados, ripe so they peal easily.
Celantro, about 1 tablespoon, finely chopped.
Parsley, same quantity (optional, but the celantro is necessary!).
Juice of 2 limes or lemons (use one if you can't find the dip kind of Pace Picante).
Salt, pepper, and red hotsauce, to taste.
Fritos "Scoops" brand chips (no other kind will do!)
Mix Celantro, salt, pepper, hotsauce, and parsley with peeled avocados using a fork, while it is still too chunky add the picante sauce and keep mashing the mixture with a fork. Remember, you can easily add more picante, but it's tough to subtract, so make it for the person who likes "spicy" the least, if you're being polite. This recipe is great to modify slightly, my last batch was "garlic guac" because I had some roasted garlic left over -- delicious. Have fun.
JMR
PostModern Casserole (Score:3, Interesting)
Here is a photo plus the recipe [blackant.net], in case anyone wants to link to it. It doesn't take much preparation but takes a long cooking time, so halfway through your all night coding session you'll have a good meal.
PostModern Casserole
Ingredients
1 package sobe noodles
1 green pepper
1 onion
1 measurement quinoa
2 measurements nutrional yeast
1 measurement thyme
1 quantity tempeh
1 spoonful rocoto salsa*
Preparation
Cut green pepper,onion and tempeh.
Fry the onion and tempeh on low heat in some oil.
Cook sobe noodles quite al dente.
Pour noodles and water into crock pot (you better not have too much water)
Dump pepper, onion, tempeh and quinoa into the crock pot.
Mix in thyme, rocoto and nutritional yeast.
Sprinkle layer of nutritional yeast on top of food.
Place lid on crock pot and leave on low for a few hours, or on high for less time.
It's done when the quinoa is cooked, there is no sitting water and you're hungry.
Optional
Add corn and calamata olives.
* not meant to be too hot. remember - good hot stuff is tasty first, hot second.
one more thing, it's vegan and has enough fiber for even CowboyNeal.
Re:PostModern Casserole (Score:2)
Well, (A), nutritional yeast is not alive, and (B) it isn't a creature (animal), it's a fungus. Vegans have no problem with eating plants, fungus, or bacteria -- it's just members of the animal kingdom that we have issues with.
Nutritional yeast has been killed and doesn't have any leavening power. It's actually quite tasty, with a sweet nutty, or a cheesy kind of flavor. I use it ground up with blanched almonds, in a shaker, to top pasta and pizza where others might use Parmesan cheese. One part sliced blanched almonds, food-process until ground, add two parts nutritional yeast and a pinch of salt.
More info at:
Vitamin B12 in the Vegan Diet [vrg.org]
Types of Yeast [bulkfoods.com] and Red Star brand propaganda
Brewer's Yeast [geocities.com] is different from nutritional yeast apparently. But it's allegedly the same species as well (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). Prepared differently? I don't know.
Saccharomyces Genome Database [stanford.edu]. It turns out this yeast is "clearly the most ideal eukaryotic microorganism for biological studies. The 'awesome power of yeast genetics' has become legendary and is the envy of those who work with higher eukaryotes." Delicious.
Re:PostModern Casserole (Score:2)
I'm used to posting on the OpenBSD mailing lists, so my first response is do your homework! [trumpetpower.com]
(j/k)
how can putting living creatures (yeast) into a dish allow it to stay vegan?
vegan is "someone who eats no animal products at all" [dictionary.com], yeast is part of the fungus kingdom, not the animal kingdom. it would be the same as plucking fruit from a tree and eating it (in terms of being vegan, but if you really wanna get strict with your eating habits check out fruitarianism [fyristorg.com])
With regards to this site, i figured it would be relevant to point out the vegan aspect of that dish since it means there is no cholesterol in it, which might be of importance to those whose stereotypical meal consists of big macs [unamerican.com][3,3] and pizza (well, the typical pizza. i really like Amy's vegetable pizza).
My recipe is also quite low fat and very high protein, by the way.
Two Words: Colorado Bulldog (Score:2, Interesting)
Wang33
Spaghetti with meat and stuff (Score:2, Interesting)
1 lb of hamburger
1 little can of tomato paste
about a cup of ketchup
about a cup of spaghetti sauce
about a half cup of water
1 onion
oregano
salt and pepper
-Chop up the onion into little pieces, or slivers, or whatever.
-Start the spaghetti boiling in a big pot.
-Brown the onions in a big skillet with a little butter or oil until they are cooked.
-Add the hamburger to the skillet with the cooked onions and brown that. Salt and pepper the hamburger.
-After the hamburger is done, add the water, oregano, tomato paste, spaghetti sauce, and ketchup. Don't skimp on the ketchup, it's the secret ingredient.
-Simmer that a while on very low heat
-after the pasta is done cooking, mix it up with the sauce.
-Eat.
It's a little tastier than the regular spaghetti sauce/hamburger and pasta combination. This recipie is open source. Feel free to modify the quantities and/or actual ingredients to suit your curiosity. If you serve it to friends and they like it, you are obligated to tell them how to make it if they ask.
easy cheese is a miracle food! (Score:2)
and yes we were all high.
Mmmm - love Open Sauce! (Score:2, Funny)
Jeff
Pasta Pomodoro (Score:3, Informative)
You need per person:
Start boiling water (as this is the the task that takes longest to complete), put some salt in the water (a tablespoon).
Split the tomatoes open, get rid of all the watery goo and seeds so only the firm flesh of the tomatoes remain. Chop them as finely as you can be bothered to.
Put some oil in a frying pan, put the pan on the heat and finely chop the garlic. Put the garlic in the pan, and then before it turns brown (that is after 10 seconds) add the tomatoes.
When the water boils, add the pasta. If you don't turn down the heat very much, so the water continues to boil violently you don't have to stir very much ;-)
Keep stirring the tomatoes around until they turn soft and start looking a bit like sauce. Check if the pasta is finished by getting a strand out of the boiling water once in a while and biting it. If it doesn't have a hard core, it's finished.
Get rid of the water for the pasta. Add tomatoes to pasta, add some extra virgin olive oil and stir. Put on plates, sprinkle with grated chese and some leaves of basil if available...
There you go, one of my favourite easy dishes...
A Refreshing snack (warning: metric) (Score:2, Interesting)
1 cup of chocolate ice cream
1 cup of sugar
5 tbsp of chocolate syrup
750g of semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup of chopped celery
Melt the chocolate chips in a double boiler on low. Once melted, slowly stir in sugar.
Empty the cup of ice cream into a small bowl and blend the it with the cup of whole milk. Once thick and frothy, pour the syrup evenly over the top of the mix.
Finally, discard the small bowl and eat the cup of celery. If you actually looked at that recipe above and thought "That sounds like a good recipe" you probably need the celery.
Any Geek Cookbook should have this Dish (Score:2)
(10-15) Cups Grits, Hot
(1) Natalie Portman
Slather until well covered.
Enjoy!
Awesome Cream Cheesey Chicken Salsa (Score:2, Interesting)
Drain water, dice into small, bite size chicken pieces. It's ok to kind of shred it into chicken fragments.
Add 1 stick of Philly Cream Cheese, 1 16oz. bottle of your favorite salsa.
Cook over low heat until cream cheese melts. Stir frequently.
Serve with tortilla chips.
This makes the best salsa you'll ever taste in your life, plus it only takes about 15 minutes. Perfect for the LAN party, or just for munchies for any occasion. Try it, it's really simple to make and tastes awesome. All of my friends that have tried it begged me to tell them how to make it, even the ones that don't know how to cook.
hot dogs (Score:5, Funny)
I've also cooked hot dogs using 1000W heat guns for heat-shrink tubing. Not as much fun as using 120V, but still very effective.
Re:hot dogs (Score:3, Funny)
Cheap Yakisoba Recipe: (Score:5, Interesting)
Ingredients:
Top-Ramen or other brand - Pork Flavor.
Worstishire Sauce - to taste (1 tea-spoon)
Sugar to taste (1 tea-spoon)
Prepare:
Boil noodles until tender, drain, add half of flavoring packet
Add Werstishier sauce and sugar to taste. Mix to coat and enjoy.
Cultural Note: Worstishire sauce is a western copy of Ease-Asian fish sauce. It shares the same roots as English Brown Sauce and Tomatoe Ketsup and Portuguese Fish Sauce.
Real dried Yakisoba can be purchased at most Japanese food stores - It's made by Nissin and has the English word 'BIG' written large on the package.
This recipe is primarily for those who live far from said store.
Re:Cheap Yakisoba Recipe: (Score:2)
Recipe RFP (Score:3, Funny)
So predictable these geeks are. Like a clone army they become.
I wanted to register "opensauce.org"... (Score:2)
heavy indexing, please! (Score:2, Interesting)
o ease of preparation -- so you know whether you're really up for it when it's later than you want to be using your brain for much
o calorie count -- I'd love to see a book with a list of all of its recipes arranged by total calories (in an appendix of course; wouldn't make a very good basic organization)
o basic taste category -- each item might be in more than one category, but they could include things like:
o Origin -- by part of the world, and if possible, time-frame. I like cookbooks that have lots of lore about the foods they describe.
o Time to Prepare, with categories like:
o Messiness:
Good luck with this project!
Tuna mayo pasta... (Score:2, Interesting)
I'm no nutrition expert, but what I do know is that if you're about to start a long coding run you're going to need some food that'll give you a good slow release of energy and isn't too heavy so it won't make you feel drowsy. I am speaking, of course, of pasta.
Tuna Mayonnaise Pasta
1 small tin of tuna
2 tblsp mayonnaise
100g pasta
Boil the pasta as directed. Meanwhile empty the tuna into a bowl, mash with a fork, and mix in the mayonnaise. When the pasta is cooked, stir in the tuna mayonnaise mixture.
You can also add some finely chopped spring onion, or sweetcorn, or peas, or anything you like, to liven it up a bit.
This is probably my all-time favourite recipe. It's incredibly simple and quick, it tastes great and I've produced some of my best work on it. :-)
I can't believe no one has suggested... (Score:2, Funny)
Crumbs'n'cheese (Score:5, Funny)
Prep Time: 2 minutes
Instructions:
Take one (1) almost empty doritos bag.
Crush all the remaining chips into a very small pieces while still in the bag
Pour the crushed contents of the bag into a cereal bowl
Add generous amounts of sharp cheddar cheese
Mix thoroughly (hand mix for best results)
Microwave on high for thirty (30) seconds.
Stir (do not hand stir, contents will be hot)
Microwave on high for an additional thirty (30) seconds.
Remove from microwave and enjoy.
This recipe is released for licence under the GRL (GNU Recipe License).
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P.S. Don't let your significant other see you doing this.
A friend of a friend paid $285 for this (Score:5, Funny)
2 cups butter
4 cups flower
2 tsp. soda
2 cups sugar
5 cups blended oatmeal**
24 oz. chocolate chips
2 cups brown sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 8oz. Hershey Bar (grated)
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)
2 tsp. vanilla
** measure oatmeal and blend in a blender to a fine powder. Cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla; mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda. Add chocolate chips, Hershey Bar and nuts. Roll into balls and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies.
THIS IS A TRUE STORY!!!
-a
Tortilla and Green Chiles (Score:2)
Take a tortilla and cover it with cream cheese. The put some minced green chiles and black olives on top. Heat it up slightly to make it a little warm and easy to roll. Roll it up like in a log, and cut it like sushi. Serve flat so that you can see the spiral. Easy and cheap to make, and it tastes wonderful!
You can obviously do this with more than one tortilla if you want more yeild.
G.O.R.F. (Score:2, Funny)
I do pork chops. (Score:2)
PIZZA? (Score:2)
Commander Taco Salad (Score:5, Interesting)
1 packet of taco seasoning
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 head of iceburg lettuce
2 ripe tomatoes
1 large onion
1 medium bottle of french dressing
1 medium bag of nacho chips (Doritos work great)
16 ounces of cheddar cheese, diced or shredded.
Brown and drain the ground beef. Add the taco seasoning and the garlic powder to the browned beef. Set aside and allow to cool.
Shread the lettuce. Dice the tomatoes and the onion and add to the lettuce.
Coarsely crush the nacho chips. Leave them in the bag until you are ready to serve the salad.
Just before serving, combine all of the ingredients in a large bowl and toss gently. Make sure to evenly distribute all ingredients.
The key is to do all the steps separately and then combine them just before you serve. This makes the salad still crunchy and that's when it tastes best
This recipe is very popular at lan parties and cookouts. It makes a large amount of taco salad, but it gets eaten quickly.
RecipeSource (Score:5, Informative)
There is a great archive of recipes (more than 70,000) at RecipeSource [recipesource.com]. It's free, searchable, well-organized, and you can submit recipes [recipesource.com] too.
Re:RecipeSource (Score:4, Interesting)
Here's one of my recipes (Score:2)
PIZZA
Ingredients:
- Money
- Telephone
- Phone Book
Directions:I can do you one better. (Score:2)
Ingredients:
Telephone
Phone book.
Directions:
1:wait for 45 minute base closure.
2:call dominoes
3:place order
4:wait 40 minutes
5:get pizza free.
of course its no longer free if later then 30 minutes, but we sure ate a lot of pizza for free!
we always tipped well.
Beer Bread (Score:2)
3 Cups of Flour
2 Tablespoons of Sugar
1 Packet Yeast
1 Stick of butter
1 Can of Beer
Let the beer sit until warm. Open it and pour in the yeast. Add the sugar. Stir. Let sit for a minute.
Melt 1/2 stick of butter.
Pour flour, beer mixture, and melted butter into a bowl. Stir into batter. Kneed with additional flour until it forms a nice ball.
Let rise. (an hour or 2)
Put into greased bread pan.
Melt other half of stick of butter, pour over dough.
Cook at 300 for a hour or until a knife stuck in comes out clean.
(Note: Amount of sugar and rising time can vary, but use this unless you have got the hang of making bread. It's not hard.)
Eat commercial unsolicited bulk emails (Score:2)
South-of-the-Border Pizza (Score:4, Interesting)
Here goes:
Fresh Salsa:
1 large tomato
1 can chopped green chiles (it's a small can)
1 large white onion
1 can sliced black olives
1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro (it's really cheap and available at any store)
Salt and pepper
Chop everything up and mix it in a bowl. Cover and refrigerate for as long as you can before making the pizza. A couple hours would be best, but it's still ok made right before.
Preheat oven to 400.
Pizza Crust (a good crust for any pizza, even sliced into breadsticks)
For a thick crust, double everything.
1 cup warm water
1 tbsp. yeast powder (1 packet)
1 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. sugar
1 tbsp. vegetable oil
All-purpose flour (NOT self-rising!)
Mix everything except the flour into a large bowl. Begin stirring in flour until it reaches dough consistency, it's going to be somewhere around four cups, more or less. For non-bread-makers, it's going to be squishy and sticky, kind of stretchy. Knead the dough (squish and fold on a floured surface, throw some flour on top) until you have a smooth ball of dough. Roll this out into the size of your pizza pan, fold over the edges so it doesn't hang over.
The Pizza:
Fresh Salsa (above)
Pizza Crust (above)
2 cups grated Montery Jack cheese
1 cubed avocado
Cumin
Put down the pizza crust on the pan, cover the bottom with cheese, then spread the salsa and avocados on top. Lightly dust with cumin right from the shaker. Bake the pizza for about 18-22 minutes, or as long as it takes for the crust to turn a light brown.
One of the best pizzas I have ever eaten. It's not as hard as it sounds, you really spend a total of 30 minutes in the kitchen, max.
depends on what your coding (Score:2)
Burrito Casserole (Score:2)
1/2 to 1 lb Ground beef
1 Can Refried Beans
2 Rolls Instant Biscuits (them flaky ones rock!)
1 Packet Taco Seasoning (Ortega)
4 cups graded Cheddar Cheese
Press biscuits on bottom of a greased(Pam) 9"x14" pan until covered. Cook hamburger following directions on Taco seasoning mix. Mix in refried beans. Spread Taco meat/bean mix over biscuits. Evenly spread grated cheese over top. Cook following biscuit instructions (usually about (400-425F) or until cheese begins to bubble and turn brown.
Serve with salsa, chopped lettuce, onions, tomato, etc. Quick and easy recipe that serves at least four people.
Why so simple? Educate the masses instead! (Score:2)
Really, if I can offer the suggestion, what you should do is provide a section on how to LEARN how to make basic preparations. How to fry, how to braise, how to mince. How to season properly, and with what seasonings for different ethnic varieties. Having that sort of knowledge will let you cook well even without a recipe!
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Ramen Recipe Database (Score:4, Interesting)
Perfect for college students and people who can't afford/don't want to pay for more expensive food, there's always the Ramen Recipe Database [mattfischer.com] (quick link to all recipes [mattfischer.com]). Over 200 recipes and counting. It's amazing what people can do with Ramen when they try. Ramen by itself may not be all that nutritious, but with a little imagination you can make a full meal out of one of those little $0.15 packages.
The Usenet Cookbook (Score:5, Informative)
Copies are still floating around the net this [lysator.liu.se] seems like a good place to start. I printed the whole thing out several years ago and it took a couple of packages of paper.
hearty dish (Score:2)
1 pkg frozen mixed veggies
a fair amount of your favorite cheese
paprika, salt and pepper to taste
prepare mashed potatoes and veggies according to directions on their respective packages, drain veggies and mix with potatoes. lay down a layer of the potatoe/veg mix in a casserole dish, then a layer of cheese, alternating until you top the dish (finish with a cheese layer). sprinkle some paprika on top of the cheese for color and a bit of taste and pop in the oven for long enough to melt the cheese.
sticks to your ribs, is good enough for the next day and works as a side dish or a main dish in it's own right.
Whats OpenSource without Curry ?? (Score:2)
6 prawns
chilli powder
turmeric powder
salt & limejuice: all to taste
2 tsp virgin oil
Masala
3 tsp coconut oil
¼ tsp mustard seeds
5-6 curry leaves
2 slit green chillies
1 tsp ginger
½ tsp chopped garlic
½ chopped onion
1 tbsp coriander powder
1 tsp red chilli powder
¼ tsp crushed black pepper
¼ tsp turmeric powder
½ chopped tomato
¼ up coconut milk
salt to taste
Marinate the prawns for 10 minutes in a mix of chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt & limejuice. Heat oil in pan and sauté the marinated prawns on a low flame for 5 minutes. Once done, keep aside.
For the main preparation, heat oil in a pan and crackle mustard seeds. Add curry leaves, green chillies, ginger , chopped garlic, chopped onion, coriander powder, red chilli powder, crushed black pepper, turmeric powder, chopped tomato. Sauté till onions turn brown.
Now add the prawns and cook for 5 minutes with the lid on. Now remove the lid and cook for another 5 minutes to allow the gravy to reduce to a semi dry consistency. The dish is ready when the prawns have turned dark brown in colour.
Now add coconut milk. Cook for another ½ a minute. Add salt to taste and serve with rice or bread.
Yummy..
And here's a cheese-risotto recipe (Score:2)
1 cup rice (best rice 'Baldo', impossible to find here in North America, second best 'Arborio' very easy to find in the 'ethnic' section of the supermarket) stay away from instant rice for this
2-4 cups of broth (depends from a lot of factors)
1 tbsp (or thereabouts) of butter or olive oil
1-2 cup(s) (total) of cheese(s) cubed in very small cubes, the more the cheese, the cheesier the result (no, really
seasoning to taste (usually 1tsp of a mix of herbs with oregano)
Have the broth ready and warm in a pot next to the pot you'll make the risotto in.
Put the butter/oil in a pot (non-stick) and melt it, then dump the rice in and fry it for a few minutes, the objective is to enhance the flavour, not really to cook it. Keep the heat to 3/4 I'd say.
After the frying is done, pour about a ladle (1/2 cup to a cup) of hot broth in the pot on top of the rice, and stir things around with a wooden spoon. During this phase of the preparation keep stirring at least every 30 seconds to a minute.
When the rice gets 'drier' (i.e. the broth you put in evaporated/got absorbed) add another ladle of broth, and keep going for about 12-14 minutes (can't be precise, it depends from the rice that you're using, trial and error is key here).
Don't ever 'drown' the rice, otherwise the temperature will go down and it won't taste as good: add about 1/2 cup of broth at a time tops.
About a minute or two before the time is up when the rice is moist but there's no broth floating around, you dump in all the chopped cheese and the herbs: stir vigorously for the remaining minute of cooking in order to mix things well and to get the cheese to melt. The consistency of the risotto will differ depending on how long you'll cook the cheese (obviously) for a mix of soft/hard cheeses, I'd say a minute is a good place to start.
Now turn off the stove and *immediately* cover the pot with a damp cloth, and leave it alone for about two to three minutes (this enhances the flavour quite a bit).
Take out and serve: if done right the rice will basically melt in your mouth with a subtle taste of cheese and herbs (consistency similar to sort of chunky mashed potatoes), every time I made this dish it was always a hit, and it's not hard at all once you've tried it a few times for yourself. You really have to get the timing right for the rice that you use and your stove/cheese combination, but once you nail that, you can cook this basically with your eyes closed.
Chicken Wings (Score:2)
Delcielo's Spanish Rice (Score:2)
¾ cup of long grain rice
1 clove of garlic, diced
1 14oz can chicken broth
4 oz. tomato sauce
2 tbsp butter
1 anaheim or poblano chile - fried in butter or oil, peeled, and diced
¼ cup diced red bell peppers
1/3 cup white onions, chopped
½ teaspoon salt
1 tsp chicken base
Fry the chile and dice. Fry the peppers. Soak rice in a medium pot in VERY hot water for 10 minutes. Rinse in cold water, let excess water drain off.
In a blender, combine garlic, tomato sauce, ½ can chicken broth, chicken base.
Lightly brown the rice in the butter over medium heat. When the rice is golden brown, add the diced chiles, peppers and onions, and continue cooking until onions are translucent. Stir often and do not let stick.
Add broth mixture from blender and continue to cook for 7 minutes, stirring often.
Add remaining broth and salt. As soon as rice comes to a full boil, turn heat to low and cover for 20 minutes.
Stir, and cook an additional 5 minutes.
Nick Adams Sandwich (Score:2)
Nick Adams, as you may or may not know, is a frequent character in many Ernest Hemingway short stories. In one of these stories, this sandwich is well described. I now make it frequently -- it definately falls under the category of "comfort food."
First I fry the ham in the frying pan, letting it get pretty dry with slight signs of being cooked. Do not use oil for this.
After the ham is done put it aside. Put 1 pat of butter in the pan and let it melt. Over medium-high heat fry the egg(s) over hard. That is usually done by breaking the yolks after cooking the first side and flipping the egg.
When the egg is nearly done sprinkle shredded cheese on top and put the ham on the cheese. Place a slice of buttered, toasted bread on top of that.
After the cheese has melted, place the whole thing on the other piece of bread.
Voila! A Nick Adams Sandwich. Watch your waistline!
The "3am Cholersterol Injection" (Score:2)
Take two eggs, break them into a bowl, add two tablespoons of milk per egg, and salt and pepper to taste.
Then, add half a teaspoon of curry powder and half a teaspoon of chilli powder or chilli flakes (more or less depending on the strength of the powder). Grate a cup of cheese in the bowl with the eggs etc.
At this point you can also throw in (as some friends of mine did) either tomato sauce/ketchup, worstershire sauce or soy sauce as well if you want.
Grab a frying pan, coat the bottom lightly with olive oil and throw in half a teaspoon of crushed garlic (more or less to taste) and half a small onion (diced). Fry them both, stirring briskly, until the onion has gone clear.
Then throw in the mixture from the bowl all at once, and fry until all the egg is cooked through (note, it wont ever cook as hard and clumpy as normal scrambled eggs due to the oil and fat from the cheese).
Stick it on a plate and return to the computer. you should be able to eat it one handed if you need to.
If you're a stereotypical nerd, who gets no exercise, has poor personal hygene and no friends this is perfect. The curry/chilli will make you sweat and the garlic will make you smell and noone will want to come near you!
L8r.
Baked Chicken Cutlets (Score:2)
Spread bread crumbs on a plate. Mix ketchup and mayo in a bowl. If desired, flatten the chicken pieces by pounding them with a mallet or the palm of your hand. Dip chicken in ketchup-mayo mixture, then in bread crumbs. Arrange chicken pieces in a greased baking pan and bake at 375F for 20-30 minutes.
Ink Cartridge Hors D'Oeuvres (Score:2, Funny)
Here it is:
Chili Relleno Hors D'Oeuvres
Ingredients:
12oz can of chili peppers or pickled peppers
1 pound of cheddar or monterey jack
6 eggs
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cover the bottom of a flat 9"x9" baking dish with a layer of chili peppers or pickled peppers, slices or chunks. Cover peppers with grated cheese. Beat eggs until mixed. Pour over cheese and peppers.
Bake for 30 minutes or until firm in center.
Remove and let cool for 10 minutes, slice and serve.
Just go looking for HP ink cartridges (this one is the 51641A) and you'll be sure to see it. ENJOY!
Maybe a cookbook based on times? (Score:2)
Angel Hair for one:
1) Fill a pot about 3/4 of the way up with cold water
2) add a pinch of salt
3) bring water to a boil, covered, over high heat
4) take about one serving of angel hair out of the box. for me, this is about 1/4 to 1/3 of the box. Break the angel hair in half.
(Chefs would advise against breaking the pasta in half, but I've found pasta is less likely to stick together if broken)
5) When water comes to a boil, dump the pasta in, and let it cook uncovered for 5 minutes.
6) Strain and serve
Rice for one:
Rice is a bit tougher, since all store bought rice isn't the same, but this recipe works well for me. A serving of rice for one person is 1/2 cup. Make sure you have a heavy and relatively tight lid for the pot. If the lid has holes, or doesn't form a good seal, add up to 1/4 cup more water.
1) take a narrow pot, and add half a cup of rice to it.
2) add 3/4 a cup of water.
3) bring to boil, uncovered
4) when boiling, stir the rice, cover, and reduce heat to low
5) let it cook covered for 25 minutes.
6) serve and eat.
More immediate feedback... (Score:2)
Better yet: do one of the following:
It's nice for people to be able to see the work in progress, rather than you releasing a version every so often. It'd make them a lot more likely to keep contributing.
The SPAM Cookbook (Score:3, Insightful)
Hmmm... beer! (Score:2)
2) Acquire keg of Guinness, along with suitable tap.
3) If not well versed in the art of the Perfect Pour, seek counsel from your wise barkeep.
4) Enjoy.
NOTE: If keg not available, a few cases of Molson Canadian may suffice.
This simple recipe should be good for a few days... having your favourite pizza joint on speed dial isn't a bad idea, either.
pad thai (Score:2)
- 12 oz. ramen noodles
- 1/3 C soy sauce (or 3 T soy sauce and 3 T Thai fish sauce)
- 1/4 C sugar
- 1/2 C vinegar
- 1 T paprika
- 1 t cayenne pepper
- 6 green onions
- 1/3 C peanut oil
- 8 cloves garlic
- 3 eggs
- 1 lb bean sprouts
- 1.5 T peanut butter
- 1.25 C roasted unsalted peanuts
- cilantro
- lemon and lime slices
Soak noodles in warm water for 10 minutes and drain. Mix soy sauce, sugar, vinegar, paprika, and cayenne, and set aside. Chop onions, garlic, and peanuts. Heat the oil in a wok, then add the garlic and increase the heat to very high. The rest of the recipe should take only a few minutes -- if it takes longer than that, you're overcooking the veggies. After the garlic is brown, add the noodles, and toss them to coat them with the oil. Add the soy sauce mixture, and continue mixing until the noodles have absorbed the liquid. Fry the eggs underneath the noodles, and then mix in. Add sprouts, green onions, peanut butter, and peanuts, and mix. Remove from heat. Garnish with cilantro and lemon and lime slices. - Ben Crowell and Gretchen Angelo(c) 2002 Ben Crowell, GFDL licensed
Three Sub-30 Min Recipes (Score:2)
Here are three of my favorites. Redistribute at will. All guaranteed to be done in under 30 minutes.
1. Catfish/Snapper Po' Boys
(Not as good as New Orleans Jazz Fest, but okay anywhere else.)
Ingredients:
- catfish or snapper (or other whitefish like halibut, but these two are best) fillets
- corn meal
- cayenne pepper
- flour (a little bit), dried sage (a little bit), salt, pepper
- milk (optional)
- fresh sweet french baguette
- tartar sauce
- sweet sliced pickles
- Louisiana hot sauce (Crystal is best)
- Lemons
Equipment:
- cast iron skillet (MANDATORY)
- mixing bowls
First make the breading. To enough cornmeal to cover all fillets, add a little bit of flour, enough cayenne to make it just short of too hot to eat straight, a dash of sage, salt, and pepper. Then wash the fish well, making sure it's deboned. Dip the fish into milk if you drink milk, or water if you don't; then dip in the breading until your fish is well covered.
While you're doing this, preheat the iron skillet. It should be quite hot, but not so hot as to burn the oil (vegetable oil is best, though you can use butter too). Fry the fish until done but DO NOT overcook - it should be tender and juicy, not dry like a Filet-O-Fish.
Cut the baguette into sandwich rolls. Spread tartar sauce on it, then add the freshly cooked fish. Add pickles, hot sauce, and juice squeezed from those lemons. Serve with cold beer or iced tea and enjoy!
2. Seared Ahi Tuna Salad
(Like they make in those fancy California restaurants, but better!)
Ingredients:
- Fresh ahi tuna (the best you can find)
- Peppercorns
- Toasted sesame seeds (kurogoma) (optional)
- Arugula
- Soy sauce
- Soybean oil
Equipment:
- cast iron skillet (MANDATORY)
- very sharp knife
- cutting board
- mortar and pestle, or a good pepper grinder if you don't have that
First crack the pepper. If you have a mortar and pestle, use it. If not, grind a good amount of pepper from the mill - you will be covering the fish with it, so crack/grind enough to do this. Keep the pepper on a flat bowl or plate; if you have kurogoma, mix this into the pepper (but do not crush or grind it). Then wash and dry the arugula, and arrange it on the plates in a nice salad shape.
Next take that cast iron skillet and heat about 1/8 inch of soybean oil (other tasteless oil is fine; DO NOT use olive or corn oil!) until it's quite hot. Wash and pat dry the tuna, then quickly sear it in the oil; just 10-20 sec. per side may be enough to sear the edges while keeping the center rare. Then quickly roll the hot tuna in the pepper (and sesame) mix.
On a good cutting board, slice the steaks sashimi style and serve in an appealing way atop the arugula. Dress with a little bit of soy sauce and eat with chopsticks. Delicious!
3. Tomato Mozzarella Salad (Caprese)
(Perfect for hot summer nights.)
Ingredients:
- Fresh tomatoes, preferably heirloom but whatever is most delicious at the farmers' market
- Fresh mozzarella, preferably the kind sold in water at an Italian deli
- Fresh basil
- Salt and pepper
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Balsamic vinegar
First, make sure the tomatoes are really fresh. Is it not summer? Have they ever been refrigerated, even for an hour? Did you buy them at the supermarket? If so, forget this recipe; make sauce instead.
If your tomatoes are good enough, it's quite easy: slice them into 3/8" slices, and do the same with the mozzarella. Slice the basil into 1/4' strips. (Wash everything first, of course.) Arrange on the plate, mozzarella on the bottom, then tomatoes, then basil; dress with olive oil, balsamic, salt and pepper. Serve as an appetizer or a salad with a good red wine.
Publish it too (Score:3, Informative)
hello RecipeTroll (Score:2)
Re:Ars did something like this (Score:2, Funny)
No, not popcorn sized chicken pieces, like KFC...
A whole chicken stuffed with unpopped popcorn. Bake and enjoy. Jesus, that must be a sight once it reaches critical temperature.
Re:Open source? (Score:2)