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A Cooking Thread?
Slick:
--- Quote from: gospel on 15 Oct 2008, 09:05 ---It's only really cheaper if you buy in bulk and freeze (especially meats). Cooking is, no doubt, a luxury compared to the cheaper alternatives of eating out. It's really about learning something because you want to and because the stuff cooked outside is generally really unhealthy. Eating healthy, even out, is usually expensive too.
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I do not agree with you. I do not think cooking is a luxury compared to eating out. $6 a meal times two and a half meals a day seven days a week is $105. I can make two sandwiches for maybe three bucks. Frozen juice is dirt cheap. Pork chops, rice, and carrot sticks is a dead simple meal and that's under $6 a head. I spend $50-$60 a week on groceries eating light breakfasts and good suppers.
I don't think your point about buying in bulk and freezing is valid either. I mean, yes, if you buy a weeks worth of groceries in a go, you should freeze the meat you're not eating that day. That's common sense. Buying a pack of four chicken breasts and eating them one or two at a time is hardly buying bulk.
Ozymandias:
--- Quote from: Edith on 12 Oct 2008, 15:26 ---I'm seeing a chef.
He wants me to cook for him.
What do I do?
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Bacon hotdogs.
-Karamazov-:
Does anyone have an idea for a quick breakfast I can grab and take to class? Particularly something with a high amount of protein and requires almost no preparation time. I have 8 am classes Monday through Friday, and I rarely wake up earlier than an hour before class.
What I usually do is make a variant of Swedish hardtack/crisp bread that my mom taught me. It’s incredibly simple, fast, and is tender rather than crisp. I'll typically make a batch once a week and store it in a large zip lock bag.
The original recipe that my mom taught me was as follows:
preheat oven to 425° F
* 1 cup water
* 3 tbsp. vegetable oil
* 3 tbsp. honey
* 3 cups rye flour
* 1/4 tsp. salt
Knead mixture into a dough, making sure everything is evenly incorporated. Roll thin to about the thickness of a graham cracker. Prick with the tines of a fork all over, flip mass over and prick all over again. Cut into 5 x 3 pieces, and place on a lightly greased baking pan. Bake for 8 - 10 minutes.
This forms a thin tender cracker that will keep for a long time if stored properly.
I used to grab about 2 - 3 of these and a cup of coffee before class, and they do a pretty good job as a quick breakfast or snack while studying. They are also good if you toast them and spread cream cheese or honey on them.
I usually use whole wheat flour instead due to a higher protein content (actually dark rye flour generally about the same protein content as whole wheat, but I hate dark rye), and use butter instead of vegetable oil. I also like to add a teaspoon of vanilla extract and some brown sugar. This is about the most basic recipe ever so it’s very easy to alter. I tried mixing in some almond meal once also, which was harder to knead and made a crumbly end product, but tasted pretty good. I've never tried this, but my mom told me that if you knead crushed ice into the dough and cook at a lower temperature for significantly longer, you will get a crispy wafer like product. Like traditional crisp bread.
After having this for breakfast every weekday for nearly 2 years I've started to get tired of it. Additionally, being a bread product, they don't have the protein content I want unless I spread something on them. I was wondering if anyone had an idea for an easy breakfast I could use.
Edith:
Do you have a blender? If so, dump some frozen fruit, whey protein, and milk or yogurt into it, pour it into a glass, fill the blender with water so it won't be so hard to clean up later, and drink your smoothie on the way to class.
I should start doing that again. I used to do it every day, and it was great.
I also find hardboiled eggs to be pretty quick. Cover an egg with water and turn the stove on while you shower. By the time you're ready, so is your egg. Run cold water on it until you can handle it, peel it and take a bite. Add a dash of hot sauce and finish it up. I usually have a glass of milk with my egg.
-Karamazov-:
I do have a blender, and I do make shakes like that occasionally. However I prefer to eat my breakfast instead of drink it. I think hard boiled eggs are also quick, and I sometimes make them when I get tired of hardtack, but its hardly the class friendly food. They leave shell fragments everywhere, and I don't eat the yolk which smells if left out to long.
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