Food

[boatme99]

I have a jar of really good French cherry fruit spread, so I went a bit Continental this morning

Oeufs a la creme, cotelette de porc, pain grille, with tartinade aux cerise's, and cafe noir.


Yep, scrambled eggs, loin chop, toast with cherry spread, and black coffee.

[Henry Krinkle]

I am envious. Then again, I don't have the time to get involved in cheese making. Hats off to you!

Dan

Not sure I really have the time either, but I have wanted to make cheese for far longer than I have been curing meat. I am also at a point in my life where I have decided I either need to do something or drop it. This is why I have taken up scuba diving. Cheese also makes the do something list. Working on gluten free "doughs" for my niece has renewed my interest in mastering completely new things in the food world. I am nearly 60 now. I will probably die of old age before I am truly satisifed with any result but that is not enough to stop me.

[Raza]

Ah, but peanuts can be modified. There are honey roasted, dry roasted, smoked, chipotle, and so on. I usually get the classic and adulterate them myself. I have a dedicated grinder that has a mix of sea salt and ghost pepper. I take an amount of peanuts in a ziploc and then grind out some salt/ghost. To your flavor of course. Hard to beat IMHO. Just don't rub your eyes until you've washed your hands.

Yeah, I mean peanuts are fine (though I prefer almonds), but I was mentioning these because, as a vegan, I thought it would be a good source of protein for Geoff.

[Dimman]

Yeah, I mean peanuts are fine (though I prefer almonds), but I was mentioning these because, as a vegan, I thought it would be a good source of protein for Geoff.

I think peanuts beat edamame there too.

[boatme99]

Post holiday sales are great.
I've been wanting to make a scalloped potato ham casserole but never got around to buying the ham. Today at Kroger's I found these in the ham bin

Thats not a per pound price, that's a buck eighty nine for a whole 7.5 pound bone in ham!
It's in the oven right now. Studded it with cloves and made a orange brown sugar, mustard, clove glaze for it. I would liked to add some bourbon but I had none on hand.
I'll have a couple of slices for dinner tonight, then slice and dice the rest for the freezer.

[Dan R]

Not sure I really have the time either, but I have wanted to make cheese for far longer than I have been curing meat. I am also at a point in my life where I have decided I either need to do something or drop it. This is why I have taken up scuba diving. Cheese also makes the do something list. Working on gluten free "doughs" for my niece has renewed my interest in mastering completely new things in the food world. I am nearly 60 now. I will probably die of old age before I am truly satisfied with any result but that is not enough to stop me.

Hm. You got me thinking. Why don't I have something I want to do, like make cheese? Over the years, I managed to learn many things, from making Chicago-style pizza for my wife to fixing watches, to pouring lead into molds and making projectiles for black powder cartridges. And, as far as I am concerned, perfected making steaks. But here I sit at 61, with zip, nada in terms of want to do's. In looking back, I had seven life time events since May of 2010. One almost killed me. Two would of killed me if left undisturbed, and two that would have debilitated me if left undisturbed. Two were extremely happy, the wedding of my two children. Heck, at this age, I figured I'd be retired and enjoying grandchildren, but I am doing neither. I think I spent too much time pulling through and not enough time looking forward.

So your post has me thinking. I need to set a goal for something to do, cooking related. But I need to talk to Mrs. Dan R. Embarking on making great pastries will do us no good if it kills us from too many calories!

Thanks,

Dan

[Raza]

I think peanuts beat edamame there too.

Comparing Planter's to Roland's roasted edamame: 1 ounce of dry roasted peanuts has 7g protein. About the same of dry roasted edamame has 13g of protein. Furthermore, edamame has 7g of dietary fiber for the same amount against 2g for peanuts.

No harm is leaving the peanuts on the shelf once in while.

[Dimman]

Comparing Planter's to Roland's roasted edamame: 1 ounce of dry roasted peanuts has 7g protein. About the same of dry roasted edamame has 13g of protein. Furthermore, edamame has 7g of dietary fiber for the same amount against 2g for peanuts.

No harm is leaving the peanuts on the shelf once in while.

Yeah I think I compared to not dried edamame.

I just found it hilarious that it sounded like you were offering a vegan peanut replacement, though not your actual intention, because of how it was written.

And peanuts are awesome.

[litlmn]

One of the benefits of working from home...decided to make myself a pizza.

[Henry Krinkle]

Day 1, curdle the milk, set the curds and shape/press the cheese.





Here is the cheese after the first pressing. just over 750 grams and with the ricotta more or less a kilo of cheese.



This cheese requires four separate pressings, each one progressively heavier and longer. The last pressing requires 20 pounds and takes 12 hours.
No cheese press, so an asparagus pot and decorative stones will do the trick



I also re-processed the whey once it was drained off. It went back on the stove and as heated to 195 F to become ricotta.