Voodoolily's Snacktastic Recipe Thread!!

[Paelos]

I prefer field greens for a salad. I like arugula.

[voodoolily]

Yeah, baby greens are where it's at for salad. Shaved chayote squash and kohlrabi are some things I've been playing with lately, too - they take wonderfully to Asian and Latin flavors.

[WayAbvPar]

Mmmm delicious weed salads 

[Sky]

Back when I was a grower, one of the strains we had was an extremely pungent indica. I would chop leaves into a garlic and butter sauce to serve with pasta, it was amazing. No buzz potential in it, really, just flavor. I miss cross-breeding and tracking traits over generations, lots of fun :(

[Signe]

I love all sorts of bitter greens, cooked and raw. 

[croaker69]

A buddy of mine made these at my last cookout over left over coals after grilling of the main dish was completed and they were a big hit:

Ingredients:

dozen large fresh jalapenos
1 block cream cheese
2 Tbs honey
1 package very thin breakfast bacon ( US style )
onion powder
garlic powder
Black pepper

Soften a block of cream cheese on the counter.  Add 2 Tbs honey, 1 tsp onion powder, 1/4 tsp garlic powder, and black pepper to taste.  Stir and let rest for 30 min.
Prep 12 jalapenos by cutting an isosceles triangle from the pepper with the short side along the stem end and running 80% of the way to the tip.  Retain the removed triangle of pepper.  Remove all seeds and membranes ( a small spoon works well ).  Fill the resulting pockets w/ the cheese mixture and and replace the triangle of pepper.  Wrap the entire pepper in a whole slice of the bacon and secure with a toothpick or skewer 3 or 4 peppers on a bamboo skewer.

Grill these slowly over indirect coals until bacon is crispy all over and the pepper has softened.  Took about 20 minutes.  Let them rest 5-10 minutes so you don't lava the inside of your mouth with the cheese.

[Sky]

I burned the shit out of my lip on a cheddar brat* a couple days ago. Luckily, I burn myself on things all the time, rapid application of frozen objects stopped any swelling and the blister was minimal and already gone. Didn't hurt at all. Yay damage avoidence (I must've saved vs lava)

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[Signe]

Hehe.  Sky is funneh!

For VDL:

I go through periods of not eating red meat, sometimes no meat at all, just fruit, veg, pasta, fish, etc., too.  Especially in the summer.  I can go long periods without eating any sort of red meat at all and I've noticed that beef bothers my tummy more in the US than in the UK.  I must be used to that mad cow.  I usually pick up Wegman's salmon burgers, which are nice, but I'll try it with the panko (which I can also get from Wegmans). 

Summer is good here.  We're very close to Lancaster PA and those A-Mish people, so all the local farms have opened their roadside stands. 

I LOVE CORN SEASON MORE THAN CHRISTMAS!  (especially Silver Queen)

[voodoolily]

Corn season is what going outdoors is made of! I think next time I'll grill it, but I like the old-fashioned gramma way. 

[Paelos]

Here's another question for you homecooks out there.

I want to start trying to cook with beer, but I'm not sure of the best type of recipes to do that with outside of stews. Any other suggestions? Sauces? Batters? Just drinking it and drunkenly throwing items in a pan?

[voodoolily]

I like to make reductions of it, but I've had the most success doing this with ciders.

Beer is great for tempura batter, perfect for braising sausages/onions/apples/cabbage/pork chops (I know, German is so sur le nez, but it's done for a reason). It's also excellent in cheddar soup. I simmer ground beef in lager mixed with some tomato paste as the base for amazing sloppy joes.

[Signe]

Every now and then I wash my hair with flat beer. 

[Prospero]

Pancakes. It's amazing how light and fluffy a little beer makes them.

[MrHat]

Pancakes. It's amazing how light and fluffy a little beer makes them.

Really?

[Prospero]

Yeah, we used to have them in high school. My FFA chapter would have a big pancake breakfast at a pumpkin farm. A bunch of the dads would drag in this 20 foot trailer kitchen thing, and mix vats of pancake batter made up of little more than Coors and Bisquick. I've never had a fluffier pancake; they were really quite remarkable.

Awesome. Doing a search I found someone from my hometown with a recipe.
http://meloni-courtway.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=524149

[Signe]

There are a bajillion beer pancake recipes.  It seems that nearly every one of them don't use milk at all, just beer, though sometimes flat beer. I might try them since I try and avoid dairy, mostly milk products, whenever I can. 

[Sky]

WHY DON'T YOU LIKE THE MILKY RIVER?!

[Signe]

Too much milk gives me tummy aches.  I also have a contact allergy to chocolate with high cocoa content.  No ice cream sundaes for me! 

[Bunk]

There's always the classic beer can chicken. I actually have a frame specifically made to hold the chicken upright on the grill.

[WayAbvPar]

If you marinate yourself in enough beer, you won't give a shit how the chicken turns out. Pro tip.

[Bunk]

If you marinate yourself in enough beer, you won't give a shit how the chicken turns out. Pro tip.

That probably explains why I think I'm such a good grill cook.

[NowhereMan]

Not really a recipe but I figure I'll ask here. I've got a cast iron pot with a ceramic coating, someone else was using it and left it on the hob with nothing in it for too long and now a couple of patches of the ceramic coating have cracked off. I've been applying a very light coating of oil to the patches to stop them rusting but was wondering if anyone here knew of a possible more permanent solution that would be cheaper than buying a new pot or maybe just some general care instructions for it. I'm guessing now that some it's chipped off the rest of the coating is going to slowly come off but I can't really afford to replace it with anything decent so 

[Sky]

I love those enameled iron pans. Lovelove. But I did that, too, with my first one. Cooked the shit out of the finish, cracked, scratched while cleaning, etc.

I threw it out and bought a new one for $40 at walmart. http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5716477 Not as nice as my original Lodge, but it's what they had in stock.

[voodoolily]

Not really a recipe but I figure I'll ask here. I've got a cast iron pot with a ceramic coating, someone else was using it and left it on the hob with nothing in it for too long and now a couple of patches of the ceramic coating have cracked off. I've been applying a very light coating of oil to the patches to stop them rusting but was wondering if anyone here knew of a possible more permanent solution that would be cheaper than buying a new pot or maybe just some general care instructions for it. I'm guessing now that some it's chipped off the rest of the coating is going to slowly come off but I can't really afford to replace it with anything decent so 

If it's a Le Creuset they might have a warranty or something, like a lifetime guarantee. Regardless, they might know what to do to fix it.

[NowhereMan]

Slightly cheaper version but still good quality, thanks for reminding me about the warranty I'll dig up the receipt and see if there's any chance of getting it repaired/replaced. If not I guess I'll try and keep it lightly oiled so long as the ceramic doesn't start chipping off into my food or anything. Walmart's out as I don't think it would work out that cheap after factoring in flights to and from the States 

[Signe]

Wouldn't ASDA have all the same crap as Walmart, only Brit-ier?

[NowhereMan]

I've not been to an Asda in a while but I'm strongly under the impression they're just a supermarket. They sell cheap food but they're not like a Wal-Mart or Tesco.

[Signe]

I'm pretty sure they opened up ASDA/Walmart super stores after Walmart bought them.  I've never been in one so I don't know exactly what they sell but I know it's not limited to groceries.  I read there was a HUGE one in Liverpool, I think, not that I suggest anyone go to Liverpool.

[voodoolily]

Wouldn't ASDA have all the same crap as Walmart, only Brit-ier?

One day I went to ASDA. I went to shoplift at ASDA. I got caught in ASDA, now I don't go back to ASDA!

[MrHat]

I love tastespotting.com

http://bakedperfection.blogspot.com/2008/06/cake-balls.html

[Signe]

I go there once every week or so and missed it when it was gone.  I find a lot of quick recipes there.

[Murgos]

GF is out of town so I am going to town!

Extremely large russet potato lightly coated with oil, kosher salt and garlic powder is baking in the oven at 350.  In 30 minutes a whole ear of corn, wrapped in it's husk will join it for another 30 minutes at 350.

Once those come out I'll sear a 20 oz, dry aged, NY Strip, lightly coated with oil, salt and pepper in a preheated cast iron pan on both sides and then broil for 2-2.5 minutes a side (while still in the cast iron pan, whole thing goes under the broiler).

The potato is going to get topped with butter, salt and pepper, sour cream, fresh chives and paprika while the ear of corn will just get butter, salt and pepper and paprika.

For accompaniment I have broken out a nice 2003 Chianti Classico Toscana IGT that is currently taking the air.

I doubt if I will be able to get up for work on time in the morning, but I guess that's a price I am willing to pay...

Edit:  A little more on the wine because I was quite surprised by it.  2003 Ruffino Il Ducale.  I grabbed it on sale at Shaw's for $14.99, strong nose, quite a bit of the bottle in it so air it out a bit.  A strong musky odor with a very heavy overlay of vanilla and cracked pepper.  The color was a really dark ruby with a clear and very well defined meniscus line, the taste was smooth and heady, again vanilla and black pepper and a bit of blackberry with still quite a bit of tannin so it may be even better over the next year or two.  A very good 15 dollar bottle, highly recommended.

[Signe]

Why do you get so happy when she leaves? 

[Murgos]

Why do you get so happy when she leaves? 

She's very careful about what I eat because her father has very bad health.  I don't really mind but, c'mon, I gotta live every now and then.

[Signe]

Well, you enjoy yourself, then!  I think it's very sweet that she worries about you, though.  Don't forget to empty the garbage so you don't get caught.