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Kage · **02-28-2015, 08:39 PM**

I made the chili thing
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I need to buy cheese.

Steel Wolf · **02-28-2015, 08:46 PM**

Can I talk sushi for a moment?

I just love sushi...and I wish I lived in a place that wasn't near horrifyingly polluted lakes, because I really REALLY wish I could buy my own sashimi-grade fish and learn how to roll my own maki and zushi and just eat me some pretty, delicious raw fishies.

That's the one worst part about the area that I live in...getting to good sushi is a 40 minute drive for me at minimum. Surrounded by apple orchards and microbreweries, but barely any sashimi to be found.

Sorry, I had to whine.

Kage · **02-28-2015, 08:47 PM**

If you were in the Los Angeles/Orange County area of California I would bring you to a decently priced sushi place. AYCE.

The problem eating there? How am I supposed to get the rice cause the fish portion is so big?

Steel Wolf · **02-28-2015, 08:51 PM**

That's sweet as hell of you, but I'm in central New York...so not only in location but in climate, I couldn't be further removed from Orange County unless I was on Mars.

...I miss you, sushi... :<

Just making it...it looks like an art. Like there's focus and care and attention required to put even basic-ass zushi together, let alone the more elegant rolls. I've never rolled rice before, or worked with nori. I'd love to learn to, though.

Someday...

Kage · **02-28-2015, 09:27 PM**

If you can try to get to one of the Hmarts.

Mae · **03-07-2015, 09:03 PM**

I don't think I'll ever bake a cake in the oven again.

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My husband and I have been in a hotel room for just under a week now while we wait for a new truck, so we've been able to do a lot more when it comes to cooking than normal. Last night we were both in a mood for cake, but 1) it was late at night and 2) the good bakeries in town are in places we can't get to with a bobtail semi. This morning, he saw something on Facebook in a trucker-related group about cooking banana bread in lunchbox ovens and rice cookers, and asked me if I thought I could do the same with a cake. So, I gave it a try with a basic cake mix that I was able to pick up at Walmart.

The downside: It takes a while, and you have to keep turning on the rice cooker. The FB group said to cook the banana bread on "Steam" mode in a rice cooker, but the steam mode on mine only works for five or so minutes at a time. So I switched to "White Rice". This took just about three cycles to do (almost an hour and a half once I realized that steam mode wouldn't work), the FB group warned that it could take up to five cycles on steam mode so I think this was an improvement.

The upside: Ohmygodsit'ssomoistanddense..! The end result is very similar to what I remember my great-grandparent's steamed puddings to be like. My husband described it at "sponge-y", and actually said the frosting was unnecessary -- he would've been happy with just a bit of powdered sugar.

Method:
-- Prepare cake batter (again, I used a basic chocolate mix from Walmart).
-- Spray the inside of the interior pan with non-stick spray (possibly unnecessary if the interior pan is already non-stick, I just didn't want to chance a mess). Do not flour.
-- Pour in batter. The cake will rise a lot, so you want to fill the pan no more than halfway.
-- Place interior pan into cooker, and turn on the cooker. If you have multiple settings, use "White Rice".
-- Allow cooker to finish first cycle, open to check for done-ness. Likely they won't be done, but check anyways. It'll likely be puffed up, but still rather liquid-y.
-- Reset cooker, and let it run for another cycle. Check again, though again likely won't be done yet. Mine started looking a little set around the sides at this point.
-- Reset cooker again. About halfway through the cycle, check. This is when mine started really looking cooked around the edges, but the middle was still very liquid. I checked again at five minutes before the cycle ended, and at this point the center was set and sprung back when touched.
-- If needed, reset cooker yet again. Check every five or so minutes; you only want to cook until the center sets and springs back
-- Remove interior pan, let it cool on the counter for fifteen-twenty minutes before taking it out of the pan. Getting it out of the pan should be easy-easy, just tip it upside down and the cake should slide right out.

When I get off the truck in a few months, I'm totally trying this again with a homemade cake batter recipe. Vanilla cake with strawberries and peaches... and some whipped cream...

Steel Wolf · **03-08-2015, 08:14 AM**

So I found this lovely YouTube user called RunnyRunny999...just a really lovely Japanese man showing how to make a bunch of nice Japanese dishes.

I have to sit and write things down to convert his measurements from metric to standard, or at least try to eyeball his amounts to a close approximation....but despite that, his stuff looks great.

Check him out. Or, if anyone else has any good YT chefs they can recommend, I'd be all about it. :3

Kismet · **03-08-2015, 05:50 PM**

(03-08-2015, 08:14 AM)Steel Wolf Wrote: So I found this lovely YouTube user called RunnyRunny999...just a really lovely Japanese man showing how to make a bunch of nice Japanese dishes.

I have to sit and write things down to convert his measurements from metric to standard, or at least try to eyeball his amounts to a close approximation....but despite that, his stuff looks great.

Check him out. Â Or, if anyone else has any good YT chefs they can recommend, I'd be all about it. Â :3

I'm subscribed to him as well! He's super sweet and very polite. And his cute accent is d'aww~ Like him a lot. <3

A very underrated YT cooking duo I'd like to spotlight is Brothers Green Eats. They come up with a lot of creative ways to use and/or combine ingredients you may not have thought of before... or cook things using methods you may not have thought of. They've been on TV a couple of times before, as well (Chopped, Rachel Ray, and were hosts of some MTV food special). Very fun to watch.

Here's a list of other cooking channels I follow that're a bit more popular:

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...I'd add more, but we'd be here all day. I... I really like food channels, okay?!

Kage · **03-08-2015, 05:52 PM**

https://www.youtube.com/user/cookingwithdog

I love cooking with dog

Even if I can't use or make most of it.

Or have to use google to convert.

Ciel · **03-14-2015, 01:08 PM**

http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/brownie_in_a_mug/

I've done this a few times.Â Quick, simple, and a nice treat when you want a quick hit of chocolate without making a whole batch.Â Only thing I did differently is I didn't have cocoa powder, so I tried using hot cocoa mix and it worked just as well.

Mae · **03-17-2015, 12:25 PM**

Has anyone tried something like this?

"Shakshouka": Poached Eggs in Tomato Sauce, on Toast

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I keep seeing this recipe on a food blog, and I love a good tomato sauce and I love poached eggs, and I eat eggs more commonly as a savory/lunch-or-dinner item than a sweet breakfast one... and it's something I can make in the rice cooker. I'm just curious if anyone's tried something along these lines already.

Kage · **03-20-2015, 02:28 PM**

Sorry, I'm not a very big fan of tomato based sauces without a lot of additives that will cut into the... acidity? Not sure how to describe it.

So I found this recipe here and it looks delicious.

But beer. @_@

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http://cafedelites.com/2015/03/19/crispy...oom-gravy/

Nebbs · **03-20-2015, 03:03 PM**

Kagen Gumbo? (edit: I totally thought I was in another topic oops!)

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***Maril*** · **04-26-2015, 11:39 AM**

I just got home from my brothers confirmation. I am tired and fat. We had meringue cakes, almond-vanilla cookies, chocolate chip cookies, homemade icecream with vanilla and chocolate pieces.. And then we had this glorious, glorious thing..Â

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Brownies and strawberries. Soft and almost liquid on the inside. Topped with confectioners sugar.

Kage · **05-08-2015, 09:18 AM**

I wish I could even eat some of the dark chocolate sweets people have.

Another dish I love but is not easy to just cook myself..

Taiwanese Beef (tendon) Noodle Soup.

I prefer tendon because it's so tasty.
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The best ones are when you get noodles that are essentially called "knife shaved" noodles. Big, wide. Mmmmm ; ;

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The pickled sour mustard that goes with. NNGHHH!!

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