My homemade macaroni and cheese was always a hit with my kids and their friends. Sometimes I'd add kielbasa chunks to it. Now, I mostly make the version my niece suggested: quinoa with broccoli florets prepared the same way as my traditional M&C. It's not quite as comforting as the more unhealthy version, but it's pretty tasty.
OTOH, if it is an all too ordinary tomato, roasting it in olive oil with chimichurri seasoning improves it immensely.
No. It just makes it inedible instead of purely meh.
The squishy texture and the skin give me the willies. Quite apart from the taste.
If I've led a wicked life, every morning in Hell will start with a cooked breakfast someone has ruined by letting a tomato - fresh or tinned - leach its demonic ichor over everything.
My heart also sinks when what would otherwise be a perfectly good quiche, toasted sandwich or pizza turns out to have tomato in it.
That reminds me: if I have been particularly good and get sent to an especially cushy part of heaven, the angels shall awake me in the mornings with a sausage sandwich. White bread, untoasted, the sausages sliced in half lengthwise, and ketchup.
That reminds me: if I have been particularly good and get sent to an especially cushy part of heaven, the angels shall awake me in the mornings with a sausage sandwich. White bread, untoasted, the sausages sliced in half lengthwise, and ketchup.
I take a ten-ounce block of sharp cheddar cheese and cut it into cubes. I put about 1/3 of the cubes in a food processor with a slice or two of bread, torn into small pieces.I process this until I have crumbs. I set the crumbs aside and put two tablespoons of butter and two of flour. I process this while pouring 12 oz. warm milk over it. When it's smooth, I set it aside.
Meanwhile I have boiled a and drained 12 oz. macaroni for six minutes. I don't cook it until it's soft because it will cook further in the oven. I then mix the cheese with the cooked macaroni and pour it into a greased casserole. Finally, I sprinkle the cheese4 crumbs on top and bake at 350°F. The crumbs make a nice crust.
The squishy texture and the skin give me the willies. Quite apart from the taste.
Have you tried frying or grilling a green tomato? Much better than ripe ones for this sort of cooking. They hold their texture and have a nice tang to the taste. Just a small dab of butter on the top while cooking makes them perfect.
The squishy texture and the skin give me the willies. Quite apart from the taste.
Have you tried frying or grilling a green tomato? Much better than ripe ones for this sort of cooking. They hold their texture and have a nice tang to the taste. Just a small dab of butter on the top while cooking makes them perfect.
Green is a different beast entirely. I once made a green tomato curry that was quite heavenly and quite different from the usual kind. It may be time to try it again.
Is this a pond thing? If you wanted green tomatoes here you'd have to grow them yourself.
Well, I know that green tomato chutney is popular east of the pond and the film/novel Fried Green Tomatoes (at the Whistle Stop Cafe) suggests they are popular west of the pond.
Is this a pond thing? If you wanted green tomatoes here you'd have to grow them yourself.
Well, I know that green tomato chutney is popular east of the pond and the film/novel Fried Green Tomatoes (at the Whistle Stop Cafe) suggests they are popular west of the pond.
Is this a pond thing? If you wanted green tomatoes here you'd have to grow them yourself.
Well, I know that green tomato chutney is popular east of the pond and the film/novel Fried Green Tomatoes (at the Whistle Stop Cafe) suggests they are popular west of the pond.
Popular? I've seen it once in 50 years.
Well, it got numerous Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations, and it did well at the box office.
I’ve only seen Forrest Gump once in 50 years, and I did not like it. That fact doesn’t mean it wasn’t (and isn’t still) popular.
The claim was the the book and film suggest that fried green tomatoes (the food) are popular west of The Pond, not that the book and film themselves are popular. Fried green tomatoes are indeed a traditional dish in the American South.
The claim was the the book and film suggest that fried green tomatoes (the food) are popular west of The Pond, not that the book and film themselves are popular. Fried green tomatoes are indeed a traditional dish in the American South.
Thank you and exactly so. I make no claim about the film other than its title indicates green tomatoes are, at least in some places, popular west of the pond. Otherwise the title would be meaningless.
Plus it was only made in 1991 so where 50 years came from I've no idea.
I think that it's one of those things that is made domestically, rather than commercially: if you only buy chutney in the shops you wouldn't see it, but if your chutney all comes from church sales or family members it's quite common. (In my experience it tends to be made in early autumn when it gets cooler and the light levels drop so they won't ripen any more.)
That reminds me: if I have been particularly good and get sent to an especially cushy part of heaven, the angels shall awake me in the mornings with a sausage sandwich. White bread, untoasted, the sausages sliced in half lengthwise, and ketchup.
Hmm. I thought God was Jewish.
Clearly you have not read the Acts of the Apostles. Sausage sandwiches are in these days, which is irrefutable proof that the New Covenant is superior to the Old
I need to jump back in on the macaroni and cheese conversation because no other Canadian has done so, just to say that while we have the usual varieties of homemade macaroni and cheese with people's many different personalized recipes, as elsewhere, we also have a weird relationship with the boxed mac & cheese stuff mentioned elsewhere. It's always called by its brand name here, Kraft Dinner (even if you buy a generic brand that's not Kraft) or just "KD" and it is a widely loved convenience food -- probably one of Canada's "national dishes" I would say from the devotion people have to it. I personally hate it (I like homemade macaroni and cheese using my own recipe, but don't consider the boxed stuff even remotely similar) but I'm amused by the place it holds in our national identity.
Talking of national soul food, my mother's favourite dinner was cabbage, spuds and bacon. In her childhood they would all have been homegrown, including the pig.
Secondly, soda bread. A friend remembers on a flight from Ulster to Canada to visit relatives, the aroma from luggage of fresh baking...
And then there's The Pan, as in 'I'm just having the the pan for my tea'. Fried everything including, crucially, potato bread.
Thinking over this thread this morning I was reminded of a Kipling poem, regarding tribal lays in which he proclaims "There are nine and sixty ways of constructing tribal lays,
And every single one of them is right!". The same clearly applies to macaroni cheese. (Except that it is not right for UK vendors to interfere with the name.)
That reminds me: if I have been particularly good and get sent to an especially cushy part of heaven, the angels shall awake me in the mornings with a sausage sandwich. White bread, untoasted, the sausages sliced in half lengthwise, and ketchup.
Hmm. I thought God was Jewish.
Jews, in general, don't demand that other people behave according to the dictates of their religion.
Is this a pond thing? If you wanted green tomatoes here you'd have to grow them yourself.
Well, I know that green tomato chutney is popular east of the pond and the film/novel Fried Green Tomatoes (at the Whistle Stop Cafe) suggests they are popular west of the pond.
Popular? I've seen it once in 50 years.
I've seen the words on paper/screen. Never seen the item.
That reminds me: if I have been particularly good and get sent to an especially cushy part of heaven, the angels shall awake me in the mornings with a sausage sandwich. White bread, untoasted, the sausages sliced in half lengthwise, and ketchup.
Hmm. I thought God was Jewish.
Jews, in general, don't demand that other people behave according to the dictates of their religion.
That reminds me: if I have been particularly good and get sent to an especially cushy part of heaven, the angels shall awake me in the mornings with a sausage sandwich. White bread, untoasted, the sausages sliced in half lengthwise, and ketchup.
Hmm. I thought God was Jewish.
Jews, in general, don't demand that other people behave according to the dictates of their religion.
True. But do they serve them sausages
I doubt very much that God will be manning the grills.
That reminds me: if I have been particularly good and get sent to an especially cushy part of heaven, the angels shall awake me in the mornings with a sausage sandwich. White bread, untoasted, the sausages sliced in half lengthwise, and ketchup.
Hmm. I thought God was Jewish.
Jews, in general, don't demand that other people behave according to the dictates of their religion.
Indeed. The dietary laws have always applied only to Jews, and not anyone else.
I did make green tomato chutney once, but don't know what I did with it afterwards. I had to get the recipe from my mum after the housepainter covered them where they were growing in the border against the house, and then forgot they were there and trod them down!
Ahhhhhh! The licorice toffees have arrived! And...they are really good. "Walker's Nonsuch Liquorice Toffees" are, indeed, a noble successor to the Callard & Bowser version.
They are not something I can chow down on everyday. Now, if you'll excuse me...mmf fff seem to have some toffee stuck to mmmmff my teef...
Ahhhhhh! The licorice toffees have arrived! And...they are really good. "Walker's Nonsuch Liquorice Toffees" are, indeed, a noble successor to the Callard & Bowser version.
They are not something I can chow down on everyday. Now, if you'll excuse me...mmf fff seem to have some toffee stuck to mmmmff my teef...
🥰🤣😀
Walker's Toffee is lurvley. It's readily available in the supermarkets hereabouts (West Yorkshire) and also in mint and banana varieties. I don't like the flavour as a rule, but banana eclairs got me through early lockdown.
Comfort food is whatever you most want in any given situation (sometimes ice cream, sometimes roast beast, sometimes a really tasty apple) but if you press me then MuminElmet's Belgian fricassee (meatballs in a thin gravy with apple sauce) and some sort of baked good (Parkin?) with hot custard. Maybe when the weather is colder.
The Winnie the Pooh cookbook (yes, there is one, and very useful it is too!) has a recipe for Eskimo Bananas - peel and halve your bananas, stick a couple of toothpicks in the cut end and dip them in molten chocolate and then freeze. The toothpicks act as a lolly stick.
Comments
No. It just makes it inedible instead of purely meh.
The squishy texture and the skin give me the willies. Quite apart from the taste.
If I've led a wicked life, every morning in Hell will start with a cooked breakfast someone has ruined by letting a tomato - fresh or tinned - leach its demonic ichor over everything.
My heart also sinks when what would otherwise be a perfectly good quiche, toasted sandwich or pizza turns out to have tomato in it.
Which is all odd because I really like them raw.
Hmm. I thought God was Jewish.
I take a ten-ounce block of sharp cheddar cheese and cut it into cubes. I put about 1/3 of the cubes in a food processor with a slice or two of bread, torn into small pieces.I process this until I have crumbs. I set the crumbs aside and put two tablespoons of butter and two of flour. I process this while pouring 12 oz. warm milk over it. When it's smooth, I set it aside.
Meanwhile I have boiled a and drained 12 oz. macaroni for six minutes. I don't cook it until it's soft because it will cook further in the oven. I then mix the cheese with the cooked macaroni and pour it into a greased casserole. Finally, I sprinkle the cheese4 crumbs on top and bake at 350°F. The crumbs make a nice crust.
Have you tried frying or grilling a green tomato? Much better than ripe ones for this sort of cooking. They hold their texture and have a nice tang to the taste. Just a small dab of butter on the top while cooking makes them perfect.
Why would I bother when I can just let it ripen?
They also make excellent pickles
Well, I know that green tomato chutney is popular east of the pond and the film/novel Fried Green Tomatoes (at the Whistle Stop Cafe) suggests they are popular west of the pond.
Popular? I've seen it once in 50 years.
I’ve only seen Forrest Gump once in 50 years, and I did not like it. That fact doesn’t mean it wasn’t (and isn’t still) popular.
The claim was the the book and film suggest that fried green tomatoes (the food) are popular west of The Pond, not that the book and film themselves are popular. Fried green tomatoes are indeed a traditional dish in the American South.
Thank you and exactly so. I make no claim about the film other than its title indicates green tomatoes are, at least in some places, popular west of the pond. Otherwise the title would be meaningless.
Plus it was only made in 1991 so where 50 years came from I've no idea.
True and the only reason I bother to grow tomatoes.
Clearly you have not read the Acts of the Apostles. Sausage sandwiches are in these days, which is irrefutable proof that the New Covenant is superior to the Old
Ah. That does make things a lot clearer. Not seen the film either for the same reasons.
Secondly, soda bread. A friend remembers on a flight from Ulster to Canada to visit relatives, the aroma from luggage of fresh baking...
And then there's The Pan, as in 'I'm just having the the pan for my tea'. Fried everything including, crucially, potato bread.
And every single one of them is right!". The same clearly applies to macaroni cheese. (Except that it is not right for UK vendors to interfere with the name.)
Jews, in general, don't demand that other people behave according to the dictates of their religion.
I've seen the words on paper/screen. Never seen the item.
True. But do they serve them sausages
I doubt very much that God will be manning the grills.
Of course. Hebrew National sausages.
Multiple varieties of sausages on sale here and readily available that do not contain any pork.
The film is not to everyones tastes, but is actually delightful. Worth a watch, IMO.
The food - no thank you. Not a big tomato fan anyway, or chutney.
Comfort food - Pizza. Cheesy or mushroomy, or whatever you want. Fresh, how, scrumption.
Will they ripen? Time will tell. But we will now try some fried, and also think about chutney.
Thank you
They are not something I can chow down on everyday. Now, if you'll excuse me...mmf fff seem to have some toffee stuck to mmmmff my teef...
🥰🤣😀
Food of comfort
Food of comfort
Feed me till I cry no more!
Here is the recipe -
1 cup SR flour
I cup caster sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1/2 cup of rapeseed or olive oil
1/2 cup of boiling water
Aquafaba
A pinch of salt
Sift the dry ingredients together and beat the liquid ingredients. Then mix the two - the amount of aquafaba is to replace 3 large eggs.
Bake on 190°C for 35 minutes (mine took longer but I did it in one tin - I’ll do it in two tins next time.)
For the icing I used melted vegan chocolate - Aldi do a good one, it’s in with the normal chic bars but has no milk etc.
Yes, I did on a previous page.
No problem. Actually I think I did "Rock of Ages" and somebody else did "Guide Me".
Unless you don’t like bananas or peanut butter I guess.
Poutine!
Fries, cheese curds, and gravy.
Comfort food is whatever you most want in any given situation (sometimes ice cream, sometimes roast beast, sometimes a really tasty apple) but if you press me then MuminElmet's Belgian fricassee (meatballs in a thin gravy with apple sauce) and some sort of baked good (Parkin?) with hot custard. Maybe when the weather is colder.