dude you ganked that from maudnewton.com
― Mr. Que, Friday, 7 December 2007 22:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Bell_labs, can you list out the liquid/dry beverages and the chips section? I can't read those and there's probably some useful stuff listed. Does he have access to butter and/or oil and granulated sugar?
When he can get fresh veg, encourage him to stock up if he has a covered bin for storage - onions can keep for weeks, tomatoes and peppers can be partially dried.
If he can get Fritos or some plain tortilla chips (or some mildly seasoned ones) and tomato juice, he could make a passable chilaquiles with the Goya adobo seasoning and a squeeze of lemon. Is there peanut butter someplace? (I don't know why I can't make anything out on the list except some of the headings - old squinty eyes) Anyway, drain the hot sauce from the fish steak, mix it with some peanut butter and a little garlic, add a smidge of sugar and some lemon rind for a Thai-influenced sauce.
― Jaq, Saturday, 8 December 2007 04:50 (sixteen years ago) link
VARIETY SNACKS:
Oatmeal Variety Parmesan Cheese Shredded Mozzarella Refried Beans Strawberry Jam Mayonnaise Guava Paste Cheese Spread Jalapeno Peppers Olives Imitation Bacon Bits Garlic Hot Sauce Salsa Onion Dip Olive Oil Honey Honey Nut O's Raisin Bran Peanut Butter Mixed Nuts Unsalted Peanuts Salty-Sweet Nut Mix Cashews Sweet-Savory Nut Mix Soy Sauce Chewy Granola Bars Brown Rice White Rice
MEAT & FISH SNACKS:
Mackerel Salmon Flakes Tuna Kippered Snacks Fish Stick in Hot Sauce Spam Singles Vienna Sausages Pepperoni Slices Beef Summer Sausage Beef & Cheese Pack Turkey Sausage Garlic & Herb Chicken Breast
SOUP & MEALS:
Chicken Soup Hot & Spicy Soup some other soup in a can, probably tomato? Chili Pasta, Uncooked Macaroni & Cheese Pasta Sauce - Tomato Flour Tortillas Sauza Goya Goya Adobo Seasoning
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 8 December 2007 04:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, there's hot sauce, peanut butter, soy sauce, honey in the Variety Snacks section. Those'll be handy. I'd say a must-avoid is the vienna sausages ("potted meat with a hard-on") and a must-have will be the multivitamins. (xpost)
― Rock Hardy, Saturday, 8 December 2007 05:01 (sixteen years ago) link
sausages & fish in the spicy soup & heated up, and I'd be loading up on the salt & pepper packages
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 8 December 2007 05:02 (sixteen years ago) link
From Goya's site:
Guava Paste Serve sweet guava paste with cheese and crackers as a snack or appetizer. Great in desserts too.
― tehresa, Saturday, 8 December 2007 05:10 (sixteen years ago) link
I dunno if it's up their alley but I bet some folks would go to town on some spam singles with guava paste & mayonnaise (strongo's nuevo cuisine indeed)
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 8 December 2007 05:15 (sixteen years ago) link
I'd mix the guava paste with lemon juice and some honey - spread on a tortilla and roll up to eat. Make rice pudding w/ powdered milk, sugar, water, brown or white rice, salt. Eat with the guava mixture or a little strawberry jam.
― Jaq, Saturday, 8 December 2007 05:16 (sixteen years ago) link
I think there's a site or program that makes you list what's in your fridge and then it suggests recipes, but I can't find it right now.
― StanM, Saturday, 8 December 2007 06:23 (sixteen years ago) link
that site blows anyway, I know what you're talking about
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 8 December 2007 06:35 (sixteen years ago) link
oh i totally ganked it, i'm a shitty cook
― mookieproof, Saturday, 8 December 2007 08:36 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost
oh, ok - thanks!
― StanM, Saturday, 8 December 2007 08:42 (sixteen years ago) link
For a less fatty, non-canned-fish protein alternative, he can make up farmer cheese (or paneer, or queso fresco, or ricotta, or dry-curd cottage). Juice 1/2 a lemon. Mix up a quart of powdered milk and heat it to boiling in the microwave. Remove and stir in the lemon juice. Insulate the container some way (set on a towel or pillow, wrap a shirt around it) and let it sit for 5 - 10 minutes to allow the curd to develop. Run a plastic knife or the handle of a spoon, something long and straight through the curd, cutting it so the top looks like squares. Pour off the whey (save it if you like and mix with a little sugar for a healthier lemonade). Spoon the curd onto a piece of clean cloth (t-shirt works). For ricotta/farmer cheese/dry-curd cottage cheese: suspend the cloth over a bowl to drain over night. Mix in a little salt before eating. For paneer/queso fresco: stir in a little salt after the whey is drained off. After spooning the curd onto the cloth, draw the edges up tight and twist to make a ball of cheese. Leave it to drain overnight into the sink, keeping the pressure on it. Cut into cubes and make up a sauce of some kind (tomato based pasta sauce, salsa, etc) - nuke together to heat through.
― Jaq, Saturday, 8 December 2007 13:17 (sixteen years ago) link
A healthier lemonade? Lemonade is unhealthy now?
― Casuistry, Saturday, 8 December 2007 13:30 (sixteen years ago) link
I'd make a sauce from olive oil, lemon, garlic, olives, and some raisins (out of the Raisin Bran). Nuke the raisins in some water to plump them up. Mix in the olives and garlic and nuke a little more. Add the lemon and olive oil (include a little lemon rind, if possible to grate it). Nuke off and on for a few minutes, stirring every 45 sec to minute. Add some cashews - crush one or two before adding, they will help to thicken the sauce, but leave the rest whole. Nuke for a few short bursts, enough for the cashews to heat up and absorb some of the sauce. Pour over rice.
re lemonade: healthier as in contains some of the milk protein and residual vitamin D.
― Jaq, Saturday, 8 December 2007 13:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Melt broken up Hershey bars (sans almonds) with peanut butter and stir in a little water - just enough to make a smooth sauce when warm. Stir into bran flakes and mixed salted nuts and press down in the bottom of the bowl to cool. Cut into squares.
― Jaq, Saturday, 8 December 2007 13:44 (sixteen years ago) link
no mookie i had just read that on maud's site, it was funny
― Mr. Que, Saturday, 8 December 2007 16:27 (sixteen years ago) link
martha stewart to thread, surely.
― elmo argonaut, Saturday, 8 December 2007 17:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Raisin wine?
Wait, why is he in prison?
― libcrypt, Saturday, 8 December 2007 20:03 (sixteen years ago) link
broek the law
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 8 December 2007 20:04 (sixteen years ago) link
subsequently apprehended
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 8 December 2007 20:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Peanut butter beaten with olive oil and a little hot sauce (if he likes it hot) or honey (if he likes it sweet) ought to make a passable sauce -- mix with turkey sausage and put it over rice for a Thai curry type thing.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 8 December 2007 20:16 (sixteen years ago) link
thank you guys - jaq's especially sound promising. i'm going to try these out over christmas and will let you know the results.
libcrypt - he was convicted of securities fraud and conspiracy and sentenced to 9.5 years, which he started serving this august (i don't know what that really has to do with the premise of this thread tho)
― bell_labs, Saturday, 8 December 2007 20:57 (sixteen years ago) link
oh and thanks tom for listing out everything
Oh, right. This is yr dad. I totally forgot about that. I'm sorry for any offense and I hope that he gets out soon on good behavior, etc. By the way, if you haven't seen Oz, I suggest that you not watch it until he's out.
― libcrypt, Saturday, 8 December 2007 21:04 (sixteen years ago) link
it's nothing like oz.
― bell_labs, Saturday, 8 December 2007 21:05 (sixteen years ago) link
The local paper ran a feature about the microwave in September...
http://archive.columbiatribune.com/2007/sep/20070926food013.asp http://blogs.columbiatribune.com/food/2007/09/
Microwave cookbook: http://www.amazon.com/Microwave-Gourmet-Barbara-Kafka/dp/0688157920
― Tape Store, Saturday, 8 December 2007 21:29 (sixteen years ago) link
btw, this would be a great Top Chef challenge (if they haven't done it already)...
― Tape Store, Saturday, 8 December 2007 21:30 (sixteen years ago) link