making a vegan banana cream pie w a oreo crust. have never done this before but so far all signs point to success. just made the custard to make sure the recipe works. took abt 5 minutes to make. it's got silken tofu, coconut milk, and soy, vanilla, sugar & cornstarch. gonna finish putting pie together tomorrow and make coconut whipped cream for topping for vegan friend coming to town
― freedom is not having to measure life with a ruler (outdoor_miner), Thursday, 22 March 2018 17:51 (six years ago) link
yum
amasake also works really well for vegan custards
― sleeve, Thursday, 22 March 2018 17:54 (six years ago) link
Chicken w Thai green curry paste, coconut milk, fish sauce, brown sugar, bell peps, snow peas.
This time I let the packaged curry paste be the star and didn't add 100 bits of extra grated ginger, lemongrass, etc etc. I did take out the fat layer from the coconut cream and then reduce it until it separated and then coated the chicken in that oil before adding back the more liquidy coconut milk and other flavors. It's pretty good tbh. I might pick up some palm sugar for this kind of thing just to have that more complex flavor.
This is my paste brand: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71cLxSxh6bL._SY450_.jpg
― Conic section rebellion 44 (in orbit), Thursday, 22 March 2018 18:01 (six years ago) link
Mmmm that looks really good. I love green curry. I kind of feel like I have incompatibility issues with coconut milk/cream though and it's not something I want to test out a lot.
― Yerac, Thursday, 22 March 2018 18:05 (six years ago) link
I have/was having those too and it's really sad but one thing I hope will help is buying a brand that doesn't use chemical stabilizers like guar gum and soy lecithin. Weirdly cheapo Goya doesn't use them and all the other, pricier ones do (that I've found).
― Conic section rebellion 44 (in orbit), Thursday, 22 March 2018 18:18 (six years ago) link
Oh, I am going to start looking at the labels for them. Next, can you figure out what ingredient in most lipsticks/lip balm I am allergic to?
― Yerac, Thursday, 22 March 2018 18:21 (six years ago) link
Idk but this is the only one I use, also for chemical irritation reasons: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NqpJG3U0l6E/T1Z2Gast13I/AAAAAAAANAs/nw6lR4Dr7Ik/s1600/Jordana_LOLLipOutLoudLipGloss_1.jpg
Again, ironically, it's the super-cheap version that is perfect.
― Conic section rebellion 44 (in orbit), Thursday, 22 March 2018 18:26 (six years ago) link
Oh god sorry hueg
Ha! Thx. I was about to say the only thing I know I am not allergic to is cheap rose's salve and revlon.
I am making a tofu and broccoli stirfry tonight (brown sauce). I am going to use that link above's recommendation about pouring hot salted water over the tofu first to dry it out.
― Yerac, Thursday, 22 March 2018 18:30 (six years ago) link
we made lasagna tonight, it wasn't anything too epic but I found some italian-style sausages at lol marks & spencer near work & since I live in a heavily muslim part of the city I can't find sausages excepts the most basic kinds near home so I snapped them up. although now that I think of it, I think of "italian sausage" from a north-american perspective & don't actually know anything about Italy-italian sausages. I should correct that! we have plenty of "genuine" italian food shops in the city, I just don't frequent them. really all I'm looking for is a spicier sausage than the generic-for-france saucisses de toulouse that I can find in the supermarkets around our apartment.
― droit au butt (Euler), Thursday, 22 March 2018 18:31 (six years ago) link
No bechamel!
― Yerac, Thursday, 22 March 2018 18:35 (six years ago) link
ABSOLUTELY NOT
― droit au butt (Euler), Thursday, 22 March 2018 18:36 (six years ago) link
wait what
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 March 2018 18:49 (six years ago) link
but merguez is already the best sausage
― Sufjan in Worst Shithole of a Major American City (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 22 March 2018 18:50 (six years ago) link
we eat plenty of merguez! it is readily available in my neighborhood. but for lasagna ?
― droit au butt (Euler), Thursday, 22 March 2018 18:55 (six years ago) link
I just googled to see if there are boudin noir lasagnas. Of course there are. I would try.
― Yerac, Thursday, 22 March 2018 18:59 (six years ago) link
if you are taking it out of its casing, you can probably make any sausage into any other type of sausage, approximately
― Sufjan in Worst Shithole of a Major American City (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 22 March 2018 19:02 (six years ago) link
just read some moroccan recipe blogs with lasagna à la merguez, still, I'm not sure
― droit au butt (Euler), Thursday, 22 March 2018 19:03 (six years ago) link
that sounds good
― Sufjan in Worst Shithole of a Major American City (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 22 March 2018 19:08 (six years ago) link
no i mean what is yr problem with bechamel in lasagna
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2018 00:06 (six years ago) link
Ha! Bechamel in lasagna on the controversial opinion thread set off the whole cheese discussion that led to the changing of the I Love Cooking Board to The Cheese Board. Bechamel in lasagna is a huge disappointment. Always. Granny jizz.
― Yerac, Friday, 23 March 2018 00:10 (six years ago) link
isn't it the most traditional tho?
― gbx, Friday, 23 March 2018 00:15 (six years ago) link
Post a controversial opinion
― Yerac, Friday, 23 March 2018 00:18 (six years ago) link
some traditions are not worth saving
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 23 March 2018 00:18 (six years ago) link
I've never encountered this tradition
― Sufjan in Worst Shithole of a Major American City (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 23 March 2018 01:33 (six years ago) link
If your benchmark is granny jizz you are doing it wrong.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 23 March 2018 01:39 (six years ago) link
Damned autocorrect bechamel
I've never had good bechamel in a lasagna. It's only needed if you can't get cheese.
― Yerac, Friday, 23 March 2018 01:46 (six years ago) link
I like goat cheese in lasagna
― Sufjan in Worst Shithole of a Major American City (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 23 March 2018 01:48 (six years ago) link
I assumed it was added on top or something. bechamel alone seems like it'd be so mild what's the point
― Sufjan in Worst Shithole of a Major American City (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 23 March 2018 01:50 (six years ago) link
kinda hitting me that i don't really like lasagna. or better said, i'll take its component parts in just about any other form.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 23 March 2018 01:53 (six years ago) link
What form would the lasagna take, though
― Sufjan in Worst Shithole of a Major American City (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 23 March 2018 01:55 (six years ago) link
I guess it is just pasta, so you would like a different noodle
― Sufjan in Worst Shithole of a Major American City (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 23 March 2018 01:57 (six years ago) link
yeah, like i'd rather have a ricotta-filled pasta with some sauce or something like that
― call all destroyer, Friday, 23 March 2018 02:00 (six years ago) link
I love any sort of baked pasta.
― Yerac, Friday, 23 March 2018 02:02 (six years ago) link
i cant with you ppl
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2018 02:17 (six years ago) link
Plain bechamel sounds bland. I make a parmesan cheese sauce with shallots and thickened with egg yolks.
― WilliamC, Friday, 23 March 2018 03:44 (six years ago) link
that sounds good. The mixture of egg, goat cheese, and ricotta in the recipe I make is pretty saucy. but there's mozzarella, too.
― cthulhu original (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 23 March 2018 04:21 (six years ago) link
i dont know any of you
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2018 04:35 (six years ago) link
I looked at recipes, and the bechamel is just mixed with the red sauce. there's a bunch of other cheese. that seems fine, and I don't know why it'd be bad if it were made properly.
― cthulhu original (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 23 March 2018 04:46 (six years ago) link
― Yerac, Thursday, March 22, 2018 6:46 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this post implied replacement of cheese
― cthulhu original (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 23 March 2018 04:47 (six years ago) link
mixed with thewhat is happening
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2018 04:47 (six years ago) link
lol this is what I found https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/classic-italian-lasagna-recipe-1941225
― cthulhu original (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 23 March 2018 04:49 (six years ago) link
ok idk what giadas on
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2018 06:07 (six years ago) link
xpost To clarify, the only way I can fairly imagine it used in lasagna is because other cheese is more expensive sometimes hard to get and it acts as a filler to cream it up. But it's disgusting. I even dislike it in croque monsieur. This is all covered in that other thread though. Growing up, I no one ever put it in lasagna. But I had a lot of asians making it for me.
― Yerac, Friday, 23 March 2018 12:15 (six years ago) link
All the sainsbury, tesco, M&S ready to go ones just look like a white goopey mess. The main grocery stores where I am are only slightly better where they may have it only as one layer. I think in the US most ready to go lasagnas don't have that travesty.
― Yerac, Friday, 23 March 2018 12:21 (six years ago) link
I made a new thread for this Controversial Food Opinions - The Béchamel Test
― Yerac, Friday, 23 March 2018 12:38 (six years ago) link
I made Hainan chicken rice out of 101 Easy Asian Recipes. (Roughly equivalent to khao mun gai.) Poached chicken, chicken fat rice w aromatics, broth made from the poaching liquid, condiments. Absurdly flavorful and good and an excellent use of a couple hours and a chicken.
― valorous wokelord (silby), Monday, 26 March 2018 06:05 (six years ago) link
That shit's delicious, I ate it like half a dozen times when I was in Singapore where it's like the national Big Mac Extra Value Meal. That plus a side of stir fried or braised greens is the best.
― joygoat, Monday, 26 March 2018 13:31 (six years ago) link
I like that cookbook, I've been making its economy noodles (also from Singapore I guess?) a lot.
I should go to Singapore just to eat I think.
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 26 March 2018 13:34 (six years ago) link