May, 2020 What's Cooking in the Kitchen?

Bugster2 wrote:$hit!   I didn't know you had to post before the size would change. LOL. Yes, it works.

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:Nice spaghetti dish Beth. Yummy.

Tonight's supper was a failure. Tina bought a Pillsbury Blue tube pizza crust.
She made a great tasting sauce, with onions. Rolled out the dough, sauced it, then used Almond cheese, and Brick cheese. She topped it with slicing sandwich size pepperoni. hahahahaaa......I don't mean to snicker and laugh, but by the time the grease and oil bubbled out of the cheese, there was a wet sopping sponge like dough, that one would need a spoon to eat it. Tina was disappointed. I sat with my tongue in cheek. I didn't dare open my mouth.  

Bugster2 wrote:

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:Nice spaghetti dish Beth. Yummy.

Tonight's supper was a failure. Tina bought a Pillsbury Blue tube pizza crust.
She made a great tasting sauce, with onions. Rolled out the dough, sauced it, then used Almond cheese, and Brick cheese. She topped it with slicing sandwich size pepperoni. hahahahaaa......I don't mean to snicker and laugh, but by the time the grease and oil bubbled out of the cheese, there was a wet sopping sponge like dough, that one would need a spoon to eat it. Tina was disappointed. I sat with my tongue in cheek. I didn't dare open my mouth.  

Cook's Illustrated says you can microwave your pepperoni on some paper towels to par-cook it to remove the grease.

This story reminds me of the first time I made  a monte cristo sandwich that you batter and fry. I didn't know much about frying and I didn't have the oil hot enough. I fried the sandwich till it was brown. It had turned into a sponge and when Joe picked it up, he squeezed it and a half gallon of oil came out of it. We still laugh about it.

bethk wrote:Love when a 'spur of the moment' comment gets something great going!

Just decided with Jeanie & Darlene to try going to St. Augustine to go to the beach again today.  The previous forecast had been for 90% chance of rain all day for the next week but the weather maps today showed the rain staying out in the ocean.  We're going to chance it!  All we want to do is sit in our chairs (we're taking light weight chairs this time) and listen to the water.  

Hope everyone has a great day!

Bugster2 wrote:

We are not allowed to sit on our beaches yet. We can go there, swim but have to keep moving. Makes no sense to me.

bethk wrote:

Bugster2 wrote:

We are not allowed to sit on our beaches yet. We can go there, swim but have to keep moving. Makes no sense to me.

I go to a beach by Marine Land ~ even in the 'busy time' it's not crowded.  As long as everyone stays distanced from other groups there's no problem.  We can sit and then walk at the water's edge.....none of us likes to get into the water.  Besides, at this time of the year the water is COLD!  You have to wait until September for it to be warm enough to swim in, IMO.....and even then I don't.  I'm not a strong swimmer and there are thing that live in the water.  They don't issue an invitation for me to be in their home and I don't invite them to come to mine!  LOL

bethk wrote:Love when a 'spur of the moment' comment gets something great going!

Just decided with Jeanie & Darlene to try going to St. Augustine to go to the beach again today.  The previous forecast had been for 90% chance of rain all day for the next week but the weather maps today showed the rain staying out in the ocean.  We're going to chance it!  All we want to do is sit in our chairs (we're taking light weight chairs this time) and listen to the water.  

Hope everyone has a great day!

bethk wrote:Jimmy, she's gorgeous!  But it makes me tired just thinking about keeping eyes on her and Liam the whole time they're in the house.....I'm too old for babies!

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I could have been a beautiful day at the beach.  

If it weren't for the rain ~ no rain when we were driving on A1A ~ every time we pulled into a beach parking area it would start sprinkling.  By the time we got out of the car it was pouring......

So we spent the day driving around St. Augustine looking at the old houses and the schools.  Flagler College is there and the School for the Deaf & Blind ~ great old architecture and beautiful old homes.  I cannot imagine the cost of upkeep of the homes in an old historic area and replacing all the wood siding that rots either from the weather or bugs....but fun to drive around and look at.  We drove by an old military cemetery in the middle of old town and all the graves were decorated with a flag.  Of course, it was raining so we couldn't stop to walk around.

But even with the rain we had a great time.  What the heck ~ we're all retired and don't have anything else to do.

bethk wrote:Imelda, when you make your rice do you rinse it?

I've been buying the India basmati rice from Trader Joes.  I find that if I rinse it about 4 times and drain well then I can cook it in the microwave, bring to a boil and then cook on a 20% power for 13 minutes.  I stir it immediately when done so the more moist rice on the bottom is on the top and then put the lid back on for about 5 - 10 minutes ~ It gives me the fluffiest, most flavorful rice.

Other times I'll just go back to my old 'stand-by' of par-cooked rice (like Uncle Ben's) for perfect rice cooked in the microwave.  

Every time I tried to cook it on the stove I either over cooked it or burned it.....I'm sticking to my microwave method!