Are you a cook?

[jj1j1]

In my previous life as a Cabinet Maker I worked with many woods. If I would have thought about it I would have made cutting boards, too, but had a lot of fun making what I did. Here are a few projects I did. All the craft items were made with the desktop CNC mill, (the last picture). https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

[scottr954]

In my previous life as a Cabinet Maker I worked with many woods. If I would have thought about it I would have made cutting boards, too, but had a lot of fun making what I did. Here are a few projects I did. All the craft items were made with the desktop CNC mill, (the last picture). https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

Man that stuff is incredible!! The fire truck!! I'm rubbing elbows with geniuses here! Did you retire from that type of work?

[jj1j1]

Like all things nothing lasts forever. The mill eventually broke down, and the shop didn't fix it. My dept. wasn't really very profitable because many of the things I made took too long to create. I caught the CNC bug though, and ended up changing careers. It was either that, or going back to bending and stooping making furniture. I decided to learn CNC. I went to school, and earned an AAS in Manufacturing, and CAD CAM. I miss working with wood though, and hope to get my own mill someday, an make Intarsia again.

[scottr954]

Like all things nothing lasts forever. The mill eventually broke down, and the shop didn't fix it. My dept. wasn't really very profitable because many of the things I made took too long to create. I caught the CNC bug though, and ended up changing careers. It was either that, or going back to bending and stooping making furniture. I decided to learn CNC. I went to school, and earned an AAS in Manufacturing, and CAD CAM. I miss working with wood though, and hope to get my own mill someday, an make Intarsia again.

Well I wish you great success!!!

[handy]

No genius here! I'm a cook! A really crappy one. :) I cook 'cause if I don't eat I'll die.

I just made something, (eating it as I write this) that I'll get a few meals out of that isn't half bad (might only be half good too lol). You can make it as spicy as you like (spicy is great for bad cooks - not only bad cooks though, I like spicy even if a good cook made it.)

Here's the recipe (nothing ground breaking at all, but it is pretty quick & easy, really healthy & it tastes good to me, to the point that I wrote it down so I can do it again):

The yummy Handy concoction:

This easy meal is made with a spicy mixture of brown rice, & vegy's (both fozen & fresh - whatever). It cooks up quick and easy on the stove & is a really good base for which to use whatever you have laying around & to customise to suit your taste.

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time ~45mins
Servings 4 good size servings (easily modified)


Ingredients:

1 tbsp. olive oil
1 medium onion diced (fine without)
4 garlic cloves finely sliced (I used about 8 )
1 1/2 cups diced tomatoes (~3 tomatoes)
OR a 400 gram can (I used a can + the last tomato from the fridge)
4 cups vegetable broth
~ 3 - 4 cups assorted vegy's (I used combo' of mixed frozen & fresh)
1 tbsp. tumeric
1.5 tsp. ground cumin
2 tsp. ground black pepper (fine without)
2 tbsp. cayenne pepper hot sauce adjust to heat preference (I use 3tbsp)
3 cups brown rice (whatever kind you got)
2-3 spring onions chopped

Instructions:

Coat the bottom of a large pot with oil and place over medium heat. When the oil is hot add onion, & garlic. Sauté for 5 minutes, until they are softened.
Add tomatoes, 4 cups of broth, tumeric, ground cumin, black pepper, hot sauce, and rice. Raise heat to high and bring to a boil. Lower heat, cover, and allow to simmer until the rice is cooked and liquid is absorbed, about 45 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to sit for about 5 minutes, covered.
Serve topped with spring onions if you got 'em.

[JayM]

That sounds not bad at all, Handy. Sort of like a vegetarian curry crossed with jambalaya sort of thing. A person could even add a chopped-up boneless chicken breast or two to that if they wanted to.

I'm like you, I'm in no way whatsoever a restaurant-quality chef, I'm just a not-too-bad home cook. One of my favorite things to do is see what I happen to have on hand in the cupboard and in the refrigerator and invent something using those for ingredients.

I just went grocery shopping earlier. Disappointing! They didn't have celery or spicy sausages. I had my heart set on a batch of red beans and rice. Oh well, I did buy the beans anyway, and I know of one or two other supermarkets that should have what I need, I just didn't feel like running around all day long to try to find them. (I forgot to get orange and mango juice too.) I may head out again Tuesday or Wednesday and make the beans and rice next weekend. The challenge will be to try to find Cajun or Creole seasoning. I can always make up my own with cayenne or chili powder, black and white pepper, but it's just a lot easier with a jar of Zatarain's or Tony Chachere's.

[jibel]

Hello JayM,
When I have open the forum, it's a big surprise for me . I'm completely in opposite side, I'm a macrobiotic's, vegan or vegetalian or vegetarian since 45 years. I'm a good cook with rice whole and the other cereals and red bean , spaghetti’s nippon udon, soba . I used miso for example miso soup . , consummate seaweed hizikis, kombu, vegetables ! Times in times I eat except animal product , fish , chicken...... red meat practically never. It's very strange about the maximum different thing for to eat for every one . Have a nice day see you soon

[Cristobal]

My new toy, I've been given a brand new cleaver (probably a low end one like those sold in supermarkets, but likely more than enough to get the spirit). I was initially planning to order a Shi Ba Zi on Aliexpress.

[jibel]

@cristobal,

Here is my tree or more knife, made in japan. It's with this I cut vegetables, fish etc These knife are since more 35 years to use it
Your picture are very beautiful , very nice , congratulation

[rokytnji.1]

I've done simple pot stickers with Jimmy dean sausage .Here is the video's I followed.
Making dumpling wrappers

making filling

Time to clean out the fridge of leftovers. I have the best well fed rescue dogs on da planet.
They get fed so good They won't run away.

Guess I'll show my comfort food leftovers for the dogs today. It gets cut up and mixed up with the dry dog food .
farmers cheese vereniki

Old school

I grew up on the above besides other good stuff. Mom was a master cook from a peasant village.
Here is her recipe for single dudes with a slow cooker.

I carton < approx 1 qt or 1 litre > of chicken broth or beef broth.
Veggies of your choice as filler < corn, potatoes, turnips, Jicama, Rutabagas , celery,cabbage, etc.....>
Spice to personal tastes. < chilis, salt, sauces on meat added by you. >
Add pasta as filler also if big like me with big appetites.
I can of swanson chicken breast if doing chicken. If doing beef Buy cheap cuts of bulk cow meat with some fat and cut down to bite size. Then brown and spice in a good skillet till done before sliding it into the crock pot . Remove any grease in fry pan 1st with spoon or strainer.

Set on slow cook and forget about it. I recommended canned chicken breast because my Mom told me everybody likes chicken breast. But if a dark meat person. Thighs or legs deboned < thighs are cheap >. Skalded and spiced to personal taste on a cast iron skillet . Is the bomb also in soup.

For filler, Buttered bread or saltine crackers are good to go. Experiment with spicing your butter. I find I like putting garlic in my margarine dish of " I can't believe this is not butter ".

Edit: the bulk leftover chicken and cowmeat can be put in da fridge and used to make chili verde burritos later on. Or. Baked perogis.