OOT Cooks,

Quick Chinese style scramble



Tossed in some peas because I had them (at the Chinese place this would be onions), some chopped up char siu pork, eggs, and then threw in some green onion at the end.

Tasty meal in less than 5 min including prep.

El, lovely scramble. 5 min meals like that are great.

Have you or any other culinarians itt ever tried using leftover pasta in a frittata? Any leftover noodles are good, but mac and cheese frittata or baked ziti frittata can take it to another level.

Diablo you have a garden full of scallions.

btc: Doesn't compute, I never have leftover pasta!

Nit: more accurately, I have a Whole Foods and Trader Joe's full of green onions. I love them! Just signed up for a CSA box. First delivery comes tomorrow. Of course I customized it to get more green onions.

mia,

rough procedure for the pasta? looks great.

el d,

thanks for ruinning my life by making me know about those milk bar things. previously crack pie was a pretty involved affair. now i know it can be so easy. gonna get beetus.

this weekend i made the ad hoc chocolate chip cookies. i mistakenly used 2c+1T of flour instead of 2 1/3c + 1T of flour. They still came out great, but less cakey than they should obviously. Also, I added fleur de sel to the top because why not? I think the brand of chocolate I used was probably not the best because the 70% cacao is unusually smooth. I think having the two chocolates be more distinct would be even better.

Manicotti and baked salmon with a little baby spinach


Muffin top cookies for desert

Cooks,

Just posting because lol more green onion.



Obv added more green onion after pic.

Spinach and onions with soy, garlic, five spice.

Link to the muffin top cookie recipe?

Anyone ever seen the Portlandia where Steve Buscemi is the sales person / is celery? He’s celery and losing out to new hip veggies like kale and beets and goes to make a deal with bacon.

I think Diablo is green onions.

Yes, that was a good episode, then again, I love that show, hate to see it come to an end

For green onion lovers, cut off the white tip with the roots, stick in a pot of soil and you'll have endless green onions, I've got 3+ pots constantly growing green onions, its one of the easiest things I've found to grow and if I hadn't known that would have ended up in the trash or compost bin

Scallions are awesome, especially since there's different parts to them and with different cuts you get a ton of different texture.

way behind on this thread

just dropping in to say all the milkbar cookies need 2min less than the book says. I don't know if they're making super fat cookies or just like them really crispy but they're all like that.

No link, but here's the recipe:

2 2/3 cups AP flour
1 cup margarine
1 heaping cup sugar
2 eggs
tsp salt
3/4 tsp baking soda
splash of lemon juice
splash of vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups chips
*sprinkle of cinnamon

Melt margarine and combine with the sugar (and optional cinnamon).
Stir in eggs, vanilla, and lemon juice.
Add salt, baking soda, and the chips, mix well.
Incorporate flour last to make the cookie dough.

Tightly form dough mounds slightly larger than a golf ball and set on cookie sheet. Moisten hands to avoid sticky mess.
Bake at 350f 12-15 mins.

Is that from imperfect produce?

This is the recipe. Had a free trial from Blue Apron a while back and that was my favorite recipe from it; really enjoyed it.

JL,

Yes, getting my first delivery tonight.

I had a medium organic box for a while but ended up cancelling it. Too often the fruit was damaged by the weight of the veggies, or they weren't "imperfect" but actually "bad" - really bruised, starting to mold etc.

I just cancelled and never gave them my feedback as to why, but I assume a lot of people had said the same thing. They emailed me last month saying they've made a bunch of changes / updates:

I gave it a shot and my first box last week was a big improvement from last year. I thought it was very cool that they're branching into other related fields, like olive oil and coffee. Might be worth trying that promo code on your account and see if it takes 50% off.

Da_Nit, I would love to get your list of favorite Paris eateries.

On thr topic of farm delivery boxes, my experience has been one of too many beets and potatoes, not enough of everything else.

amoeba,

Many (maybe most?) of the CSA boxes around here nowadays are basically 100% customizable, pretty much like online grocery shopping.

My list is pretty limited actually need to ask wife, when I talk to her I’ll post it but just a few restaurants we try to hit up each year. I usually only make it to Paris for a night most years.

JL,

Looks promising!

Real quick opinion all:

Thoughts on a BBQ cheeseburger topped with bacon that’s candied in dark chocolate and cayenne pepper?

The burger patty is the core of a burger. When your differentiator is in an addon, such as bacon, I feel that it detracts from the essence of a burger.

Instead of complimenting the burger, the focus gets put on the bacon.

If I wanted a chocolate flavor in my burger, I would consider a burger with a mole sauce or a chili burger where the chili has some chocolate.

Another thought. Cocoa nib crusted patty reminicent of the excellent steak tartare with cocoa nibs I got at Sage in LV many years ago.

In a similar vein, coffee and porcini crusted patty.