Oh, we are at the SILLY peak of the night. Everything after this is woe and lamentation.
How YOU doin', CoSo?
Any random questions for me?
Oh! Great question!
(And hello neighbour! I'd greet you in person if I could! π€)
One meal I haven't had in a dog's age is some form of bibimbap. It's a Korean peasant dish cooked in a hot metal bowl using fresh local fare. My favourite local equivalent is the cazuela paisa, which uses local ingredients in a hot bowl, too.
Whatever the equivalent "farm-fresh" fare would be near you, that would be a dish I'd love to sample from you!
What do you love to make most, for company?
@MLClark My Default is cuban picadillo. I can make it in my sleep and if I am in a real good mood i will make cheese filled naan for it to be spooned in.
We just started our early harvest. Mostly Ramps, Nettles, mixed greens, or overwintered items. Frittatas with whatever we have on hand.
but now my goto "Greens" recipe is Tambuli .. goes good with everything.
Glorious! And when not cooking for others, what does comfort food look like *for you*?
The one comfort food that will make me close my eyes in bliss when I have a spoonful in my mouth, is apple pie
My mom made it for me during any special occasion, and even would over winter apples to use in a pie for my Birthday in january.
still warm slice of pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. That is my happy place
Oooo! I am a master at apple pie. Do you enjoy wedge cut or flat cut?
I'm also a Jan baby, so I'm guessing that with winter apple storage you're getting a wedge-cut apple experience. They're not as firm as the flat-cut pie varietals, but they have a filling texture that can't be beat! π
um.... wedge?
I peel, quarter, core, and then slice, getting quarter-circle slices. par bake the bottom crust, fill the pie, and lay a crust on top
my mom had the crust down to an art, and i never figured out her secret.
I have only know the more traditionally pie. Everything else just pales in comparison.
The best pie crusts are made with the simplest range of ingredients. It's all in the amount of time mixing, the frigidity of the water, and its quantity. :)
If your mum parboiled the bottom crust, you definitely did a wedge slice. The flat cut from the apples creates a pie slice that you can hold in your hand, but the melt-in-your-mouth wedge-slice filling is a treat without equal.
Glad you had such a high standard at home!
@MLClark What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
lol
How are you doing, Torin?
Any recent inspirations to uplift basic cuisine for low-income consumption, a la KD with spices?
@MLClark Pretty good, all things considered! Life has been fairly chaotic - my home got flooded a couple weeks ago by a roof leak during a heavy rainstorm, so I had to move - but it could've been a lot worse and (with a fair bit of help) I've just about got it all sorted.
How about you?
Hmm... well, this definitely isn't novel, but hard-fried eggs (add salt, pepper, dill, and paprika) as a sandwich on pan-fried toast, perhaps with a little mayonnaise (or if feeling fancy, pesto) is very tasty!
Perfect! I've been doing a fried egg sandwich as my daily meal as of late, so this is hitting ALL the right notes. Just got some paprika in on the action today!
Sorry to hear about the flood and all its disarray. Hope that's the last of major seasonal upsets for you for a while. π€
@MLClark Thanks! I hope you enjoy them just as much as I do :)
Whoa, does that mean you're only eating one meal a day? If so, not sure how you do it... I would not last very long on that kind of diet, thanks to a lack of body fat and a super-fast metabolism.
Which is part of the reason why I always make sure I have several months of long-shelf-life food (and at least 3 weeks of drinking water) in reserve... otherwise even a short food shortage could be very dangerous for me.
Thanks. Me too!
@MLClark Anyway, I'd best get off to bed... I have work in the morning.
Catch you later - have a great rest of your evening!
OMAD just makes it easier to get "eating" out of the way in one go so I can pack more work into the day.
But it definitely also makes it easy to get tipsy on very little, when I do imbibe.
Sorry to nod off on you there! Have a decent workday, if you can. ππ»
@MLClark LOL I think if I tried to eat enough calories for the day in one meal, my stomach would probably rupture.
I need to eat over (sometimes *significantly* over) 3000 calories a day on average just to maintain my weight.
I know some gym bros who do a 2MAD for similar reasons, spaced 4 to 6 hours apart, while others just make sure what they're eating is super energy dense.
But for those in training, OMAD taken after a workout and around 19 hours fasted can help to optimize training benefits via boosted HGH levels, so to each body its own maintenance needs! Glad you know yours.
@MLClark If you fry the toast in the same pan as the eggs using the same oil, the toast will suck up the all the bits of seasoning that came off the eggs when the oil wicks up into it... which ends up flavouring the bread, reducing oil wastage, and eliminating any reason to butter the bread.
The mayo or pesto definitely aren't necessary at all, as the bread usually ends up being plenty flavourful anyway, but they can make a very nice addition.
@IrelandTorin @MLClark African or European toast?
Now you're giving me a hankering for injera!
@MLClark "Any random questions for me?"
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
(Since they are common to Canada, you should be an expert on the topic of woodchucks. π¨π¦ )
Common to the US, too!
People have wrestled with the exact amount for years. This might be the funniest, most thorough explanation I've come across:
@MLClark "Could GEICO really save you 15% on car insurance? Do woodchucks chuck wood?"
@MLClark "Did you know the woodchuck even chucks lumber store wood?"
@MLClark I like the Throw Synonym chart link in the Reddit post. π€£
It's important to define all our terms! π
@MLClark Doing a final edit on my first draft now, asking, "Do I *really* need that definition?!"
Of course I do!
@MLClark Whether the reader wants to know what an OMS engine is or not!
Maybe the real treasure in life is the definitions we learned along the way. π
Happy revising!
@MLClark If i cooked you dinner
What would you want?
(I am a good cook and like a challenge)