Cookin again

[Jahydin]

Less processed here. I've been comparing notes with American. His bread had about X5 or 6 the amount of suger.

Oh yeah, our supermarket bread is trash. My friends and I have all been baking on our own.

As I understand it there you have Hugh fructose corn syrup a lot. Plain ol suger here. I can't tell difference between NZ and Mexican coke.

That is understatement! We literally have corn in EVERYTHING.

And thanks to the carbon dioxide shortage, our sodas pretty much go flat in minutes now, despite being around $10 for 12-pack. Dr. Pepper seems to still be okay though...

And dye to potato dollar our dine outs cheap and you don't tip. Indian for 3 over there the Naan bread was $ here it's about $2.30. He spent around $120 NZD same meal here for 3 would be half that maybe bit more if you went somewhere fancy.

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How many salad variations can I do with onion, cherry tomatoes, coleslaw and lettuce?

Try to limit the bad food to once per week. Lots of salad based meals I suppose.

That's what I've been trying to do.

 

[Jahydin]

I really dislike coleslaw in general, but there used to be a Greek-based steak & seafood restaurant here called Vincent’s. They made a garlic coleslaw so good that I used to get it every time I was in the vicinity.

Sounds delicious!

I've found I don't like coleslaw on its own, but love it on tacos and sandwiches for some reason.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Sounds delicious!

I've found I don't like coleslaw on its own, but love it on tacos and sandwiches for some reason.

I edited the post to include the recipe!

I suspect Vincent’s slaw would be great on a cookout burger (possibly not a cheeseburger, though).

 

[Zardnaar]

I edited the post to include the recipe!

I suspect Vincent’s slaw would be great on a cookout burger (possibly not a cheeseburger, though).

That's a 1980s burger here at a BBQ.

Basically a thick meat patty bunged in a burger lettuce, tomato, grated cheese mayo.

Party like it's 1985!!!

And it's your grand parents vinegar type salad dressing. Possibly beetroot (blurg).


Mentioned earlier.

Chilli Dhaba

Your new favourite Indian takeaway is in St Kilda, Dunedin. Authentic Indian dishes for pick up or delivery. Phone or order online now, and spice up your life!

chillidhaba.nz

Said Indian menu. 1NZD=0.57 usd.

Think we're having Turkish tonight. 2E D&D night.

 

[Zardnaar]

So went to a place. Old building bit run down. Haven't been there for a few years. Hole in wall hasn't changed much since 1999. It looked old back then as well.





Chicken and lamb islander. Cheap as well we worked our the process difference from 2004 and it's cheaper than back then.

Bread was about $1.60 usd. Meal was less than $11 USD. Even by our standards it was cheap.

Mine tasted great. Had Chilli sauce, hummus, salad, garlic sauce, falafel, lamb, chicken, rice and salad. Split the bread with wife. It was stupidly big.

Old owner moved on we loved him. Kurdish guy from Iraq.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Tonight, I only wanted a light meal. So I had a few garlic-stuffed olives, an apple I cut into wedges, and a lovely d’Affinois brie on crackers.

 

[Zardnaar]

Sat night bit over the top after some beers.

 

[AlexofBarbaria]

I started making kefir this week. Trying to heal my gut after getting food poisoning on vacation.

It's very easy! Just throw the grains in a jar with milk (1 tsp grains to 1.5 cups milk) and let sit for 24 hours at 25C. I got it to just the right temp by putting it in the oven (turned off) beside a pot of hot water.

The grains can be reused indefinitely, and in fact grow a little bit each time.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Took Mom out to eat twice today: lunch at a nice little Japanese restaurant; dinner at Wendy’s.

At $25, the 2 Wendy’s combos were nearly exactly half the price of the 2 bento boxes and a shared order of shumai.

And the Wendy’s wasn’t as good as it used to be.

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Part of the reason why we did the above was because we were doing MD appointments & running errands today, so time was tight.

…And also because I’m beer-braising FOUR corned beef briskets today/tomorrow. They get cooked 2 at a time for 9 hours at 225degF. As of this writing, there’s about 2 hours left on the first pair. After I get them out, I’ll have to put the next pair in.

The plan is to give some to the neighbors, eat a little over the next few days (except Friday, because Lent), and freeze the rest for later this year.

 

[Zardnaar]

One of our favorite places put prices up. Still cheaper than everywhere else.



1 NZD is 0.57 USD.