Relique du Madde
Adventurer
That reminds me, who ever came up with "Taco tuesdays" needs to be punched in the mouth.
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That reminds me, who ever came up with "Taco tuesdays" needs to be punched in the mouth.
nerfherder
Adventurer
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Hah!
Man, beyond the use of certain techniques or seasonings and a wok, I don't really mess with asian cuisine. Home-made stuff...sounds yummy! I'm jealous. I wouldn't know where to begin cooking that meal.
Beyond the obvious, that is: "chop this & start the water boiling."
Jdvn1
Hanging in there. Better than the alternative.
Well, I hadn't messed much with asian cuisine in the past--I just knew what I liked. And, I didn't have the time to go to Lunar New Year festivities like I like to do most years, so I thought it'd be fun to give it a try.
And it's mostly not too tough, as long as you have a few recipes as guides.
Steamed shrimp dumplings?
Get the ingredients, chop them and mix them up
Place a little bit inside a wrapper, close the wrapper.
Place in a steamer. Not too hard. We technically used a rice cooker with a steamer attachment.
Fried rice?
Cook long grain rice (like jasmine, preferably with less water, so they rice comes out more dry)
Chop and cook that stuff that goes into it
--well, scramble the eggs but don't cook them too long--you want them a little runny, chop
--cook the sausage but save the rendered fat to add to the rice for flavor
--most vegetables don't need to be cooked at all, just chopped
--you can add cooked chicken or cooked shrimp as well as or instead of sausage... whatever you like
--I like using green onions, egg, and sausage partially because of the color. White, green, yellow, and red (or substitute brown for white, if you use soy sauce) ends up looking very colorfully appetizing. Corn is another yellow option, and there are a number of traditional green options (snow peas, snap peas, zucchini)
Heat oil in a wok, and add everything
Mix with some soy sauce (if I think the level of saltiness is fine without soy sauce, I don't add any or I'll add light soy sauce).
And it's mostly not too tough, as long as you have a few recipes as guides.
Steamed shrimp dumplings?
Get the ingredients, chop them and mix them up
Place a little bit inside a wrapper, close the wrapper.
Place in a steamer. Not too hard. We technically used a rice cooker with a steamer attachment.
Fried rice?
Cook long grain rice (like jasmine, preferably with less water, so they rice comes out more dry)
Chop and cook that stuff that goes into it
--well, scramble the eggs but don't cook them too long--you want them a little runny, chop
--cook the sausage but save the rendered fat to add to the rice for flavor
--most vegetables don't need to be cooked at all, just chopped
--you can add cooked chicken or cooked shrimp as well as or instead of sausage... whatever you like
--I like using green onions, egg, and sausage partially because of the color. White, green, yellow, and red (or substitute brown for white, if you use soy sauce) ends up looking very colorfully appetizing. Corn is another yellow option, and there are a number of traditional green options (snow peas, snap peas, zucchini)
Heat oil in a wok, and add everything
Mix with some soy sauce (if I think the level of saltiness is fine without soy sauce, I don't add any or I'll add light soy sauce).
the Jester
Legend
I just dropped in to tell the Hive that Electric 6 is a totally awesome, totally fun, totally danceable band that y'all ought to try.
I saw them on Later With Jools Holland and have heard their stuff elswhere- "Gay Bar" is awesome!
the Jester
Legend
Yeah, they're great. One of my favorites is Broken Machine.
Broken machine has some questions for me
It wants to know a little bit about my history
It wants to know why I write these ridiculous songs
It wants to know everything that turns me on
And what turns me on is you
So now that's what turns it on too
Its methods are filling me with doubt
This experience is starting to creep me out!
It doesn't do anything, it just sits there
It doesn't do anything, it just sits there
And looks at me!
M-m-mechanical meltdown-
It should be thrown away
It should be scrapped by sundown-
But broken machine is here to stay.
Jdvn1
Hanging in there. Better than the alternative.
I have a player who fancies himself a rules lawyer.
Except, he's so terrible at it. Whenever he questions a ruling of mine, he gets it wrong. Sometimes, though, I'm not 100% sure, so I let him have his way, then look it up later... and he's always wrong.
Blah.
Except, he's so terrible at it. Whenever he questions a ruling of mine, he gets it wrong. Sometimes, though, I'm not 100% sure, so I let him have his way, then look it up later... and he's always wrong.
Blah.
Dog Moon
Adventurer
There's a person in my group who seems to continuously ask questions about simple stuff, but the more obscure the rule, the better he knows it.
What a day...not particularly difficult or anything, just had one recurring issue: taste flashbacks.
Last night, we gamed. Since I was hosting and thus, didn't have to drive anywhere, I decided to indulge and did the old "Liquor Cart Sampler" maneuver.
I finished off the dregs of a bottle of American Honey- AWESOME- and had some burbon one player had gotten for his 40th. I followed that up with 2 other drinks.
The last one was Stranahans. THAT bit of white lightning was consumed not only because of the fact that I like it but also to cleanse my palate.
Because drink #3 was Vermeer Dutch Chocolate Cream Liquour. I had tasted it in the store and it was pretty good, which prompted its purchase.
However, what I had last night tasted HORRENDOUS. At first, I thought it was one of those things where something tasted bad because of what I'd had just minutes before. IOW, 2 tastes that don't work well together.
One of the guys in our group- a former bartender- checked it out and said that the bottle had "gone off."
I didn't get sick or anything, but every few hours today, I've had flashbacks of rancid Dutch Chocolate Cream Liquor.
Bleh.
Last night, we gamed. Since I was hosting and thus, didn't have to drive anywhere, I decided to indulge and did the old "Liquor Cart Sampler" maneuver.
I finished off the dregs of a bottle of American Honey- AWESOME- and had some burbon one player had gotten for his 40th. I followed that up with 2 other drinks.
The last one was Stranahans. THAT bit of white lightning was consumed not only because of the fact that I like it but also to cleanse my palate.
Because drink #3 was Vermeer Dutch Chocolate Cream Liquour. I had tasted it in the store and it was pretty good, which prompted its purchase.
However, what I had last night tasted HORRENDOUS. At first, I thought it was one of those things where something tasted bad because of what I'd had just minutes before. IOW, 2 tastes that don't work well together.
One of the guys in our group- a former bartender- checked it out and said that the bottle had "gone off."
I didn't get sick or anything, but every few hours today, I've had flashbacks of rancid Dutch Chocolate Cream Liquor.
Bleh.
