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[Mad_Jack]

On a different note, Windows 10 sucks - I much preferred Windows 8.

 

[Aeson]

What kind of cooking appliances do you have access to?

An Instant Pot which is what I used last night. A toaster oven and a microwave. And a gas range.

 

[Aeson]

Jack?

And the proper term is Undead-American...

Hairy is very...lets say..right "handed". He doesn't like being grouped with others. He keeps going on about how vampires and zombies are replacing everyone. The media is pushing an agenda with vampire and zombie shows. Grouping him with other undead takes away his individual freedom.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

An Instant Pot which is what I used last night. A toaster oven and a microwave. And a gas range.

One thing you can do to coax more flavor out of your veggies with what you have is using some kind of “dry cooking” method to cook some of their water out before stewing. Microwaving can do that, but baking them in your toaster oven might be better because- depending on the veggies in question- you can get some browning. Browning always adds flavor. (Browning can also be done with a skillet.)

Another trick: use a slurry. A slurry is a mixture of flour and water, or better, liquid from your dish. Added back to the pot late in the cooking and mixed in, a slurry will thicken the liquid in the pot into a gravy/glaze on the pot’s contents. That means all the flavors and nutrients that cooked out of your veggies into the cooking liquid still wind up in your mouth.

I started doing this with my greens, and the results were striking. I actually needed LESS seasoning.

 

[trappedslider]

I much preferred Windows 8.

ewwww

 

[Dog Moon]

Which, obviously, is why Jack hasn't been around. (As opposed to all the other times he goes two weeks without a post, lol.)

Jeez.... what kind of person leaves for random stretches of time without saying anything?! I mean seriously, there has to be something wrong with a person who does that!

 

[Aeson]

Jeez.... what kind of person leaves for random stretches of time without saying anything?! I mean seriously, there has to be something wrong with a person who does that!

How rude. I'm with you. It's only polite to leave a note and a couple hundies on the nightstand.

 

[Mad_Jack]

Sometimes, just throwing stuff in a pot is a way to discover new flavors.

That's pretty much how I cook everything - If the X number of random things I'm combining have a lot of liquid in it I put it in a pot, otherwise it gets tossed in a skillet on the stove.

Jeez.... what kind of person leaves for random stretches of time without saying anything?! I mean seriously, there has to be something wrong with a person who does that!

According to my previous shrink, in my case it's called borderline Antisocial Personality Disorder...

 

[Aeson]

Amazon is getting scary fast. I ordered something in the wee hours of Sunday morning, it was on my front porch Monday morning. I chose free shipping it was scheduled to arrive Friday. I get an email Sunday afternoon saying it was shipped and would arrive on Tuesday. It got here on Monday. I predict by this time next year orders will be arriving before they're placed. Amazon will know before we do what we're going to order and when and have it to us before we know we needed it.

You guys will approve of my purchase. I bought the 5E PHB for my friend to give to her son. She was getting excited looking through it at work last night. I could have created new gamers.

 

[Blackrat]

I’ve been thinking gift wrapping my old 3e core set and giving it to my nephew who is 10.