One of the best things about being married ...

[Gedanken]

... is that I have a captive guinea pig for my culinary experiments! :chuckle:

I was just reflecting on this thought after a successful first experiment with New Orleans shrimp bisque, with a slight variation by using Chinese methods of cooking prawns. While I've had more hits and misses, Sash has been great at trying them all out, and compared to when I was single, I'm cooking a lot more than I used to.

So, how many of you use your sposes as taste-testers?

[Paulie]

My wife has no choice, she doesn't cook (and I can only cook eggs and steak consistently, everything else is an experiment.) :chuckle:

[Earl]

So sorry, I'm the captive guinea pig for her culinary experiments! ROFLMAO!

[Dan Pierce]

The grill is the only thing I'm good at. We both make the family Sunday gravy [spaghetti sauce] and my grandfathers pasta fagioli [in fact making that tomorrow:clap:].
Munga!
dP

[Earl]

The grill is the only thing I'm good at. We both make the family Sunday gravy [spaghetti sauce] and my grandfathers pasta fagioli [in fact making that tomorrow:clap:].
Munga!
dP

pasta fazul and mangia cosi si deci giu da Napoli, spero lo detto giustto! Aiuto!

:o) :o)

[Dan Pierce]

pasta fazul and mangia cosi si deci giu da Napoli, spero lo detto giustto! Aiuto!

:o) :o)

I'm only 27% Italian so not sure what you said but it sounded good. :chuckle: I only know a few cuss words.:mouthtape:rofl:
dP

[Earl]

LoL !!!! rest assure there were no cuss words there!

[Carolina]

All the time (children as well)! One enjoyable thing my kiddos do after they sample something they like? I get a round of applause (which tells you we watch too much of the FoodNetwork on TV). :rofl:

James, I think you should share some of your recipes...

[Gedanken]

Actually, that's not a bad idea, Carolina - I think I'll start a recipes thread. :thumbsup:

[away36]

Actually, that's not a bad idea, Carolina - I think I'll start a recipes thread. :thumbsup:

Sweeeeet! I can't wait! :thumbsup:

[Alcan]

... is that I have a captive guinea pig for my culinary experiments! :chuckle:

I was just reflecting on this thought after a successful first experiment with New Orleans shrimp bisque, with a slight variation by using Chinese methods of cooking prawns.

James, my dinner invitation must have gotten lost in the mail...... :rofl::cheers:

[Scooby]

Whew! When I read the first line of your post James, I thought you were actually cooking guinea pig! Figured it was one of those weird, freaky deaky Asian dishes I see Anthony Bourdain always sample. :chuckle:

Anyway, I like to cook as well. Make a mean chili.

[Gedanken]

James, my dinner invitation must have gotten lost in the mail...... :rofl::cheers:
What are you serving? I'm there, man! :dummy::rofl:

[Gedanken]

Whew! When I read the first line of your post James, I thought you were actually cooking guinea pig! Figured it was one of those weird, freaky deaky Asian dishes I see Anthony Bourdain always sample. :chuckle:

Anyway, I like to cook as well. Make a mean chili.
:rofl::rofl::rofl:

Now that you mention it, it does come off that way! :chuckle: I've had stuff like snake and rat, but guinea pig's unknown territory for me. :dummy:

Hey, I've just started a recipe thread, Darren - wanna post your chili recipe there?

[Mrdi]

. is that I have a captive guinea pig for my culinary experiments!

Gut em and bleed em first.
Don't eat em months that dont contain an r.

[roadcarver]

Over Christmas, I tried baking some cinnamon rolls. The first one I used margarine and the dough after baking didn't turn out so well (harder). The second time around, I rushed making the dough but used butter and it actually turned out really well. That recipe is a keeper.

My wife is the guinea big as I'm the one who loves to cook and grill!

[Lisa]

I cooked beef tongue for my husband a long time ago. He has never let me forget it, particulary during our serious "discussions."

Me: So are you going to leave all this crap lying around the house for another week?

He: Yeah, well you made me eat beef tongue in 1988!

:rofl::rofl:

[Carolina]

I cooked beef tongue for my husband a long time ago. He has never let me forget it, particulary during our serious "discussions."

Me: So are you going to leave all this crap lying around the house for another week?

He: Yeah, well you made me eat beef tongue in 1988!

:rofl::rofl:

That is just so funny, yet so gross - all at the same time!! :chuckle:

[Gedanken]

What's wrong with beef tongue? :chuckle:

The funny thing is that Sash's ancestors come from the land of haggis, but I'm the one eating all the weird stuff! :chuckle:

[Alcan]

The funny thing is that Sash's ancestors come from the land of haggis, but I'm the one eating all the weird stuff! :chuckle:

Haggis.... isn't that stuff made by the same folks who tried to convince us that golf is a game and bagpipes are music? :rofl::justkiddi

[Gedanken]

Haggis.... isn't that stuff made by the same folks who tried to convince us that golf is a game and bagpipes are music? :rofl::justkiddi
Yuh huh, but the mental image of them swinging a broadsword always seems to stop me from mentioning it to them in person. :dummy::chuckle:

[Troy]

I have been married 2 years lived together 12 years do all the cooking even cater out of house dinners and bar events. It is my hobby been a pipe fitter all my life did not get to 300 lbs plus drinking beer. Would go against any body in a cook off. Recipes are for whimps
Do what tastes good !!!!!!

[East Bay Rider]

... It is my hobby been a pipe fitter all my life did not get to 300 lbs plus drinking beer. Would go against any body in a cook off. Recipes are for whimps
Do what tastes good !!!!!!

Iron Chef Canada

[Jedi]

Sue is a taste-tester for sure.

When I was at uni, I worked as a cook in several places and when I finished school, it was touch and go whether I'd stay in the kitchen or head out into reality.

I headed out and sometimes, just sometimes, I wonder, what if...

[Gedanken]

When I was at uni, I worked as a cook in several places and when I finished school, it was touch and go whether I'd stay in the kitchen or head out into reality.

I headed out and sometimes, just sometimes, I wonder, what if...
Oh yeah, I know that feeling!

[Gedanken]

Recipes are for whimps
Well, that catch always was that you'd have to learn how to read first! :bartmoon::justkiddi

[redshirt1957]

Cooking to me is sitting around the grill and drinking beer until the fire goes out. Now, the wife is an excellant cook and I clean up the kitchen to do my part. Hey, I may be a wimp, but I don't have to wear a Rolex to get lucky.

[Gedanken]

Cooking to me is sitting around the grill and drinking beer until the fire goes out. Now, the wife is an excellant cook and I clean up the kitchen to do my part. Hey, I amy be a wimp, but I don't have to wear a Rolex to get lucky.
Bubba, no real man has to wear a Rolex to get lucky! :chuckle:

Now, as for the fire going out, you've never tried making Beggar's Chicken, have you?

[redshirt1957]

Bubba, no real man has to wear a Rolex to get lucky! :chuckle:

Now, as for the fire going out, you've never tried making Beggar's Chicken, have you?

I shared with my wife some our your recipes and she was impressed. Now, what is and how do you cook Beggar's Chicken?

[Gedanken]

I'm gratified, Bubba - tell the missus that more recipes are on the way! :thumbsup:

Now, there's a story behind Beggar's Chicken - I learned the story when I learned how to make the dish in jungle survival classes.

As the lore goes, some beggar during the days of kings had caught himself a chicken in the king's grounds. He'd set up a campfire and was about to cook the chicken when the king's guards came round, so he buried the bird under the fire. After the guards left, the beggar pulled the chicken out from under the embers and voila, it had cooked.

The way we did it, we slaughtered the chook and packed it in mud mixed with seawater (we were near a beach), feathers and all. We buried it under the campfire and left it there overnight. By morning, the fire had gone out, so we pulled the chicken out and peeled off the hardened mud shell, and the feathers came right off with it. The rest of the chicken was so tender that when I tried lifting it up by the drumstick, it fell apart, and the salt water in the mud had marinated it to perfection.

[redshirt1957]

I'm gratified, Bubba - tell the missus that more recipes are on the way! :thumbsup:

Now, there's a story behind Beggar's Chicken - I learned the story when I learned how to make the dish in jungle survival classes.

As the lore goes, some beggar during the days of kings had caught himself a chicken in the king's grounds. He'd set up a campfire and was about to cook the chicken when the king's guards came round, so he buried the bird under the fire. After the guards left, the beggar pulled the chicken out from under the embers and voila, it had cooked.

The way we did it, we slaughtered the chook and packed it in mud mixed with seawater (we were near a beach), feathers and all. We buried it under the campfire and left it there overnight. By morning, the fire had gone out, so we pulled the chicken out and peeled off the hardened mud shell, and the feathers came right off with it. The rest of the chicken was so tender that when I tried lifting it up by the drumstick, it fell apart, and the salt water in the mud had marinated it to perfection.

Yes. Makes perfect sense. Very resourceful.

[Gedanken]

Hey, it worked better than the snake. :chuckle:

[redshirt1957]

Hey, it worked better than the snake. :chuckle:


Yea I know about that. Eatten rattle snake and cobra and both times I convinced myself that I did not clean them properly. The mind can play funny tricks on you when you are tired and dehydrated. I heard a myth once about the Hmong swallowing the posion sacks...I just severed the head.

[Gedanken]

I've only had python. The good (and bad) thing about it is that there's plenty of snale to go round. :chuckle:

[redshirt1957]

I've only had python. The good (and bad) thing about it is that there's plenty of snale to go round. :chuckle:

As you know, those beasts have a nasty bite.

[Gedanken]

Oooh yeah. I'm getting on in years - the chicken's much safer, thanks. :chuckle:

[BLSampson]

I am a Bar-Be-Que (BBQ) grillmaster. Of course every one that lives in the midwest (USA) is pretty much into BBQ. My favorite meat to cook is a henway.