The TRF Cookbook

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I love crab cakes:

Maryland Crab Cakes Recipe (Little Filler) - Sally's Baking Addiction

These Maryland crab cakes get the stamp of approval from locals and out-of-towners alike. For the best texture, use lump crab meat and very little filler.

sallysbakingaddiction.com

That recipe is a favorite.

 

[MikeT]

Another great one to learn the "why's" when you are cooking is Alton Brown on the Food Network (host of Good Eats) and Chef Michael Smith also teaches you how to "twist" a recipe to your tastes...

Brown is awesome.

Mike

 

[Orien]

POWER BREAKFAST:

1 bowl oatmeal, made creamy with whole milk
2 tbsp peanut butter
2 tsp honey
1 banana, sliced
cinnamon to taste

Mix in serving bowl and enjoy with strong, black coffee. You'll feel like you have a nuclear reactor powering you through the day! I started carrying my car to work just to save gas!

 

[Cl(VII)]

I love crab cakes:

Maryland Crab Cakes Recipe (Little Filler) - Sally's Baking Addiction

These Maryland crab cakes get the stamp of approval from locals and out-of-towners alike. For the best texture, use lump crab meat and very little filler.

sallysbakingaddiction.com

That recipe is a favorite.

Very similar to the recipe I use. Mine has fresh white bread crumbs in place of the cracker crumbs, but the goal is the same, to minimize everything that isn't crab. Just enough stuff to hold it together until the hot oil can set it. I grew up in MD, and it is difficult to impossible to get what I consider a passible crab cake in many areas (particularly Dallas). It's like the word "lump" and "shredded" are interchangeable or something.

 

[Onebadhawk]

It's going to be a 60 degree day in the middle of February ???
Well,
We mustn't waste that..

Ya know,
I think baby backs are a gift to us...

Teddy

 

[TSMILLER]

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It's going to be a 60 degree day in the middle of February ???
Well,
We mustn't waste that..

Ya know,
I think baby backs are a gift to us...

Teddy

That just made my mouth water!

 

[Onebadhawk]

That just made my mouth water!

Thanks Tom..
My wife made macaroni salad with gluten free pasta for the side..
Came out smokin..
Get it,,
"smokin"..
Awww forget it..

There's no way you get many 60 degree days in February up by you,, do you ??

Teddy

 

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Very similar to the recipe I use. Mine has fresh white bread crumbs in place of the cracker crumbs, but the goal is the same, to minimize everything that isn't crab. Just enough stuff to hold it together until the hot oil can set it. I grew up in MD, and it is difficult to impossible to get what I consider a passible crab cake in many areas (particularly Dallas). It's like the word "lump" and "shredded" are interchangeable or something.

Thank you for the alternative suggestions. I will try the white bread crumbs.

 

[TSMILLER]

Thanks Tom..
My wife made macaroni salad with gluten free pasta for the side..
Came out smokin..
Get it,,
"smokin"..
Awww forget it..

There's no way you get many 60 degree days in February up by you,, do you ??

Teddy

Not too many. Today was near 60, sunny and beautiful. Made a trip up the Columbia Gorge to HoodRiver and spent the day drooling over the vintage planes, cat and trucks at WAAAM, inspired by a few post in “post a picture. News is forecasting snow again by Monday. We”ll see how that turns out.
I really need to get a smoker and get busy with some special mea treats again. Last smoker was a 100$ freebie, burned up while I was attempting to make some pork belly candy.

 

[Greg Furtman]

Not too many. Today was near 60, sunny and beautiful. Made a trip up the Columbia Gorge to HoodRiver and spent the day drooling over the vintage planes, cat and trucks at WAAAM, inspired by a few post in “post a picture. News is forecasting snow again by Monday. We”ll see how that turns out.
I really need to get a smoker and get busy with some special mea treats again. Last smoker was a 100$ freebie, burned up while I was attempting to make some pork belly candy.

WAAAM looks like a very interesting place. I checked it out on Google Maps & even had a look around inside. I discovered some time ago that many places like museums can be viewed & sometimes toured internally.

If you are in Satellite mode I zoom in & then grab the little guy in the lower right and move him over a museum building you will see little blue circles which are places a 360 degree photo was taken. Sometimes when you put the little guy over a building you will see blue lines. This means that you can actually move your viewpoint around inside of a building. A cool feature of Google Maps.

 

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I grew up eating pepperoni rolls and tiala.

Tiala (Tiella) - Farm Bell Recipes

farmbellrecipes.com

Of course, our recipe adds bacon grease and Italian sausage. .

 

[Greg Furtman]

I ran across this recipe today. It looks quite good.

Anda Ghotalaa

Anda Ghotalaa: Anda Ghotala is a popular street food in Mumbai, India. Anda means eggs. This dish is full of eggs. It is an amazing dish made with eggs cooked three ways with all flavours and textures. I first tasted this dish at a street food vendor few years bac…

www.instructables.com

 

[NateB]

Off work the whole weekend but my wife has to work. I figure I might as well eat my fill of higher quality junk food and relax. Lunch is some simple but fiery ramen. Samyang Buldak 2x with some added chicken. I'm making spicy chicken breast sandwiches for dinner and have some dough rising and resting for deep dish pizza tomorrow.

 

[NateB]

Spicy Chicken Sandwiches

I'm still tweaking the spice blend I use taking a lot of inspiration from Nashville Hot Chicken recipes as I have posted above.

Brine:

2 cups water
2 Tablespoon Salt
2 Tablespoon sugar
2 Tablespoon Frank's Red Hot

Hot Oil

2 Tablespoon Cayenne Pepper
1 Tablespoon Ghost Pepper Powder
1 Tablespoon Smoked Paprika
1/2 Tablespoon brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder

Mixed together, then bloomed for about 30 seconds in 3 Tablespoons Hot oil and stirred into a paste.

Breading:

Flour with salt, pepper and Cayenne. I didn't measure it.

Start with thinly sliced chicken breast or butterfly a thicker one. Pound it out to an even thickness if you have to. Brine the chicken for an hour, then dry it off. Some places brine chicken in pickle juice. I might try it with the juice from pickled jalapeño peppers next time.

I then brushed the dried chicken with Melinda's Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce (I'm getting addicted to this stuff, Meijer stores sell it for about $3 a bottle), dredged in the flour and allow to rest for 10 minutes.

Dredge the chicken in the flour mixed again and fry. I usually pan fry, deep frying gets better results but it's messy.

Once the chicken is done, drain it on some paper towels and brush both sides with the hot oil.

I drizzled this with a little bit of Hot honey and served on a toasted bun. I wish I would have made a batch of my jalapeño cole slaw as a topping. Way, way better than a drive through and you can dial in the hot peppers to your own taste.



If you're not familiar with super hots, wear gloves and wash your hands before you use the restroom.

 

[prfesser]

Mom's Good Icing

It's actually what my mother would have made if she could...her version was too sweet and rather gritty from confectioner's sugar. If you're diabetic but still like to cheat occasionally, this is not too sweet, fluffy and light, and has zero fat. Makes a very large amount, over a half-inch on a 13x9 cake. Requires a decent hand mixer or stand mixer and a proper thermometer.

1 1/4 cups sugar
1/3 cup water
1-2 tbsp corn syrup
3 egg whites at room temperature
1/8 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp vanilla (or other desired flavoring)

Mix sugar, water, and corn syrup in a microwave-safe (glass preferably) container. Cook at high for 3-6 minutes (depends on the microwave), stirring occasionally, until it reaches the hard ball stage, 260 F. Mix egg whites and cream of tartar at medium low for about 30 seconds, then beat at high until soft peaks are formed. Slowly pour hot syrup into the egg whites, beating until all is added and stiff peaks are formed. Add vanilla and continue beating until frosting holds its shape. It will keep for about a day. Roughly 80-90 calories per serving.

 

[Greg Furtman]

Yesterday I ran across a Korean fellow on YouTube who has a cooking channel. He's into making fast, healthy, easy to make foods. Today I learned about making fried rice and all of his recipes look yummy.

 

[John Kemker]

Yesterday I ran across a Korean fellow on YouTube who has a cooking channel. He's into making fast, healthy, easy to make foods. Today I learned about making fried rice and all of his recipes look yummy.

I'm hungry, now.

 

[NateB]

I grilled some Thai style Chicken thighs this evening. Recipe found here: https://www.seriouseats.com/Thai-style-grilled-chicken-recipe
It was quite delicious with little heat from the white pepper in the marinade, but should be approachable for most people. I couldn't find Bird's Eye peppers for the sauce without going to the International Grocery, so I used Serrano peppers instead.

 

[NateB]

Here's a hard one for you guys. Steak.

1. Buy steak from your favorite meat counter, butcher shop, or your buddy's cow.

2. Light grill.

3. Sprinkle steak with salt and pepper.

4. Cook steak on grill.

 

[kuririn]

Tonight's dinner.
Shrimp and asparagus tempura.
With rice and shoyu (soy sauce).


1. Buy a box of tempura batter mix from the grocery store.
2. Heat oil in a deep fryer.
3. Wash asparagus, Snap off the woody part of the stalk.
4. Shell and devein the shrimp.
5. Combine the batter mix and cold water according to instructions. I used chilled seltzer water instead, makes the crust crispier.
6. Batter and fry the asparagus, Dip the shrimp in the batter then coat with panko crumbs. then fry.
Ono grindz.

 

[OverTheTop]

Hot-Buttered Rum
Got this recipe from a local gin distillery we go to. We usually have one of them instead of dessert.



Note that this does make a lot of batter and can be scaled back in quantity if needed.

Enjoy

 

[hobie1dog]

I just went through all 10 pages, now I'm hungry for sausage bisquits