The Smells in My Kitchen

[Mich]

Curry. There's a dal in the stockpot, vindaloo in the wok, and mulligatawny in the next biggest pot. The vindaloo doesn't smell *quite* right yet, but the others are taaaaasssttyyyy.

I think half of those "words" aren't really words at all, and you have made them up. Unless you secretly cook for Dr. Seuss' ghost!

Edit: quoted when I saw I was a new page. I hate being the new page...

[locke]

macaroni and cheese and turkey meatballs in marinara sauce

I had utterly forgotten how insanely salty boxed mac & cheese is. but so delicious still.

and vanilla pudding, which doesn't smell. I didn't have milk so I decided to split the bag into two and make an experiment. one pudding I mixed with whipping cream the other pudding I mixed with half and half. Half and Half is excellent, almost like a mousse that has been lightened with whipped cream. The cream one has so much flavor but it is very stiff and a bit grainier in appearance though smooth to the taste.

the best is mixing the two together, yum!

and the TJs mac and cheese I had called for no butter and only 1/4cup of milk. since I didn't have milk, I used half and half. living on the wild side, I know.

[Rei]

Apple crisp, apple cider, and stem ginger. Tonight is a good night.

[Luet]

What is stem ginger?

I'll be having hot spiced cider, caramel apples, cider donuts, etc. at a family get together tomorrow. And I'm bring some Italian Wedding Cookies that I made today.

[Rei]

Stem ginger is basically blanched ginger root cooked in simple syrup. It's sweet and gingery and delicious.

[Petra456]

I'll be having hot spiced cider, caramel apples, cider donuts, etc. at a family get together tomorrow. And I'm bring some Italian Wedding Cookies that I made today.

Italian wedding cookies are absolutely amazing! I made them for the first time last winter.

[Luet]

I've been eating the other half of the batch all day! Which is not good since the recipe called for three whole sticks of butter. I want to find a recipe for a lemon version.

[steph]

Homemade donuts. I was prepping the dough for tomorrow morning's breakfast. (General Conference Sunday calls for a yummy breakfast. Growing up, my dad usually made omelets or blueberry blintzes. I usually just make something out of the ordinary, but seriously yummy.) Most of the dough is in the fridge to rise in the morning, but Tyler and I decided we needed to rise a few of them to "test out" tonight. You know, just in case....or something. I just ate one filled with blackberry jam and covered in powdered sugar. It smells yummy in my house. I'm hoping for some donut dreams tonight, since I get to fry more in the morning!!!

[Eaquae Legit]

Last night it was chana masala. If you like Indian food or you like chickpeas, you owe it to yourself to go buy a box of the spice blend (I use MDH, but Mangal is good too) from your local Indian grocery and give it a whirl. Excellent and healthy meal, great with chappattis or basmati rice.

Today it's vanilla syrup. I'd rather make my own drinks than go to Starbucks, if I can.

[Jebus]

EL, come to Dublin and cook for me?

[Young Val]

I've got applesauce in the crock pot now, Pumpkin Apple Spice muffins in the oven, and bread rising on the counter. My house smells AWESOME.

[Jayelle]

Thanksgiving dinner! Mmmm....

[elfprince13]

Courtney and I made some fantastic pesto last weekend and ate it on crackers.

[Eaquae Legit]

We have applesauce too! We made a trip to the apple farm today. I'm so happy.

[Petra456]

Right now I'm baking a salmon and making some cheesy potatoes.

Mmm : )

[Eaquae Legit]

And because this is just what we do in the evening, we've also got hot apple chutney on the go. So far, so good. Edit: And dal, because we decided we'd like something to eat tomorrow.

[Petra456]

I made pumpkin spice muffins with cream cheese frosting. I love how pumpkins spices smell!

[Eaquae Legit]

Last night we made sweet and spicy Thai noodles from the Fresh cookbook. Mmmmmmm delicious.

[Satya]

Currently turkey and gravy and mashed potatoes.

[locke]

chicken stock

[buckshot]

The Wife (Julie) made the whole thanksgiving dinner at the farm tonight. We always go to the in laws thanksgiving and the in laws can't cook for crap , so we always get this bonus dinner! She was kinda pissed I went back to huntin camp full of turkey and pie , but I got back in one piece. Oh it was the best dinner ever!!

[Young Val]

venison jerky in the dehydrator.

I'm like the Pioneer Woman 2.0.

From NYC to the rural Midwest.

[buckshot]

My pard makes only dryed jerky and it's great ! He cuts it frozen so its all the same thickness and it gets good and crisp. I make it in the smokehouse in bigger strips hung over rods. I love all jerky beef , deer, and elk.

[Rei]

The other day I made some awesome blackened fish, so tonight I made blackened tofu in fried rice. It should be pretty good.

[Jayelle]

We had the best roast pork I've ever made tonight. It was tender and so very good. I think it was the 10 min at 450, an hour and a half at 250 that did it.

Ginny ate her weight in pork, it was crazy. She cried when we took her out of her high chair and kept asking for more like it was ice cream.

[thoughtreader]

spaghetti and meat balls yummy

[locke]

stovetop potpourri

three cups water, two cinnamon stick, knuckle of ginger sliced up, half an orange sliced up, half an apple, plus core, cut in wedges. and a few peppercorns and bay leaves. Smells great I'm going to pick up some cloves on the way back from the gym.

[steph]

My own made-up recipe for Stuffed Acorn Squash. YUM!!!!

http://spottsandpans.blogspot.com/2009/ ... quash.html

[Satya]

Chicken alfredo and spinach pizza.

[locke]

[Dr. Mobius]

Damn son. You gonna share?

[Young Val]

Challah bread is THE BEST.

[locke]

Challah bread is THE BEST.

actually I don't think I've ever had challah bread

that's just ordinary white bread that I braided.

well not quite ordinary

I made one batch with rosemary

one batch with pepper

one batch with gruyere

then I braided the three together to give me the two loafs and the round.

unfortunately they all burned a bit, the loafs a little on top and the round, which was on a stone on the bottom (I also forgot that I had put the round in before I had put the loafs in, doh.

I used Peter Reinhart's method of putting a cast iron skillet on the bottom of the oven while the oven is preheating, then after putting the bread on the stove pouring about 4-6 ounces of water into the skillet to get a steam bloom in the oven. But since I don't have a spritzer I didn't bother spritzing the oven walls and bread after five minutes. So the round doesn't quite have the rise it could have, but it got a fairly decent rise.


now there are new smells in my kitchen, the ham is done,

now there is the smell of toasting almonds and sesame seeds

soon the turkey smells will begin wafting, as that's in the oven now.

[ender1]

Mmm...bread.

[Satya]

Tomato soup and grilled cheese. =)

We used muenster, mozzarella and cheddar. Yum.