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Hey 'log, realized we didn't have a cooking thread, so I'm making a cooking thread.

Tonight I made veggie/tofu stirfry where I used Thai curry sauce as a marindae for the tofu, and then served it over rice. I've discovered the secret for enjoying stir fry's over rice is having some sort of good sauce, and in the future I'd put more veggies in and maybe just use a soy sauce marinade for the tofu and mix in the sauce proper into the final dish. I saved a meal worth from this.
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that looks delicious, jenny!! I cook a lot, sometimes extravagant meals sometimes just little things. I'll have to post what I make tomorrow, im really craving some cornbread so im gonna make some hot water cornbread and hope that we have more than just onions to throw in.. ideally some peppers or something ...
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Woah hot water cornbread!! that sounds awesome, I've always had fairly sweet cornbread without anything in it
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i changed my mind last-minute and ended up making a big glass tray of normal cornbread. tomorrow my mom is gonna make some black eyed peas to eat with it, probably nice and spicy. my sibling usually eats my cornbread with syrup. i make it a little bit sweet but mostly just plain. im so happy with how it turned out... light, but dense. I'll post a pic with the peas tomorrow
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Made some Spanish beans and rice! this was leftovers so I added extra cheese and extra salsa and put some bread on the side.

Also yooo that cornbread looks fire
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love rice and beans. gotta get a picture of the cornbread with the slow-cooked beans my mom made yesterday.

tonight i made a big pile of fluffy pancakes and ate them with nice maple syrup:
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Yoooo those pancakes are killer!!!! I have the material to make pancakes I should absolutely go ahead and do it.

How often do yall cook at home vs eat out?
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JennyDog wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 9:46 pm Yoooo those pancakes are killer!!!! I have the material to make pancakes I should absolutely go ahead and do it.

How often do yall cook at home vs eat out?
show tha results!! i wanna see.

hmm we typically eat out or order food for special occasions. parties, celebrating birthdays or achievements, that sort of thing. we normally go to a great indian place near our house for the latter and order pizza for the former.
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Tonight I baked some chinese meatballs. I've made them a bunch of times and they taste very good, but they look like hot ass so I didn't take a picture. Sorry :( Here's the recipe, though! These are tasty and I hope you enjoy making them.

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Pork Meatballs

Ingredients:
500g pork mince
A white onion
Garlic (i use paste)
Ginger (i use paste)
1 egg
Cornstarch
Soy sauce
Rice Vinegar
Shaoxing wine
Salt
MSG
White pepper
Black pepper

Steps:
Cut up your onion and set it aside. I like big pieces of onion but you can cut them how you like and put in as much or as little as you want. I use about half the onion.

Turn on your oven and preheat it to 200c. You could also steam these, but it has been a while since I did that.

Get a big bowl, we only use one bowl for this recipe. Make sure you have a big tray to put all the meatballs on.

First we make a slurry with all the wet ingredients except for the egg and the cornstarch:
1tbsp Cornstarch, 2tsp ginger paste, 1tsp garlic paste, 1tsp Rice Vinegar, 1tbsp Shaoxing wine, 1tbsp light soy sauce

Then add a couple of dry seasonings to that:
Big pinch of salt, fair pinch of MSG, 1/4 tsp white pepper, 1/3 tsp black pepper

Use a fork to stir that up, break up any lumps, until its a nice loose slurry. Then, put the meat and onions in the bowl and stir it all together until loosely incorporated, and then add the egg and stir that in too.

After it's all incorporated, keep stirring for like three to five minutes until it becomes paste-y, like you an spread it against the side of the bowl. Then we take big handfuls of the meat and slap it down into the bowl. All this stuff we're doing to it is going to give the meatballs a better consistency when they are cooked.

Use a tablespoon to measure out the meatballs, shape them in your hand so they're nice and round, and place them on the sheet evenly.

Place the tray into the oven and cook for 30-35 minutes.

Enjoy!!!
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Tonight I made my first batch of seitan following instructions by chinese cooking demystified and it turned out tiny. I believe I didnt knead it enough and perhaps was too rough when washing it to get at the gluten. Either way though, I used it in a really quick stir fry and it was delicious.

I took a picture of every step and I'm happy I did, it was fairly involved and took about three hours! I'd like to become good at making it so I can prep a batch at the start of the week and use it in little meals as I go.
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I fucked up a step and they fell off the chopsticks ... but they boiled up just the same.
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I tore it up into little chunks and slivers, toasted them (which sucked, they didnt really wanna toast cuz i didnt heat up the pan enough) and then I fried it up with a sweet bell pepper (only pepper I had avalible) and half a white onion. Ideally I'd do this with green chilis and and a red onion next time. AND have some five spice powder ... I didnt have any :( so I improvised, added some dark soy sauce and extra MSG.
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