The Food thread

[ImmortalSlasher]

I have a cold. I don't want to eat. I've lost 3 and 1/2 pounds so far.

[cheebacheeba]

I've lost 3 and 1/2 pounds so far.

what's that, about a couple of bucks?

[cheebacheeba]

So....anniversary breakfast...I feel like a lazy fuck because all I did was, add some milk to tea. Thank you, woman.

[cheebacheeba]

As I said I'm about to steal this bit from the random thread

"Today we're going for Brazlian style BBQ ~churrasco~ to celebrate both myself and Spals b'day.
(mine was back in January, hers is actually today, March 23)
Never been before, but I love the style of cooking, and some of the menu items just look delicious. All you can eat, so I'm just going to try to load up on meat.
They have grilled skewers of chicken hearts...I've had those before, but not like this. Looking forward to it heaps"

Of course, Spal will just need to take video and pictures of the food...so we'll update when it's all done, or yknow, whevever it all settles.

Hanging out right now.
I've had a piece of toast (wholegrain, canola spread, vegemite) and having a cup of tea now, but I'm going to try not to eat much, or anything, until this dinner experience.
Here's hoping it's not super crowded, but being saturday night...but hey...I'll be popping an edible to help cope and with the appetite.

Anyone been to one of these Brazilian churrasco/bbq joints?
How'd it go?

What, has everyone else been eating today?
Give me your meals.

- B.

[cheebacheeba]

I've been suffering from an annoying cold...which, when you've had bronchitis before...tends to trigger it again.

While throughout the day, it's somewhat fine...at night I get the barking coughs, and in the morning hack up some truly awful shit...so last night, I had my first nights sleep in 5 days that I hadn't been woken up by a coughing fit every 10-15 minutes.

The reason I was "ok" last night, was likely a combination of the new medicine
(cold and flu tablets, and some expectorant that helps break up congested stuff in your lungs)
...and something I made myself.

While I'm not in full time work, I do delivery work a few nights a week at a pizzeria.
Now, I don't handle the food so I'm ok to be there.

Anyways, last night I took in a whole habanero, and a ghost pepper.
Cut those up and put them on a pizza along with the standard amount of sauce, a little less cheese, and I went with pineapple to balance the spice, and some chicken for protein.
Wow.
So fucking hot.
My dog ate some, somehow...
I got through about 3 pieces, started sweating, felt quite hot for an hour...had a couple small coughing fits...then went and sat in my bathroom while I ran the hot shower just breathing in the steam.

...and I slept last night, not "fine" but, a lot better.
Never underestimate chilli being an assistant in burning the bad stuff away.
I feel SO much better today.

This morning, I had some grilled vegemite toast, and a cup of english breakfast/earl grey tea.

[DeadbeatAtDawn]

Has anyone watched Almazan Kitchen on YouTube? It has the most amazing food and atmosphere. Videos are no more that 10 or so minutes long and the outdoors is their kitchen.

[Bloof]

Originally Posted by DeadbeatAtDawn

Has anyone watched Almazan Kitchen on YouTube? It has the most amazing food and atmosphere. Videos are no more that 10 or so minutes long and the outdoors is their kitchen.

I have. They are beautiful. My nephew-in-law is addicted to them.

[cheebacheeba]

By the way...does anyone here have an air roaster?

Spal tried a new method of making crackling. Not attached to meat, just, the crackling itself.

You can buy just the pork skin at a lot of butchers and supermarkets, right?
So cut that into "strips" which are about 3-4 inches in length, maybe 0.5 cm wide.
Salt it, mix it in well, let it sit for a bit.

We've been experimenting with temperatures and times, and landed on the one that we find gets the best results:

So there's this rotating cage in this air roaster right?
Put the strips in there above a drip tray.
160c (320f) for 40 minutes
then
180c (356f) for a further 12 minutes.

The come out beautiful. Brittle but not so brittle that they have no resistance, with most of the oil rendered out of the "fat" portion, to leave behind the kind of "shell" on the underside of the crackling.

Perfect snack.
I'd say shaking them through some chilli powder/garlic salt, or any other preferred spices post-cooking would also get some pretty damn good results.

Of course, I'm sure there's other ways to replicate this with other devices, timing and temperatures, but this one worked very well for us after a few less desirable attempts.

Anyways, just thought I'd share.

[hammerfan]

I've been contemplating getting an air fryer. However, my kitchen is full and I have no room for more kitchen gadgets.

[cheebacheeba]

True. It's something of a space killer...great product though.