do anyone experiment when cooking?

[blackdragon6]

you know just to try and come up with something different?



one time i tried to make a vienna sausage salad once i got the ingriedients i mix them to geather and










































it was the most disgusting thing i had ever tried.but you see now i know its disgusting cause i tried it:p

but i went back to the drawing board now its a great dip for the supurbowl,or any sporting event............SERIOUSLY

[Guts/Batman]

Not really experiment like that.

But I do generally clean the fridge out of leftovers. No matter whats in it.

[Tish-the-Scorpion]

when i was 9 i tried to make my own candy bar called the tish bar..............needless to say i wasn't allowed back in the kitchen for a month.

however i did manage to make my own ice cream candybar casarole.........if people wan't the recipie i'll give it to them its verry good.

[ocelotrevs]

When I did food technology,I planned to put only a few select spices in. But then I would just go a bit mental and toss everything in. The results were always interesting, usually nice. It's the same at home, but some experiments do go tits up

[Wonder Bebs]

Not really. Everything I make always turns out the way that I want it, too. Especially with candies. You seriously cannot go wrong with it, really.

[CHEYENNE-BLACKBIRD]

i like to put chocolate cereal with chocolate milk,it taste great and makes a great laxitive actualy.

[CHEYENNE-BLACKBIRD]

however i did manage to make my own ice cream candybar casarole.........if people wan't the recipie i'll give it to them its verry good.i'm interrested..............

[Guts/Batman]

i like to put chocolate cereal with chocolate milk,it taste great and makes a great laxitive actualy.


Great laxative?

[Sir Tim Drake]

I'm making spaghetti right now, and I've never made spaghetti before, if you can believe that. Does that count as experimenting?

[Wonder Bebs]

I'm making spaghetti right now, and I've never made spaghetti before, if you can believe that. Does that count as experimenting?
It means you should get back in the kitchen and stir the noodles so they don't burn or stick.

[Tish-the-Scorpion]

Great laxative?lets see how your stomach handles all that chocolate

[Royal]

oh everyday when I can.

this should be an everyday thing.

[Guts/Batman]

lets see how your stomach handles all that chocolate


ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...completely missed that

lol

[Royal]

lets see how your stomach handles all that chocolate

Really, it's all that caffine in the chocolate that does it.

[Sir Tim Drake]

Update: I ate the spaghetti. It was fairly good. It may have been a bit too tough, and I should have made more of it.

[Guts/Batman]

Update: I ate the spaghetti. It was fairly good. It may have been a bit too tough, and I should have made more of it.


I had salad... with tuna in it. :D

How long did ya have in da boilin water?

[Tish-the-Scorpion]

i'm interrested..............
*cracks knuckles*

well the base is made of melted snickers (yum),i use a cooking torch its the small one,now here comes the ice cream wich is optional when it comes to what flavor. i usually use either rocky road ice cream, ice cream with snickers in it,cookies and cream,brownie dough,cookie dough,homemade vanilla,turtle tracks,white chocolate,or fudge sundae ice cream, these are the flavors i use.but what ever suits you is fine,next melt muskuteer bars,or reeses cups over the top.and crumble either reeses cup on the top or put chocolate and peanut butter morsels on the top wich ever is clever.and put it back in the fridge.some times a use a 1 layer chocolate cake in the recipie

and then theres the smore caserole wich is kinda like the candy bar caserole.i crumble the grahm crakers with a lil milk to get it kinda mushy,put it back in the fridge.when the crust is set melt hurshy bars,and marsh mellows over it.next put your favorite ice cream on top,i usually use just vanilla,rocky road,or chocolate.then repeat bottom layer for the top

ah my banana pudding caserole........ make a crust with the vanilla waffer cookies,banana puding ice cream,and top it with bannanas,and banna pudding and finish it with the cookies






ENJOY ALL!!!

[Tish-the-Scorpion]

Update: I ate the spaghetti. It was fairly good. It may have been a bit too tough, and I should have made more of it.Update: thanx for the headlines the world can now rest easy knowing it tasted fairly good. now we take you back to your regularly scheduled programming :) j/k

[Punchy]

I do when I'm making Italian food. Just trying different things in the sauces, different ways to prepare chicken/sausage, etc.

[Noah Johnson]

It took me a couple experiments to get this right, but it's good. Try this:

Take a bunch of those teeny little shrimp you can buy by the pound. Saute them lightly in a saucepan, using olive oil and a shot of tequila. Drain. Into the saucepan, pour a jar or two of cheap storebought alfredo sauce. Add paprika until the sauce is yellow-orange. Add more tequila. Add red and black pepper to taste. Simmer for a few minutes. Meanwhile, you've been cooking pasta. Dump the cooked pasta into the saucepan, stir it around until coated, and serve.

Note: If you absolutely must use chicken instead of shrimp, substitute gin and vermouth for the tequila, and go a bit easier on the paprika. But it's still not as good.

[howyadoin]

ah my banana pudding caserole........ make a crust with the vanilla waffer cookies,banana puding ice cream,and top it with bannanas,and banna pudding and finish it with the cookiesGoddamn, that sounds tasty.

[Guts/Batman]

Goddamn, that sounds tasty.


You didn't know that one?

[Tish-the-Scorpion]

Goddamn, that sounds tasty. LMAO it is.... :D

[JeffreyWKramer]

I experiment all the time. I have some recipes which are quite dependably good, and I often use them as the base from which I experiment - adding something different, using more or less of something, substituting something else.

I also tend to spice more or less impressionistically, rather than rigidly following amounts. This is particularly true when I do marinades.

[Anthony]

I experiment all the time.

You're a swinger, we expect no less. :D

[LtMarvel]

1 can of cheap refrigerated roll dough
Extra-virigin olive oil
Favorite grated pizza topping

Preheat oven per roll instructions. Take each roll and roll it between your hands until it looks like a small piece of rope. Stretch the "rope" and tie it into a knot. Place knot on cookie sheet. Repeat for all rolls.
Brush the olive oil on each knot. Sprinkle the pizza topping on each knot.

Bake as directed (although I find that I need to use the smallest time!).

You now have the fancy rolls you find in some restaurants!

[howyadoin]

1 can of cheap refrigerated roll dough
Extra-virigin olive oil
Favorite grated pizza topping

Preheat oven per roll instructions. Take each roll and roll it between your hands until it looks like a small piece of rope. Stretch the "rope" and tie it into a knot. Place knot on cookie sheet. Repeat for all rolls.
Brush the olive oil on each knot. Sprinkle the pizza topping on each knot.

Bake as directed (although I find that I need to use the smallest time!).

You now have the fancy rolls you find in some restaurants!A little basil would be good on that.

[Sir Tim Drake]

I had salad... with tuna in it. :D

How long did ya have in da boilin water?

Between 10 and 12 minutes. I think the problem was that I didn't use enough water.

[K'Nort]

Especially with candies. You seriously cannot go wrong with it, really.

Well, you can be making toffee or something else involving boiling sugar and think you can stir it with a rubber spatula....


I've always been experimental with food. I'm really bad about following a recipe, even the first time around. Better to have something specific in mind though. Improvising desperately with whatever is in the cupboard rarely works as well.

[Trystenn]

Well i did, i had just watched this infomercial and was all hyped about cooking, but you see i had nothing in the kitchen cept some leftovers (Namely old Taco Bell Tacos) so i scooped up the meat, and fried it in butter, then put it in some bread like a sammitch along with some cheese, then i proceeded to fry up the sandwich in butter, not unlike a Tuna Melt......



IT WAS SOOO GOOD!!!!!

[Guts/Batman]

Between 10 and 12 minutes. I think the problem was that I didn't use enough water.


Yep That'll do it.

Then again, I tend to kill my noodles sometimes sooo I guess I can't really comment heh.

I don't make spaghetti noodles all that much. I perfer Rotini myself.

[howyadoin]

Between 10 and 12 minutes. I think the problem was that I didn't use enough water.Try a little olive oil in the water.

[Solaris]

Occasionally; hubby does it even more, and usually comes up with something fantastic, with occasional so-sos or real flubs. :) He came up with a great chicken casserole that way... and the very best chili I ever put in my mouth.

[Tish-the-Scorpion]

i'm currently working on a reeces peanubutter cup pie...........

[K'Nort]

i'm currently working on a reeces peanubutter cup pie...........

I have a recipe for an unbelievably good peanut butter-chocolate pie. The bottom layer is ganache, the really rich thick dark chocolate you get inside truffles. The upper layer -- three to four inches' worth -- is peanut butter "lightened" with both whipped cream and cream cheese. Fantastic.

[Tish-the-Scorpion]

I have a recipe for an unbelievably good peanut butter-chocolate pie. The bottom layer is ganache, the really rich thick dark chocolate you get inside truffles. The upper layer -- three to four inches' worth -- is peanut butter "lightened" with both whipped cream and cream cheese. Fantastic.mmmmmmm i'll try that :)

[Wonder Bebs]

Well, you can be making toffee or something else involving boiling sugar and think you can stir it with a rubber spatula....

Well, all things considered, toffee and caramels are two of the types of candies to should make when you have nothing else going on at the same time, really. That and you oughtta make sure you're using the right utensils as well.

One thing I do know is that it's fairly easy to almost screw up penut butter cups. If you make the shell too think they won't freeze all the way, apparently. v_v;;

[blackdragon6]

BTW my dad like to put salsa or ketchup on his eggs,it actually taste good.

me personally when i finally got that vienna sausage salad spread right it taste great.what you need is

2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature
1 cup mayonnaise (preferably sandwich spread)
1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced
chopped fresh onions
3 or 4 boiled eggs chopped
chopped bacon, optional
vienna sausages 1 can
motary jack cheese
swiss
cheddar chees(sharp)


this makes a great bread stuffing,spread,or whatever......its actually good.

[Beatnikman]

Between 10 and 12 minutes. I think the problem was that I didn't use enough water.
Food Network has taught me to never cook pasta (any amount of pasta) in less than a gallon of water. It needs lots of room.


And adding oil to the water does make it not stick so much, but also makes it much harder for sauce to stick to the noodles later. Unless you're just using olive oil as your sauce, then you're golden.



I experiment all the time. I've had people ask me for recipes, and I just have to guess, 'cause I rarely make something the same way twice. I mean, I watch cooking shows and check out recipes (almost exclusively online), but use them more as springboards to making my own versions of things.

My most recent winner is a pomegranate reduction sauce that I've used a few times to top beef (rib eye, tri-tip, and NY steaks). It's just a bottle of pomegranate juice, with some red wine (port seems to be the best), balsamic vinegar, and I'll grate in about 4-5 cloves of garlic with my microplane (it prevents a chunky sauce). Add a little salt and pepper, and let it simmer for 45 minutes or so until it becomes almost syrupy.

[Beatnikman]

ketchup on his eggs
Blasphemer!


I'm just going to say this once ... ketchup is an ingredient.

[K'Nort]

When I was a kid, I put strawberry jam on my scrambled eggs. Only the scrambled ones.

The fried ones have always been left alone when they're on a plate, but my father taught us this awesome sandwich of lightly toasted bread, fried egg, cheddar, and ketchup. Good hot or cold. I would take them in my school lunches sometimes and people would go ewwww, but if they got up the nerve to try a bite, they'd frequently bring the same thing the next day. One of those things where the flavours combine into something completely new.

[Beatnikman]

Actually, the strawberry jam doesn't sound bad.


I can't really do egg sandwhiches unless there's some major contrast in texture in there. Like really crusty bread or crisp bacon or something. I like the taste, but if it's soft and soft between soft, it's no good.

My wife likes 'em, though. But with Miracle Whip. But then, she's from Michigan.

[Guts/Batman]

ketchup on his eggs


ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

My lil bro puts kethchup on chicken ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[blackdragon6]

ranch dressing is the new condement,though i love good honey mustard

[K'Nort]

ranch dressing is the new condement,

That's for sure. Some places around here just automatically bring it out with fries.

Remember when you couldn't buy it? Not in bottles. You could buy the powder and mix it with I think mayo, sour cream, and milk. Or it was the House dressing at all restaurants. We only made it on really special occasions, like Thanksgiving/Christmas, and then for dipping veggies.

Read an interesting article recently on why mustard exploded in popularity over the last 20 years, going from one variety to hundreds, but there's still really only one ketchup.

[Beatnikman]

My lil bro puts kethchup on chicken ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
But take that ketchup, mix it with some brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, molasses, salt, pepper, garlic, some other spices, and maybe some beer, let it simmer for an hour or two, and then you've got something that goes great on chicken.


See? Ketchup is an ingredient.

[Andy S.]

I like to broaden my horizons regularly when it comes to food, and try things that I might initially think are "ugh". Sushi, foreign foods, etc- things that aren't your typical southern fair.

For example, I usually do not like almonds as a topping or ingredient, but there are many dishes which feature them, roasted or sauteed, as a compliment. Recently, I cooked a New Orleans recipe of Trout Almondine. Its basically a fried trout cooked in butter, and seasoned with fresh lemon juice and sauteed almonds. Well, it was a winner. I loved it. Now, the almonds are my friends!

Something else I tried recently was adding red pepper to avocado slices. Just take a fresh avocado, delicatley scoop out the green part without mashing it. Slice it and sprinkle it with red pepper and you have yourself a spicy snack. The red pepper adds flavor, and the avocado's natural properties make it perfect for preventing you from drinking glass after glass of water to cool your throat down!

[CHEYENNE-BLACKBIRD]

when my twins were like a year old i would put grounded cereal in their bottles with milk.or when i just wanna drink cereal flavored milk i would soak my favorite cereal in milk and drain it and put it in the fridge.i was thinking about seeling these.

[dougputhoff]

I experimented once...

...but the police busted me for cannibalism.

Wocka! Wocka!

[Dreadstar]

I experimented once...

...but the police busted me for cannibalism.


Hint:

Use smaller cuts.

[LtMarvel]

when my twins were like a year old i would put grounded cereal in their bottles with milk.or when i just wanna drink cereal flavored milk i would soak my favorite cereal in milk and drain it and put it in the fridge.i was thinking about seeling these.
Wow, that reminds me of how to make babies super fat!

For some reason, someone invented a baby bottle that would use baby food intsead of liquid. Once the babies learned to get the hang of this bottle, their calorie intake shot up tremendously! Four sucks = one empty baby food jar!

[Guts/Batman]

Wow, that reminds me of how to make babies super fat!

For some reason, someone invented a baby bottle that would use baby food intsead of liquid. Once the babies learned to get the hang of this bottle, their calorie intake shot up tremendously! Four sucks = one empty baby food jar!


Wow...I think that defines "Just because you can do it, doesn't mean it's a good idea."