Thamnophis Folks' Recipes - Italian

[Garter_Gertie]

Stefan, love. KIS I can handle... Eye ur snot stupid.

Otay. You say po-ta-toe; I say po-tay-toe. You say to-ma-toe; I say to-may-toe.

I'm a multi-procedured, non-baking, slow food foodie. Your not.

[kbear]

Wow, I read the title to this thread and my first thought was "Wow, these people cut up their snakes and eat them?" Thamnophis recipes. Thamnophis folk's recipes. Big dif.
It made me laugh, but in truth I know you wouldn't do that.

Dude, I agree with Stefan. Your recipes sound delicious, Gertie, but my idea of cooking is throwing something in the microwave. And I usually am so impatient that I pull it out before the timer beeps.

Also, I love stir fry. Easy and fast. My mom used to come home from work and be mad that all I'd eaten that day was potatoes and tofu and onions.

Complete nutrition for humans: Dark chocolate!!!!!!!!!!! high in anti-oxidents. My main food staple.

HA! I'm such a slob. I'm horrible. I'll probably die of malnutrition in a couple years. Lol

[kbear]

What is "KISS"? "KIS"?

[Hornets23]

Keep it simple stupid....i think.

[kbear]

Keep it simple stupid....i think.

AHAha! I love that!


I'm easily entertained

[reptile3]

Too complicated. If it has more than 4 steps, I'm not doing it.

By the way, this is very off-topic.

I am soooo with you on this Stefan!!!

[Garter_Gertie]

Well, it was just an idea in case there were others here that cooking is also a hobby of theirs. I totally enjoy spending a day in the kitchen on weekends creating wonderful, warm, rich entrees/meals.

Or not even that, what if someone has a favorite comfort food - like mashed potatoes with lots of butter and onions...

Stuff like that - that we like to eat.

Just thought it might be a nice thread for us to share something else in addition to books, music, pets, etc.

[reptile3]

Well, it was just an idea in case there were others here that cooking is also a hobby of theirs. I totally enjoy spending a day in the kitchen on weekends creating wonderful, warm, rich entrees/meals.

Or not even that, what if someone has a favorite comfort food - like mashed potatoes with lots of butter and onions...

Stuff like that - that we like to eat.

Just thought it might be a nice thread for us to share something else in addition to books, music, pets, etc.

GREAT idea mk!!!

[jitami]

Your recipes sound delicious, Gertie, but my idea of cooking is throwing something in the microwave. And I usually am so impatient that I pull it out before the timer beeps.

This is so me!!! My kids are almost out of the house and I'm still trying to master this cooking thing! Hubby went out to vote & stopped to get me flowers last night(aaawwww) and the neighbor happened to be in line behind him. Of course, the neighbor had to ask if hubby was in trouble and hubby simply replied, "Nope, Tami's cooking dinner!" A little positive reinforcement never hurt. lol

For anyone interested, this is about as complicated as I get... hubby and kids were quite impressed! Pork chops, dipped in egg/cream mixture, then into bottled grated parmesan, onion powder, garlic powder, whatever other spices seemed like they'd be ok, then fried in olive oil & served with boxed pasta mix & sautéed brocolli... it really was good Tonight it's hamburgers, but at least I'm cooking them here... I'm trying, really! lol

[drache]

I used to like to cook
it may be something I could enjoy again some day
for now, Jeff does most of the cooking, with some cameo appearances by myself
I did teach him most of what I once knew and I still do soups and stews better
the thing is that he's vegetarian and doesn't like many vegetables; and Mikhaila doesn't eat any dairy (other than yoghurt and ice cream), no tomatoes, not many vegetables; after all that sleep deprivation I just really no longer had the mental capacity to figure out what there was left to eat
I am craving a red bean chili with beef and it really all needs to cook together - it's like an alchemical process
there's not much need to prepare italian food around here
we live in Brooklyn where I can choose from four italian restaurants within two blocks from my house - and it's not an italian neighbourhood
i'm using the term restaurant loosely here, as these are small places with two to four tables
for some reason I don't cook german food either, even though my mother was a fantastic cook
but christmas dinner is something I have done in the past years - just in order to escape the dratted turkey
for some reason nobody in Jeff's family can cook, and that's the only part of christmas I care about enough to put work into, because the eating together is what makes it a family thing (it's strange doing the jewish version of christmas)
so I make the goose, with the apple and chestnut stuffing, but the vegetable selection is quite different from my mother's
her's was red cabbage simmered slowly for two days with onions, apple pieces and goose fat; cauliflower cooked to death in a white sauce; boiled potatoes, salad
I do salad also and I do make my mother's fantastic cream sauce from the goose drippings and that does goes really well with the boiled potatoes, but we part in terms of the other veggies
I go for dark leafy greens, sauteed with garlic and a dash of mirin, ginger baked squash, the traditional american baked yams, and perhaps a fairly plain string bean or broccoli dish
gosh - I must be having an appetite or something . . .
sorry - none of it is italian
recipes available upon request