What are You cooking?

[user328]

The butter beans treated me right.

[Mister Obvious]

I have been hardcore loving pinto beans lately.

I dunno, there's just something so classic and uncomplicated about them.

They're gorgeous too...

https://imgur.com/a/8rpjcj3

Look at that beautiful color.

That's the color a bean should be.

No offense to other beans.

But when I think bean, that's what I see.

[user328]

My dear old auntie wanted me to make a stew recipe that called for ingredients I didn't have, so I made up my own.

https://pastebin.com/F6JhtshY

[Mister Obvious]

I've been making a crazy epic salad lately... sliced strawberries, chopped walnuts, and cranberry raisins, tossed with lemon juice and parsley, topped with shredded cheese and a bitchin' raspberry vinaigrette. It's mega refreshing.

[Mister Obvious]

Sometimes I put grilled chicken in it too.

[user328]

I love walnuts and raisins or halved grapes in salads.

[user328]

I love walnuts and raisins or halved grapes in salads.

My aunt's broccoli salad recipe on page 4 of this thread has all three.

[Mister Obvious]

Oh FUUUUUCK!!!!!!!

[Mister Obvious]

I'm cooking chicken right now.

[Mister Obvious]

This is the kind of knife I use to cut all my fruits and vegetables...

https://i.imgur.com/o0b6GiU.jpg

[user328]

What are you doing to that there yardbird?

[user328]

This is the kind of knife I use to cut all my fruits and vegetables...

https://i.imgur.com/o0b6GiU.jpg

That's purty.

[user328]

a stew recipe that called for ingredients I didn't have

While we're on that subject, if you have any good ideas for ingredient substitutions, please post them.

The stew recipe called for tomato soup and 1/4 packet of taco seasoning. I didn't have either, and I don't like to use part of a packet of anything. The remainder usually sits around for a long time and ends up going to waste.

For these items, I substituted the cumin, chili powder, and tomato sauce. Cumin and chili powder are generally good for anything that needs a taco-like flavor.

[user328]

My dad says sugar is a good substitute for rosemary, but I'm not sure about that. Spices were worth their weight in gold at one point in European history. I doubt they sailed all the way to India and China and forked out all that dough for something that has the same effect as cheap ass cane sugar.

[Mister Obvious]

What are you doing to that there yardbird?

It's for the salad tonight...

Customary "hot summer day" type of situation, it's my way of celebrating warm weather...

Highlighting how warm it is by having a "cool refreshing" meal that commemorates the warmness.

It's all psychological tactics to get the most out of the four seasons as a cook/homemaker.

[Mister Obvious]

I would just say... ditch the rosemary and just don't. Like please just don't.

Don't even use it. Leave out whatever you see fit to leave out and you don't have to substitute it with anything.

Rosemary is great, but not for actual use in seasoning food. It's my least fave flavor wise.

It's great for other (non-food) things though.

[Mister Obvious]

If you already did use it, it's okay though... for real. It's like not the end of the world... I hope I didn't just rain on the parade, lol!

[Mister Obvious]

For these items, I substituted the cumin, chili powder, and tomato sauce. Cumin and chili powder are generally good for anything that needs a taco-like flavor.

Perfect... you sound like a damn good cook, Dev.

[Mister Obvious]

Pretty sure I've drooled over your cooking abilities before though...

[user328]

Rosemary is great, but not for actual use in seasoning food. It's my least fave flavor wise.

The typical Italian seasoning has rosemary in it. That's what I use because anything that calls for rosemary usually calls for some of the other spices in Italian seasoning as well. Putting in a little of something that isn't called for won't hurt much.