Whats for Dinner?

I generally dislike Tabasco; too vinegary. If I want heat I usually go with either real peppers or sriracha. I've also used pepper-infused oils for cooking. Also heard good things about Valentina and Cholula.
 
I'm with drifter, I usually find Tobasco to be too vinegary, and I like vinegar. Though I suppose it would depend on what you were going to use it in. I too usually go for sriracha or peppers, or chili garlic paste if I'm cooking something that's more Asian influenced. Sadly, my fiance is a spice wuss, so I have to spice my own portions rather than the entire meal, if I'm going to be adding a lot of heat (or even a little heat, usually).
 
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makare

I only recently discovered sriracha and I do love it. I dont like Tobasco but the recipe for the hollandaise sauce called for it. i had to buy it for that and im wondering if i needed it at all.
 
Well, there are alternatives. Separate bottles of cayenne and white vinegar (or lemon juice) would probably be more useful down the line. If you're mostly just interested in the challenge of making the hollandaise, you could skip the cayenne altogether and just buy a lemon for the acid.
 
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I used lemon juice. I love cayenne pepper and I have loads of it but it said tobasco specifically so i just followed it. next time better butter and dry cayenne
 
Aw, nerts, I already forgot you already made the hollandaise. Eh.

As an aside, lately I've been having butter-fried onions with pretty much goddamn everything, and it is fucking delicious.
 
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makare

hell yes onions! I put them in my chicken soup.. which I eat a lot of because it is the only thing my body never has a reaction of any kind to... yet.

stupid body.
 

Cajungal

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Crystal hot sauce is a lot more balanced than Tabasco. I love Tabasco in certain things, but as a topper or in sauces, I like to use Crystal, because I think it tastes better.
 
1.5 cups shredded mozzarella , 1.5 cups shredded cheddar. Put in a microwave safe bowl, nuke 1 minute, stir, nuke 1 minute more.
add 3/4 cups almond flour (this is the way expensive part) and 1 raw egg while cheese is still liquid. Stir a bit until it all incorporates.
Let it sit a few mins, and when it cools, knead a few times.
Push the ball of 'dough' flat into the bottom of a 10" skillet, and toast on low until it browns, flip and brown the other side (which can be tricky). Put in the fridge to chill.

After chilled, add about 4tbs pizza sauce, another 3/4 cup of moz or so, and your favorite toppings. Bake for 15 mins at 400.
Don't get me wrong, I love cheese and this sounds delicious, but I like pooping on a semi-regular basis.
 
Don't get me wrong, I love cheese and this sounds delicious, but I like pooping on a semi-regular basis.
This, except exactly the opposite. That's a recipe for me shitting out every ounce of fluid in my body for maybe half a week.

I wanna try it so bad!
 
I tend to prefer Frank's. It's not as "green" as Tabasco, but has more (vinegar) flavor than straight Sriracha
hell yes onions! I put them in my chicken soup.. which I eat a lot of because it is the only thing my body never has a reaction of any kind to... yet.

stupid body.
How about carbonade? Can you eat carbonade?

--Patrick
 
It works with normal flour, but the dough comes out a little weird. It's very hard to knead and tastes a little off. It's still pretty good, but it's definitely different.
 
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makare

Ok so I got it into my head to make chicken liver pate because I like chicken livers and the recipe seemed easy. Well I had never dealt with chicken livers raw before and when I opened the container I nearly well was sick lets say. So I ran to the phone and called my mom and said wtf is this shit!? who with any sense would EAT THIS!? all she said was, welcome to my world.
So I did manage to chop them up and am now cooking them so we will see if this turns out. however no matter how good the recipe may turn out to be I am NEVER EVER EVER handling or even looking at raw chicken liver again. I mean calves liver isn't even this bad. sigh.

UGH.
 
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makare

that was the first step to this pate and now that it is almost done i have to say.. it is going to be good

not sure if it was worth the emotional trauma of seeing them in their disgusting uncooked state though...

this crap is delicious! on the downside it does literally look like crap. on the plus side DELICIOUS!
 
Made dinner for my grandparents tonight:

First course, grilled red mullet with cardamom and garlic, served on a bed of stir-fried fennel and with a little bit of cilantro. For a main course, wild boar fillet with a creamy morel-beer sauce, smothered cabbage with nutmeg, roasted pumpkin with sage and thyme and goose-liver paté. For dessert, chocolate cake with raspberry sauce, raspberry whipped cream and a few fresh raspberries.

I feel so decadent right now you have no idea. The main course was the highlight, extremely rich and amazing with the sweetness of the cabbage and pumpkin. The entree was fresh and light, a great starter. And of course the dessert was a great combination with the bitter dark chocolate, the sweetness of the cream and the sourness of the raspberries. Pictures tomorrow, since I forgot my camera and I need to receive them by email.
 
I know this technically isn't dinner, but I just did some very simple and delicious scrambled eggs. I have no idea why my mother always made such a big deal about making these... it couldn't have taken me more than 5-7 minutes from start to finish and they came out perfectly. It literally took longer to toast my bread than it took for the eggs to scramble in the pan. Much better than that soggy mess she'd make in the microwave.

Seasoning? Little bit of chili powder, with a bit of ketchup.
 
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makare

last night i sliced some french bread then toasted it in the oven with some fresh mozzarella. Then I poured tomatoes I sauteed in olive oil and balsamic over it. It was delicious. The mozz made the bread a little soggy which I did not like but some people are better at handling that than I am.
 
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