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[penguinofhonor]

I made pomegranate pear salsa last night. It's great.

[Osmosis Jones]

Do you guys know about The Food Lab?

Entirely aside from it being a good site with delicious recipes and tricks, I love it because the author Kenji tends to explain his methodology when experimenting with a recipe, and the various trials he attempted. End result is whatever happens, you know why he did it, and what effect altering that part of the recipe will yield. Makes this a web resource that is utterly brilliant both for those who like to follow recipes exactly, and those who like to take a few key ideas and tweak accordingly!

[UltraValican]

I've made some forays into the baking/cooking and the like. Recently made a pumpkin spice cheesecake bars for a Halloween party. Some friends are considering having a pot-luck a few days before Thanksgiving. I'm absolutely stumped on what to make since everyone's going to do desert on the account that we won't really have time/place to keep a dish warm. Any suggestions? Considering just brewing up some cool Hisbiscus Tea.

Also, the pumpkin spice cheesecake was really good. I can't seem to find the link I used for it and I didn't take any pictures. I think it was this: Here

[Bauglir]

Hm... you could make potato salad or some other cold dish, perhaps? Just set it outside to cool off every so often and you should be fine for temperature >______>

[Akura]

Huh, I used far less cheese/pepperoni/sauce on these rice balls than I thought I would. They taste alright enough.

Are you stuffing your pizza onigiris, or are you using it as topping?

Stuffing them. Topping would be messier than it already is. And man, do these things get STALE after a few days in the fridge .

Also, the pumpkin spice cheesecake was really good. I can't seem to find the link I used for it and I didn't take any pictures. I think it was this: Here

I know what I'm making for Thanksgiving now.

[penguinofhonor]

I'm getting a banh mi sandwich from a food truck. I love food trucks!

[Akura]

I'm getting a banh mi sandwich from a food truck. I love food trucks!

When I read that, my first thought was "he seems to be mispelling 'ham sandwhich'".

[Arx]

My first thought on reading that was "he seems to be misspelling 'ham sandwich'".

Had grilled chicken with baked potatoes and coleslaw for supper. The coals weren't hot enough though, so the chicken didn't get that hot caramelised skin soaked in liquid fat that is absolutely delicious and makes me wonder if there's crack involved in the spices.

[Osmosis Jones]

I'm making beer! Yay homebrew!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Belgian golden ales in the glass carboy, something like an American pale ale in the plastic fermenters.

[Sheb]

Tell us how it went later on. My sister tried to do some homebrew, and the results were... best forgotten.

[Bauglir]

Protip: Mushroom wine is not an experiment worth pursuing.

[Caz]

Protip: Mushroom wine is not an experiment worth pursuing.

It can be done! You just need to add the appropriate amount of brewing sugar and consider the mushrooms more of a 'flavour' component. 2lbs white mushrooms per UK gallon of wine seems to work well, or so I heard... O_o

[Bauglir]

Oh, I know you can get it to ferment but the result was the most vile thing I've ever tasted. Perfect for university freshmen, but even I'm not that cruel.

[Caz]

Oh, I know you can get it to ferment but the result was the most vile thing I've ever tasted. Perfect for university freshmen, but even I'm not that cruel.

How long did you let it age? A lot of wines are really foul if you don't let them sit for at least 6 months, preferably a year or more.

[scrdest]

Oooh, applied Biotechnology!

To be honest, come to think of it, a mushroom wine is the most black metal drink ever: you're making yourself a drink from mouldy corpses of cannibalized organisms.