Sorry to say, but this site has been so depressing for a few days. I thought I'd ask an average, everyday question....to make us all feel a little more normal today.
I made Eggplant Lasagna, and my BIL and SIL are coming for dinner. They leave for Cali tomorrow to see their beautiful grand daughter.
Sorry, sometimes we just need some REGULAR conversation.......or at least THIS caregiver does.
We do have great food. We have everything from red beans and rice to gourmet dishes!
Do you cook moussaka? I love it! Spanakopita? Greek salad is awesome! The lamb is my favorite! They do a wonderful job with lamb at our Greek fest.
The pastries are to die for! I know all of the pastry ingredients now but when the festival first opened many years ago and I had questions about them, the women who served them couldn’t answer me because they only spoke Greek! LOL
I will order the wine but I don’t do the shots of ouzo! I do love watching the Greek men dance after downing a few shots! Hahaha 🤣
Look it up online, it’s a great Greek festival. gfno.com
(after her husbands suicide) Rombauer's children, Marion Rombauer Becker and Edgar Roderick ("Put") Rombauer, Jr.,[4] encouraged her to compile her recipes and thoughts on cooking to help her cope with her loss. Rombauer spent much of the summer of 1930 in Michigan, creating the first drafts that would later become Joy of Cooking.
The Joy of Cooking became a bestseller originally due to its readability for the middle classes and Rombauer's unique style. Her recipes were designed specifically for middle-class people doing most of their own cooking for their family. She specifically tested and practiced the recipes to ensure they could be produced easily in a relatively brief period of time without much complication
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_of_Cooking
Also
Julia Child learned to cook from The Joy of Cooking and Gourmet magazine. She enjoyed "Mrs. Joy's Book" and believed it taught her the basic principles of cooking.
Child, Julia (2006). My Life in France. New York: Knopf. pp. 126. ISBN 1400043468.
Yes, I cook Greek food too. In my opinion New Orleans has the best cuisine in the world. There is nothing else like it. Now mind you, I've eaten all over the world, but if I had to choose the best place to eat, my answer will always be New Orleans. Laissez le bon temps rouler!
@Golden
You know half of the recipes in the original 'Joy Of Cooking' cookbook were not even tested.
Julia Child really went after that cookbook. You can always trust Julia and any one of her recipes.
There is a great recipe for a cake made in two layers - each layer with cake and meringue on top baked together, Then you filled it with a whipped cream and fruit filling meringue side down for the lower layer and meringue side up for the top layer and piled more whipped cream and fruit on top. I got many compliments for that one and it really wasn't difficult but was delicious..
I don't have the book any more. I know you can get some recipes on line.
Just found it - "Cream Meringue Tart Cockaigne"
Her Yorkshire puddings are excellent too.
Tonight, I am roasting garlic heads to have with hot Italian sausages, and asparagus.
Good to see you. I would eat anything that you make. You make the best meals!
Do you cook Greek food? We have a great Greek festival here. I love Greek food!
I had a dear friend that believed every house should have this cookbook and made it a reality in dozens, mine included. Such a precious gift that will bless me for my lifetime.
is too hot to eat just now.
Turning on the air conditioning, closing the windows.
Dinner is going to be late.
There is an Italian bakery here that I adore. Great Italian restaurants too.
Of course, many incredible home cooks, moms and grandmothers who make the very best food.
My friend’s mom makes the most delicious stuffed artichokes that I have ever had.
I married an Italian man! He is the love of my life. Married 45 years.
Cast iron is wonderful for so many things.
I also made my own tomato sauce and I can tell you it was easy and made such a difference to the pizza. The flavour was so fresh! The recipe was from "The Joy of Cooking" which was so popular back in the day.
I must say Burnt's recipe for pizza dough sounds good.
Want to know the absolute best and most delicious way to reheat pizza?
If you've got a cast iron skillet, put a little olive oil in it and pan fry the leftover pizza. My father and grandmother used to do it like that and OMG, it's so good.
@Need
I like a thin crispy crust too. New York style.
Yep, it’s today.
Do you use a stone to cook your pizza on? Or a metal pan?
Your pizzas sound delicious!
My grandmother (the Greek one) used to make the pizza dough with honey and olive oil. It's so delicious because when it cooks it's just a little bit crispy on the outside, but soft and fluffy on the inside.
There's a National Prime Rib Day? Why is this the first I'm hearing of it?
When it comes to pizza I like it like the true Sicilian I am. Just really good homemade sauce and maybe a little grated Pecorino Romano cheese. Maybe a few sliced kalamata olives. The good ones from Greece.
I like a Florentine pizza too. Sundried tomatoes, spinach, and ricotta. If I've got it in the house. If I don't, then just plain.
I never bake my pizza on a stone. I use a cookie sheet or my grandmother's circular pizza pan that she brought with her to America. That thing is so old I think it counts as an archaeological artifact from the Roman times LOL.
I read the reduced salt recommendation from a baker and first tried it with homemade yeast rolls. Cannot taste a difference with half the salt but when I cut it to 1/3 there is a little difference in both taste and rise quality but my neighbor (who is on very restricted sodium) likes the 60mg buns and 30mg rolls. I am going to try the honey in the rolls too!
Pizza sauce made with no salt added tomato sauce and your favorite spices (oregano, basil, pepper, garlic and onion power) gives you lots of sodium to use on the cheese and then some veggie toppings. I use great value seasoning mix (onion and peppers) for a fast "supreme" half and leave the other half just cheese when I split with the little boys... usually make pepperoni or ham for the older ones. I also usually cheat and make them on cookie sheets because I can bake 2 or 4 at a time (depending on whether I use both ovens) and still get a crisp crust.
What toppings do you prefer on a pizza?
Every now and then I will do a seafood pizza. I go to a place that has a simple crabmeat and artichoke pizza. Otherwise I do a variety of veggies.
Do you bake your pizza on a stone? I love my stone. Even when I order delivery I will heat it up on the stone to get a crisp crust.
I am not a person who nukes my pizza in the microwave to reheat. I reheat it on my stone.
I know people who eat cold pizza in the morning. Never will I eat cold pizza for breakfast! LOL 😆
In my youth, I dated a guy who ate cold pizza for breakfast all the time. He also washed his socks in his dishwasher! 😝 We didn’t date after I saw that he washed his socks in the dishwasher. It grossed me out! LOL
If it is better than Whole Foods, and almost as easy, we are going in business together!
Seriously, I am trying going to try your dough.
My parents always made their own dough, taught by the Ligorios, who came from Italy to the USA, farmed a plot in the Missouri (Missour-ah) hills, ploughed arrowheads up by the tons when they planted and had an outdoor toilet. To say nothing of had no water save that hauled from the spring until they dug a well. Goodness. Do I yet show my age?
So I will try home made dough, because the cost of dough is close to 5.00 at whole foods, and that is some dough. Thanks for posting the recipe.
Geaton, I eat ANYTHING Buffalo hot sauce. ANYTHING. I always loved when Guy Fieri made his and I could find it on sale. I think it is no more, or I cannot find it for a long time.
And CW, I have a baby tooth left that I worry about coming out,, but so far its hanging in there. Good luck!
Oh gosh! Your tooth. Geeeeez.
One cup hot water
One packet fast-acting dry yeast
Three cups all-purpose flour
One teaspoon salt
One tablespoon honey
Two tablespoons good olive oil (extra virgin olive oil)
That's pizza dough that never fails. It makes one large pizza to feed the family.
I rise mine quick by putting the oven on warm and putting the dough in a greased metal bowl with a hot wet towel over it for about an hour.
Then I lay it out in the baking pan, cover it with the wet towel again and put it to a second rise in the same oven for about another half hour.
This will be the best pizza dough you ever had.