Who wants to help me cook something?

[HampTheToker]

Im not really much of a cook, but I've been putting off learning more about cooking my own meals. I'm sure my son is probably getting tired of Chef Boyardee and easy mac, anyway.

So, as a first step I'd like your help deciding on a meal and some good suggestions/recipes to cook this meal as a really late lunch.

I'm going big here, too. Right now, I'm thinking something semi-exotic. Bison burgers, lobster tail, or some other type of seafood. I need your help zoklets.

What do?

[is all mememememe with me]

cookings easier than most people think. just dont be afraid to experiment.

[HampTheToker]

Originally Posted by is all mememememe with me

cookings easier than most people think. just dont be afraid to experiment.

Well, I'm trying here, but I truly am a total stove noob. Any tips or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. I'm at the store right now.

[is all mememememe with me]

well its hard for me to tell you what to cook cause i dont know you or anything about you. i dont know your tastes, skills, budget or anything. how about you pick something and ill try and give you some tips.

cant promise anything tho

[is all mememememe with me]

if you are that much of a noob at cooking then i wouldn't try going too crazy to begin with tho.

[HampTheToker]

I've got Atlantic salmon, ground bison, lamb loin chops, and lobster tails.

I'm going to choose which to cook when I get home. Any suggestions between now and then are welcomed.

[is all mememememe with me]

not the sort of things id usually cook with but still i wouldn't let that put me off. i'd go for the salmon personally, i take it you mean filleted salmon btw. i would probably try a bit of peppar over them, chop up some onion and a knob of butter, chuck em in the oven for about 20 minutes. wrapping in foil to cook would probably help stop them drying up.

let me know what you pick anyway and ill let you know what i think.

[HampTheToker]

I'm going with the salmon because I'm cooking with my little sister too and she likes salmon.

What else should I cook with it? Maybe some rice, coleslaw, and veggies?

[HampTheToker]

Is salmon good fried? I do live in the south.

[zombo.com]

seafood is dead simple. calamari, shrimp, scallops, damned near whatever, until you get into fish dishes....

melt some butter in a pan, add some garlic, sautee on medium heat for about 7 minutes.

eat.


throw over a nice alfredo pasta with some roasted peppers, maybe some corn if you want to get a little fancier.

[zombo.com]

basic leg of lamb isn't too hard either, and damned good...hell you can't really go wrong with it, rub it with some salt and pepper, throw in a pan with potatos, carrots, celery, bake. nomnomnom..

[is all mememememe with me]

Originally Posted by HampTheToker

I'm going with the salmon because I'm cooking with my little sister too and she likes salmon.

What else should I cook with it? Maybe some rice, coleslaw, and veggies?

sounds good, you tend to have slightly different cuisine over in the US to what we have. how would you do the rice? and what veg would you do? broccoli would go well, if thats what you call it there.

check something like this for cooking times and tempretures

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1817...232207,00.html

[HampTheToker]

Originally Posted by zombo.com

seafood is dead simple. calamari, shrimp, scallops, damned near whatever, until you get into fish dishes....

melt some butter in a pan, add some garlic, sautee on medium heat for about 7 minutes.

eat.


throw over a nice alfredo pasta with some roasted peppers, maybe some corn if you want to get a little fancier.

I don't know if I should bake it or pan fry it for best flavor, but this sounds tasty.

I can do pasta. That shits easy, even for me. So, I'm thinking either pan fry or bake with garlic and onions and serve over pasta alfredo with sauteed onions and peppers...with what on the side? Breadsticks or rolls and one other thing?

Feels like I'm about a side away from nice meal.

[is all mememememe with me]

Originally Posted by HampTheToker

I don't know if I should bake it or pan fry it for best flavor, but this sounds tasty.

I can do pasta. That shits easy, even for me. So, I'm thinking either pan fry or bake with garlic and onions and serve over pasta alfredo with sauteed onions and peppers...with what on the side? Breadsticks or rolls and one other thing?

Feels like I'm about a side away from nice meal.

i think baking would be the easier option and less likely to fuck up. its starting to sound pretty good. hope your gonna save me some

[HampTheToker]

Originally Posted by is all mememememe with me

sounds good, you tend to have slightly different cuisine over in the US to what we have. how would you do the rice? and what veg would you do? broccoli would go well, if thats what you call it there.

check something like this for cooking times and tempretures

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1817...232207,00.html

I don't know about the rice, but it seems like it'd go nice some broccoli, carrots, onions, and peppers. Like I said, I'm as noobish about cooking as you can get. Probably worse than WAN, to be honest.

[is all mememememe with me]

you know sauted potatos would have gone well with the salmon too, but keep it for another time.

what are sweet potatos like btw? its something im meaning to try at some point.

[is all mememememe with me]

Originally Posted by HampTheToker

I don't know about the rice, but it seems like it'd go nice some broccoli, carrots, onions, and peppers. Like I said, I'm as noobish about cooking as you can get. Probably worse than WAN, to be honest.

i was gonna say carrots. its hard cause i dont know what you have there, sounds like your pretty stocked up. i dont know how much time you got either.

[is all mememememe with me]

im actually interested in trying american cuisine. once i move into a proper place with a decent kitchen i'm definitely going to give it a go.

[HampTheToker]

Originally Posted by is all mememememe with me

you know sauted potatos would have gone well with the salmon too, but keep it for another time.

what are sweet potatos like btw? its something im meaning to try at some point.

Sweet potatoes are good. Not really my taste, though.

You want to try some American cuisine? How about this:

[zombo.com]

with seafood, sautee, in a pan in the butter. you can pan fry as well, though with delicate seafood you want to avoid baking it.
Fish is better for baking. if you have any cast iron skillets you might google "blackening" as well, that's a cajun style where you essentially pan sear in the seasonings, like with catfish...really good and really easy, you just coat the fish and give em a few minutes in a hot skillet.

sautee just means "cook in butter on medium heat, and stir often" basically.

like i said, you're cooking them for less than ten minutes that way, if there's shrimp in the mix, you're done when they turn pink.

[is all mememememe with me]

Originally Posted by HampTheToker

Sweet potatoes are good. Not really my taste, though.

You want to try some American cuisine? How about this:

im guessing thats an immigrant joke, lol.

are you ok with cooking this now, cause derren browns just come on tv and he's gonna make some dude confess to a murder that he didnt do. looks pretty interesting.

[is all mememememe with me]

Originally Posted by zombo.com

with seafood, sautee, in a pan in the butter. you can pan fry as well, though with delicate seafood you want to avoid baking it.
Fish is better for baking. if you have any cast iron skillets you might google "blackening" as well, that's a cajun style where you essentially pan sear in the seasonings, like with catfish...really good and really easy, you just coat the fish and give em a few minutes in a hot skillet.

sautee just means "cook in butter on medium heat, and stir often" basically.

like i said, you're cooking them for less than ten minutes that way, if there's shrimp in the mix, you're done when they turn pink.

pan frying fish might be a bit bold for someone with low cooking skills. its not so easy to tell when its done as you got to judge it by eye. baking you can just set the temp and time. you cant go so wrong.

[HampTheToker]

Yea, I think can run with this. Thanks for the tips.

The Redneck Nachos was a totally serious suggestion. There's a local restaurant here called Kirkenburt's, and that's their signature dish. I had some a couple days ago and it was the shit. They're also the only place I've ever heard of that serves 40oz beers in brown paper bags with your meal.

I love the south

[is all mememememe with me]

aren't nachos mexican tho? its like proper american stuff im thinking of. sausage and biscuits is something someone told me about before that i want to have a go at. and like i said sweet potato, just for the sake of trying it.

anyway let us know how it comes out.

[HampTheToker]

I'll take pics of the finished dish.

Cheese burger with onion rings is pretty American and tasty. Sweet potatoe pie is always a popular dessert during the holidays. Whipped cream on top makes it awesome.

Biscuits and gravy are good breakfast foods. BLT's, Bacon egg and cheese sandwiches, and southwestern omelettes are all really good.

[zombo.com]

figuring out gravy in general is a good american food thing...white, brown, poultry, and sausage gravy are pretty versatile, and dead simple once you've made them a couple times.

[HampTheToker]

It's a little late, but Photobucket was being a bitch.

Here's the finished product before I smashed that shit.



How's it look?

[944]

Originally Posted by is all mememememe with me

aren't nachos mexican tho? its like proper american stuff im thinking of. sausage and biscuits is something someone told me about before that i want to have a go at. and like i said sweet potato, just for the sake of trying it.

anyway let us know how it comes out.

No, not technically. They're from this side of the border, but I'm guessing your after things like biscuits and gravy, Fried potatoes and smoked sausage, Cream corn, Chili, Gumbo. Look up depression food, it's probably as close to a american ethnic food as you'll find

[is all mememememe with me]

Originally Posted by HampTheToker

It's a little late, but Photobucket was being a bitch.

Here's the finished product before I smashed that shit.



How's it look?

good job, you done well

[MediumD]

Originally Posted by is all mememememe with me

im guessing thats an immigrant joke, lol.

Originally Posted by is all mememememe with me

aren't nachos mexican tho? its like proper american stuff im thinking of.

No, that doesn't sound like a joke, it sounds like AWESOME NACHOS.

Yes nachos are Mexican. If you consider Taco Bell as Mexican. There's no such thing as proper American stuff, we mix crap together until it tastes good and contains as much saturated fat as possible.

Originally Posted by HampTheToker

It's a little late, but Photobucket was being a bitch.

Here's the finished product before I smashed that shit.



How's it look?

Come to NM, make garlic Salmon fried rice and spring rolls, charge slightly less than May Cafe, and you would do well for yourself.

[Painzstake]

Originally Posted by is all mememememe with me

you know sauted potatos would have gone well with the salmon too, but keep it for another time.

what are sweet potatos like btw? its something im meaning to try at some point.

They sort of taste like a pumpkin cross a potato is just about the best way to describe it.

Originally Posted by HampTheToker

Well, I'm trying here, but I truly am a total stove noob. Any tips or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. I'm at the store right now.

Cooking is incredibly simple all you have to do is WATCH WHAT YOUR COOKING! if you monitor your cooking you can't ruin it because you should be checking it, therefore know when something is going wrong. Always taste as your going too, when you add a new ingredient it's always good to give it a quick taste test. Once you've cooked something enough times or are a costumed to the effect of adding certain ingredients and the amount's it becomes less necessary but it's still a good rule of thumb. Season everything, and as with you add when your doing it by taste alone add small amounts then taste and add more.


Now without tasting it this is not much to go by but looks like you did good. The salmon looks well cooked maybe 1 minute less depending on how easy it was staying together. The vegetables look a tad over cooked, a general rule for any vegetable or anything from the potato family is that it's cooked when you can put the tip of your knife in the stalk/body of it with ease. It should be about the same pressure as putting the knife tip in a block of unsalted room temp butter. As for doing rice you can boil it which i personally never do, use a rice cooker which makes things easy or microwave it. If you microwave, it will come out the same as rice cooker just about 5 minutes sooner.
If you want a guide for cooking rice say so. But honestly that dish didn't look that bad, how it tasted is a whole different kettle of fish, but I'd eat that.

[Number13]

I would suggest the Muslims favourite, Human tastes just like pork.

[Painzstake]

Originally Posted by Number13

I would suggest the Muslims favourite, Human tastes just like pork.

Wrong, wrong, wrong . Pork tastes just like human .

[Number13]

Originally Posted by Painzstake

Wrong, wrong, wrong . Pork tastes just like human .

Is that why Muslims think pigs are holy.

[is all mememememe with me]

Originally Posted by Painzstake

They sort of taste like a pumpkin cross a potato is just about the best way to describe it.

see ive never tried pumpkin either( ). its not big here tho, you really only see them at halloween and thats only for making those jack lantern things. maybe next year i might just celebrate thanksgiving, and make a nice turkey dinner with some pumpkin pie in honor of my yankee cousins. you guys can give me some suggestions and ill post pix

[is all mememememe with me]

Originally Posted by Painzstake

Wrong, wrong, wrong . Pork tastes just like human .

you've tried it then??

[Number13]

Originally Posted by is all mememememe with me

you've tried it then??

Who hasn't tried pork? Bacon is delicious.

[is all mememememe with me]

Originally Posted by Number13

Who hasn't tried pork? Bacon is delicious.

human you idiot. you're not really in a position to compare unless you've tried them both.

[WAN]

i might be able to help with regular, non-exotic cooking

[WAN]

Originally Posted by Painzstake

They sort of taste like a pumpkin cross a potato is just about the best way to describe it.


Cooking is incredibly simple all you have to do is WATCH WHAT YOUR COOKING! if you monitor your cooking you can't ruin it because you should be checking it, therefore know when something is going wrong. Always taste as your going too, when you add a new ingredient it's always good to give it a quick taste test. Once you've cooked something enough times or are a costumed to the effect of adding certain ingredients and the amount's it becomes less necessary but it's still a good rule of thumb. Season everything, and as with you add when your doing it by taste alone add small amounts then taste and add more.


Now without tasting it this is not much to go by but looks like you did good. The salmon looks well cooked maybe 1 minute less depending on how easy it was staying together. The vegetables look a tad over cooked, a general rule for any vegetable or anything from the potato family is that it's cooked when you can put the tip of your knife in the stalk/body of it with ease. It should be about the same pressure as putting the knife tip in a block of unsalted room temp butter. As for doing rice you can boil it which i personally never do, use a rice cooker which makes things easy or microwave it. If you microwave, it will come out the same as rice cooker just about 5 minutes sooner.
If you want a guide for cooking rice say so. But honestly that dish didn't look that bad, how it tasted is a whole different kettle of fish, but I'd eat that.

I was looking at your pic and i think you might have over-cooked your veggies; they are losing their colours. but it should be a very nutritious meal.