Oh man, I like this thread! Cooking is great. Food is great. One leads to the other and it's a party on your plate. And then in your belly. Right. I imagine I will be posting here frequently, but we will see.
Oh, and @trickybilly, there is no shame whatsoever in a man who knows his way around the kitchen. In fact, it's a very manly thing to be able to put together a lovely meal for a lovely lady. Word.
Anyway, some of my recent exploits
1. I have become known in several of my circles of friends for candied curried bacon. You put some brown sugar and/or maple syrup on a bunch of bacon, put some curry powder on it, too, and bake it for about 20 minutes at 400º F, turning halfway through the cook time. It's delicious.
2. I recently made a shepherd's pie for the first time. It turned out pretty well! It was a bit tricky, though, because only one of the large burners on my stove works, so I couldn't boil the potatoes and sauté the onions at the same time. It all worked out fine in the end, though. It was also my first time making mashed potatoes from scratch, since that's the top layer of the pie. I put garlic in the potatoes, but I (somehow) didn't think to put any in with the meat, too. Next time there will definitely be garlic with the meat; I find a general rule is more garlic = more better.
3. My family salsa is also a big hit with I think everyone for whom I have made it. It's very simple and it's not spicy, but it's very, very flavorful nevertheless. It's a bit unusual because there's no cilantro in it, but that's because my dad doesn't really care for cilantro that much and so he never uses it in the salsa. Anyway, it's tasty.
All this talk makes me hungry. Hmm... also, if I ever think to take pictures of my creations, I'll post them, too.
If you're able too make your own food share some of your best/worst/interesting recipes.
