Student cooking.

War · Post by **War** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 11:05 am

As a student you do a fair bit of experimenting in all fields. Today it was cookery.
I had to eat my leftover mince, and didn't feel like spaghetti bolognase again. So instead I thought, "Ahah, I'll make mince and tatties. I love mince and tatties at home".
So I chopped up an onion, fried it. Added mince, fried it. Added some water and two stock cubes. Unfortunately I only had chicken stock, but I thought "what the heck, I'll use that anyway". Let that lot simmer till the potatoes were ready, and then added gravy powder to thicken. Unfortunately, I only had chicken gravy.
Mixed the mash and concoction together. The final dish was a brown coloured chicken flavoured beefy gloop.

Any other students got any strange meals to offer?

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 11:12 am

My personal favorite is "Exploding Coconut" although I learned this one a couple years ago (and a decade out of college).

Take a coconut (unsplit). Wrap in three layers of tin foil. Seal tightly. Place on grill for 3-4 hours with good flame.

Take off grill and hurtle at wall.

If you've done it right, the coconut won't have cracked and the milk will actually be way, way, way over it's vaporization temperature, but still a liquid. Upon hitting the wall, the coconut will explode, vaporizing part of the coconut and raining down bits of nut in a 20' area. Take the remaining part of the coconut, chill rapidly (put in freezer for 15 minutes) and deshell it.

Delicious, educational, and fun!

::EDIT::
By the way, this is extremely dangerous to anything within about five feet of the coconut when it explodes, and it is like handling nitroglycerin - the mere act of preparing to hurtle the coconut may cause it to explode right behind you.

The first time I did this, I dropped it at my feet. I remember a rapidly approaching cloud of white and a concussion noise...

Mr Ekshin · Post by **Mr Ekshin** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 11:20 am

Digital War wrote:As a student you do a fair bit of experimenting in all fields. Today it was cookery.
I had to eat my leftover mince, and didn't feel like spaghetti bolognase again. So instead I thought, "Ahah, I'll make mince and tatties. I love mince and tatties at home".
So I chopped up an onion, fried it. Added mince, fried it. Added some water and two stock cubes. Unfortunately I only had chicken stock, but I thought "what the heck, I'll use that anyway". Let that lot simmer till the potatoes were ready, and then added gravy powder to thicken. Unfortunately, I only had chicken gravy.
Mixed the mash and concoction together. The final dish was a brown coloured chicken flavoured beefy gloop.

Any other students got any strange meals to offer?

No offense War - honestly.

But I can't figure out what the heck your describing. I just don't know all those expressions. What the hell is "Mince", or "tatties". Do you eat them? Do you drive them? Do they fly?

Sure, I may have been raised in a cardboard box and don't know anything, but do any other non-Brits know what this means?

Mr.Bob · Post by **Mr.Bob** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 11:23 am

Tatties are potatoes ('The Two Towers' makes this very clear)
Mince is minced meat.

Anyway, I'm a student too but at least my mum taught me how to do a decent share of cooking. (meaning that I can do a bit more than rice and pasta!)
But a funny thing did happen once when I had some onions and I was hungry and I didnt know what to do with them.
So I thought to myself that I'd try my hand at making some onion rings. I don't have a deep fryer, but that didn't make me worry.
I glooped a whole load of oil into a frying pan, chucked in some large ringish chunks of onion and promtly forgot about them.

20 minutes later the smoke alarm went off and I had a pan of burnt black crispy things.

A generous coating of tomato sauce covered a bit of the charry taste though.

LAGtheNoggin · Post by **LAGtheNoggin** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 11:26 am

Mince
n.
Finely chopped food, especially mincemeat.

Note the lack of chiefly British.

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 11:29 am

I make a mean pot of hotdogs.

And Chili.

Mr Ekshin · Post by **Mr Ekshin** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 11:29 am

They said "tatties" in the two towers? I didn't have a clue. Thanks for telling me about minced meat tho. Never would have guessed that.

Sure, I watched my share of "Chef!" and can usually catch most things by context clues, but "Mince and tatties" had me stumped.

But I must admit: Food sure sounds more fun in England.

Mr.Bob · Post by **Mr.Bob** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 11:43 am

Oh my bad. I looked it up, and the quote is actually taters.
But you get the gist...

LAGtheNoggin · Post by **LAGtheNoggin** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 11:47 am

If frying everything and scalding your face off is your idea of fun then yes, English cooking is very fun indeed!

I used to make a batch of boiled potatoes at the start of the week and give them a quick fry when I wanted to eat, usually adding sauces of varying degrees of success to the dish and a boiled (or fried) vegetable of some kind. Sometimes exchanging the tatties for rice and adding meat when I was feeling rich, meat is pricey damnit.

Ahhh, great days. And then there's the lovely Bubble & Squeek breakfast of fried left overs in an egg with frozen peas, ahhh, lovely stuff...

Also; squid. Best meat you can get, cheap (if you know where to look) refreezes without loosing any flavour, quick to cook and more fun to gut than a gazelle. I love me squid.

David Stripe · Post by **David Stripe** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 12:11 pm

Experimenting with a slow cooker while in college taught me that roast beef cooked in echinacea tea can be very tasty - especially if you happen to have a cold at the time....

Sippan · Post by **Sippan** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 12:14 pm

Cubes of tofu, dipped in BBQ sauce, then rolled in sesame seeds, then fried in a frying pan, is EXQUISITE!!

Fried rice & onions, with pieces of pineapple, is also tasty.

Phalanx · Post by **Phalanx** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 12:47 pm

I like cooking, so I generally eat quite well... At least I don't subsist solely on instant ramen/pasta, which seems to be the case for a lot of the students I know

I do believe I'm one of the very few people who have ever set fire to an electric stove, though.

(Tip: Deep-frying food is not worth it. Why? Because the oil splatters onto the hotplate. And because the hotplate is VERY hot: spotaneous combustion of the said oil occurs. Lesson: If you want Fried chicken, go to the local KFC)

This is what I cooked today:

Chicken and Mushroom Stew with Mashed Potatoes

Ingredients (Serves 3):

400g-500g Chicken, sliced into bite sized chunks
(Tip: While cutting meat, freeze it slightly so it becomes firm)
50-100g Mushrooms (Any kind will do. Large flat, small button... all are fair game)
1 Onion, diced
2 Carrots, cut into chunks
1 Celery, sliced
2 Bay leaves
Parsley, Rosemary, Thyme, Oregano (Italian Herb Mix)
Butter
Cornflour
Worchester Sauce

Instructions:
Season chicken with salt, pepper and cover with cornflour.
Melt Butter in large non-stick pan.
Shallow fry chicken in butter until browned.
Add onions, then carrots and celery.
Lower heat. Add spices, and then Mushrooms.
Add sauce, cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes.
Thicken sauce with cornflour.
Add salt/pepper to taste and serve.

And if you don't know how to make mashed potatoes, shame on you

I usually stop by the local Sainsbury's near closing time and check out the reduced foodstuff. A lot of it is good quality stuff they have to get rid of because its about to go past its sell-by date. Great for poor students like me.

Sippan · Post by **Sippan** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 1:05 pm

While we're on the subject....wouldn't a comic with recipes be really cool? I think I'll make a special where I teach my 3 readers to make scones. Because I like scones.

YarpsDat · Post by **YarpsDat** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 1:55 pm

Well, clanofthecats recently features recipes.
Unfortunately they are half-un-understandable with my vocabulary...

Anyways I don't cook much, I usualy go for simple things, like scrambled eggs with bonus,
or pancakes- these are cool.
Mix some flour (1kg), milk (1 l.), an egg, some salt, mix adding some water or more milk to get the consistency right.
Fry them, and then you can eat them with jam, chicken, ham, cheese, muschrooms, and maybe other edible stuff.

Superlance · Post by **Superlance** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 2:33 pm

Mr Ekshin wrote:They said "tatties" in the two towers? I didn't have a clue. Thanks for telling me about minced meat tho. Never would have guessed that.

I knew what mince was. Go me!!

I can make anything; from pizza to Divinity. (<--Hell, that's hard to make)
I love gumbo too.

Chicken Gumbo:
4 Chicken breasts
1lg can Diced tomatoes
1 can tomatoes and okra
1 can okra
1 can creamed corn
2tbs Cajun seasoning
1 bell pepper
1/2 onion, chopped
1c instant rice

Boil chicken, save broth. Chop chicken. Combine all ingredients, except rice. Bring to a boil, add rice. Cook thrity minutes.

King's Ranch Chicken Casserole:

5 chicken breasts
2 can Cream of Nacho Cheese
2 can Cream of Chicken
1 can rotel, Mild or Hot
Tortillia chips
Shredded chedder cheese

Cook chicken in skillet; season with lemon pepper, garlic, and basil.
Combine Cream of Chicken, Cream of Cheese, and rotel in a mixing bowl. Once chicken is fully coooked, remove from skillet and stick in freezer for ten minutes (this is so you don't burn you fingers). Remove chicken, then shred it into chicken/cheese/rotel mixture.
Crush tortilla chips into the bottom of a 13x9 pan; pour chicken mixture on top, then top with shredded cheese.
Cook at 375F for 35 minutes.

These are two of my favorite recipies; they are both very easy to make, too!

Phalanx · Post by **Phalanx** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 2:44 pm

I think Clan Of The Cats already did that for the holiday season.

Sippan · Post by **Sippan** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:21 pm

Darn (>_<)

KittyKatBlack · Post by **KittyKatBlack** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 5:30 pm

I found that chocolate pudding makes an excelent substitute on french fries when you have no ketchup...

I had fries, and pudding, but no ketchup, and no spoon. So I figured, "What the hell, I'll improvise." it was actually quite good. No one believes me though.

DEVO-Bot · Post by **DEVO-Bot** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 5:33 pm

I don't see why it wouldn't be good, it's the same basic premise as pretzels and Nutella...

Brockway · Post by **Brockway** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 5:44 pm

Superlance wrote: I can make anything; from pizza to Divinity. (<--Hell, that's hard to make)
I love gumbo too.

Chicken Gumbo:
4 Chicken breasts
1lg can Diced tomatoes
1 can tomatoes and okra
1 can okra
1 can creamed corn
2tbs Cajun seasoning
1 bell pepper
1/2 onion, chopped
1c instant rice

Boil chicken, save broth. Chop chicken. Combine all ingredients, except rice. Bring to a boil, add rice. Cook thrity minutes.

King's Ranch Chicken Casserole:

5 chicken breasts
2 can Cream of Nacho Cheese
2 can Cream of Chicken
1 can rotel, Mild or Hot
Tortillia chips
Shredded chedder cheese

Cook chicken in skillet; season with lemon pepper, garlic, and basil.
Combine Cream of Chicken, Cream of Cheese, and rotel in a mixing bowl. Once chicken is fully coooked, remove from skillet and stick in freezer for ten minutes (this is so you don't burn you fingers). Remove chicken, then shred it into chicken/cheese/rotel mixture.
Crush tortilla chips into the bottom of a 13x9 pan; pour chicken mixture on top, then top with shredded cheese.
Cook at 375F for 35 minutes.

These are two of my favorite recipies; they are both very easy to make, too!

...Will you marry me? Oh, and I had pork chops cooked on my george foreman grill. I love that thing. Made barbecue chicken on it the other day. At home, they always want me to cook gumbo. Crab usually. Takes 6 hours to cook. Cooks enough for 10 people for a few days... and the longer it sits, the better it tastes... mmmm, gumbo.... I also cook grilled tilapia. Its cooked on a barbecue grill, in aluminum foil with shitake mushroom and leeks. Is really good also.

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