tonights menu....

[Derek Makekau]

sealice where do you live? i'm coming over.

[doug]

dude holy wow... you're not eating all this stuff alone are you?

[Ill Perfection]

Damn...sounds like an epic Christmas feast is going down! Take plenty of pics for the culinary whores on here.

[penguinofsleep]

just bought....50 mussels, 20 clams, 10 lbs of shrimp, 25 lbs of crab, oregano, rosemary, thyme, lemon, bayleaf, basil, mozzerella, bread, fresh tomatoes, roasted red peppers, olive oil, wine, parmiggiano, ziti, and sausage. about to cook a feast tommorrow for the family.

sounds delicious. what dishes r u making? care to specify what kind of clams, shrimp, and crab u got? i was going to make a scallops dish tomorrow.

and yeah, how much did the order come out to? also u getting lobster too? i think u already know this but the price of lobster is still relatively low atm.

[penguinofsleep]

... im all hungry b/c of this now.

[sealice aka lone ranger]

$250 spent.

drock i live in atl. but im up with my fam in chicago.


no doug im not eating it alone wtf haha. its for 30+ people (my fam.) its so wierd because we have a huge traditional italian family and im only 22 and with my history of cooking ive slowly become the head cook for family gatherings. the really wierd part is my fam came here in the 50's and most of the older aunts and uncles grandparents who brought our recipes over are still alive but handed it off to me. such a huge honor and responsibility.

pictures will come tommorrow.

[Derek Makekau]

shit i might be in atlanta in the beginning of january, will you be back down there?

[sealice aka lone ranger]

i get back the 26th, but ship the 4th. if you're there sometime between we can hit up the local bar/ club scene. first round on me.

[sealice aka lone ranger]

and trust me, im not as big a douche as i like to portray myself on somb. my friends in atl treat eachother right and have a good time down there.

[Blak_skimmer220]

you sound like my cousin. he's about your age and went through culinary school and is now the head cook at all out big family gatherings. even all the crazy black women in our family pass the torch to him for most of the meal

[sealice aka lone ranger]

yea deff. sounds like a legit comparision. neither cultures frack around when it comes to cooking food. i feel more nervous cooking for them than i do in an actual kitchen for mass quantities of people haha.

[Blak_skimmer220]

understandable. family meal is serious business.

[DJ-NJ]

$250 spent.

drock i live in atl. but im up with my fam in chicago.


no doug im not eating it alone wtf haha. its for 30+ people (my fam.) its so wierd because we have a huge traditional italian family and im only 22 and with my history of cooking ive slowly become the head cook for family gatherings. the really wierd part is my fam came here in the 50's and most of the older aunts and uncles grandparents who brought our recipes over are still alive but handed it off to me. such a huge honor and responsibility.

pictures will come tommorrow.

cousin the same age maybe a few years older... started slowly cooking family dinners and eventually he started doing it all... and this is a family who can cook!! my dad owned and operated a pizzaria at 19

he graduated from Johnson and wales and is now a sous chef down in FL

[DJ-NJ]

even all the crazy black women in our family pass the torch to him for most of the meal

what a fracking honor. no sarcaasm hahaha, my friends black grandmother cooked us some thanksgiving. mmmmmmmmmm

[sealice aka lone ranger]

eh i got shitty pics of the christmas feast but heres a few photos.

[sealice aka lone ranger]

[Chev]

Nom Nom Nom

[Ill Perfection]

I could kill that whole pot of muscles so easily. So damn good

[SkimNate]

i really don't like seafood at all. never have, wish i did but I can munch on some mussels*(ill) for a little while. pretty tasty when made the right way

[penguinofsleep]

mmmmmmmmmmmm

craving clams now.

[MDskimmerMAtt]

Black people make awesome food, we had some soul food at my friend Anthonys house for our football last year and it was amazing.

[Jesse Gower]

SPAM SUSHI FTW!!!!

[sealice aka lone ranger]

I could kill that whole pot of muscles so easily. So damn good

that was 6 pounds man haha i did it in one pound batches. same with the clams. i thought the same but when people go down to chomp it's way more than you originally though.

[Ill Perfection]

that was 6 pounds man haha i did it in one pound batches. same with the clams. i thought the same but when people go down to chomp it's way more than you originally though.

I know. I probably could, but would be royally sick of 'em by the end. What do you think? Six pounds of mussels equals 1lb. of meat?

I thought I was gonna get clowned for spelling mussels "muscles"! frackin' meathead lol

EDIT: NVM..Nate caught it

[penguinofsleep]

wasnt too hard for me to down a pound of clams. 6 would probably be a beast though.

sealice and ill, just wondering, is there one "right" way to serve lobster tail in terms of how to cut/present it? i had it tonight and noticed everyone eating going about it in very different manners and i didnt see anyone get stuck. i myself used scissors and cut the shell in half down the middle (long ways), peeled it off to the sides, and worked on the whole tail from there.

[Derek Makekau]

and trust me, im not as big a douche as i like to portray myself on somb. my friends in atl treat eachother right and have a good time down there.

haha no one i've ever met in person has been as ridiculous as they are online. looks like i'm gonna miss you though, considering it's the 4th.

[Ill Perfection]

wasnt too hard for me to down a pound of clams. 6 would probably be a beast though.

sealice and ill, just wondering, is there one "right" way to serve lobster tail in terms of how to cut/present it? i had it tonight and noticed everyone eating going about it in very different manners and i didnt see anyone get stuck. i myself used scissors and cut the shell in half down the middle (long ways), peeled it off to the sides, and worked on the whole tail from there.

There really isn't one "right" way to serve them. The traditional way is to cut the shell down the middle, letting the meat kind of bulge out of the shell. You'll see it come all different ways. Your technique is fine. Some restaurants serve it completely split down the middle in two pieces, some let you do a little more work. In modern cuisine, the rules about how the right and proper ways to serve things are usually thrown out the window by new and more contemporary chefs. I've had Spiny Lobster tail that was sliced into medallions (1" thick) and presented really nicely on the plate with a brandy cream sauce drizzled on it. So good. Be creative and don't be afraid to stray from the "traditional" or "proper" ways of presenting food and you can have a lot more fun and come up with some great stuff.

[SkimNate]

NVM..Nate caught it

thats right haha and to be slightly more on topic, does anyone have a good omelet recipe? I'm much more of a morning cooker and realized in my arsenal i do not have a great omelet recipe. My grandma used to make this italian one that was intense but i don't wanna talk to her for 6 hours and she lives mucho far away.

[Ill Perfection]

Oh man...there are so many good ones. It's like asking does anyone know a good burrito recipe. On the Italian note, I made some once with 5 eggs, filled with 2 kinds of sausage, prosciutto, mozz cheese, and sliced roma and sun-dried tomatoes. It was pretty gangster.

Tip: when mixing the eggs up in a bowl. Throw in a few Tbsp. of ricotta cheese and blend it in. Sub cottage cheese if you don't have ricotta

[SkimNate]

yeah i always do the ricotta or my mom uses cream cheese every once in a while. interesting.

that is gangster but maybe not the same one. the sun-dried were pretty much a must but i'm gonna try out some stuff tomorrow morning or something. kinda leaning towards something spicy in it as well. we'll see

[Ill Perfection]

Cool...post an update whenever you do.

[penguinofsleep]

cool thanks. just dont want to do something thatd ruin the taste or w/e.

omelets sound good right now. pretty much made the traditional ones before, think im going to try a crab meat one sometime. any advice anyone?

[sealice aka lone ranger]

hey turd burglars i havent updated this in a while so heres tonights menu....

seafood pho (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ph%E1%BB%9F)

this epic azn market has these mixed seafood medleys that includes the following (prepared, uncooked not in the shell)

squid
octopus
mussels
clams
scallops

bought four of them shits.

got salmon heads to make fish stock
vietnamese fish sauce to help flavor it

rice noodles.

for the produce i have...

limes
cilantro
basil
green chilis
baby bok choy
green onions
mung bean sprouts


hoisin sauce
fish sauce
sriracha sauce


pictures to follow

[Derek Makekau]

good lord. sounds too good.

[cramikid]

AWESOME
What was on the bruscetta? Besides tomato, basil and cheese I mean. I never thought of just using tomato slices, I keep trying to dice the shit like it's onions or something..fail.
Got any tips on cooking a stuffed tri-tip? I burn the outside everytime trying to get the center just right.
Stuffing= garlic, basil, cheese(muenster), king crab (or bacon depending on my bank account), onion.