Gravy's Cooking Thread

Fook you, ya prick. But yeah, you got it right.

Continuing on with the Feast of Meat, and since it's a beautiful evening, I'm gonna grill some burgers and have some in-laws over. I scratch made potato salad, baked beans, and bread pudding with lemon sauce.

Home made potatoes with home made mayo tonight.

Slow cooked beef on the side.

Broccoli.

My kids were in heaven.

Interesting that you say the slow cooked heaven was the "side" and the potatoes and mayo were the main.

French fries and mayo combined with kids.

That's the main. Everything else is like, "yeah, I might have some of that. After the french fries."

I've tried to make homemade mayo a few times, and it never turns out. I used a blender, which I had seen used before on some TV show, but mine didn't look like mayo.

Good read, will try. +1

One of the best dinners I've made in a long time. The sweet chili sauce on top of the fish is probably one of the best sauces I've ever tasted in my life. Also my first time doing saffron rice and I'm fucking hooked.



Peanut-encrusted Tilapia with sweet chili sauce.
Red Mullet with Sweet Chilli Sauce - Gordon Ramsay - YouTube

Saffron Rice:
Saffron Rice Recipe - Allrecipes.com

Sesame Green Beans:
Wok-Seared Sesame Green Beans - Bon Appétit

Gravy_sl said:

Fook you, ya prick. But yeah, you got it right.

Continuing on with the Feast of Meat, and since it's a beautiful evening, I'm gonna grill some burgers and have some in-laws over. I scratch made potato salad, baked beans, and bread pudding with lemon sauce.

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I've become infatuated with potato salad but haven't tried making it at home yet. Do you have a recipe?

This is a great recipe for potato salad

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I heart Gordon Ramsay. Mock me if you must. I am serious disappoint Amy's Baking Company killed the follow up show.

Sir Funk_sl said:

One of the best dinners I've made in a long time. The sweet chili sauce on top of the fish is probably one of the best sauces I've ever tasted in my life. Also my first time doing saffron rice and I'm fucking hooked.

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Was the sweet chili sauce branded Mae Ploy? I was lucky enough to hear about that sauce on a trip to Reno about 12 years ago. Sweet, garlic heaven with a kick.


And no, I don't have a potato salad recipe, and I didn't follow one. This was actually the first time I had made potato salad, which seems odd since I cook daily. It was decent, and certainly not the worst I've had and every seemed to like it, but I'd give it a 6/10.

There are two camps of potato salad in this area.. warm German type, and sweet chilled type. I like 'em both, but I grew up with the sweet, mayo/Miracle Whip based type, so that's what I made.

That doesn't sound gross to me at all. I like pickling onions for sammiches.

I very much prefer the vinegar potato salad to the sweet mayo kind, really. Both have their places, though.

Hot, summer day - spending the afternoon in the sun - better put a dish with lots of mayo on the table.

My late grandmother has made this vinegar based coleslaw for as long as I can remember. No idea where she got it, or if she made it herself, but I love it, especially over a BBQ pulled pork sandwich.

Help yourself bro's...

Straight from the decades old, faded note card in my grandmothers writing...

Slice or shred one head of cabbage, green bell pepper, onion or scallions, and a small jar of pimentos - drained. (for clarification I use 1 large green bell pepper, and however much onion you like. I've made it without either one, and it's been good still as well)

In a small saucepan: Mix 3/4 cup vinegar, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 tsp dry mustard (the powdered yellow mustard stuff), 1 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp celery seed and 1/2 tsp mustard seed.

Bring to a boil, remove from heat, and allow it to cool down to room temp. (I do the sauce first for this reason so it's cooling while I do other stuff) After cooled, add 1/2 cup salad oil (veg oil, olive oil, don't matter), stir, and then pour over cabbage mixture.

Cover tightly and refrigerate!

You can eat it right away, however it's much better after chilling, and letting the sauce break down the cabbage mixture a bit. I usually make this at night, and then let it chill over night, and it's so amazing the next day.

One of my irreplaceable items is my Grandma's recipe box. I'll try that coleslaw, fo' sho'.

lurkingdirk_sl said:

Hot, summer day - spending the afternoon in the sun - better put a dish with lots of mayo on the table.

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Nothing brings in the flies like a little rancid potato salad!

Gravy_sl said:

Nothing brings in the flies like a little rancid potato salad!

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Except a body.

Or so I've heard.

mkopec_sl said:

About the homemade mayo, one thing that always freaked me out is the raw egg yolk thing. I even made some aioli using egg whites before but I was always grossed out by just knowing there was a raw egg in there. Could not get myself to eat it.

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Just buy pasteurized in the shell eggs if this bothers you.

mkopec_sl said:

Crone my mom makes a similar cole slaw but using red cabbage. That shit is good in the summer.

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Ya, I like it much more than mayo based 'slaw. Has a nice tang to it that really helps out other foods, such as bbq pulled pork! haha