Gravy's Cooking Thread

Adebisi · Aug 28, 2013

I'm having pan fried issues m'ladies. I was frying up some salmon last night. The outside was near burnt and the inside was still raw.

I let the salmon sit at room temp for about 20 minutes before I fried it up.

Is this a case of pan too hot?

Neph_sl · Aug 28, 2013

Read this:http://www.seriouseats.com/2012/06/h...-food-lab.html

You're welcome.

Big Phoenix · Aug 28, 2013

Kinner_sl said:
Did you season your flour? It doesn't appear to have any seasoning in it.

Seasoned the chicken first then coated in flour.

chaos · Aug 28, 2013

Yeah you should season the chicken AND the flour. Much better tasting chicken that way. I always go for a shitload of garlic, paprika, salt and pepper. Someone once told me I shouldn't put salt in the breading when frying but I can't remember why.

Tea_sl · Aug 28, 2013

Chicken - Salt, black pepper, paprika, cayenne, dried herbs

I marinate in buttermilk for awhile after this.

Dredge - Salt, paprika, cayenne, garlic powder, onion powder

That's how my grandma makes it, and she has lived in Georgia her whole life.

chaos · Aug 28, 2013

Yeah thyme, I forgot about thyme, I always try to use that with fried chicken. Or chicken fried steak, actually. Thyme seems to fry really well.

Joeboo · Aug 28, 2013

I can not make a home made pizza

Few months ago, attempt #1:
Bought awesome looking garlic herb pizza dough at trader joes. Contemplated how to use pizza stone, since it has to be heated up first. Decided to build pizza on a cookie sheet that had no sides, so I could slide it off onto hot pizza stone. Used shitloads of flour when pressing out dough, it still stuck like a bitch to the cookie sheet, had to cook the pizza on the cookie sheet, it was still stuck to the cookie sheet even after being cooked, and the pizza tore all to hell trying to get it off the sheet when it was done. Fail.

Attempt #2 a month or so ago:
Got same dough, decided just to build pizza on stone, then put in oven. After half an hour at 400 degrees, dough was still doughy, couldn't get it cooked all the way through without burning toppings. Note to self: have to pre-heat pizza stone. Fail

Attempt # 3, one hour ago.
Same pizza dough, after doing some research some people seem to have lots of luck with coating the pizza stone or whatever cooking surface with corn meal to prevent sticking. Pre-heated pizza stone in oven. Built pizza on sideless cookie sheet, with copious amounts of corn meal between dough and sheet. Little sticky, but pizza is movable. Great. Pulled pizza stone out, slide pizza from cookie sheet to hot pizza stone(which is also covered in corn meal). SCORE, it worked. Pizza is on stone, and I can already hear the dough sizzling.

Go to put stone back in the oven and the GODDAMN PIZZA SLID OFF THE STONE RIGHT ONTO THE OVEN RACK IN A HUGE HEAPING BALL OF DOUGH AND TOPPINGS AND THEN BROKE APART AND FELL ONTO THE BOTTOM OF THE OVEN/HEATING COILS TOO.

An hour later, I'm done cleaning the oven. I have no pizza. I fucking hate everything and everyone.

Adebisi · Aug 28, 2013

Most of your issues would be solved with a peel.

Can your oven go higher than 400? I rip mine up to maximum (550) when I'm making pizza. I don't have very good luck with making regular crust, so I usually roll it flatcrust style. Superdelicious.

Adebisi · Aug 28, 2013

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lurkingdirk · Aug 28, 2013

Tonight I sauteed potatoes from my garden until they started getting crispy, added diced onion from my garden along with garlic from my garden, when it was done, topped it with coarsely chopped tomatoes and basil from the garden. Served it with lettuce, chives, tomatoes, and cucumbers from the garden, and steamed broccoli from the garden. Finished the meal with a raspberry ice cream made from raspberries grown beside my orchard.

And my kids ate every little bit on their plates, because they dug or picked everything, and they're excited to try it. I love getting them involved in food production from growing to cooking. They are a lot more invested in what they eat.

Sorry for what seems a bragging post. I'm just really excited about this.

Falstaff · Aug 28, 2013

True homemade pizza aficionados break their oven so they can get the self clean on without having the oven door lock on them. Temps up to 900 degrees depending on what kind of oven you have.

chaos · Aug 28, 2013

joeboo_sl said:
I can not make a home made pizza

Few months ago, attempt #1:
Bought awesome looking garlic herb pizza dough at trader joes. Contemplated how to use pizza stone, since it has to be heated up first. Decided to build pizza on a cookie sheet that had no sides, so I could slide it off onto hot pizza stone. Used shitloads of flour when pressing out dough, it still stuck like a bitch to the cookie sheet, had to cook the pizza on the cookie sheet, it was still stuck to the cookie sheet even after being cooked, and the pizza tore all to hell trying to get it off the sheet when it was done. Fail.

Attempt #2 a month or so ago:
Got same dough, decided just to build pizza on stone, then put in oven. After half an hour at 400 degrees, dough was still doughy, couldn't get it cooked all the way through without burning toppings. Note to self: have to pre-heat pizza stone. Fail

Attempt # 3, one hour ago.
Same pizza dough, after doing some research some people seem to have lots of luck with coating the pizza stone or whatever cooking surface with corn meal to prevent sticking. Pre-heated pizza stone in oven. Built pizza on sideless cookie sheet, with copious amounts of corn meal between dough and sheet. Little sticky, but pizza is movable. Great. Pulled pizza stone out, slide pizza from cookie sheet to hot pizza stone(which is also covered in corn meal). SCORE, it worked. Pizza is on stone, and I can already hear the dough sizzling.

Go to put stone back in the oven and the GODDAMN PIZZA SLID OFF THE STONE RIGHT ONTO THE OVEN RACK IN A HUGE HEAPING BALL OF DOUGH AND TOPPINGS AND THEN BROKE APART AND FELL ONTO THE BOTTOM OF THE OVEN/HEATING COILS TOO.

An hour later, I'm done cleaning the oven. I have no pizza. I fucking hate everything and everyone.

I had similar issues, you need a peel. Alternatively, some great magician here told me to use parchment paper. Make the pizza on parchment paper, put the paper onto the pizza stone, win at pizza making.

chaos · Aug 28, 2013

lurkingdirk_sl said:
Tonight I sauteed potatoes from my garden until they started getting crispy, added diced onion from my garden along with garlic from my garden, when it was done, topped it with coarsely chopped tomatoes and basil from the garden. Served it with lettuce, chives, tomatoes, and cucumbers from the garden, and steamed broccoli from the garden. Finished the meal with a raspberry ice cream made from raspberries grown beside my orchard.

And my kids ate every little bit on their plates, because they dug or picked everything, and they're excited to try it. I love getting them involved in food production from growing to cooking. They are a lot more invested in what they eat.

Sorry for what seems a bragging post. I'm just really excited about this.

I'm jealous. My garden project fell by the wayside because school is kicking my ass. This is exactly the kind of thing I wanted from it, though.

Adebisi · Aug 28, 2013

I'd love to try making a hydroponic veggie garden one year.

Kinner · Aug 29, 2013

joeboo_sl said:
I can not make a home made pizza

Few months ago, attempt #1:
Bought awesome looking garlic herb pizza dough at trader joes. Contemplated how to use pizza stone, since it has to be heated up first. Decided to build pizza on a cookie sheet that had no sides, so I could slide it off onto hot pizza stone. Used shitloads of flour when pressing out dough, it still stuck like a bitch to the cookie sheet, had to cook the pizza on the cookie sheet, it was still stuck to the cookie sheet even after being cooked, and the pizza tore all to hell trying to get it off the sheet when it was done. Fail.

Attempt #2 a month or so ago:
Got same dough, decided just to build pizza on stone, then put in oven. After half an hour at 400 degrees, dough was still doughy, couldn't get it cooked all the way through without burning toppings. Note to self: have to pre-heat pizza stone. Fail

Attempt # 3, one hour ago.
Same pizza dough, after doing some research some people seem to have lots of luck with coating the pizza stone or whatever cooking surface with corn meal to prevent sticking. Pre-heated pizza stone in oven. Built pizza on sideless cookie sheet, with copious amounts of corn meal between dough and sheet. Little sticky, but pizza is movable. Great. Pulled pizza stone out, slide pizza from cookie sheet to hot pizza stone(which is also covered in corn meal). SCORE, it worked. Pizza is on stone, and I can already hear the dough sizzling.

Go to put stone back in the oven and the GODDAMN PIZZA SLID OFF THE STONE RIGHT ONTO THE OVEN RACK IN A HUGE HEAPING BALL OF DOUGH AND TOPPINGS AND THEN BROKE APART AND FELL ONTO THE BOTTOM OF THE OVEN/HEATING COILS TOO.

An hour later, I'm done cleaning the oven. I have no pizza. I fucking hate everything and everyone.

Try this:

http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/0...d-the-ult.html

Deathwing · Aug 29, 2013

Shrug, I just spray our pizza tins with non-stick spray. Pizza comes off every time unless something spilled over.

Soygen · Aug 29, 2013

I make the pizza on heavy duty tin foil with olive oil rubbed on it. I preheat the oven with stone in it. When ready, I drop the pizza w/ foil onto the stone and cook for like 10 minutes. Then I pulled it out and it's usually done enough to slide off the foil and directly on to the stone to finish. Comes out great.

Adebisi · Aug 29, 2013

Get a peel already people! Buncha fuggin scrubs.

chaos · Aug 29, 2013

meh. I will get one eventually, but right now the last thing I need is yet another highly specialized piece of kitchen equipment. I'mma try it with parchment paper this weekend.

I also have no idea which kind to get. They have wood, bamboo, steel, aluminum... I AM LOST!

Adebisi · Aug 29, 2013

I have a wood peel I bought from a kitchen supply store for $15.

I hide it on top of the kitchen cupboards.

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