What are you eating today?

**buzzbevan** · Posted On: 6/27/2011 6:58am

Originally Posted by Ignorami

It takes some serious skill to cook a whole chicken on a charcoal BBQ. Good work fella. (Assuming no-one died)

Only the Chicken.
My wife bought me a BBQ cook book for for Fathers Day.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/140531296..._gygcob18JBT5F

all i've done since is BBQ everything in sight.

**yli** · Posted On: 6/27/2011 9:33am

There is the tendency to do that when you possess the BBQ.

Also, the grill is the most manly piece of equipment.

Ever.

**tao.jonez** · Posted On: 6/27/2011 10:08am

I'm having one of my favorites for lunch - ramen noodles, but not with that shitty brothpowder.

I cook the noodles and make a sauce of oyster sauce, sesame oil, soy, and chili sauce. Top the noodles with a fried egg, sesame seeds and some fresh scallions. Fresh watermelon on the side, and a cup of hot ginger tea. Be jealous.

Next week I start on boring protein/gaining, so this week I'm eating fancy.

**Soldiermedic** · Posted On: 6/27/2011 1:36pm

I am making lamb kabobs tonight. I marinate the lamb in wine, coarse brown mustard, rosemary, salt and pepper and canola oil.

I also have to bake tonight, as my girlfriend is having an LGBT bake sale, however, she cant bake, so I am making 3 kinds of mini cupcakes: 1. A Guinness Stout spice cake topped with maple buttercream frosting and chocolate covered bacon 2. guava cake with pink lemonade frosting and 3. brown sugar cake with whipped ganache and sea salt caramel.

**tao.jonez** · Posted On: 6/27/2011 1:48pm

I just 'gazmd about #3 cake. That sounds awesome.

PS - are you sure your girlfriend is actually the female? She can't bake and you're making the gayest and most delicious sounding desserts ever...very suspicious.

**Soldiermedic** · Posted On: 6/27/2011 3:08pm

Originally Posted by tao.jonez

I just 'gazmd about #3 cake. That sounds awesome.

PS - are you sure your girlfriend is actually the female? She can't bake and you're making the gayest and most delicious sounding desserts ever...very suspicious.

She has in the past referred to me as,"not so much of a dude, but more a lesbian in a dude's body" which to this day I still haven't figured out if I should be angry or not.

Its more of cultural thing: She is a Type A career driven sexually liberated daughter of Israeli immigrants, while I am a shiftless roustabout coasting through life on a variety of odd jobs and half careers. We make a good team

I have a rotation of 10 different recipes/flavor combinations that I attribute to being my own, although one of my favorites is one that I lifted from a dessert bar here called the Elvis, which is a banana peanut butter and grape jelly cake with chocolate buttercream with honey drizzle, topped with bacon. I still haven't been able to get it quite as good as the original, but its been fun trying. Reverse baking is always interesting.

**Rudenoodle** · Posted On: 6/27/2011 3:28pm

Refried beans cold from a can, eaten with a plastic spoon.

**tao.jonez** · Posted On: 6/27/2011 3:54pm

Originally Posted by Rudenoodle

Refried beans cold from a can, eaten with a plastic spoon.

Sell your computer and get a nice hot meal.

soldiermedic - I'm the chef/baker at my house too. I taught my wife to cook, and now she's pretty darn good, but I still do all the special occasion meals. My famous confections are fancy birthday cakes with homemade fondant, gum paste flowers and figures, and my mind-bendingly good dacquoise. I went to culinary school and will never work in another restaurant again (hopefully).

**ChenPengFi** · Posted On: 6/27/2011 4:17pm

Originally Posted by tao.jonez

I'm having one of my favorites for lunch - ramen noodles, but not with that shitty brothpowder.

I cook the noodles and make a sauce of oyster sauce, sesame oil, soy, and chili sauce. Top the noodles with a fried egg, sesame seeds and some fresh scallions. Fresh watermelon on the side, and a cup of hot ginger tea. Be jealous.

Next week I start on boring protein/gaining, so this week I'm eating fancy.

Ever tried kombu in there?
That's a nice addition if you don't want to use the broth powder.
Moar umami.
People here eat tons of that stuff, you can even get it at Mickey D's.

edit: lol, just read this:

I went to culinary school...