Timmah!

(& a slice of tomato for one [& Hellman's])

Remote Control for connected devices, A mini-copter capable of carrying 2 players!, Flashers & Siren lights for making a custom landing pad for your copter, The new Oil Rig Monument! and more: https://www.rustafied.com/

In keeping with Asian tradition, a celebratory meal is in order! https://www.foodiewithfamily.com/easy-garlic-ginger-glazed-sticky-pork/

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

People like cheese. People like bbq. It would have to be the main feature. Cheese is easier.... so cheese... could even throw in some mac & cheese without too much additional hassle.

Grilled Cheese sammiches & maybe a rotation of soups. Simple, quick to make, easy to maintain, large variety of product easily stored. Cheese Me! or... Soup 'n' Sammich.

Definitely! Would love to see some new recipes. Actually...I'd like to any recipes posted... hundreds of members & only a couple posted by anybody. =(

It's not mine, it's the most-popular lasagna recipe on the largest recipe sharing site on the internet. I spent 15 minutes reading over the most popular comments- like I do on all recipes I've never before made- to see what people thought of the recipe & what are the most popular tweaks... a few of them were to double or triple some of the spices; ie garlic, italian sesoning, onion, pepper, add red pepper etc. ... some suggested adding more beef &/or sausage... some suggested adding a couple tablespoons of bacon grease... yet more suggested adding parmesan, or nutmeg, or ginger, or garlic, or any permutation of those spices to the ricotta. Only you know what flavors you like & how prominent you like those flavors... and in what balance. I actually used a whole onion... 6 cloves of garlic instead of 2.. added garlic powder, parmesan & nutmeg to the ricotta... added 2 tablespoons of bacon grease... omitted the fennel... seared the meat- like I do with most- to get a nice, prominent savory flavor, thanks to Mr. Maillard... I also added a tablespoon of red pepper flakes to the sauce... I soaked the noodles for 20 minutes in very hot water to get them al-dente rather than boiling them, as some comments said it allows the noodles to absorb more of the liquid in the dish as they finish cooking, thus increasing the flavor...I also added a tablespoon of black pepper. Only you know what you like; I would use that as a rough guide to point you in the right direction of what spices & how much to use in your dishes; as I by no means stick to a recipe by the letter 90% of the time. Do you not have a go-to list of basic seasonings that you KNOW you will like & want in say a savory dish... or a sweet dish...or a high-dairy dish... even according to what meat(s) are going to be prominent in the dish? If I'm at a restaurant & really like a particular dish, I ask if the cook/chef would let me know what he/she's done to produce those flavors... I've taken notes over the years of cooking to learn & memorize what I like in a fish, chicken, creamy, tomato-y, savory, sweet, hot, etc. dish...

Still waiting on those cookies...

...I smell a conspiracy...where's hxtr when you need him... oh yea...

Anybody who's good for an easy kill & is quick to let the tears fly... you can fill in the names yourself. ?

He's actually sitting on my desk facing me... being jet black & backlit, you'd have to turn up the contrast to see.

Perhaps, if I were from a particular region of China. I know you guys cook stuff in sheep stomachs, so... have you eaten cat before?

Send me a p.m. next time, too or instead...I will notice it more-readily. ?

It & the others took a shit....reinstalled the mod/plugins...working now.

That's the Maillard Reaction, to which I referred earlier in the post; I use it in cooking & also when configuring the ramping profile of green coffees I'm roasting. It is NOT caramelization. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maillard_reaction

get off that computer already. He's too funny; thought some people might get a chuckle. He decided to jump up on the desk and sit, facing me, between the monitor & myself....if you click on the picture, you can just make out his eyes.

Not complaining; just saying, it will get more notice if it has it's own thread & title... put it wherever you like. =)

You should place it in a dedicated thread so people know it's there other than happening upon it in this one...

Man...It was/is good; even better after sitting in the fridge overnight...after preparing it, I went over several of the comments on the allrecipes website & the comment, which makes sense- in this case & in others (from experience)- is that letting it sit in the fridge for a couple days dramatically enhances the flavor. Definitely holds true more so for the lasagna. The bacon drippings add a nice flavor that one would be challenged to identify. Also added some nutmeg, parmesan & garlic powder to the ricotta mixture, along with an egg. I also like to sear any meats I'm cooking to get that nice Maillard spectrum that can make a huge difference in any meat-containing dish. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maillard_reaction You would also do well to look into Umami pairings for enhanced flavors; people have been doing it across all cultures for thousands of years without knowing exactly why; it will greatly increase the quality of any relevant dish, and is not at all as challenging as it may sound. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umami Here's a starter for some nice Umami pairings: http://blog.foodpairing.com/2016/06/umami-the-fifth-taste/

It was good; gonna have to freeze 1/2 of it. Sauce, noodles, ricotta, mozzarella, sauce, noodles, ricotta, mozzarella, sauce, noodles, mozzarella, sauce, mozzarella, parmesan. Recipe: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/23600/worlds-best-lasagna/ Added some bacon drippings & a few other modicfications.

So...you've had the 'Sportsman's Double'.

She looked pretty good for a 60-year-old. In fact, she wasn't too bad at all, and I found myself thinking she probably had a really hot daughter. We drank a couple of beers, and she asked if I'd ever had a Sportsman's Double? 'What's that? I asked. 'It's a mother and daughter threesome,' she said. As my mind began to embrace the idea, and I wondered what her daughter might look like. I said, 'No, I haven't.' We drank a bit more, then she said with a wink, 'tonight's your lucky night'. We went back to her place. We walked in. She put on the hall light and shouted upstairs: 'Mom...you still awake?'