The Food Ideas Thread

[jumbojak]

Not what are you eating, what sounds good to eat. Let's bounce ideas off of each other. Right now I'm dreaming of a bacon cheeseburger topped with fried pickles, crispy onion straws, and barbecue sauce.

[xSilverPhinx]

Chocolate always sounds good, except on the day after Easter.

[jumbojak]

Hmmm... a chocolate cheeseburger...

[No one]

Lobster, topped with lobster and a side of lobster.

[xSilverPhinx]

Hmmm... a chocolate cheeseburger...

Don't ruin two good things!

[jumbojak]

Lobster, topped with lobster and a side of lobster.

You know, I have never had lobster in my life. Might have to try it one of these days.

[jumbojak]

Hmmm... a chocolate cheeseburger...

Don't ruin two good things!

Give me some time to think about it and I guarantee I can make it work. It would have to be a very dark unsweetened chocolate and a lean burger.

[No one]

If you've never tried lobster, you're missing out. It's the best tasting thing on the planet.

[jumbojak]

Is it the lobster or the butter you drown it in though?

[No one]

I never use the butter. Lobster needs nothing.

[Buddy]

Lobster, topped with lobster and a side of lobster.

You know, I have never had lobster in my life. Might have to try it one of these days.

The local Chinese place near me makes the most bomb lobster lo mein

[hermes2015]

I never use the butter. Lobster needs nothing.

I agree. The traditional lobster thermidor is an example of an over-dressed dish, in my opinion. The taste of the lobster is overwhelmed by the sauce.

[Icarus]

Lobsters are ugly beasties that are less than appetizing to look at.  Crabs are not very pretty either.

No One must be a damned yankee New Englander to praise the taste of those ugly armored and weaponized creatures. 

[Bad Penny II]

When I bake a chicken I put garlic (and maybe ginger) on it and under the skin.  Then put some lemon juice and then soy.  Disposing of the leftover liquids is a bit of an issue but if you refrigerate it the jelly/aspic becomes a useful ingredient for soup.  It'll have a chickeny/garlic/ginger/lemon/salty soy flavour.
If I cook dry cups of black + red kidney+ black eyed beans add 1TS of curry 3TS of mustard, the residual water can be used as a vegie stock.
If you start sautéing onions, carrot, capsicum, silver-beet or whatever and end up adding the aspic and vegie stock (and some of the beans) you end up with a pretty tasty soup.

I did try boiling the chicken bones to get a stock but I don't think I'll bother with that any more.

[Tom62]

My favourite scramble eggs recipe (serves 2):

100g North Sea shrimps
4 eggs
Aleppo pepper (approx. half teaspoon)

Beat the eggs with the Aleppo (or similar medium spiced) pepper in a bowl until blended. Fry the shimps for a few minutes in a pan (medium heat).
Add the egg mixture to it and continue  cooking – pulling, lifting and folding eggs – until thickened and no visible liquid egg remains. Do not stir constantly.