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I don’t strictly forget about them, but I never think to buy them myself. Brussels sprouts.
Falafel
I was at the Del Mar Fair once and got some super green falafel. It was awesome. I’ve spent 30 years chasing that high.
From the House of Anárion? (Jk, I had never heard of this food and sounds like either a warrior or a place in Middle Earth)
It’s like fried chickpea patties or nuggets. Sort of like if you made fried hummus bread. Super good with tzatsiki (yogurt/cucumber) or tahini (sesame) sauce. Sometimes it’s served in a pita with lettuce, tomatoes and sprouts.
@IonAddis honeydew melon.
Stuffing.
Every Thanksgiving I eat stuffing and remember:
- This stuff is great
- There is nothing stopping me from making this year round
and then i immediately forget
I made a bunch of stuffing not on Thanksgiving a few years ago. Was addicted to it and kept making it. But then ate it too often I got tired of it. This always happens to me though. I get excited about some food. Then I make it until I get tired of it and move on to the next thing.
true true. There’s definitely too much of a good thing.
This is me, but also with like people and hobbies and my career
Pick up a box on sale and put it in the cupboard. It’s a useful base for some chicken pieces, or to make some vegetables into a casserole. Excellent with mushrooms. (Take into account the liquid that will be released by the cooking veggies, or else saute them first, before mixing with the stuffing)
This year, instead of a whole bird, I made Turkey Balls using 2 lbs ground turkey, 2 raw eggs, stuffing mix, then sauteed onion, celery, apple, mushrooms, (let cool before adding) Chardonnay, and cool broth. I added the usual spices, keeping in mind there’s already some in the stuffing. I piled them in a lidded casserole, but you can also bake them on a sheet pan and serve with dips.
The turkey balls sound really good. Like a good way to get a whole Thanksgiving experience in a more compact package
Plus there’s the opportunity for jokes
I love other people’s stuffing. I made stuffing and gave myself food poisoning.
By putting it inside a turkey or just somehow with stuffing?
Yeah, I put it inside the turkey. I used a friend’s recipe, but it must have been a bigger bird and took too long to cook or something.
Okay, I just Googled it:
When you place stuffing inside a turkey, it comes into contact with raw meat and juices that may contain harmful bacteria such as salmonella.
Yeah, it’s fallen out of fashion because if you leave it there overnight especially bacteria can grow in it. Well, sorry to hear that. I like making homemade stuffing but I just bake it in a pan… i guess that’s called dressing.
Try microwaving it on high for several minutes (until it’s basically too hot to handle) before stuffing the bird.
It also helps if you don’t pack it in. It should get to 165°F to be considered safe.
When I make it rather than “mashed potatoes made of bread” it’s more like “slightly moist croutons”. Breaks my heart.
In fairness, it’s not like you see it at the store all year round to remind you. Maybe get a couple boxes to have throughout the year? It’s certainly on sale right now, or at least will be at the end of December.
Indian food mostly, but only because the best places are a drive away.
I go on Indian food kicks sometimes, where I’ll end up eating once or twice a week for months then I’ll go years without thinking about it again.
What’s your favorite Indian dish?
I like a big bowl of Rogan Gosht with some chicken biryani (my wife’s fav) and loads of naan. I’m not refined lol, just like that lamb and that chicken saffron yogurty stuff.
I frickin’ love lamb dishes, and I get so grumpy that lamb/mutton is unpopular in the US, so it’s hard to find. It’s tasty!
I frickin’ love lamb dishes
If you ever get a chance, try goat curries. They will rock your world.
Goat is even harder to find in the US.
Most Indian places will have a goat curry.
hardcore Mexican places make it… birria.
Spinach puffs. 20 minutes in the oven for a quick and dirty not unhealthy meal. It’s delicious. It’s filling. It’s relatively cheap…. And for some reason I only make it once a month despite having some laying around in my freezer pretty much at all times.
Wait, spinach puffs up when you put it in the oven?!? Oil and spices or just straight-up frozen spinach directly in the oven?
A spinach puff is a pastry filled with spinach.
Pulled pork. And then I wonder why I don’t do it more often, and then remember that I prefer homemade one, and then I realise
ain't nobody got time for that :(
Someone who can do a “pull the pork apart” robot attachment for a crock pot could probably make a pile of money.
Although now I’m imagining a little robot treading in the crock pot like old timey winemaking, where they stomped on the grapes.
Stand mixer with a paddle attachment will shred meat in about 30 seconds.
A handheld mixer works great.
Honestly, even just doing a whole shoulder with two forks only takes a few minutes. Though I don’t shred mine down all the way.
Also, if you have a crock pot or oven, the cooking process is very simple and hands-off as well.
I’ve been doing this monthly and freezing portions for those nights of the week I can’t be bothered to cook. So yummy.
Instapot, just as good, 90 minutes
Edible yes, but smoked is the way to go.
The worse part about smoking pulled pork is trying to roll it without mangling the paper.
Do you use liquid smoke at all?
No, for the instapot I usually make carnitas.
Unless you finish it in the oven, you won’t get the Vital Crispies.
Persimmons. I love persimmons so much.
Thai yellow curry. It BANGS. I’ll always forget when our family next orders Thai, and one particular person will always get yellow curry, and I always think “I remember thinking that was okay” and so I try a bit of theirs and it always tastes 10x better than I remembered it. Amazing every time.
Sweet potatoes. So yummy, just baked with butter and salt. I’m not sure why we don’t have them as a side more often.
I like them with a little miso. Or miso butter. Damn, now I’m super hungry.
Oh yeah, good call. That would be delicious.
I’m the exact opposite with sweet potatoes. I always forget that I don’t like them. I want to like them so badly, I mean come on, bright orange mashed potatoes! But Everytime I try to eat one I just can’t finish it. It’s weird .
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Same here. I think they’re just too sweet for me, somehow? Which is odd, because I’ll eat things like acorn squash which get kinda sweet when cooked. ::shrug::
I can see that - some foods looking way more appealing than they actually are.
Fruits. I don’t have the habit of eating any fruit. It’s super unhealthy and when I do remember to buy fruit when grocery shopping, I am always surprised how good it tastes, only to forget about it for a couple more months…
I’m basically a toddler when it comes to fruit. It can sit around on the counter looking all pretty for days and I won’t touch it. But the moment my wife cuts some up, I’ll devour it.
Maybe you just need a wife who likes to chop things 🤔
Especially oranges for me, every time I’m like " damn I should buy this mf more often"
You and me both! Or I get into a fruit kick, then slow down after a bit, and what I have starts to go bad so I stop buying them all together.
Are you me
No, we are legion. I’m sure oodles of people fall into this fruit trap.
Yeah I guess that makes sense. I wonder what would be a way to fix it
Frozen fruits? They don’t taste as good but you can still throw them in your smoothies and then safely forget about the rest for 2 months
I suppose I could try that, if the store has any
Spaghetti with minced meat.
Red cabbage!
Absolutely. I’ll just go through quarters of that stuff without a second thought, but I never remember that when I’m at the store.
Idk what it’s called but my wife makes this chicken and pasta that uses parm garlic sauce and its 10/10. I know my issue is we make it then I over eat it which results in me hating it for a while and then the cycle repeats
Sounds like chicken alfredo
Nah, the chicken is slow cooked with the parm garlic sauce, cream cheese, some other kind of cheese, then some rigatoni. She adds a few other things as well.
Here’s a link be warned though it’s loaded with ads so have a blocker on
https://therecipecritic.com/crockpot-parmesan-garlic-chicken-pasta/
I love egg nog, looked into how to make it. It’s takes over an hour to make, so definitely won’t get it out of season
dont forget to make it WAY before you need it- its not fun to try to power-chill hot fresh nog when guests will be there in an hour
Get outta here with that Hot Fresh Nog!
Is my new favorite thing to say.
please let me know how many times you are able to work it into conversations in the next year or so
Are you questioning my resolve?? My resolve…!?
GET OUTTA HERE WITH THAT HOT FRESH NOG!
smh some people…
