What did you cook or eat today (March 2025)

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Bubble and Squeak waffles n poached eggs.
Not the best pic cos I always give the best looking eggs to others and eat the worse looking ones myself

Cooked in the outdoor kitchen, which was wonderful cos I use two waffle irons and they kick out a ridiculous amount of heat.

 

[Barriehie]

Hmm if anyone wouldn’t mind writing a bit about cooking frozen meats in the IP thread I’d appreciate it. The only meat I’ve ever cooked from frozen is coated chicken. I’ve never cooked real meat from frozen, not even once. I think I might be missing out!

The Instant Pot (pressure/multicooker) thread.

Okay! I can do an oxtail recipe today. Is that highbrow enough SandwichShortOfAPicnic ???

 

[Barriehie]

I can't believe how quick you pressure cook vegetables to perfection! 3 minutes and they're succulent and it saves energy/money to boot!

I put potatoes in the IP and they're done in 10 min.!

 

[Barriehie]

Bubble and Squeak waffles n poached eggs.
Not the best pic cos I always give the best looking eggs to others and eat the worse looking ones myself

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Cooked in the outdoor kitchen, which was wonderful cos I use two waffle irons and they kick out a ridiculous amount of heat.

Best looking or worst looking they're going to get chewed!

 

[TheSoloChef]

I put potatoes on the IP and they're done in 10 min.!

As my Ninja Foodi is a multi-cooker I keep meaning to Pressure Cook some potatoes, drain the liquid and the fluff up the potatoes and cover with a bit of oil before returning them to the pot and Air Fry for amazing roast potatoes!

 

[Barriehie]

As my Ninja Foodi is a multi-cooker I keep meaning to Pressure Cook some potatoes, drain the liquid and the fluff up the potatoes and cover with a bit of oil before returning them to the pot and Air Fry for amazing roast potatoes!

For sure! I either microwave or IP pressure cook and then cube, oil, and air fry. 12 minutes at 375 is perfectly browned/crispy outside. I'll have to note that recipe in the Air fryer cooking.

 

[karadekoolaid]

Swiss cheese, bacon, an egg, tomatoes, hot peppers, spring onions, with a squirt of mayo and ketchup, neatly stacked inside two pieces of fried bread.

 

[badjak]

Pat prik khing

 

[TastyReuben]

Turkey with Swiss, bacon, onion, lettuce, mayonnaise, and mustard…barbecue potato chips/crisps…bread-and-butter pickles.

 

[vernplum]

Food from my Japan trip last week - warning: plenty of sushi

Japan's convenience stores have great stuff and we ate from those almost daily. I ate several types of these surimi 'crab' legs with different filligs which were all delicious:

Traditional snack called 'Dango' which is a kind of rice dumpling. Ours were 'soy and sweet' flavour:

Sushi train place:

Chutoro bluefin Tuna.

Unagi (eel) sushi:

Aburi Otoro (torched fatty tuna belly). Otoro is the most prized of the tuna cuts and in Japan it's half the price as it is in Singapore. We ate loads of it on this trip!

 

[vernplum]

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These 7-11 meatballs I took back to the hotel as a snack:

Japanese style spaghetti joint which we used to have in Singapore, but they exited a couple of years ago. My daughter missed it so we went in. I had this crab and prawn aglio e olio which was much better than it looks in this (sideways) photo:

Hot dog and fries at Shibuya Sky observation lounge cafe:

This katsu curry rice was enormous - there were two cutlets and a load of spicy gravy:

Takoyaki - octopus balls:

Trio of tuna:

 

[vernplum]

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Salmon belly nigiri:

Family Mart (convenience chain) famous 'Famichiki' chicken cutlet. It's great! Nice and crunchy and fatty:

A rather underwhelming hotplate steak. I can do better tbh. My daughter had a wagyu steak.

I always like to try the local McDonalds offerings. Cherry blossom deco on the bag:

What's it gonna be like? In Singapore there have been Samurai burgers in the past; not exactly like this though:

It wasn't good. Waaayy too much soy sauce flavour and the patty was rather tasteless. Oh well. You never know - sometimes they can score a big hit at McDs.

 

[vernplum]

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Sushi at Narita airport. Very, very good for an airport restaurant and not at all rip-off pricing.

Bit of salmon:

This one was grilled flounder (flatfish) which I've never had before and was amazing:

 

[Barriehie]

Awesome pics vernplum ! I'm going to look up making some of those rice dumplings.

 

[karadekoolaid]

Wow. Fantastic photos, lovely food!