What did you cook or eat today? (November 2025)

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The usual.

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badjak said:
I had the same idea.
About the ravioli...
Not the weather ;)

The list is growing
Dried fava beans
Chocolate challenge
Corn tortilla
Ravioli...
I better start getting in the groove again
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I ignore the challenges at this point. I haven't had authentic, made-by-hand, corn tortillas since leaving 'Vegas. I'll have to add that to the list.

Get on with those fava beans! 🤞
 
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Barriehie said:
Ignore the challenges at this point. I haven't had authentic, made-by-hand, corn tortillas since leaving 'Vegas. I'll have to add that to the list.

Get on with those fava beans! 🤞
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I forgot to add the conchi-thingy (the smoked pork dish that needs annatto, but is not going to get it :) )
But the chocolate challenge on is on the go. Savoury obviously
 
So far I've got the Groomer Girls covered for lunch with chicken fried rice. medtran49 I giggled around on that rice drying thing having never heard of that. I used Jasmine rice and after it was cooked, I spread it around on a pan and let it cool to room temperature, and then put it in the fridge for 30 min. From there a ziplock bag overnight. I think it worked. 🤷‍♂️
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If I know I’m making fried rice, then I cook the rice in the rice cooker the day before, and I use a little less water than the bag calls for, and once it’s cooled, I just put it in a container and toss it in the fridge.

Next day, at some point ahead of time, I spread it out on some wax paper or something and just let it sit there for however long and it works out well. Not sticky at all.
 
TastyReuben said:
If I know I’m making fried rice, then I cook the rice in the rice cooker the day before, and I use a little less water than the bag calls for, and once it’s cooled, I just put it in a container and toss it in the fridge.

Next day, at some point ahead of time, I spread it out on some wax paper or something and just let it sit there for however long and it works out well. Not sticky at all.
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I saw somewhere about cooking with less water but there wasn't any direction on how much less. I think moving forward I can do like medtran49 and just skip that refrigerator step.
 
I’d earned a coupon for a free frozen pizza from Kroger’s specialty brand, Private Selection.

Being that that’s their fancy brand, all the varieties were “gourmet” pizzas, meaning…odd by my standards. I chose the only one that had any appeal whatsoever - spicy pepperoni-hot honey-feta pizza.

It was not to our liking. Too spicy for MrsT, and no tomato sauce at all. To me, as soon as the tomato sauce is gone, it’s flatbread, not pizza.

That was disappointing. You know it’s bad when something is free and you still feel robbed.
 
Barriehie said:
I saw somewhere about cooking with less water but there wasn't any direction on how much less. I think moving forward I can do like medtran49 and just skip that refrigerator step.
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I read a blog post where the fellow (who lives in a house where they have rice at every meal) said he used half the water recommended.

I tried that and found the cooked rice to be almost al dente, so I bumped up the water a little bit past that and now it cooks through, but it’s not sticky.

Oh, and I do rinse it first…three times, and being a Midwesterner, I don’t know grain rice from Tim Rice, so I just use what the grocery store labels as long grain (white) rice.
 
TastyReuben said:
I read a blog post where the fellow (who lives in a house where they have rice at every meal) said he used half the water recommended.

I tried that and found the cooked rice to be almost al dente, so I bumped up the water a little bit past that and now it cooks through, but it’s not sticky.

Oh, and I do rinse it first…three times, and being a Midwesterner, I don’t know grain rice from Tim Rice, so I just use what the grocery store labels as long grain (white) rice.
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I'll try that. Anything to minimize steps and dishes!
 
Half the water is far too little water!
I use 2 rice to 3 water and generally cook a larger amount. Eat today, fried rice tomorrow.
It will dry out in the fridge or on the counter anyway, if you leave the container open.
If I really cook for fried rice the next day, it's probably 2 rice to 2.5-2.75 water (all by volume by the way)
 
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