[Mrs. Chocolate]

People has spoken for a while here that cooking increases possibilities and helps during dates, I propose to share recipes and, if you like, post a picture of how the food should look like when it's done.

My recipe has a picture in the previous tread...

http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-5900.html

Quindim
What is that? An egg pudding, A Brazilian/Portuguese recipe
Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients:
500g of suggar
5 eggs
100g of grated Coconut (dry or fresh)
3 soup spoons of butter (no salt)
3 soup spoons of water
butter and lot of suggar to powder the baking
(I haven't found what is the name of this in English, so I'm sending a pic)

http://www.chicorep.com.br/chico/public/...dim_aa.jpg

Cooking...
Add water, the coconut, suggar and butter in a bowl. Mix it well.
In the meanwhile, put the eggs in a blender for 5 minutes or more, this is very important because avoids the rough smell from the egg if is not made properly.
After that, add the eggs to the coconut mix carefuly. Put it in the baker (???) on the lowest part of the oven in a double boiler (bain marie) for 50 min. Wait until the coconut in the top burn.

Put on the fridge until serve and take out the bowl.

[speakeasy]

What is this? The Oprah Winfrey Network??

:-P

[Dash Global]

^^^ lmfao

[Excelsior]

The thread topic may seem less than manly, but Mrs. Chocolate is correct in stating that cooking is a useful skill to have as a guy. Its good to have a few recipes on hand.

[Basil Ransom]

GManifesto recommended a Caprese salad for dates, with some vino. Low calorie, high alcohol, swoop ready.

Grocery shopping followed by cooking dinner together is a solid second/third date. I usually make her bring a side and cook it alongside me, so I'm not just her chef for the night.

And always keep a bottle stocked.

[cellblock4]

(08-16-2011 05:37 PM)Mrs. Chocolate Wrote:  

People has spoken for a while here that cooking increases possibilities and helps during dates, I propose to share recipes and, if you like, post a picture of how the food should look like when it's done.

My recipe has a picture in the previous tread...

http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-5900.html

Quindim
What is that? An egg pudding, A Brazilian/Portuguese recipe
Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients:
500g of suggar
5 eggs
100g of grated Coconut (dry or fresh)
3 soup spoons of butter (no salt)
3 soup spoons of water
butter and lot of suggar to powder the baking
(I haven't found what is the name of this in English, so I'm sending a pic)

http://www.chicorep.com.br/chico/public/...dim_aa.jpg

Cooking...
Add water, the coconut, suggar and butter in a bowl. Mix it well.
In the meanwhile, put the eggs in a blender for 5 minutes or more, this is very important because avoids the rough smell from the egg if is not made properly.
After that, add the eggs to the coconut mix carefuly. Put it in the baker (???) on the lowest part of the oven in a double boiler (bain marie) for 50 min. Wait until the coconut in the top burn.

Put on the fridge until serve and take out the bowl.

that's a bit too complex for me. i've started dabbling in the kitchen a bit, not for dates, but to start eating healthier and save money. i've been forcing myself to eat fish and try to limit my red meat, but sometimes you just got to devour a juicy steak. any decent steakhouse corn-fed filet is going to run you $45-50. add appetizer, wine, etc. you're out $100 p/p. plus a lot of the food in restaurants in doused in butter.

i am in no way domesticated and usually makes sandwiches or wraps because i can't cook, but this recipe is literally 10-15 mins cooking time and i've basically gotten about 85% of the taste of a steakhouse at half the cost. it was definitely worth investing in a good cast iron skillet, tongs, and saucepan.

hit up a great butcher or go to whole foods and get a 14oz grass-fed filet or ribeye. also grab some asparagus or spinach. i usually also get a maryland real crabcake. rub some olive oil onto both sides of the steak and add kosher salt and black peppercorn to both sides. make sure the steak is room temperature and has not been sitting in the fridge or else let it sit out on the counter for an hour.

1. preheat oven to highest setting with a cast iron skillet inside for about 20 minutes. i usually come home from the gym and preheat while i take a shower.
2. 5 minutes before your cast iron is ready, heat up a saucepan with a bit of olive oil and throw in the crab cake.
3. at 20 mins, take out the cast iron skillet and place it on your hottest burner.
4. throw the steak on cast iron skillet for 30 seconds each side. this sears both sides it so that the moisture doesn't escape. flip the crab cake.
5. throw the entire skillet along with the steak back into the oven for 120 seconds, take it out, flip the steak over, and put it back in for 120 seconds. at that point, take the steak off and put in on your plate. 120 seconds is for rare. if you want medium rare, go with 150 seconds or so. if you eat your steaks cooked more than medium rare, don't waste your money on quality meat.
6. take a small handful of spinach or asparagus and throw into a saucepan with a bit of olive oil. i just flip the spinach around a bit till it looks like sauteed spinach and throw that along with the crab cake onto my plate.

whole foods:
14oz grass fed filet - $25
real crabcake - $7
spinach - $3
1/2 bottle of decent red wine - $15
total is $50 plus a bit of labor.

and if i'm really having delusions of self grandeur, i'll bring out the good bottle of cognac for an after dinner drink.

[Mrs. Chocolate]

(08-16-2011 05:48 PM)speakeasy Wrote:  

What is this? The Oprah Winfrey Network??

:-P

I wish I work at OWN... LOl... but no, no!
Start to cook something... people need to eat and food makes life more social.