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Post by Die Bullen on Nov 20, 2021 2:28:23 GMT
Just some snacks for dinner- still full from lunch
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Post by infant on Nov 20, 2021 2:50:15 GMT
Well, that was pretty disgusting, lol. I peeled some potatoes, sliced them into rounds about 1/4" thick, and put them in the microwave. I figured if I was under-cooking them, that should solve the problem. What I ended up with was a congealed mass that I had to cut into pieces with a steak knife. Hard, chewy, not much good, but I ate it, just because it goes against the grain to waste food. I'm beginning to think maybe I should look for different food because this just isn't working out  Do you have a frying pan? If so, put some oil in the bottom of it, maybe 1/8” deep. Slice the potatoes like you did and fry them up turning them over a few times as you want them golden brown on both sides. Don’t try to cook all your slices at once as they have to be in contact with the oil. As they finish cooking, take the cooked ones out and place them onto a plate with a few paper towels under the potatoes to catch the oil that drips off of them, add a little salt to them while they are still wet with oil, repeat with the uncooked ones until everything is cooked. A microwave is good for cooking a baked potato but not for cooking raw potatoes like you tried. In fact, we only cook frozen corn, corn on the cob, the odd baked potato, broccoli, sliced carrots and a few other veggies in the microwave. We don’t cook any meats in the microwave although we have done bacon in there in the past. We find that potatoes either have to be fried or boiled on top of the stove or baked or roasted in the oven. Frying and roasting will give you a crisp potato like a french fry. Boiling can give you mashed potatoes when you smash them up and add butter and some milk. Boiling can also give you plain boiled potatoes, but you should use the small round yellow or red potatoes for this. Russets are good for baking in the oven. All I can say is check the internet for recipes. Good food takes time to prepare and microwave ovens don’t show up in many recipes except to heat something up or melt butter. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2021 9:33:28 GMT
Well, that was pretty disgusting, lol. I peeled some potatoes, sliced them into rounds about 1/4" thick, and put them in the microwave. I figured if I was under-cooking them, that should solve the problem. What I ended up with was a congealed mass that I had to cut into pieces with a steak knife. Hard, chewy, not much good, but I ate it, just because it goes against the grain to waste food. I'm beginning to think maybe I should look for different food because this just isn't working out Do you have a frying pan? If so, put some oil in the bottom of it, maybe 1/8” deep. Slice the potatoes like you did and fry them up turning them over a few times as you want them golden brown on both sides. Don’t try to cook all your slices at once as they have to be in contact with the oil. As they finish cooking, take the cooked ones out and place them onto a plate with a few paper towels under the potatoes to catch the oil that drips off of them, add a little salt to them while they are still wet with oil, repeat with the uncooked ones until everything is cooked. A microwave is good for cooking a baked potato but not for cooking raw potatoes like you tried. In fact, we only cook frozen corn, corn on the cob, the odd baked potato, broccoli, sliced carrots and a few other veggies in the microwave. We don’t cook any meats in the microwave although we have done bacon in there in the past. We find that potatoes either have to be fried or boiled on top of the stove or baked or roasted in the oven. Frying and roasting will give you a crisp potato like a french fry. Boiling can give you mashed potatoes when you smash them up and add butter and some milk. Boiling can also give you plain boiled potatoes, but you should use the small round yellow or red potatoes for this. Russets are good for baking in the oven. All I can say is check the internet for recipes. Good food takes time to prepare and microwave ovens don’t show up in many recipes except to heat something up or melt butter. Ahhhhh.....This sounds like information I can use. Remember when we talked about skills we needed to have learned when we were young? Nobody ever taught me anything about cooking, so all my life I've existed on very basic food that I could make without knowing what I was doing. The stuff this last post shared is a lot more valuable so I can make plain, basic stuff, rather than more elaborate meals. Thanks, Rob.
I don't have a regular frying pan, but I've got a big flat electric griddle that'll probably let me do that sort of stuff, and I have one pot that I've been making Kraft Dinner in that I can try boiling potato with. I'll give this one more shot before I give up and go back to nuking pizzas and making sandwiches.
This last few days has stressed me almost to the breaking point. My quit-smoking campaign has gone out the window and I'm back up to almost a pack a day, so I'm back to square one and have to start over.
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Post by northernboy on Nov 20, 2021 13:59:49 GMT
Coffee when I got up. Half a bagel with peanut butter and apple juice for breakfast. On coffee number two now.
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Post by infant on Nov 20, 2021 14:26:41 GMT
Cinnamon toast and coffee for breakfast.
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Post by Die Bullen on Nov 20, 2021 14:29:05 GMT
Do you have a frying pan? If so, put some oil in the bottom of it, maybe 1/8” deep. Slice the potatoes like you did and fry them up turning them over a few times as you want them golden brown on both sides. Don’t try to cook all your slices at once as they have to be in contact with the oil. As they finish cooking, take the cooked ones out and place them onto a plate with a few paper towels under the potatoes to catch the oil that drips off of them, add a little salt to them while they are still wet with oil, repeat with the uncooked ones until everything is cooked. A microwave is good for cooking a baked potato but not for cooking raw potatoes like you tried. In fact, we only cook frozen corn, corn on the cob, the odd baked potato, broccoli, sliced carrots and a few other veggies in the microwave. We don’t cook any meats in the microwave although we have done bacon in there in the past. We find that potatoes either have to be fried or boiled on top of the stove or baked or roasted in the oven. Frying and roasting will give you a crisp potato like a french fry. Boiling can give you mashed potatoes when you smash them up and add butter and some milk. Boiling can also give you plain boiled potatoes, but you should use the small round yellow or red potatoes for this. Russets are good for baking in the oven. All I can say is check the internet for recipes. Good food takes time to prepare and microwave ovens don’t show up in many recipes except to heat something up or melt butter. Ahhhhh.....This sounds like information I can use. Remember when we talked about skills we needed to have learned when we were young? Nobody ever taught me anything about cooking, so all my life I've existed on very basic food that I could make without knowing what I was doing. The stuff this last post shared is a lot more valuable so I can make plain, basic stuff, rather than more elaborate meals. Thanks, Rob.
I don't have a regular frying pan, but I've got a big flat electric griddle that'll probably let me do that sort of stuff, and I have one pot that I've been making Kraft Dinner in that I can try boiling potato with. I'll give this one more shot before I give up and go back to nuking pizzas and making sandwiches.
This last few days has stressed me almost to the breaking point. My quit-smoking campaign has gone out the window and I'm back up to almost a pack a day, so I'm back to square one and have to start over.
Definitely read some directions online/ recipies. This stuff doesn't have to be hard, and I'd might point out that processed food is not necessarily cheaper either. A 5pound bag of potatoes costs about the same as one frozen meal and will serve you many meals. |
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Post by Die Bullen on Nov 20, 2021 14:29:41 GMT
Another pumpkin muffin for breakfast
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Post by zontar on Nov 20, 2021 21:24:18 GMT
Hash brown Saturday
Pulled pork on the menu tonight
And we have left over taco ingredients got lunch
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Post by zontar on Nov 20, 2021 21:29:32 GMT
My Canadian citizenship may be threatened, but while I don't hate maple syrup--I'm not really a fan of it. So for pancakes & waffles I like jam, fresh fruit, whipped cream, stuff like that. No pancakes for you!!!! I'm okay with that--while I don'y hate pancakes I don't go out of my way to eat them either. |
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Post by infant on Nov 20, 2021 23:40:13 GMT
Spring rolls for dinner tonight. We might roast some chestnuts later too.
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Post by Die Bullen on Nov 21, 2021 1:23:28 GMT
Hash brown Saturday Pulled pork on the menu tonight And we have left over taco ingredients got lunch Some good fixins by you today! |
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Post by Die Bullen on Nov 21, 2021 1:24:38 GMT
We went out for Indian food dinner tonight- fantastic! One of our favorite restaurants
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Post by infant on Nov 22, 2021 1:29:49 GMT
Fried up an egg with onion and bacon and had it on a jalapeño cheddar bagel for breakfast
My wife cooked a nice ham and served it with carrots, broccoli and I made potato stacks (recipe elsewhere on here)
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Post by Die Bullen on Nov 22, 2021 1:34:37 GMT
Scallops with mash for dinner
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Post by zontar on Nov 22, 2021 2:53:28 GMT
Leftovers from the pork roast (pulled pork) and tacos
Well not both together--but some had one, some had the other
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Post by Die Bullen on Nov 22, 2021 13:14:03 GMT
Apple turnover for breakfast
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Post by infant on Nov 22, 2021 18:28:51 GMT
Cinnamon raisin bagel for breakfast, turkey sandwich for lunch.
Gnocchi in plain tomato sauce.
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Post by Die Bullen on Nov 23, 2021 2:06:48 GMT
Baked potatoes with Gorgonzola and bacon
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Post by infant on Nov 23, 2021 14:26:31 GMT
French toast and syrup this morning
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Post by infant on Nov 24, 2021 0:58:25 GMT
Roast beef au jus and a salad for dinner tonight
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Post by Die Bullen on Nov 24, 2021 1:48:53 GMT
Pan fried pierogies worth kielbasa for dinner
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2021 2:04:22 GMT
Cereal for breakfast this morning. I made my last pizza for lunch and I'm saving half for tomorrow. Supper is a grilled cheese sandwich and potatoes.
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Post by Die Bullen on Nov 24, 2021 12:22:48 GMT
Cereal and berries this morning
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Post by Bill h on Nov 24, 2021 13:41:30 GMT
Don’t eat breakfast much, but if I’m hungry I just read the latest posts in this thread and it fills me right up.
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Post by Die Bullen on Nov 25, 2021 0:55:25 GMT
Bean burritos for dinner
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2021 1:55:21 GMT
I made mashed potatoes for supper tonight. Not the tastiest meal I've ever built because I didn't realize until too late that I had no butter and was out of margarine. But, ketchup saved the day, lol.
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Post by infant on Nov 25, 2021 2:04:06 GMT
Cinnamon Raisin bagel and coffee for breakfast
My wife made a chicken pot pie for dinner.
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Post by infant on Nov 25, 2021 13:12:40 GMT
Toast and coffee this morning.
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Post by Die Bullen on Nov 25, 2021 13:30:35 GMT
Making some ready made biscuits in the oven for breakfast
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2021 14:42:23 GMT
Cereal started my day. I still have two pieces of pizza left for later, plus I'm toying with the idea of trying to make hash browns later on.
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