Long time lurker

[Old Crank]

Short time poster.

I was advised that I might like this group after I posted to the DU Lounge about liking to cook.
I will look around to see what is up.
Have done a fair amount of cooking in my life. Including working with a couple of commercial chefs
for weddings. Not my idea of a relaxing job.
Been asked if I ever would open a restaurant. No. I don't want to WORK for a living.
I enjoy cooking for family, friends, and guests.
Currently in Germany. Learning how to work under different circumstances. A great adventure.

[leftieNanner]

1. Welcome!

I have gotten some wonderful recipes from this forum. One I make too often - vanilla shortbread cookies made with almond flour - absolutely delicious and very quick to make. Added bonus, they are gluten free (my daughters have celiac disease).

So we will look forward to sharing recipes with you. Please post your favorites!

I would love to move to Germany! Or France, or Spain, or Portugal.............

We would enjoy hearing about your ex-pat life too.

[Old Crank]

3. Good reason to avoid gluten

I found some beer here brewed under the Bavarian purity law that was gluten free. Therefore not using rice. My wife thought is was good and I don't drink beer.
It has been fun moving here with about zero German and having to do the shopping and cooking. Google translate is your friend.
The measurement part isn't so bad.

I will post some recipes, rezepte. They will have both US and metric measurements.

If you have questions feel free to ask.

[SheltieLover]

2. Glad you made it over here

You should offer up the recipe you posted in the lounge. Sounds yummy!

[Old Crank]

4. I can do that

Here we go:

This is for a quick meal. It takes about as long as boiling rice.
3-4 servings. About 30 minutes.

Ingredients:
Rice for 3-4 people
1-2 Tbs. oil (I use peanut)
Meat from half a rotisserie chicken, bite size pieces.
I bag frozen Asian style veggies, about 1.5 pounds
1 cup, about Thai sweet and spicy sauce

Method.

Start rice for 3-4 people.
While rice is cooking Heat a 10 inch skillet to hot, add oil.
When it shimmers dump in the frozen veggies.
Stir or shake until just done.
Add chicken then the Thai sauce. Heat until chicken is heated through.
If it seems dry either add more sauce, watch the spice level, or some water.
Turn off the burner.

For a fancy serving method I put a serving of rice in a small bowl then invert
into a larger flat soup bowl. Then spoon the veggie chicken mix around the
rice.

I serve with Hoisin sauce.

Note: I can get pig knuckle that has been cooked like the chicken. Very good.
Vegetarian, substitute firm, drained Tofu. You could marinate the tofu also.
Perhaps sub in cubed Portobello mushrooms instead of tofu or meat.

[SheltieLover]

5. I like the shroom addition!

Thx!

Hopefully others will see this & give it a try.

Rice is the 1 thing I just cannot seem to cook. 😏

And I love fried rice.

Thx for posting!

[NJCher]

6. Hi, Old Crank

So happy you're giving C& B a try.

I host the evening what's for dinner thread and irisblue does the morning breakfast thread.

I'm not really the cook in my family but I am right now because my spouse is away on business, making up for two year's lost work due to Covid. My thing is vegetarian cooking, although I am not 100% vegetarian. I'm a gardener, although I do love to cook. I am just outgamed by my spouse, as he attended the famous cooking schools of Europe, where he lived in Italy and France for 20 years. I have a consultant job with the local public schools as a school gardening consultant, where I teach K-8 how to garden. We have greenhouses, raised beds, sheds, etc. I have all that at my home, too. It's a lot to handle.

My family on both sides is from Germany. They came here as missionaries. Would love to hear more about German cooking and food.

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Forgot to add: in the summers we turn the school gardens into community gardens. We donate a lot of the produce to the food pantry in town.

[Old Crank]

8. Can't compete

In the gardening department. And my closest ton European cooking schools in Jaques Pepin on Youtube.

I'm pretty much an omnivore but my wife has a problem with fructose. So I have to avoid it. Much easier to avoid high fructose corn sweetener her than in the US.

So i won't be posting about apple deserts or strawberry things.I

Best

[lillypaddle]

7. Welcome

can't have too many cooks posting!