Guys ... do you cook?

[WarlockNZ]

see ... that's what i'm talking about ... the love of food ... the joy of cooking it ... and the pleasure of eating something that you have put time an effort into that not only tastes good but isn't just run of the mill.

[Kiwifire72]

So what you think of ready steady cook thingy Warlock?????

[WarlockNZ]

So what you think of ready steady cook thingy Warlock?????

i am so there man ... that would be awesome ... lol ..

we could make a whole show out of it ... bikers ... not just nasty bastards, but damn fine chefs too.

[doc]

Don't cook wont cook sort of stuff . Except if involves curries or chillies.

[Drunken Monkey]

I love to cook. Baking, on the other hand, is something I can do without.

[WarlockNZ]

I love to cook. Baking, on the other hand, is something I can do without.

what's wrong with baking????


Physical challenge !! ... LOL

[hXc]

Cook a mean venison dish here. Still at school and doing level 2 hospitality (level 3 next year too) and I love it.

Griddled Venison with Red Wine, Chocolate and Chili Sauce

Ingredients
1 venison steak
140g/5oz potatoes
4 tbsp olive oil
flatleaf parsley

For the marinade
4 tbsp olive oil
1 garlic clove, crushed
6 sprigs thyme
freshly ground black pepper

For the red wine, chocolate and chilli sauce
¼ red onion, chopped
60g/2oz butter
150ml/5fl oz red wine
pinch chilli flakes
1 tbsp melted chocolate

Salad
Balsamic vinegar
Mixed salad greens
Cherry tomatoes

Method
Heat the oven to 220C.
Place the potatoes in a pot of salted water, bring to the boil and cook for 10 minutes or until just tender.
Place the steak in a bowl and cover with all the marinating ingredients.
For the sauce, melt half the butter in a pan and add the onions, cook for 5 minutes or until softened.
Add the red wine and chilli flakes and simmer until it has reduced to half the original volume.
Drain the potatoes, put on to a baking tray and drizzle over the olive oil. Put into the oven and roast.
Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pot of simmering water and add to the red wine reduction.
Season the steak with some salt and fry on a hot griddle for 3 to 4 minutes on each side.
Remove and leave to rest for a few minutes then slice into thick pieces.
Whisk the remaining butter into the sauce with the pan juices from the steak.
Put the roasted potatoes on a plate, place the venison steak on top and pour over the sauce. Garnish with chopped flatleaf parsley. Serve with a small salad.


Venison, Pear & Bacon Burger

Ingredients
Patties
Lean venison mince
Tinned pears - chopped
Kiwi Bacon - chopped
Caramelised onion
Breadcrumbs
Salt & Pepper

Salad
Lettuce
Redcurrant Jelly
Beetroot
Tomato
Camembert Cheese

Method
Mix the first group of ingredients together in a bowl and form into patties
Fry or grill until cooked, then combine with other ingredients to form your burger.
Garnish with red currants on the side.

EDIT: Girlfriend has demanded that I cook her a lovely meal one time. Hmmm...Could be interesting.

[WarlockNZ]

damn!!! ... not only do we men get to cook the food we get to shoot it as well ... brilliant !!!!! well done that man!!

[hXc]

Also do a pretty good/easy salad NZ style too.

Tri-colour New Zealand Salad

Ingredients
4 Kiwifruit
2 Large Tomatoes
1 Cucumber
2 Avocados
Fresh Basil Sprigs
½ cup Orange Juice
1 teaspoon Balsamic Vinegar
½ teaspoon Dijon Mustard

Method
Wash and trim ends from kiwifruit. Cut into 1/4" thick slices.
Cut tomatoes into rough wedges.
Slice cucumber.
Peel and slice avocados.
Arrange ingredients equally among salad plates.
Garnish with basil sprigs.
Whisk together orange juice, vinegar and mustard until thoroughly combined.
Drizzle over salad to serve.

[fireball]

there is no man to cook for me.... just Lilsel

any one want to cook me a dinner

[HungusMaximist]

Yea I cook because I frikking enjoy eating and entertaining friends over posh dinner parties where the main talks revolve around the 'meaning of life'......

Plus a recent survey showed that men who cook and partcipates in doing house work get more pussy than the men who don't.....

[Conquiztador]

7 days a week. Have to feed my boys!! And can't be doing too badly, they are growing up well.

Favorites: stuff that does not require me to stand in the kitchen all day. Oven is good. Heaps of stuff that can be done there. Also a stew that takes care of it self. Home made pea soup is also a favorite.

[Waylander]

I can when I want to, even dabble in baking from time to time.
And what? I live in a house with 2 other guys, all of us can cook.
Ain't no one gonna do it for us here. Only female that visits every now and then is vegetarian and the three of us guys being Texan don't eat much without some kind of dead animal in it.

[ducatilover]

im not quite gordon ramsey but yeah i love to cook

[Ocean1]

Also a stew that takes care of it self. Home made pea soup is also a favorite.

Anyone else "reinforce" yesterday's soup, which was from the day before, which was... The kids called it "Serial Soup", used to sort of morph from oxtail soup to basic vegie soup to minestrone, etc. Had one going once for bloody weeks. Pea & ham's still a favourite.

I like to cook when I've got time to do it right, I'm not fussed on knocking up meat & two veg in half an hour because I've got to. With enough time and left to my own devices I'll press up something Mughal or Goan, but they're largely banquet style dishes, not good for week nights.

Here's a family special, a soup, very good return for minimal effort.

Dinner chower.

2 potatoes
1 onion
1 stalk celery

Peel & dice above to 1/2" cubes, put into 2 1/2 cups boiling water with salt.

Continue...

100g butter
4 tbsp flour
2 cups milk
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp gr blk pepper
1/2 tsp mustard
2 tsp Worchester sauce
1 1/4 cups grated cheese
1 cup tinned tomatoes (chopped)
Fistfull parsley or coriander (chopped)

First a rue, get this right eh? Melt butter in a large pot, mix in flour & cook couple min. Reduce heat and add milk (slowly) stirring continuously until thick and smooth. Add salt, pepper, mustard & Worchester sauce and stir together. Remove from heat and add cheese, stir in until all melted.

By now the potatoes etc orta be mostly cooked. Dump the lot into the sauce, INCLUDING THE WATER and stir together, (hence the big pot see).

Add tomatoes, coriander/parsley and heat, don't boil it though.

I've got this down to 15min flat, and it's bloody near a meal in it's own right.