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"OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by Ahtumbreez on 09-11-09 at 02:14 PM
I've been tossing this idea around for a bit. We have so many food threads and I know most of us like to eat, so I was thinking we might have some interested in a Cooking Club. Run much the same way as Breezy's OTBC.

Sign up if you're interested, if you want a specific week say so. Then when that week rolls around post your recipe - maybe on the Friday before so we can shop for ingredients over the weekend. We can then make the dish and review in the next week. I'm thinking it may help with some ruts we get into.

Maybe start up October 1st?

Ideas?

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"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by frodis on 09-11-09 at 02:34 PM
I love this idea. Anything that means that I have to dream up one less meal a week.

I'm in!


"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by arkiegrl on 09-11-09 at 02:35 PM
I think there should also be pics posted of the finished product, so those of us who are really bad cooks will have some idea of what it was actually supposed to look like.
"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by Buggy on 09-11-09 at 06:42 PM
LOL!
This cracked me up!
I'm not sure I'd know how to post a picture, but I also like to know what stuff is 'sposed to look like.


What would really be funny is to post a real complicated recipe and them post a picture of like, a peanut butter sandwich or something. ( sorry, pain pills make me silly)

"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by samboohoo on 09-11-09 at 02:50 PM
I agree with all three of you here.


Samboobree, brought to life by Arkie


"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by weltek on 09-11-09 at 03:26 PM
Sure-this is where you come and cook for me, right? No?

Well, I'm still interested. I'm excited for the variety. Everything from crockpot recipes to meat muffins (my new favorite word-thanks, Fro!) to gourmet delights. It will be fun to see how many of us can't resist the urge to tweak the recipe to our own preferences.


-A Tribetastic Creation

"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by Snidget on 09-11-09 at 04:10 PM
Sounds like fun!!!
"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by Starshine on 09-11-09 at 04:15 PM
I'm in (although I suspect the recipe I suggest may be a bit prosaic)

Arrrr Cap'n!


Just another Sleeperbloke

Something or Other


"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by CTgirl on 09-11-09 at 04:27 PM
Great idea Tummy.

It'll be like a virtual OT Gourmet Dinner Club!


Gifted by one of the Fooners, but now I don't know which one!

"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by Buggy on 09-11-09 at 07:01 PM
Oh this sounds fun!
Can we have people sign up for different meals? Desert, sides, main, etc?

Oh and I was thinking just the other day that I have a recipe I want to add to the OT Cookbook thread, does someone have a handy link? I should bookmark it, I know it isn't in the archives.


Chicken Stuffed Poblano Peppers!

"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by J Slice on 09-11-09 at 08:29 PM
Please oh please, yes.

My crock pot and I have found true love, and I want to share it with everyone.

Also, tonight I went balls-out with pan-seared lemon-thyme chicken, yukon mash, and pan-sauce with mirepoix.

I am totally in the cooking spirit of things.

One thing, though - I may have to sit out on dairy/pork things. Hope that's okay!


Because this is closer to how I look...

"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by Karchita on 09-11-09 at 08:52 PM
Great idea! Sounds like fun.

But I am a hopeless recipe tweaker.

And I would have to make everything low fat.

And I am much too lazy to post photos.

Etc, etc.



"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by Maroonclown on 09-12-09 at 11:28 AM
I think this is a great idea.

There was a gourmet club in my neighbourhood that got really catty, and they had a mission statement and all kinds of rules and regs.

As long as it doesn't get crazy regimented, I'm in.


compliments of agman's little shoppe of siggies

"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by qwertypie on 09-12-09 at 07:01 PM
Count me in.
"Good luck"
Posted by Breezy on 09-12-09 at 08:13 PM
The OTBC died this summer.

I like the idea though. I'll sign up for a recipe. I also think pictures are a must. All the food blogs I read have pics, I love the pics. Like Arkie said, I can tell that I made it right then.

"RE: Good luck"
Posted by Ahtumbreez on 09-13-09 at 00:18 AM
*hangs head

I think I killed OTBC. I sawry.

"RE: Good luck"
Posted by Breezy on 09-13-09 at 09:12 AM
Nope wasn't you. *smooch*

I think just most of the heavy duty readers left OT.

"RE: Good luck"
Posted by CTgirl on 09-13-09 at 01:09 PM
I also think the books chosen didn't reach a broad enough audience.
"RE: Good luck"
Posted by Ahtumbreez on 09-13-09 at 02:27 PM
Hey, I tried to be more cerebral AND interesting in my choice! Guess I should have stuck with a Kim Harrison book - I know Arkie would have particpated. Thank Goodness for Breezy - I think she's the only one that kept that from being totally embarassing.
"RE: Good luck"
Posted by CTgirl on 09-13-09 at 03:00 PM
One cerebral book is good - I think we had too many of them.
Two summers ago we were on a roll so I made the effort to read the book no matter what but we've lost momentum since then.

I agree making the cooking club every other week would be better than every week. Anything goes - pics, tweaking etc. It's just a means to foster discussion, plus with no rules or regs, we'll keep maroonclown happy that way!

"RE: Good luck"
Posted by Ahtumbreez on 09-13-09 at 03:16 PM
I'm secretly hoping Breezy takes the recipes and makes them all healthier. *grin
"RE: Good luck"
Posted by Breezy on 09-13-09 at 08:06 PM
If you talk sweet enough to me, that might be a possibility.
"How about if I sing to you?"
Posted by Ahtumbreez on 09-13-09 at 11:24 PM
Oooooooooooooooh!
Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch
You know that I love you
I can't help myself
I love you and maybe someone else

In and out my life(in and out my life)
You come and you go(you come and you go)
Leaving just your recipes behind....(ooh)
And I'll try them a thousand times(ooh)
When you cook your food, or bake your pies,
I come a-running to you
I'm tied to your apron strings,
And there's nothing that I can do

I can't help myself,
No, I can't help myself,

'Cause, Sugar Pie Honey Bunch
I'm weaker than a woman should be
I can't help myself
I'm a fool in love your recipes

"RE: How about if I sing to you?"
Posted by Karchita on 09-14-09 at 11:08 AM
Tummy hon, I am going to be making everything healthy and low fat, with or without any sweet talk and whether or not anyone else does it too.

There are 40 pounds less of me than there were a year ago so I have had a lot of practice taking the fat out of recipes.

I would love to see others ideas for this, too, though.



"RE: How about if I sing to you?"
Posted by Ahtumbreez on 09-14-09 at 11:16 AM
Wow Karchita - you go girl. That's seriously awesome!
"RE: How about if I sing to you?"
Posted by Karchita on 09-14-09 at 12:54 PM

Now a little sweet talk just might get you before and after photos. Might.



"RE: How about if I sing to you?"
Posted by Maroonclown on 09-16-09 at 01:01 PM
I'm notorious for tweaking to low cal.


compliments of agman's little shoppe of siggies

"RE: How about if I sing to you?"
Posted by Karchita on 09-16-09 at 06:37 PM
Good! The more low-cal, low-fat ideas, the better IMHO.

I'll look forward to your notorious tweaks.



"RE: Good luck"
Posted by Breezy on 09-13-09 at 08:08 PM
Everyone was welcome to suggest a book.

I'm currently reading the Pride, Prejudice and Zombies choice.... only cerebral part is the eating of cerebral parts.

"RE: Good luck"
Posted by syren on 09-20-09 at 05:45 PM
That is a really good one.


"RE: Good luck"
Posted by PepeLePew13 on 09-20-09 at 07:51 PM
*pokes*

You and S have been hiding way too long!

"RE: Good luck"
Posted by Breezy on 09-21-09 at 12:03 PM
Really? I gave it an eh. I enjoyed the zombie killing parts though.

Sorry Zombs!

"RE: Good luck"
Posted by weltek on 09-14-09 at 12:57 PM
...or are in school and only read one "fun" book this year on top of about 20 textbooks and numerous other readings. <---points at self

-A Tribetastic Creation
"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by Ahtumbreez on 09-13-09 at 11:24 AM
Would a recipe every two weeks instead of every week be better for everyone?

Isn't tweaking a must?

Pics perferable but don't let it keep you from participating.

Open enrollment, if you choose not to play now but want to later just let us know.

Unless you request a specific time period I'm throwing you in a hat and assigning that way, so think about it.

*wondering how to entice IceCat to play - I'm just coveting some more of his recipes

"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by Snidget on 09-13-09 at 01:51 PM
I think every other week would be good, so that gives people a couple of weekends as well as plenty of weeknights to make the dish. I get busy some weekends and may not have much time to cook, but I rarely have two busy weekends in a row.
"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by Karchita on 09-13-09 at 04:46 PM
Every two weeks is good. Enticing Icey is good. Tweaking is a way of life. I'm ready to go as soon as you are. Thanks so much!



"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by thndrkttn on 09-14-09 at 10:39 AM
I'm up for this.

Are there going to be any sort of rules such as if the recipe is really something that my family/your family just won't eat, can we opt out of that week?

"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by Ahtumbreez on 09-14-09 at 10:54 AM
There's a "have fun" rule. And of course you can opt out if it's something that makes you shudder. Hopefully they'll all be something that you can tweak to your family's liking. But I can understand if the recipe is something like Head Cheese with Calf Fries - though there is two around here that might like that.

"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by thndrkttn on 09-14-09 at 10:56 AM
*waves hand in the air*

Ooh! Ooh! I have another question! Is this only dinners/meals or a we doing desserts too?

"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by Ahtumbreez on 09-14-09 at 11:14 AM
See the only rule is to have fun rule.

You may and SHOULD include dessert, but you don't have to. I personally don't do dessert on a normal basis but if you listed a dessert during your "reign" I would definitely use that as an excuse to eat dessert that night! *grin

"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by Snidget on 09-14-09 at 11:05 AM
*cancels order for restraints*

So, we don't get force people to cook the recipe we post and tie them down and make them eat it?

*pouts*

"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by Ahtumbreez on 09-14-09 at 11:15 AM
Hey, if you can herd all the cats AND restrain them, I'll gladly sit back and watch and giggle!
"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by Snidget on 09-14-09 at 11:22 AM
For some reason in college I was always the one called up to make kitty burritos out of people's cats that needed pills or ointments.

Hey, it wasn't my cat, I didn't care if it hated me for holding them down for however long it took them to just swallow the darn pill. Well that and it wasn't like the retaliatory "gifts" were going to end up in my shoes.

"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by weltek on 09-14-09 at 01:00 PM
I hope you aren't looking at me. I don't do head cheese and like my calf and fries served separately.

-A Tribetastic Creation
"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by frodis on 09-14-09 at 11:22 AM
I think the only rule should be, if you decide to share your saintly great grandmother's super awesome perfect-as-it-is recipe, don't be offended if people tweak it or don't like it or opt out of trying it. It's just food.

I'm not sure if people are going to be posting family favorite tried and true recipes, or finding interesting-looking stuff online/in magazines that they haven't tried. I was thinking of it kind of like the book club where in a lot of cases the host hasn't read the book yet when they suggest it, so we all try it and review it together.

I think if you tweak a recipe you should share your tweaks. Personally, I believe that any recipe, no matter how perfect, has room for variations and improvements.

I don't have a grill, so if grill stuff is posted I'll be adapting it for the oven/stove. But that shouldn't stop people from posting grill recipes!

"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by Ahtumbreez on 09-14-09 at 11:30 AM
LAST EDITED ON 09-14-09 AT 11:31 AM (EST)

Yep - what Fro said.

My mother is one that gets bent if she shares a recipe and someone tweaks it, but she has no qualms on tweaking someone else's recipe. I don't get the no tweaking thought process. Heck, I usually tweak my own recipes!

edited to add - Fro you should invest in a George Foreman grill. I just dug mine out from the back of a cabinet because we've had so much rain BBQing is out of the question. I'd forgotten how well the GF does steaks and veggies and ...

"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by frodis on 09-14-09 at 11:50 AM
I have an old (really old) George Foreman grill. (Or, it might be gone, I know it was in the "go away" pile.) I didn't really care for it. It was really small and a pain to clean.

Maybe the newer ones are better?

"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by samboohoo on 09-14-09 at 12:00 PM
Mine has removeable plates. Cleaning has been easy.


Samboobree, brought to life by Arkie


"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by Ahtumbreez on 09-14-09 at 12:26 PM
Mine's one of the old, small ones. I wipe it down with a damp paper towel while it's still red hot and it cleans up great. I've enjoyed it so much lately I'm going to upgrade to a larger one soon.
"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by frodis on 09-14-09 at 12:34 PM
I used to have to hold it by the side of the sink and wipe it down, then soap it up, then splash water at it (and all over the counter) and wipe it some more, and then splash more water at it to try to rinse it. Then I'd set it aside to dry and there would be goo in the grooves. Maybe that approach was wrong - wiping it while it's still hot makes more sense, but I take it you don't use soap on it? Is that it's seasoned, or is it not necessary?

Removable plates would be good. I might try another one - I'm not opposed to the grill but I don't like kitchen appliances that I feel the need to swear at.

I've been whining about not having an outside grill for along time. I should just shut up and get one.

"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by Ahtumbreez on 09-14-09 at 12:47 PM
I use vodka to dampen my towel with Easy-schmeasy and disinfected.

You should just shut up and get one. I wouldn't be happy without my grill.

Here's my grill - because I have split personalities. I love hardwood charcoal, but sometimes I like the convenience of gas.

"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by weltek on 09-14-09 at 04:18 PM
Your self-awareness is admirable.


-A Tribetastic Creation

"Tkit!"
Posted by weltek on 09-15-09 at 10:17 AM
I made your blueberry muffin recipe when Maroonclown was visiting a few weeks ago. We loved them! I grated in some fresh lemon peel and put in some lemon juice, too. I'm kind of a lemon-blueberry ho. Maroonclown loved the "crumbly" (strussel to the rest of us).


-A Tribetastic Creation

"cooking with pictures"
Posted by Karchita on 09-14-09 at 12:51 PM
OK, all you want-to-have-cooking-pictures peeps, I just found the cutest step-by-step cooking website. It's like being in grandma's kitchen ...

Here's Step 1 of "Making Gingerbread Men in 24 Steps":

Her name is Bernice. Is she cute or what?

Mixing, Step 13 (note the antique Mixmaster, identical to my grandmother's!):

Step 18:

And here's Step 1 of making peach jam:

There's lots more and it's all a hoot:
http://www.paulnoll.com/Oregon/Cooking/index.html


Now picture me this evening making peach jam and looking much more cross, sweaty, and disorganized. Not to mention younger.

"RE: cooking with pictures"
Posted by qwertypie on 09-15-09 at 01:09 AM
I think I will adopt her as my new granny-- my grandmother never baked, but she did teach me to pour a proper beer when I was 5.
"RE: cooking with pictures"
Posted by Karchita on 09-15-09 at 01:34 PM
*giggle* Now that's a life skill. I didn't learn it until college.

Maybe Bernice should add bartending to her collection. Wanna email her?



"Summary So Far"
Posted by weltek on 09-16-09 at 11:42 AM
LAST EDITED ON 09-17-09 AT 02:18 PM (EST)

Participants:
added:
CTGirl (sorry!)
Seana

Tummy
Frodis
Arkie
Buggy
Slice
Boo
Weltek
Snidget
Starshine
Breezy
Maroonclown
Karchita
TKitt
Quertypie


Ideas:
-Post your recipe Friday to give time to shop over weekend
-Don't be offended if people tweak...because people will.
-Have fun rule!
-Peeps can join in at any time
-Can sit out if you aren't able to make it or really hate the whole recipe. But remember, tweaking A LOT is still allowed!
-Posting a pic of the finished dish is preferable for at least the recipe poster. Posting of a pic, however, should not be considered as required as it might not be possible/easy for some peeps.
-Tummy will assign weeks to peeps. Let her know if you want a certain week.
-Start October 1st with first recipe posted?

Questions remaining:
-New recipe/discussion every week or every two weeks?
-Single dish, or meal?
-If only single dish needed, main dishes only, or anything goes?


-A Tribetastic Creation

"RE: Summary So Far"
Posted by thndrkttn on 09-16-09 at 11:46 AM
Is that the order we're going in or in Tummy going to pick names out of hat? And it's every one or two weeks?
"RE: Summary So Far"
Posted by weltek on 09-16-09 at 11:48 AM
Oh, right, I should've added that Tummy will assign dates.

The question of every one or two weeks is still in the list of unanswered questions. I'd vote for every week. There are enough people to keep one per week rolling, IMHO.

-A Tribetastic Creation

"RE: Summary So Far"
Posted by Starshine on 09-16-09 at 11:55 AM
New recipe/discussion every week or every two weeks?

For me the weekend is the only time that I actually have hours to devote to cooking, rather than frying something off, boiling rice, steaming some veg and throwing a quick sauce together, so I would prefer every other week. However if we went with different courses each week that might be a different matter.

Single dish, or meal?

How many courses were you thinking of for a meal? Entrée, Fish or Meat and Sweet?

For me I was thinking of a three course meal, however I am more than happy to just do a main course.

If only single dish needed, main dishes only, or anything goes?

I was expecting main courses, however not being a dessert chef (My puddings were going to be Eton Mess and Bread and Butter pudding) it might be interesting to learn something new

"RE: Summary So Far"
Posted by weltek on 09-16-09 at 12:02 PM
Questions remaining:
-New recipe/discussion every week or every two weeks?
My vote is for every week, but I wouldn't be opposed to every other
-Single dish, or meal?
My vote is for a single dish required, but other additions are very welcomed(such as veg/starch/dessert)
-If only single dish needed, main dishes only, or anything goes?
I'm ok with anything goes, but I mostly interested in main dish recipes.


-A Tribetastic Creation

"RE: Summary So Far"
Posted by Ahtumbreez on 09-16-09 at 12:34 PM
LAST EDITED ON 09-16-09 AT 12:34 PM (EST)

Questions remaining:
-New recipe/discussion every week or every two weeks?
I'm either or - maybe start out with every other week to ease into it and then if everyone is bored and clamoring for more switch it to every week. Y'all vote and we'll go with majority rules.

-Single dish, or meal?
If you want to post a single dish - post a single dish. If you want to post a meal - post a meal. People can always choose whether they want to fix the whole shebang or not.

-If only single dish needed, main dishes only, or anything goes?
I think anything goes. I'd hate to miss out on a fabulous brulee just because we had a main dish rule. Remember the only rule is the "have fun rule".

I'll assign weeks this weekend - so yell if you have a preference.

eta a smooch for Welly for the summarization

"RE: Summary So Far"
Posted by CTgirl on 09-16-09 at 03:55 PM
I agree with Tummy on all three points.

Weltek missed my name in the sign-up part so add me to the list, por favor. (I think I already know what I want to try making. )

"RE: Summary So Far"
Posted by Ahtumbreez on 09-16-09 at 04:59 PM
I'm glad you caught that!
"RE: Summary So Far"
Posted by Karchita on 09-16-09 at 06:36 PM
I'm with you for all three points, too.



"RE: Summary So Far"
Posted by Maroonclown on 09-16-09 at 01:11 PM
Questions remaining:
-New recipe/discussion every week or every two weeks?
I'd prefer every week but am good either way
-Single dish, or meal?
Chef's choice. Maybe if making a main it would be good to suggest a suitable side but not have to do the recipe, a suitable beverage, etc
-If only single dish needed, main dishes only, or anything goes?
as above, if making a side perhaps suggest that it would go well with, for instance, roasted chicken. Not necesary to post the roasted chicken though. We tend to eat one meat dish, one veggie or starch side and no dessert.

Will we be doing breakkies and lunches too?


compliments of agman's little shoppe of siggies

"RE: Summary So Far"
Posted by Snidget on 09-16-09 at 01:13 PM
-New recipe/discussion every week or every two weeks?

I'm more of an every other week, but since it is about fun missing a week or two here or there isn't going to be a problem, or I may just catch up every so often.

-Single dish, or meal?

I'm thinking more single dishes but meal suggestions, wine parings, beer parings, etc might be really nice if you know what goes really well with the dish.

-If only single dish needed, main dishes only, or anything goes?

anything goes. And some really great side dishes can be made as a main dish with a few tweaks and some vegetarian main dishes may make a good side dish for those that prefer a meaty meal.

"RE: Summary So Far"
Posted by Maroonclown on 09-16-09 at 01:18 PM
some vegetarian main dishes may make a good side dish for those that prefer a meaty meal

Having a veg-head neighbour I've learned to adapt certain main meat dishes to a veggie dish. Subbing portobellos for meat, etc.

That might be a fun thing to add too, if so inclined, as to how to convert dishes from meat to veg and vice-versa.


This is by no means a request for a rule, just a suggestion

"RE: Summary So Far"
Posted by PepeLePew13 on 09-18-09 at 02:29 PM
Hey... if it's not too late, count me in. I love cooking and trying out new food ideas, so this thread will be great to come up with even more cooking ideas.

"RE: Summary So Far"
Posted by MKitty on 09-18-09 at 05:19 PM
Hey, am I too late to the party? I would love to join!


stylin' by Agdude

"RE: Summary So Far"
Posted by Ahtumbreez on 09-18-09 at 05:42 PM
added
"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by Seana on 09-16-09 at 05:00 PM
I'd like to join, too, please!


How cool is agman?

"Line-up"
Posted by Ahtumbreez on 09-17-09 at 08:24 PM
LAST EDITED ON 09-18-09 AT 05:42 PM (EST)

LAST EDITED ON 09-18-09 AT 02:45 PM (EST)

LAST EDITED ON 09-18-09 AT 10:29 AM (EST)

LAST EDITED ON 09-17-09 AT 08:25 PM (EST)

It looked like the few that had an opinion wanted every other week 5 - 2 by my mis-calculations, so here is the line-up my friends. If we want to go to every week in a bit then that's okay to, we'll play it by ear for a bit.

Oct 2nd - Breezy
Oct 16th - Tummy - *snort I wound up on my birthday - you can bet this won't be healthy!
Oct 30th - Starshine
Nov 13th - Karchita
Nov 27 - Slicey
Dec 11 - Boo
Dec 25th - CTGirl - ok to post late as this is Christmas!
Jan 8th - Snidget
Jan 22nd - Maroonclown
Feb 5th - Buggy
Feb 19th - Qwertypie
Mar 5th - Tkit
Mar 19th - Arkie
April 2 - Frodis
April 16th - Seana
April 30 - Weltek
May 14th - Pepe
May 28 - Mkitty

If this doesn't work for anyone feel free to negotiate with someone else for their week.

eta - If I overlooked someone please yell. It wasn't intentional. And if anyone wants to join yell really loud!


"*Yells*"
Posted by samboohoo on 09-18-09 at 07:59 AM
Um, hello.

I guess I'll take April 30th!


Samboobree, brought to life by Arkie


"RE: Line-up"
Posted by J Slice on 09-18-09 at 09:29 AM
Day after Thanksgiving?

Oh why the hell not.

(my recipe will not include leftovers - you will have plenty of other opportunities to get sick of them)


Because this is closer to how I look...

"RE: Line-up"
Posted by Ahtumbreez on 09-18-09 at 10:28 AM
Remember - it's a two week period.
"Dec. 11th trade. Anyone except Maroonclown?"
Posted by weltek on 09-18-09 at 10:17 AM
Anyone willing to trade with me? I'm tentatively out of town that week and it's when my finals will be wrapping up. January 22nd is the only other really bad week for me.


-A Tribetastic Creation
"RE: Dec. 11th trade. Anyone except Maroonclown?"
Posted by samboohoo on 09-18-09 at 10:18 AM
I will. I have a stew I want to do, so winter would be better for me.


Samboobree, brought to life by Arkie


"RE: Dec. 11th trade. Anyone except Maroonclown?"
Posted by Ahtumbreez on 09-18-09 at 10:27 AM
I'm so sorry Boo-Boo! Found your slip of paper on the floor!
"RE: Dec. 11th trade. Anyone except Maroonclown?"
Posted by weltek on 09-18-09 at 10:29 AM
So Boo and I will switch. She'll do Dec. 11th and I'll do April somethingoranother. Thanks, Boo! And thanks, Tummy, for organizing this!

-A Tribetastic Creation
"WTH!"
Posted by Breezy on 09-21-09 at 12:02 PM
I'm first?!?!?!?!
"RE: WTH!"
Posted by Ahtumbreez on 09-23-09 at 09:58 AM
*smirk
"RE: WTH!"
Posted by Breezy on 09-23-09 at 10:08 AM
Not very nice. I wasn't planning on cooking at all that week, it is my birthday week ya know. *huff*
"RE: WTH!"
Posted by Ahtumbreez on 09-23-09 at 03:55 PM
Ya wanna switch weeks? 'Cause I pulled my birthday. Even if I hadn't I would switch if you wanted too. *bats eyes, sucks up to whineygirl
"swoop"
Posted by Max Headroom on 09-18-09 at 09:39 AM
because everyone knows I'm not much of a cook.
"Swoop leftovers"
Posted by grit on 09-18-09 at 10:39 AM
Because I'm even less of a cook than Max.


a berry nice sigpic from agman

"RE: Swoop leftovers"
Posted by Ahtumbreez on 09-18-09 at 10:45 AM
You could join around blueberry picking and baking time.
"RE: Swoop leftovers"
Posted by Karchita on 09-18-09 at 03:05 PM
I have a killer blueberry cake recipe, low fat of course.



"Didn't you mean ..."
Posted by Karchita on 09-18-09 at 02:17 PM
soup?




"Clarificaiton"
Posted by Maroonclown on 09-18-09 at 02:55 PM
LAST EDITED ON 09-18-09 AT 02:55 PM (EST)

So we post our recipe and a picture on our appointed date? Then everyone has at it and posts their notes two weeks later, or throughout the two weeks?

ETA - And of course I misspelled "clarification" I suck.


compliments of agman's little shoppe of siggies

"RE: Clarificaiton"
Posted by Ahtumbreez on 09-18-09 at 02:58 PM
Yes to the recipe and pics (if possible) and through-out the two weeks.

I figured it was a Canadian thing.

"Where does the line form"
Posted by moonbaby on 09-18-09 at 03:41 PM
LAST EDITED ON 09-18-09 AT 03:45 PM (EST)

for the OT Dining Club?

Someone's gotta taste test all these recipes, ya know!



"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by Ahtumbreez on 11-11-09 at 10:01 AM
Next 4 up are Karchita, Slice, Boo and CT. As CT has it on Christmas she has leeway to post early, late or ontime.

CTGirl, just let us know so we're not panting after you.

"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by samboohoo on 11-11-09 at 10:04 AM
I just dug this up the other day to bookmark it to remind me of my week. This has been fun. And I have learned a lot and ventured out a lot from my comfort zone. I still have to make Breezy's stew since it fell during a time when I had a huge batch already made.

Thanks everyone.


Samboobree, brought to life by Arkie


"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by frodis on 11-11-09 at 10:30 AM
I am loving the cooking club, too. So is my family. Two weeks seems like a long time to wait but I think it's the perfect interval to build suspense and excitement over the next dish.

I'm having lots of fun with this! It has inspired me to make some spin-off dishes with similar ingredients but swapped around a bit, too. I feel like I'm emerging from my cooking rut.


It's an agman!

"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by qwertypie on 11-11-09 at 11:40 AM
We are really enjoying this. So far, each of us has a different favorite recipe. Tho' I definitely will only try spaetzle again when I have a proper spaetzle maker
"RE: OT Cooking Club?"
Posted by CTgirl on 11-12-09 at 03:34 PM
I am going to post my recipe earlier rather than later since everyone is so scattered over the holidays and has such different schedules. It seemed like ages before my turn and now it will be here before I know it!

I know what I'm going to make and have already made it once, but I need to make it again and take pictures.

This was a great idea Tummy. Thanks!

"Spoiler Alert"
Posted by Karchita on 11-12-09 at 06:14 PM
Psst ... I heard that next up will be a very versatile vegetarian dish.

*heartbeat music*