muskrat_john ([info]muskrat_john) wrote,
@ 2008-06-27 02:50:00
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My great friends James Wallis, doing what my great friend James Wallis does best - amaze people:



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On his blog, Michael Ruhlman posed the question (paraphrased greatly here) "What are your go-to, everyday dinner recipes?"

Here are those I'll fall back on, on a time and time again, if I've no time to think about something special.

Most of these come originally from my favorite cookbooks, but have gotten to the point with me where I'll seldom if ever go back and look at the cookbooks when making them. Most have evolved slightly.

John's go-to recipes:

Jalapeno Black Bean Soup
(Gleaned from the Whole Chile Pepper cookbook)
Mushroom Soup
(Gleaned from the Les Halles cookbook)
French Onion Soup
(Gleaned from Le Cordon Bleu at Home)
Potato and Leek Soup
(Gleaned from Le Cordon Bleu at Home)
Sweet and Sour Soup
(Gleaned from Soups and Stews)

Spaghetti Arabiata
(A simple sauce that can morph into many different sauces with additions. I think I originally found it in Bugialli on Pasta - it reminded me of the sauces I had when my dad worked in Milan)
Fettucini Carbonara
(Gleaned from the Silver Spoon cookbook)
Risotto (Either mushroom or gorgonzola, but whatever's on hand)
(again, using the basic Silver Spoon recipe)
Pizza
(Trying to match the Neapolitan style as best as possible)
Lasagne or Canelloni
(A variation on my mom's recipe, with the America's Test Kitchen twist on canelloni)
Holupki
(From my Grandmother's church cookbook)


Chicken Picata or Milanese
(Gleaned from watching my mom and grandma make it)
Tacos, rice and Beans
(Gleaned from Rick Bayless' Everyday Mexican)
Pan-fried Trout
(When available and fresh, of course)
Grilled/roast fish (usually Sea Bass)
(From a L'Etoile class I once took)
Catfish, coated in flour and pan-fried
Moules Marnier
(And all the variations this can lead to. Cleaning the mussles is a pain, though...)
Curries
(Using curry pastes, but I'm learning how to create my own)
Roast Chicken
(Gleaned from Thomas Keller's recipe)


Looking back over the list, I see it's it's odder and more eclectic than I'd have guessed...


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[info]captain_jester
2008-06-27 09:10 am UTC (link)
Haikus are much fun
They fill me with Random Glee
Lucky they are short.

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[info]ebenbrooks
2008-06-27 05:03 pm UTC (link)
Ho! Captain Jester!
Or should I say Captain Phule?
I love your stories!

;-)

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[info]captain_jester
2008-06-27 06:52 pm UTC (link)
Another, at Last!
So few have read those stories
Skeeve outshined Willard.

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[info]ebenbrooks
2008-06-27 07:18 pm UTC (link)
Yes, true. The Myth series was loads of fun, but I truly loved Phule's Company!

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[info]kendokamel
2008-06-27 11:59 am UTC (link)
Oh, my! Those sound delicious!

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[info]flawed_karma
2008-06-27 01:46 pm UTC (link)
Sludge. You need to try the recipe for Macaroni Sludge.

It's the ultimate go to comfort food from my childhood.

1 lb ground beef, cooked and drained
2 cans tomato soup (condensed)
1 can Arturo Sauce
4 ounces Velveeta
1 lb box of elbow macaroni, cooked to package direction and drained.

In a large skillet, combine soup, arturo sauce, cubed velveeta and ground beef. Stir until cheese is melted and combined. Add cooked and drained macaroni.

Eat yourself into a comfort food coma.

That is Sludge. Best when served with a loaf of crunchy seeded italian bread loaded with butter. Your arteries will hate me but your mouth will love you. Honest.

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[info]hurrigirl
2008-06-27 04:01 pm UTC (link)
Sounds delish... what is this Arturo sauce you speak of?

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[info]flawed_karma
2008-06-27 06:42 pm UTC (link)
http://www.carriagehousebrands.com/saucearturo.html

It's a magic concoction of I don't know what. I use it as a marinade, in meatloaf, in meatballs, in thick cream of mushroom soup..

use it in my BBQ sauce recipes, in my burgers, I use it fr grilled chicken and steak as a change from BBQ sauce. It works as a salad dressing for mixed bean salads, I melt cheese in it for a new and mouthwatering cheese dip or nacho dip.

So many uses from one itty bitty can.

It's just hard to find, so I usually order a case at a time from online retailers. :)

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[info]hurrigirl
2008-06-27 07:12 pm UTC (link)
Oooh, I am going have to check that out. Sounds yummy!

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[info]hurrigirl
2008-06-27 03:59 pm UTC (link)
That is quite the eclectic list. It looks a lot like the labor of love I am working on. I am compiling a cookbook of our favorite family recipes. I have found recipes handwritten by my great grandmother. My mother is Filipino and my father is from the Midwest so I have a very odd mix of recipes. It is very interesting to see what recipes other people have on their go to list....

The haiku - in a word - awesome!

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[info]ebenbrooks
2008-06-27 05:02 pm UTC (link)
Oh my GAWD, that presentation is bloody amazing! As a fan of both on-line gaming and cartography, I would so love to propagate this, if I may.

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[info]ebenbrooks
2008-06-27 07:20 pm UTC (link)
And it's giving me ideas for things to do in a similar vein for City of Heroes/Villains. I've already determined that Paragon City is about 10 miles south of Providence, RI...which puts it smack in the Atlantic Ocean... ;-)

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[info]mock26
2008-06-28 03:36 am UTC (link)
I love the not-so-subtle reference to Aldous Huxley in the video by Mr. Wallis!

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[info]x_mass
2008-07-04 08:29 pm UTC (link)
its nice to see james is well, haven;t hung out with hime for many a year, for no apparent reason other than - life.

if you chat to him tell him big kate sends him her best (that will really confuse him - he must know loads of kates)

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