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Started by East Coast Hustle, February 23, 2009, 06:04:38 AM

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deviousMarsupial

#45
February 27, 2009, 08:47:31 PM
If you can find semolina for a reasonable price, homemade pasta has a great texture, and it's a little cheaper than buying it. Then again, it's also a lot more work.

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#46
February 27, 2009, 09:17:54 PM
You can make pasta out of regular flour.
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deviousMarsupial

#47
February 27, 2009, 09:45:26 PM
You can do a lot of things. Who makes pasta out of regular flour?

LMNO

#48
February 28, 2009, 02:43:21 AM
Um, I do. Sure, a fine pasta only needs olive oil and garlic, but if you're gonna add anything more intense than a single vine ripe tomato, no one will be able to tell the difference.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#49
February 28, 2009, 02:52:01 AM
Quote from: deviousMarsupial on February 27, 2009, 09:45:26 PM
You can do a lot of things. Who makes pasta out of regular flour?

People who already have regular flour, and no money.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

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#50
February 28, 2009, 08:06:07 AM
I've made pasta out of regular flour more times than I can count, and could never tell the difference.  Of course, freshly made pasta is worlds better than any store-bought semolina pasta, so you're already jumping up a step.
The Jerk On Bike rolled his eyes and tossed the waffle back over his shoulder--before it struck the ground, a stout, disconcertingly monkey-like dog sprang into the air and snatched it, and began to masticate it--literally--for the sound it made was like a homonculus squatting on the floor muttering "masticate masticate masticate".

LMNO

#51
March 02, 2009, 02:24:24 PM
Sometime this week, I'll post a pasta-from-scratch recipe.

Tonight, though, is kale/sausage/potato/chicken soup, due to the weather  :horrormirth: .

AFK

#52
March 02, 2009, 02:32:56 PM
My wife made an excellent lasagna this past weekend.  Pretty simple and cheap.  Some whole-wheat lasagna noodles, ground turkey, Ricotta cheese, sauce from a jar (Prego I think).  And to top it off, we had garlic bread made from hot dog rolls.  Cheap AND yummy. 
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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#53
March 02, 2009, 07:50:03 PM
If you buy meat cheap, in bulk, and freeze portions of it, you can eat incredibly cheaply. Especially if you also keep dry staples like barley on hand, and stuff like onions, carrots, and potatoes.

I'm still living on that bottom round I got for $1.79/lb, and every once in a while I pull a pound of it out of the freezer, cube it, and throw it in the crock-pot with onions, carrots, barley, and sometimes assorted other veggies. It's hard to figure out exactly what this beef stew costs per serving, but I'm going to estimate that it's less than a dollar for a portion that would fill up a good-sized man.

If you don't mind getting big cuts (or a whole chicken or salmon) you can portion them up and freeze them for a lot less than you would pay if the butcher did the work, and a stew like this works with just about any meat.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Jenne

#54
March 02, 2009, 07:54:04 PM
Whole chickens that you don't eat 100% the meat off of are good for making up meat-and-veggie dishes too.  I save the carcass and pull off as much with my fingers as I can later on, and then add it to stir fry or a casserole, like Mexican tortilla-cheese-and sauce.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#55
March 02, 2009, 08:12:02 PM
Yeah, my kids love roast chicken so I try to buy whole roasters when they're on sale, 'cause then we have the roast one night and soup the next.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Jenne

#56
March 02, 2009, 08:21:12 PM
Exactly--my kids love that.

I'm thinking of trying to make chicken chili the next time, mostly because I've never made it.

Triple Zero

#57
March 04, 2009, 12:17:45 PM
and the rest of the carcass, you can freeze, save or boil it into soup/stock, right?

I totally need to get a freezer.

wait, my aunt (where i currently live) has one in the cellar. I'll start buying some freezer bags. I wanna make stock according to LMNOs recipe :D
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LMNO

#58
March 04, 2009, 01:12:00 PM
Speaking of which, I took some pics of my stock-making process; I just have to upload them tonight.

LMNO

#59
March 04, 2009, 01:12:39 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on March 04, 2009, 12:17:45 PM
I totally need to get a freezer.


You'll need to explain this a bit further.
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