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10-13-2011, 06:00 PM

We don't have a cooking section, but I figured I may as well post some stuff since others will probably find it useful and whatnot!

Right, so... This is how to make a restaurant style salsa like you'd find at a nice Mexican restaurant.

Ingredients:
1 can of petite dried tomatoes with sweet onions
1 can of diced tomatoes with green chilis
1 tablespoon of minced garlic

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Just mix all of that together in a bowl, and there you go. Restaurant style salsa ready to serve.
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Nintega

10-13-2011, 06:08 PM

Wouldn't it be better to make it fresh?

You know, buy all the veggies, cut them up, THEN mix them all together.

10-13-2011, 06:25 PM

Wouldn't it be better to make it fresh?

You know, buy all the veggies, cut them up, THEN mix them all together.

Yeahhh good luck with that.

Yoorah

10-14-2011, 01:11 AM

buy some cans and mix them together
:|...
I was expecting more from someone claiming to be a cooking pr0. :<

10-14-2011, 01:42 AM

:|...
I was expecting more from someone claiming to be a cooking pr0. :<

Hey now, you don't need to make everything hard to make something that tastes good. It's just salsa, there's no point in going completely all out for it when you can do something just as good with hardly any effort at all.

Chillax

10-14-2011, 03:25 AM

Step 1: Buy canned salsa from the supermarket.
Step 2: Serve.

Taycat

10-14-2011, 03:29 AM

How to make restauraunt style cheese dip:

1 cup of your favorite pepper (jalapeno?)
2 cups of white cheese
1/2 cup of milk

Steps:

1. Dice pepper AND REMOVE SEEDS.

2. Heat milk to simmering.

3. Melt cheese gradually in milk.

4. Toss in diced peppers.

5. Serve with chips.

Am I do right?

10-14-2011, 03:48 AM

Step 1: Buy canned salsa from the supermarket.
Step 2: Serve.

That isn't even remotely close to this.

How to make restauraunt style cheese dip:

1 cup of your favorite pepper (jalapeno?)
2 cups of white cheese
1/2 cup of milk

Steps:

1. Dice pepper AND REMOVE SEEDS.

2. Heat milk to simmering.

3. Melt cheese gradually in milk.

4. Toss in diced peppers.

5. Serve with chips.

Am I do right?

For that, I tend to just buy a thing of Rotel then melt it with about half a stick of velveeta.

Chillax

10-14-2011, 03:58 AM

That isn't even remotely close to this.

The only fresh thing you add is the garlic, lol. Unless the juices in the can somehow amplify the flavor.

Taycat

10-14-2011, 04:45 AM

For that, I tend to just buy a thing of Rotel then melt it with about half a stick of velveeta.

That's called rotel dip, ain't it?

This is more of a white cheese dip thing. You can even pour it on buritos and other things.

Cucurbita

10-14-2011, 05:48 AM

Wouldn't it be better to make it fresh?

You know, buy all the veggies, cut them up, THEN mix them all together.

The solution above is far more practical, especially if you're living alone. The rate at which you consume food is so much slower, stocking on up easily perishable foods is a bad idea.

You'll almost never eat it fast enough before it all expires. This is why I can't use fresh ingredients most of the times when I cook, and have to used canned or powdered forms.

Its also a problem since I don't have a car I can't do groceries as often as I'd like. I have to wait for my friend to have a day where he wants to go to take me.

TA also faces a similar issue where she lives ridiculously far from the groceries.

I'd like to use fresh ingredients myself. Its just asking for something more than realistic. I can't afford it either.

Zid

10-14-2011, 11:11 AM

At that point, might as well opt to have a can of refried beans ready.

Eirys

10-14-2011, 11:39 AM

I'd like to know how to make delicious sauce for pasta. I LOVE MAKING PASTA. But I always just get the pre-made jars of pasta. Don't get me wrong though, so f*cking delicious.

Cucurbita

10-14-2011, 06:06 PM

I'd like to know how to make delicious sauce for pasta. I LOVE MAKING PASTA. But I always just get the pre-made jars of pasta. Don't get me wrong though, so f*cking delicious.

Nowadays you're actually not saving much by buying raw ingredients and making it yourself.

Tomatoes have gotten nasty expensive.

BobYoMeowMeow

10-14-2011, 06:31 PM

the cat's backyard has tomato plants

10-16-2011, 02:13 AM

The reason doing it yourself would be stupid and a waste of time is that you'd have to not only buy the ingredients but then you'd have to probably blanch a tomato to remove then skin then dice it, along with the other ingredients then be inventive with spices and whatnot, and overall it's just way more work, not a significantly better taste and chances are, it may turn out far worse, at a relatively similar or even higher cost.

This method is much much easier.

The only fresh thing you add is the garlic, lol. Unless the juices in the can somehow amplify the flavor.

It tastes significantly different... Try it. It's like a restaurant, not like the standard can of salsa. Very different...

I'd like to know how to make delicious sauce for pasta. I LOVE MAKING PASTA. But I always just get the pre-made jars of pasta. Don't get me wrong though, so f*cking delicious.

I like Ragu Super Chunky Mushroom, personally. If I do something like spaghetti I'll use that then some frozen meatballs as well. Turns out pretty good.

Cannibal

10-16-2011, 02:15 AM

I should try this sometime. I bet it's really good.

On a side note, Nation should have a section for things like this. Like crafts, recipes, etc.

Chillax

10-16-2011, 02:22 AM

It tastes significantly different... Try it. It's like a restaurant, not like the standard can of salsa. Very different...

I've had canned tomatoes before, so I know how they taste. I also live in Southern California, so I've gone to plenty of great Mexican restaurants that use fresh ingredients. To me, there's a significant difference between salsa made from canned ingredients with salsa made with fresh tomatoes and chilies. It's just not the same, but I guess that depends on your experiences with Mexican restaurants.

Cucurbita

10-16-2011, 02:22 AM

I should try this sometime. I bet it's really good.

On a side note, Nation should have a section for things like this. Like crafts, recipes, etc.

Should redefine media center for a more broader sense of handy-works. It doesn't get as much use as it should.

Cannibal

10-16-2011, 02:23 AM

Should redefine media center for a more broader sense of handy-works. It doesn't get as much use as it should.
Ah yeah, you're right. It should be re-named or given a new description. With the way it is now, it only gets used for videos and artwork.

Cucurbita

10-16-2011, 02:25 AM

Ah yeah, you're right. It should be re-named or given a new description. With the way it is now, it only gets used for videos and artwork.

Feels like eventually we'll end up making boards for everything like doujinstyle or 4chan has set up, and we'll really end up migrating from mabination to something more <general>nation.

Which would be neat I guess. Mabinogi doesn't have much life left in it, and Nexon is doing a fantastic job holding Vindictus by the throat.

Mabinogi 2 is taking its sweet ass time too.

Cannibal

10-16-2011, 02:28 AM

Feels like eventually we'll end up making boards for everything like doujinstyle or 4chan has set up...
Hey, as long as they get used, there really isn't a problem with them. The new(ish? idk, I'm pretty sure that came around when I was banned and I'm not sure how long it's been there) games section gets used quite a bit.

Ithiliel

10-16-2011, 02:31 AM

I should try this sometime. I bet it's really good.

On a side note, Nation should have a section for things like this. Like crafts, recipes, etc.

I fully agree with this suggestion, perhaps if we made a thread about it in the mabination discussion something could be done?

Cucurbita

10-16-2011, 02:37 AM

I fully agree with this suggestion, perhaps if we made a thread about it in the mabination discussion something could be done?

Getting **** done doesn't sit well with me.

I prefer to take the green couch in the back of the lobby and throw out comments every once in a while so that everyone can kinda hear it in the background.

Ithiliel

10-16-2011, 02:38 AM

Getting **** done doesn't sit well with me.

I prefer to take the green couch in the back of the lobby and throw out comments every once in a while so that everyone can kinda hear it in the background.

lmao, at least you're honest.

Skye

10-16-2011, 03:14 AM

10-16-2011, 03:42 AM

Cucurbita

10-16-2011, 10:53 AM

Don't knock it till you try it.

I'd eat just about anything anyways.

Skye, you shouldn't really judge in general, given your response to almost every discussion about food has shown you're a picky eater who finds many things the average person would be delighted to eat.

"Disgusting", in my standards has an incredibly low bar. I love food, and I'll eat food, and I'll enjoy food. Doesn't mean I'm a trash disposal that eats anything though. I can just about appreciate any kind of quality cooking.

Whether its the same as what you get at your own restaurant or not...

1 can of petite dried tomatoes with sweet onions
1 can of diced tomatoes with green chilis
1 tablespoon of minced garlic

Sounds like it would make excellent salsa, and I can appreciate that. Imagining it being used as dip for tortilla chips hot and straight off the pan, sounds amazing and makes me hungry.

Taycat

10-16-2011, 11:50 AM

Your Mexican restaurants and my Mexican restaurants must serve very different cheese/salsa, because the recipes for those in this thread sound like they'd be totally disgusting and bland compared to what I have where I live.

My mom makes meatloaf from quaker oats, a pound of ground chuck, tomato paste, and onions.

Only one of those things she cuts herself. Can you guess?

Skye

10-16-2011, 12:10 PM

I'd eat just about anything anyways.

Skye, you shouldn't really judge in general, given your response to almost every discussion about food has shown you're a picky eater who finds many things the average person would be delighted to eat.

"Disgusting", in my standards has an incredibly low bar. I love food, and I'll eat food, and I'll enjoy food. Doesn't mean I'm a trash disposal that eats anything though. I can just about appreciate any kind of quality cooking.

Whether its the same as what you get at your own restaurant or not...

Sounds like it would make excellent salsa, and I can appreciate that. Imagining it being used as dip for tortilla chips hot and straight off the pan, sounds amazing and makes me hungry.

I was really just meaning it in comparison. Had I not been comparing it, it sounds fine. But, compared to my local Mexican restaurants, it just doesn't sound appealing.

Cucurbita

10-16-2011, 12:10 PM

My mom makes meatloaf from quaker oats, a pound of ground chuck, tomato paste, and onions.

Only one of those things she cuts herself. Can you guess?

The packaging that it comes in?

Zeo

10-16-2011, 01:07 PM

Ingredients:
1 can of petite dried tomatoes with sweet onions
1 can of diced tomatoes with green chilis
1 tablespoon of minced garlic

I did the exact same thing for my own salsa as well... expect replace the canned tomatoes with fresh tomatoes being diced, and mixed together with some chili powder.