I made them for… Reasons.

cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/movies@lemm.ee/t/1322982

My kids haven't seen Close Encounters of the Third Kind yet and I thought it would be a fun surprise to recreate the meal eaten in the mashed potato scene and watch the movie with the movie dinner. (I can't wait to see if they put two and two together when that scene comes up lol.)

Obviously there's mashed potato. And I can see sweet corn. Kids are drinking milk. But I can't tell what the little meat things are. I assumed they were crumbed rissoles but having not been raised or lived in the US, I'm unsure if I'm missing a common protein that was eaten at dinner around the late 1970s. Meatloaf has also been suggested but in my country we never have mini meatloaves that I've seen so I'm unsure how accurate that is.

I also can't tell what is in the bowls beside Roy and his sons - to the top left of Roy's plate, right hand side of Toby and top right of Brad's plate. Maybe Ronnie and Silvia have one of these bowls too but I can't tell. You can see Brad eat out of his bowl at one point and it looks like something pale (I wondered coleslaw or macaroni).

Anyway, anyone know or have an idea of what the little meat things are and what are in the side bowls?

!FlyingSquid@lemmy.World

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/16920706

What neat food eating tricks have you discovered?

Over the years, I've run into a few things that weren't immediately-obvious to me.

One of the big ones was eating pomegranates by opening them underwater. For those not familiar, pomegranates have a lot of red seeds and white husk between them:

Cutting a pomegranate or even opening a pomegranate tends to burst at least some seeds. The seeds are sticky and stain and tend to spray juice when pierced.

However, if you just cut through the outer hull of the fruit, then open it by hand underwater in a bowl of water, any juice that would have sprayed out is just grabbed by the water. Even better, the (inedible) white husk floats, so it self-separates instead of sticking to everything.

Today, I decided to try eating a watermelon with a spoon. In the past, that's tended to also make things spray, so I tried a grapefruit spoon, one with serrations that runs down the side. And that works great -- the spoon is like a knife, can go more-cleanly through the watermelon than a regular spoon, and still lets you scoop up the watermelon.

Any other neat tips that might be unorthodox or that people might not have tried or know about?

A bit too salty. I place full blame on the fact that we did not have any fresh mushrooms, so I used canned, and they have sodium in them 😡. Otherwise it was bangin’. Everyone had multiple helpings. ~ I can’t believe how corny I sound. When did this happen to me? ~

This is not promising. Is there home test for lead?

I made tortillas for the first time the other day. I didn’t have any Masa Harina so I used Pan. They came out terrific, almost like a thin chalupa shell. Absolutely delicious. Then a couple days ago I tried to do it again, but this time I used Masa Harina. They all just fell apart. Nothing would hold up, and even the fried bits didn’t taste great. What is happen here? What’s my next step?

cross-posted from: https://vive.im/users/dnc/statuses/113026593333185799

Does sourdough pizza count? https://www.diningandcooking.com/1553516/does-sourdough-pizza-count/ #Bread #Sourdough #SourdoughBread

Dinner for my dad & lil bro. I'm a sheltered white boy from Australia, pls don't make fun of me 🤠🌮🦘

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18724475

Smart sous vide cooker to start charging $2/month for 10-year-old companion app

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18525600

Acceptable range of answers:

"I mix mustard with mayo"

to

"I emulsify a blend of herbs and mustard seeds and chilis in clarified butter to make and herbaceous fatty hot spread"

Bonus: what's it best on?

What are your experiences, and what do you prefer?

Been making ice cream at home. After banana, it was rocky road ice cream. No tree nuts though, family member is allergic, so peanuts, mini marshmallows, and mini m&ms instead!

It was outstanding. Will definitely be making this again.

Get a wok. You can craft restaurant quality dishes in minutes. This little number was made from mostly leftovers, fed 3 people, and was downright delicious.

I'm always trying to create the ultimate, but I've never quite achieved it. I definitely need more restraint in terms of number of ingredients. EDIT: For Kicks, I dug up this very old family recipe.

Spinach and bacon quiche and...spinach and bacon lol. With a side of fries with olive oil and kosher salt.