To fuck or to cook?

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Are there NO recipes without onions or eggs?

This you can only eat on Thanksgiving because it's so bad for you, but it's so damned good.

Preheat oven to 375.

1 12 ounce can of cream of mushroom soup.
1 12 ounce can of consume
1 stick of butter
1 cup of rice

(obviously you can easily double, triple, etc the recipe)

Put all of this in a casserole and stir (make sure butter is evenly distributed). Put in the oven for about an hour.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Are there NO recipes without onions or eggs?

Nope. Not one. The entire universe of cooking relies on onions and eggs.

Seriously, most recipes for savory things call for sauteed onions. You can't really even taste them. Omit them if you prefer. Hell, in my onion tart recipe, make it with thin sliced tomatoes, or asparagus spears or sliced apples. Then change the cheese accordingly. Maybe goat cheese with the tomatoes. Really good parmasean with the asparagus. Blue cheese with the apples.

I can't think of a single thing I cook (besides say fritattas) that requires an egg. But for baking, the egg is sort of essential.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Are there NO recipes without onions or eggs?

Leave the onions out, or use a lot less. Add some basil or something for more flavor. Or fennel -- fennel might be good. That's the licoricey one, right? Cut up some fennel and sub it for the onion. I'd drop the rosemary maybe and use basil and oregano.

Actually, it might have called for basil, not oregano. But, shit, it's really just a combo of zucchini and tomatoes and parm cheese, with whatever you want to add for flavor.


ETA if you were going to experiment with fennel, I'd use like 1/2 as much as the amount of onion in the recipe, or it will take over.

Now I want to try making this with fennel. I'm intrigued.

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Are there NO recipes without onions or eggs?

Eggs are just so damn useful. They make things stick together. Egg yoks make things taste richer. a beaten egg will help keep a liquid mixure of oil and water together. Beaten egg whites lighten whatever they are put in/on. They're really the only commonly edible thing one can make an emulsion out of.

I'm just saying it's not that the eggs are in there at random; they're usually important in some way or another. Not always, but often.

Which doesn't mean shit if you're allergic.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Seriously, most recipes for savory things call for sauteed onions. You can't really even taste them.

This is not true. You can't taste them if you like the taste of them. Or the texture. My mom said this to me for years. It's not true.

I don't know what the fascination is with them with some people. Some people are actually shocked, SHOCKED, when I ask for something without onions or a turkey sandwich without mayo.

Yes, I usually leave the onions out. I was just surprised to see that every recipe here included them.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by baltassoc
Shameless egg promotion

Which doesn't mean shit if you're allergic.

Exactly. We have to watch all the stupid shit like mayo, tartar sauce (I LOVE tartar sauce), most creamy salad dressings (I love caesar salad), some soups, even some freaking chip dips. It sucks. I'm here to tell you.
But at least I have an excuse to not get those pesky flu shots.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
This is not true. You can't taste them if you like the taste of them. Or the texture. My mom said this to me for years. It's not true.

I don't know what the fascination is with them with some people. Some people are actually shocked, SHOCKED, when I ask for something without onions or a turkey sandwich without mayo.

Yes, I usually leave the onions out. I was just surprised to see that every recipe here included them.

I agree re: easy to taste something if you don't like it.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
This is not true. You can't taste them if you like the taste of them. Or the texture. My mom said this to me for years. It's not true.

I don't know what the fascination is with them with some people. Some people are actually shocked, SHOCKED, when I ask for something without onions or a turkey sandwich without mayo.

Yes, I usually leave the onions out. I was just surprised to see that every recipe here included them.

I don't like the taste of onions. I actually loathe it. (Except for vidalias, which taste mostly apple-y).

But I cook with them all the time. They add that certain je ne sais quoi.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I don't like the taste of onions. I actually loathe it. (Except for vidalias, which taste mostly apple-y).

But I cook with them all the time. They add that certain je ne sais quoi.

For me it is the difference between raw and cooked. Raw - ugh. Cooked, esp. carmelized = yummy.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
For me it is the difference between raw and cooked. Raw - ugh. Cooked, esp. carmelized = yummy.

Nope. Bad in different ways. Raw - has that nasty biting taste. Cooked, they take on a nasty slimy texture, and still taste bad. Smells good.
To me, it's sort of like freshly mowed lawn. Smells good, tastes bad.

[Alex_de_Large]

Does Jesus warm YOUR heart?

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Alex_de_Large


Does Jesus warm YOUR heart?

I don't see any gingerbread crucifixes to go with those gingerbread Jesuses.

[SlaveNoMore]

greatwhitenorthchick
I don't see any gingerbread crucifixes to go with those gingerbread Jesuses.

Silly.

That's Jesus and the two thieves, forced to bear the burden of their heavy candy canes on the walk to Golgotha, where they get crucified by the Snow Miser.

Didn't you see the Rankin Bass version of "Passion"?

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I don't see any gingerbread crucifixes to go with those gingerbread Jesuses.

Those really do not appear edible to me. They look like stuffed toys.

If they are edible, then I would like to add to my pet peeves the practice of attaching inedible decorative stuff to something otherwise edible. Blech.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Silly.

That's Jesus and the two thieves, forced to bear the burden of their heavy candy canes on the walk to Golgotha, where they get crucified by the Snow Miser.

Didn't you see the Rankin Bass version of "Passion"?

That's excellent. No, I haven't, but I know what is next on my Netflix list!