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[tmdiva]

Okay, so I ended up getting my mom's vanilla ice cream recipe, and then cooking the custard (she usually doesn't) following the method in The Dessert Bible. It was delicious topped with fresh local raspberries, marionberries and blueberries.

I have some leftovers. Anyone have any great ideas for a recipe using a) two cobs' worth fresh corn, b) 1/4 lb country bacon, c) two beefsteak tomatoes, and d) some sliced Walla Walla onion? Assume the presence of basic staples, including fresh herbs in the garden. This is to feed 2 adults and one voracious three-year-old boy.

Atticus, does the Cooks' Illustrated web edition have complex search capability?

Thanks

tm

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by tmdiva
I have some leftovers. Anyone have any great ideas for a recipe using a) two cobs' worth fresh corn, b) 1/4 lb country bacon, c) two beefsteak tomatoes, and d) some sliced Walla Walla onion? Assume the presence of basic staples, including fresh herbs in the garden. This is to feed 2 adults and one voracious three-year-old boy.

You've got succotash on the hoof. I wouldn't call it a main dish, though, notwithstanding the presence of bacon, and especially considering the volume of corn you've got. And three-year-olds might look askance at succotash.

FWIW, I stay away from sweet onions when cooking. They're only flavorful and worth the extra expense when raw or served as lightly fried rings, IMHO.

Atticus, does the Cooks' Illustrated web edition have complex search capability?

Not particularly. Keyword searches. I browse.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by tmdiva
Okay, so I ended up getting my mom's vanilla ice cream recipe, and then cooking the custard (she usually doesn't) following the method in The Dessert Bible. It was delicious topped with fresh local raspberries, marionberries and blueberries.

I have some leftovers. Anyone have any great ideas for a recipe using a) two cobs' worth fresh corn, b) 1/4 lb country bacon, c) two beefsteak tomatoes, and d) some sliced Walla Walla onion? Assume the presence of basic staples, including fresh herbs in the garden. This is to feed 2 adults and one voracious three-year-old boy.

Atticus, does the Cooks' Illustrated web edition have complex search capability?

Thanks

tm

so you didn't take our help last time and now you expect additional assistance? seems sorta pushy, and maybe a little bit recipe-dependent, given the ingredients that you have listed. if it were me, I'd make a nice corn relish with the vegetables and whatever other useful ingredients I could scrounge up (no recipe needed). Hopefully some sort of peppers. no advice re:the bacon thing.

as an aside, it is nearly impossible to type with a cat biting your fingers on the keyboard. in case you wondered.

[SlaveNoMore]

notcasesensitive
as an aside, it is nearly impossible to type with a cat biting your fingers on the keyboard. in case you wondered.

[link] "stop playing with pussy while typing" joke [/link]

[tmdiva]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
so you didn't take our help last time and now you expect additional assistance?

What, would you feel better if I actually shared my mom's recipe?

seems sorta pushy, and maybe a little bit recipe-dependent, given the ingredients that you have listed. if it were me, I'd make a nice corn relish with the vegetables and whatever other useful ingredients I could scrounge up (no recipe needed). Hopefully some sort of peppers. no advice re:the bacon thing.

Reading your responses, and Atticus's succotash link, I'm reminded of a recipe I have somewhere for a tomato-corn-basil relish, that I served last year on grilled tuna loin. Unfortunately, I have no tuna, and dinner prep time is now. I'm now thinking about maybe a nice rice salad, and having the SFC pick up a pretty pepper on the way home. Or maybe I'll make the rice now, use it for a salad tomorrow, and have the SFC pick up takeout.

tm

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
FWIW, I stay away from sweet onions when cooking. They're only flavorful and worth the extra expense when raw or served as lightly fried rings, IMHO.

You have obviously never been to the Puyallup fair where you can smell the grilled Walla Walla sweets for miles. It's part of the fair experience. They go through tonnage for this event. Personally the smell of onions turns my stomach, but still the smell of grilled onions (mixed with the smell of horses, pigs, goats and cows) is a fond memory.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by tmdiva
Okay, so I ended up getting my mom's vanilla ice cream recipe, and then cooking the custard (she usually doesn't) following the method in The Dessert Bible. It was delicious topped with fresh local raspberries, marionberries and blueberries.

I have some leftovers. Anyone have any great ideas for a recipe using a) two cobs' worth fresh corn, b) 1/4 lb country bacon, c) two beefsteak tomatoes, and d) some sliced Walla Walla onion? Assume the presence of basic staples, including fresh herbs in the garden. This is to feed 2 adults and one voracious three-year-old boy.

Atticus, does the Cooks' Illustrated web edition have complex search capability?

Thanks

tm

Do you have potatoes?

If so, here's my suggestion: (1) throw out the bacon (I don't do pig); (2) chop one potato very finely and the onion coarsely, and saute both in butter until you can see the starch seeping out of the potato (this is your thickener); (3) slowly add about two to three cups of milk, then add about 2-3 medium size potatoes cut into 1/2 inch cubes; (4) simmer 1/2 hour, and it should be starting to thicken; (5) add some dill and corn, simmer a bit longer.

Chop tomato coarsely, and add just before serving, and you've got a grand chowder. If you like it without tomato, then just eat the tomato with salt.

[the Spartan]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
You have obviously never been to the Puyallup fair .

I have. Yee haw!

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by tmdiva
Okay, so I ended up getting my mom's vanilla ice cream recipe, and then cooking the custard (she usually doesn't) following the method in The Dessert Bible. It was delicious topped with fresh local raspberries, marionberries and blueberries.

I have some leftovers. Anyone have any great ideas for a recipe using a) two cobs' worth fresh corn, b) 1/4 lb country bacon, c) two beefsteak tomatoes, and d) some sliced Walla Walla onion? Assume the presence of basic staples, including fresh herbs in the garden. This is to feed 2 adults and one voracious three-year-old boy.

Atticus, does the Cooks' Illustrated web edition have complex search capability?

Thanks

tm

Hmmm.. I'd make an improvised pasta carbonara with the bacon, onion, tomatoes and herbs. The onion and tomato are not typically in the recipe, but what the hell. You just need eggs, parmesan reggiano and pasta. The corn you can feed to your son.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by the Spartan
I have. Yee haw!

But do you know the words?

[tmdiva]

Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
Hmmm.. I'd make an improvised pasta carbonara with the bacon, onion, tomatoes and herbs. The onion and tomato are not typically in the recipe, but what the hell. You just need eggs, parmesan reggiano and pasta. The corn you can feed to your son.

You are a very smart monkey. We had carbonara (with frozen petite peas tossed in) last night. Magnus loves it, but I don't feel like having it two nights in a row, or even two nights in a week.

tm

[the Spartan]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
But do you know the words?

"Puyallup Fair, all of all y'all come back now, y'alll hear!" over and over and over and over again with the sound of a strummin banjo in the background.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by tmdiva
You are a very smart monkey. We had carbonara (with frozen petite peas tossed in) last night. Magnus loves it, but I don't feel like having it two nights in a row, or even two nights in a week.

I recommend the version in the Zuni Cafe Cookbook. Yum.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by the Spartan
"Puyallup Fair, all of all y'all come back now, y'alll hear!" over and over and over and over again with the sound of a strummin banjo in the background.

Bzzzt. Sorry. Everyone knows the words to "Do the Puyallup." Everyone. Your pathology is catching up to you. And this year.....Styx and REO Speedwagon, together on one stage 9/17.

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by tmdiva
You are a very smart monkey. We had carbonara (with frozen petite peas tossed in) last night. Magnus loves it, but I don't feel like having it two nights in a row, or even two nights in a week.

tm

If I could, I would eat pasta carbonara every meal of my life. I would have died after 4 months, but still, a happy death. Maybe a nice medium rare porterhouse to shake things up every few days...now I'm hungry. Good luck with the dinner, you can cook for me anytime.