Made our own home made sushi and dumplings together with a dipping sauce, not too shabby, just need less rice vinegar in the sauce and to not use smoked mackerel for the maki, however for our first time i would call it a success
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That looks amazing, no lies. Well done!
How much, if any, of it was made from frozen products?
We were buying things ahead of time, so the crab sticks, salmon, and mackerel were frozen until today, the crab sticks were already cooked of course, and the mackerel were already smoked, so luckily we did not have to cure them ourselves, the seaweed and rice came in a like “make your own maki” set thing, and when we ran out of rice we just used some white rice that was still in the fridge. The gyoza/dumplings filling was made using pork mince, but none of the three main shopping centers had any, so we bought some chops on special and minced them ourselves.
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Nice, man! Well done, it really looks lukka. Must have been nice as something to do with others too. Mad props. You got more courage than me.
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I made fudge for the firt time last night and I must say, I did not expect to be standing at the stove stirring for about 2 hours. Along with that, I am pleasantly surprised as to how it turned out.
I following this recipe, but I don’t have a cooking thermometer to check the temp as it was going, so just used instinct. Though I see there are many variations and recipes for creating fudge. I also find it relatively inexpensive so might do this again soon (cos it’s almost finished).
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Snap! That’s the same one I recommended last month on Fudge Day. The stirring is tedious but the results are worth it. One of the comments makes a suggestion about how to determine when to stop stirring if you don’t have a thermometer. Enjoy the fudge!
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Yeah, I wouldn’t say it was a flop, it’s just not hard, it’s firm but soft if that makes sense. I think it was just slightly undercooked. But overall, I love fudge in general so I will likely experiement with some different flavours, like peanut-butter, or difference sugars, or perhaps some molasses or maple syrup. The possabilities are endless.
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Had a jonesing for some kassler steaks.
Made some glazed kassler steaks, gem sqaush, garlic butter baby 'taters and fried eggs 
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Making roasted butternut soup 
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The end result (had to urgently borrow an immersion blender as mine broke as I took it out the drawer).
Realised I typed this out but didn’t post it, came to my laptop this morning and there it was, poof!
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we also have bitternut soup.
We just added some carrots to it, I’m impressed tho it makes the butternut pop
Yeah, carrots are one of my ingredients as well. It’s really great how all the flavours come together. We love it, and I love making it.
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Yea we have ours basically as whats leftover goes in the pot.
So this time was butternut, loads of garlic, chicken stock (that I had leftover from cooking chicken pieces that we deboned for a chicken pie), some carrots and potatoes.
We normally also add sweet potato - the only time I can handle it.
my mum prefers just using chicken stock cubes, I prefer using pork/chicken or beef stock that I make and freeze and add to soups. I need the something meaty in my soups
We found out a while ago that this was what gave my dad gout.
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My mother cooks everything with it. I prefer making my own stock. Only thing that gives my dad gout is his whisky . . .
That bowl looks deceptive… Is there a broth in there?
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yep, under the toppings and chicken(its a clear broth)
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I’ve always wanted to try a ramen, never have I had access to it. Never considered making my own, was it simple enough?
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In the Cape you have options!
https://www.homebao.co.za/online-store - my favourite place to get broth and noodles and dumplings from, they have a few recipes on the website but also on their FB page.
Then if you can make your own stock, go visit the Chinese Market at N1 City - https://www.chinesesupermarket.co.za/
I prefer homebao’s dumplings but the market is good for the sauces, noodles (I buy soba noodles in bulk at 1kg for R50.)
So its easy to make your own
Just a note - the market is 99% chinese so look carefully at logos and labels
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