Ménage à 3 II: Zii's 'Z' Top - Sharp Dressed Girl

[Cikomyr]

Chocolate fondue should be done with a medium dark chocolate, somewhere around 70%, with no additional additives and fresh fruit. I recommend bananas (those fresh, tiny ones, if you can get them. I recommend Thai shops), apples and apricots.

Choclate fondue I actually like, unlike cheese fondue.

In my family, we fancy the fruits you mention, but also strawberries, clementines and pieces of angel cake to add. Beware not to overcook the chocolate (interminently light the candle under the bowl), or your chocolate might burn, which will take away some perfection out of the dessert.

[Wraith]

And by hats you mean more likely pants? And bras. And other underwear.

No, no.... they won't be needing pants or underwear.

[Cikomyr]

No, no.... they won't be needing pants or underwear.

For "hat" he meant... member hats. Sausage hats.

Rubber hats.



*OBVIOUS ALERT*

[Weimann]

oh hey guys an update

That said, there's not much to really say about it.

so uh yeah go on talking about food

[The Glyphstone]

Anyone have any good, relatively simple recipes for a crockpot/slow-cooker? My repertoire is limited to chili and round roasts right now, but I like the thing and want to use it more.

[Petrocorus]

I've the feeling it will once more end badly for Gary.

[SaintRidley]

Anyone have any good, relatively simple recipes for a crockpot/slow-cooker? My repertoire is limited to chili and round roasts right now, but I like the thing and want to use it more.

I use mine most often to slow cook spaghetti sauce. Put some sauce in, throw in spices as you need, some meat/veggies (whatever's lying around works), maybe some cheese, set it on low heat for 6 or more hours. Then make noodles, pour sauce on noodles, and enjoy.

[pffh]

Anyone have any good, relatively simple recipes for a crockpot/slow-cooker? My repertoire is limited to chili and round roasts right now, but I like the thing and want to use it more.

Goulash! You can make some mean goulash in a slow cooker. Oh how I love pony goulash with mashed potatoes mmmm... and I'm hungry now damn

[Soranar]

''Meat'' fondue is not merely boiled meat. You make it sound like something a British (no offense intended but they're not well-known for their cooking for a reason) chef would make.

It's thinly sliced raw beef (specifically cut for fondue) which is ''boiled'' in a few seconds (to preserve the taste).

After which you dip it in one of several sauces made especially for the occasion.

Usually accompanied by RED wine, bread and cheese and, most important of all, good company (the whole point is talking/drinking and eating for hours so the company is as important as the food).

[Eldan]

Bread and cheese?

Around here, it's usually various salads, plain rice and vegetables, to be boiled along with the meat in the same soup.

Also, we use veal, turkey and pork along with beef. Other meats more rarely.

[Lynn]

Bread and cheese?

Around here, it's usually various salads, plain rice and vegetables, to be boiled along with the meat in the same soup.

Also, we use veal, turkey and pork along with beef. Other meats more rarely.

That doesn't sound like meat fondue at all. It sounds like a completely different meal.
In my family we eat potatoes with the meat rather than cheese and bread but the idea is the same : something very simple, because the core of the meal is the meat. Everything else serves onlyto appreciate bettter thetaste of the meat.

On topic:
Gary is right, they could use a break, but its too late. I think, this is Zii's karmic comeuppance for all the drama she created, with her one night stands an other antics, without having to face it.

[Cikomyr]

''Meat'' fondue is not merely boiled meat. You make it sound like something a British (no offense intended but they're not well-known for their cooking for a reason) chef would make.

It's thinly sliced raw beef (specifically cut for fondue) which is ''boiled'' in a few seconds (to preserve the taste).

After which you dip it in one of several sauces made especially for the occasion.

Usually accompanied by RED wine, bread and cheese and, most important of all, good company (the whole point is talking/drinking and eating for hours so the company is as important as the food).

Amen. We usually like cheese curds (and we wrap them in beef slices!). The whole meal comes with small bread buns, baked potatoes, red wine and dips.

It's our traditional christmas dinner. We aren't fans of Turkey at all. (BTW: Canada = no weird "American Thanksgiving")

[SlyGuyMcFly]

''Meat'' fondue is not merely boiled meat. You make it sound like something a British (no offense intended but they're not well-known for their cooking for a reason) chef would make.

None taken. After all, we travelled halfway around the globe looking for a decent meal to bring home.

[Coidzor]

Anyone have any good, relatively simple recipes for a crockpot/slow-cooker? My repertoire is limited to chili and round roasts right now, but I like the thing and want to use it more.

Keld Denar has a quote somewhere about cooking like a bachelor that links to a thread for simple recipes in the crockpot. It might even be in my signature, it's been awhile since I checked.

I know one of them boils down to "stewbeef" quality cow meat, rootbeer, maybe some garlic and onion powder, and then cooked on low all day.

Different ones boiled down to Chicken, pineapple and orange juice diluted with a bit of water, a bit of lemon pepper, and then cooked on low all day or "meat," soy sauce and water, and cooked on low all day.

I think one was fancy and involved a bit of jug/box red wine, beef, garlic powder, cut up onions and carrots and celery, as a sort of ghetto beef bourguignon(?????). Depending upon how long you do it and what temperature you do it at, the wine may or may not cook off enough to no longer have any alcoholic effect. Similarly Coq au vin is apparently slowcooked chicken in wine with, effectively, bacon. IIRC, these require a bit of prep to do proper like before putting them in to simmer, but slow-cooking should produce something edible and probably even tasty.

Chicken cacciatore is another dish that's still relatively simple depending upon how much effort you put into it, but that can become more complicated as you get comfy with it. it's one of my favorite dishes of childhood alongside hamburger stroganoff. I can't recall a recipe offhand, but, google should provide a slowcooker variation readily, as that's how my pa always done it when I were a boy.

I think you can even learn to make gumbo in a slow-cooker, though I have no personal recipes on the subject.

[Traab]

Ill see if I can track down the full recipe, but the basics is this. Buy a ham. Cook and eat as much of it as you like. Then chop up the rest, slice up a bunch of potatoes, slice up onions, add a bag of shredded chedder cheese and a can of cream of mushroom soup plus a half can of water, then slow cook it all day. We get one of those huge hams with a bone in it, and there is always enough left to fill up the big crock pot. Its the best way to recycle leftovers. Though if you want you could buy a small ham and just go straight for the crock pot meal.

[Radar]

Goulash! You can make some mean goulash in a slow cooker. Oh how I love pony goulash with mashed potatoes mmmm... and I'm hungry now damn

Better yet, bigos! While I don't have a slow-cooker, this should work out perfectly, since bigos usually takes a lot of time to cook properly.

Any kind of perpetual stew would be fine as well.

[Cikomyr]

Anyone have any good, relatively simple recipes for a crockpot/slow-cooker? My repertoire is limited to chili and round roasts right now, but I like the thing and want to use it more.

Curry. Osso Bucco. Pig leg stew.

[Talya]

Irish stews are generally easy to make, and quite nice on cold winter days. There's dozens of variations on them, and you can really alter them to taste, but here's a simple crockpot Beef-Guinness stew recipe.

http://www.food.com/recipe/guinness-...ock-pot-259913

[Wraith]

Ill see if I can track down the full recipe, but the basics is this. Buy a ham. Cook and eat as much of it as you like. Then chop up the rest.....

I'm sorry, I don't think I fully understand. The closest translation I can find is "mutually exclusive"?

[Traab]

I'm sorry, I don't think I fully understand. The closest translation I can find is "mutually exclusive"?

Its a leftover meal. You buy a big ham, one you cant finish, then after you eat your fill of baked ham, you chop up the leftovers and use them for the crock pot recipe.

[Coidzor]

So, I've got smoked sausage, bacon, chicken breast, ground beef, ground
"breakfast" sausage, a pinch of ground turkey, a couple of frozen chunks of beef tail, a couple of frozen cube steaks, a frozen "semi-boneless" ham, and maybe some chicken thighs

And half a 4 Liter jug of Carlo Rossi burgundy wine which is needing to be drunk or cooked with by tomorrow.

Which meat would you say should get the honor of being slow-cooked in the wine?

[Kato]

Welcome to Giantitp.com/stewrecipes...

Guys, guys, new comic. Pirate Sonya meets Kiley! Well, at least half pf them knows what's going on.

[Traab]

Oh god, im predicting a problem here. Sonya starts trying to put some moves on gary. Unfortunately, she equates pain with what gary likes. Now gary will try to put a stop to it by proclaiming kiley as his girlfriend, which will happen just in time for yuki to hear it as she was walking up right behind them. Or something to that effect. Everyone, including kiley, is upset at gary for various reasons.

[leakingpen]

Oh god, im predicting a problem here. Sonya starts trying to put some moves on gary. Unfortunately, she equates pain with what gary likes. Now gary will try to put a stop to it by proclaiming kiley as his girlfriend, which will happen just in time for yuki to hear it as she was walking up right behind them. Or something to that effect. Everyone, including kiley, is upset at gary for various reasons.

Winner!

As far as crockpots, two bottles of barbecue sauce, a couple dozen chicken drumsticks, leave it on low for 5-6 hours (no more than 7)

meatballs and lil smokies also work.

throw in a whole chicken, some carrots, celery, garlic, onion, finely diced, maybe some rosemary and thyme, let sit until a fork pushed through goes straight to the bone. drain, let cool, strip meat off bones.

stew is awesome, throw a lot of stuff in with some water, let simmer till the smell drives you mad with desire. (note, with a stew, with pork or beef, SEAR the meat first. it doesn't hold in juice, but it DOES add flavor. )

[Weimann]

Oh god, im predicting a problem here. Sonya starts trying to put some moves on gary. Unfortunately, she equates pain with what gary likes. Now gary will try to put a stop to it by proclaiming kiley as his girlfriend, which will happen just in time for yuki to hear it as she was walking up right behind them. Or something to that effect. Everyone, including kiley, is upset at gary for various reasons.

As entertaining as that would be, I think the comic is past the stage where things like that actually might have a shot at happening.

If we're going for silly theories, though, I predict that Gary will explain what happened, whereupon Sonya renews her duelling drive and challenges Kiley, who proceeds to psychoanalyse her into a quivering heap.

[datalaughing]

As entertaining as that would be, I think the comic is past the stage where things like that actually might have a shot at happening.

If we're going for silly theories, though, I predict that Gary will explain what happened, whereupon Sonya renews her duelling drive and challenges Kiley, who proceeds to psychoanalyse her into a quivering heap.

I could totally get behind this theory. I like it when the psychologist wins.

[Cikomyr]

I could totally get behind this theory. I like it when the psychologist wins.

Interesting. Tell me more about it.

[Weimann]

Hm, okay, so it seems Sonya likes to have some competition, provided "pushing her buttons" means a good thing and not a bad thing.

It does seem a bit inconsistent with her eariler portrayal, however, given that it was competition with other women that drove her away from her old boyfriend. On the other hand, that was a competition where she pretty much had lost from the start, so I can see how the comparison isn't completely valid.

I... actually also kind of want to see the pirate costume.

[datalaughing]

The way she described it to Zii, it wasn't so much the competition that upset her, it was that by the time he got around to her he was always too tired to do anything fun. So frustration would be more accurate I think.

[Kato]

The way she described it to Zii, it wasn't so much the competition that upset her, it was that by the time he got around to her he was always too tired to do anything fun. So frustration would be more accurate I think.

No... I don't think that's the issue. There's a difference between competition and some guy who is not turned on enough by you alone but needs another girl to get himself into the mood.