The Nerds Cookings

TyrainTyrain Join Date: 2003-01-03 Member: 11746Members
edited December 2006 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">Post away your receipes!</div>So I just had dinner and me, beeing the extraordinary chef I am, made some pasta and put some meat in there, mixed it up with mayonais. Well, not very delicious although it is not the baddest thing.

Now, I know some receipes which are easy to make and taste pretty good, but I want more. Post your receipes.

Some basic rules for your receipes:

1. The meal should not cost a lot
2. It should be easy to make.
3. Anything has to fit in either a pan or a pot, no ovens or micowaves.
4. You should have eaten this thing at least once or know how to make it, no external links to some fancy websites!

5ish: If it has melted cheese in it, ovens/microwaves are allowed.


So, with the basics clear here is my first receipe:

Mushrompan (word for word translation, it sounds better in german, I promise)

Ingredients:
Creme Freche
Salsa Sauce (any will do, but you need a good portion of it)
Champignons (obviously)
Onions
Some sort of bread/baguette (optional)

Cut the champignons to slices (correct phrase? Well just make them thin, you get what I'm trying to say.) Not too thin tough. Thow them in the pan and let them lose some water.

Prepare a pot, put in a good spoon of creme freche, trust me, you need a lots of this stuff. Pour in a LITTLE water, don't overdo it or you'll end up with a very thin sauce. Now add salsa as you like, the sauce can get pretty hot if you add too much. Some pepper (white pepper if you can spare it) and thats it for the sauce. Just mix it up pretty good till it gets a very bright red tone. Heat it up a little and let the water flow out. It should be dense when your ready.

Now for the onions, cout them in little pieces and put them in the pan with the not so big champignons and let them in till they get glasy (Oh well, so many hard phrases, until you can see through them, hope that clears things up).

Now just mix the sauce in, take you some bread and viola, your done. Takes about 15-20 minutes and tastes delicious.

Comments

  • Lt_PatchLt_Patch Join Date: 2005-02-07 Member: 40286Members
    <!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->3. Anything has to fit in either a pan or a pot, no ovens or micowaves<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Thanks for killing about 95% of my recipes, ******* >_<
    King of the cheap meals, but they either need more than 1 pot, the oven, the microwave, or a combination of all of the above (I s**t you not, I've made something off the top of my head that needed all 3 of stove, oven, and microwave. But only because something needed a VERY fast heating, so I had to use the microwave, or wait 30 minutes for the oven to heat to mark 9...)
    I've got a fantastic macaroni cheese, but it needs the oven, and a stove, 2 pans, and a glass oven dish. Oh, and some (relatively) expensive-ish herbs...
  • TyrainTyrain Join Date: 2003-01-03 Member: 11746Members
    Updated <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />

    5ish: If it has melted cheese in it, ovens/microwaves are allowed.
  • Lt_PatchLt_Patch Join Date: 2005-02-07 Member: 40286Members
    Shame all mine are "chef's measures", IE "that looks about right..."
  • MantridMantrid Lockpick Join Date: 2003-12-07 Member: 24109Members
    edited December 2006
    Ingrediants:

    Ramen
    Water


    Boil water. Insert ramen. Wait 3 minutes. Add ramen seasoning. Eat ramen.

    Thats really all we should need, right?
  • illhillh Join Date: 2004-08-31 Member: 31104Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1589064:date=Dec 15 2006, 04:05 PM:name=Mantrid)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mantrid @ Dec 15 2006, 04:05 PM) [snapback]1589064[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    Ingrediants:

    Ramen
    Water
    Boil water. Insert ramen. Wait 3 minutes. Add ramen seasoning. Eat ramen.

    Thats really all we should need, right?
    <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Amen.
  • Sub_zer0Sub_zer0 Join Date: 2004-05-09 Member: 28569Members
    I kinda dig in my box of tins I do liek to fry up some new potatoes (26p of spuds in a tin bargin) some soup is good and pasta ia super pooper easy if i can afford it meat = sauce + paste = win (garlic bread for joygasm)
    I really need to get a better diet oh and curry chicken = sauce+ rice +naa bread most stuff for about £5
    allthough some place its cheaper to eat in uni caniteen than to make your own food.
  • Lt_PatchLt_Patch Join Date: 2005-02-07 Member: 40286Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1589078:date=Dec 16 2006, 12:42 AM:name=illh)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(illh @ Dec 16 2006, 12:42 AM) [snapback]1589078[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    <b>R</b>amen.
    <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    fix'd. although, i wonder how many will get the reference...
  • MantridMantrid Lockpick Join Date: 2003-12-07 Member: 24109Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1589091:date=Dec 15 2006, 05:15 PM:name=Lt_Patch)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Lt_Patch @ Dec 15 2006, 05:15 PM) [snapback]1589091[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    fix'd. although, i wonder how many will get the reference...
    <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    FSM?
  • Lt_PatchLt_Patch Join Date: 2005-02-07 Member: 40286Members
    <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wow.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":0" border="0" alt="wow.gif" />

    Mantrid with the early showing of geek-knowledge
  • DepotDepot The ModFather Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7956Members
    I ate Ramen (pronounced "ram-yon" in Korea) before most of you were even born. Back then it cost 10 won (about 3 cents) and wasn't even available in supermarkets.

    When it's done cooking add a scrambled egg and diced scallions FTW. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink-fix.gif" />
  • cshank4cshank4 Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13425Members
    edited December 2006
    In addition to the Ramen recipe.

    Beef Ramen, follow normal instructions, drain the water from the noodles, place in bowl. Add chili powder and stir like a lunatic. Make sure it's REALLY spicy chili powder.


    Consume.



    I have lots of other quickies but they all contain the microwave because I'm a cheese-addict. (Hoorah cholesterol.)
  • digzdigz be still, maggot Join Date: 2002-05-07 Member: 588Members, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
    edited December 2006
    <b>"sh*t" on a shingle:</b>

    Bread
    Beef (sandwich slices)
    Milk
    Flour

    Step 1: Cut beef into small tiny bite sized slices, cook beef "canadian bacon" style in a large frying pan.
    Step 2: Add milk to cover 90% off beef (think of cereal).
    Step 3: Warm milk/beef combo until the milk is "near" boiling (DO NOT BOIL MILK, IT IS NASTY).
    Step 4: Add a TON (about a cup to 20 oz) of flour to the broth to "thicken" the concoction. Requires patience and a LOT of stirring.
    Step 5: Toast bread.
    Step 6: Put bread on plate, smother some beef concoction on to bread. Eat.

    Cheap, fills you up, takes 15 minutes.



    <b>Colan Blow (Poor man's feast):</b>

    1 Package Romaine Noodles (I like chicken)
    1 Can of tomato soup

    Cooke Romaine noodles as you normally would, except only use enough water to "just" cover the noodles so they cook. After they have cooked, let some of the water boil off and then add the tomato soup. When the tomato soup has heated add the flavor packet of the Romaine noodles and serve. Fills you up and later gives you a real workout on the toilet.
  • cshank4cshank4 Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13425Members
    edited December 2006
    Why do people always name food after bowel movements? <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/confused-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="???" border="0" alt="confused-fix.gif" />
  • CabooseCaboose title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
    On what cshank4 said. I do pretty much the same thing, except I use copious amounts of Cholula sauce.

    There's also my Italian Chimichanga. It involves browning Italian sausage in a pan, spreading the ground sausage on a tortilla with diced tomatoes, rolling the tortilla up and closing the ends, then fry it. I used to use a deep fryer, but that stopped working, so about 1/2" (1ish cm) of oil in a pan (can be and usually is the same one I used to brown the meat).

    Fry until both sides are golden brown. Put on a plate, cover in marinara sauce and enjoy.

    Most likely not very good for you.
  • BlackMageBlackMage [citation needed] Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17474Members, Constellation
    1) take ramen
    2) place in mouth
    3) chew
    4) enjoy
  • UltimaGeckoUltimaGecko hates endnotes Join Date: 2003-05-14 Member: 16320Members
    Well, first off for Tyrain: what kind of salsa is this? When I was in Germany me and my friend wandered in and out of about 5 grocery stores and the only spicy salsa we found was pringles salsa...Every single one we bought was sweet instead of spicy. We just decided to make our own salsa <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" /> . If it's Mushrompan, which I'm guessing is Mushroompan, then it's gotta be something like Champignonspfanne or something (which just doesn't sound that appetizing to me, since I just don't like fungi).

    Plus I have no idea what Creme Freche is.





    Anyway, I always try to make stuff spicier (it helps when your meals are all college student pasta-based meals and need more flavor). For anyone that is at college: buy some spices and you'll be able to vastly improve the deliciousness of the limited food available.


    Whenever I do manage to splurge on something, usually I break out the penne noodles and then make a pretty spicy sauce...with the following ingredients and their vague measurements (goes best if you taste it occasionally to make sure the temperature sits well).

    Penne works best, since it captures the sauce inside, but mostaccioli or rotini work as well - mostaccioli if you like less noodle and more sauce, kind of the same with the rotini...it just kind of sticks in the spiral).

    I assume everyone knows how to boil noodles.

    For the sauce:
    Break out some ground beef which you've browned previously and a can of tomato sauce and just mix those into a viscosity you like (or just buy a can of Ragu or something from the store...like me).

    Now, start off the sauce pot/pan with some olive oil, and the, after its been sitting in there a minute on low heat, throw the main component of sauce in there. Now, you'll want to gather a few things:

    Cayenne (or red) pepper (probably ground, spicerack stuff, but if you want you could use a real one)
    black pepper
    salt
    garlic
    onion (grated or finely chopped)
    chili powder (probably spicerack stuff)

    Just mix in various amounts (copious amounts of chili powder, the others are to personal taste - but you don't want it to smell like chili). Cayenne pepper adds more hotness, but some people don't want too hot of a sauce. Serve like any other pasta. Then just find some sort of drink to go along with the spicy sauce and kick back with a giant plate of pasta.



    I also subsist off of Macaroni and Cheese...but the directions for that are on the box <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" /> . There's also this nifty stuff called frozen pizza, it's delicious. At 4 for $10...that's like $1.25/meal (if you can limit yourselfto not eating the whole pizza) - more economical than macaroni and cheese. French toast is also pretty good (heat pan, crack egg into bowl, dip bread slice into bowl, put egg-dipped slice of bread onto pan, cook until golden brown, eat - possibly with syrup) and easy, but sort of messy (bah, there's like 4 dishes involved, and that's just too much.

    I'm also wondering what black_mage does with the packet of ramen flavoring that comes with the $0.14 package.
  • TyrainTyrain Join Date: 2003-01-03 Member: 11746Members
    Any spicy salsa will do. Depens on your taste. And... you don't know creme freche? Uhh.. gimme a minute....

    <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creme_fraiche" target="_blank">Creme fraiche</a>

    Just the wrong spelling...
  • NecroNecro &lt;insert non-birthday-related title here&gt; Join Date: 2002-08-09 Member: 1118Members
    no ovens or microwaves? whats wrong with you? that cuts out the best stuff like french fries/fish fingers etc and pretty much anything i know how to make.
  • SvenpaSvenpa Wait, what? Join Date: 2004-01-03 Member: 25012Members, Constellation
    edited December 2006
    As for a great dessert! Svenpas Chocolateballs

    100g butter (bakeing butter/Unsalted butter, thanks patch)
    150g sugar
    200g porridge oats
    25g Vanilla sugar
    50g Cocoa powder
    25g plain hot Coffee

    Very simple: Melt the butter (best if its kinda hot if ur gonna eat it directly)
    Pour everything into a large enough bowl in above order (bowl should be at least 2x the space the ingredients take)
    Attack with favorite spoon and give it a whirl until everything is a chocolatic mass
    Eat directly with said spoon

    Alt: Roll the chocolate into balls (put in fridge if you want them overnight)
    Alt Alt: Roll the balls in coconut shreds (put in fridge if you want them overnight)

    Notes: I prefer to do it quickly and eat it while it's warm, keeps most of the flavour then. Microwaveing it cold is not recommended.
  • Lt_PatchLt_Patch Join Date: 2005-02-07 Member: 40286Members
    And just for reference, baking butter is often called UNSALTED butter
  • MerkabaMerkaba Digital Harmony Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 22Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester
    edited December 2006
    I've been into my pasta recently, too - it's so horribly easy it hardly seems worth describing how I do it. Still...

    Boil water with some salt and cooking oil. Throw a few handfuls of pasta into boiling water.
    Once the pasta has absorbed the water to your liking, drain and insert:

    Some Chorizo sausage sliced or diced. Very fattening, but not much is needed.
    Some Oregano and Basil herbs.
    Chopped peppers perhaps.
    Grated parmesan.
    Tomato based sauce of choice!

    Throw it all in, shove it back on the flame and stir it about frequently, nay, constantly, until the sauce is heated.

    Serve! And congratulate yourself on being a lazy cook. Yes that's right, I just explained how to cook pasta as if its news. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/confused-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="???" border="0" alt="confused-fix.gif" />


    I don't know any other quick and easy dishes, save stir-fry (stir, and fry. Done!). Soup?
  • DepotDepot The ModFather Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7956Members
    Merkaba, Martha Stewart would chastise you for adding cooking oil to the pasta water. I used to do that to, long ago.

    Something to do with the pasta NOT absorbing whatever else you add to it, being the pasta's got an oily film on it. You'll also find the dish tastes MUCH better once you've boiled the pasta without the oil.
  • ZigZig ...I am Captain Planet&#33; Join Date: 2002-10-23 Member: 1576Members
    edited December 2006
    you never, never never add oil to the pasta while it's boiling. as depot said it basically sauceproofs the pasta. take my word on this, i grew up in new york and my only friends were either jewish or italian, and ALL their parents knew how to cook pasta.

    Easy Recipe #1: Chicken in Cream of Mushroom <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />

    -1 can Campbells Cream of Mushroom Soup. super cheap, super yummy. 2 cans for a lot of chicken.
    -As much as 1 chicken (baked), you can do this with less, or with pre-cooked chicken breast, frozen chicken breasts, etc. My favorite portion for this is 3 frozen chicken breasts.
    -Pasta, potatoes, or rice. You know how to do those.
    -Garlic (or garlic powder if you're ghetto)
    -Salt and pepper
    -A little lemon juice if you like.

    PREP
    1) Slice cooked chicken. Presentation and bite size are best if you use 1/2" x 2" strips.
    2) Peel 1 clove garlic
    3) Open can

    COOKING
    1) [disregard if you don't have garlic] Press 1 clove garlic onto pan with a little olive oil. (Size pan according to how much chicken you're using.) Saute until garlic is nice and golden. Do not burn.
    2) Place chicken and Cream of Mushroom Soup (NO WATER!) into pan. Stir to distribute garlic.
    3) Simmer the sauce and stir periodically. Add salt and pepper to taste. Splash with lemon juice if you like that.
    4) After the sauce has simmered a couple minutes and the chicken is hot, add your pasta or potatoes. If you're eating this with rice, it's better to serve it separately as the sauce kinda drowns the rice.
    5) Eat lotz
  • MerkabaMerkaba Digital Harmony Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 22Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester
    edited December 2006
    I didn't add it whilst it's boiling, I added it before I even turn the hob on. That's how I was taught to do it, and I've found that not doing it can make the pasta too dry.

    But I shall try it without my olive oil next time, and let you know if I happen to spot any difference in how tasty I already find it : P
  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    Boil potatoes, drain, add corned beef and mash it all in and you get Corned Beef Mash. I had it for dinner tonight <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />
  • Lt_PatchLt_Patch Join Date: 2005-02-07 Member: 40286Members
    lawl, mght have to try that at some point, mash = win, corned beef = win, corned beef mash must therefore be pure awesome.

    On the subject of corned beef...

    What the f**k is corned beef hash?
  • DepotDepot The ModFather Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7956Members
    Patch, ffs man, watch some Martha Stewart, will ya - it's <b>YOUR</b> kinda show. <img src="http://www.nsmod.org/forums/style_emoticons/default/bash.gif" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />
  • Lt_PatchLt_Patch Join Date: 2005-02-07 Member: 40286Members
    Nah, don't have anything to do with the stock market (<img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />), and anyway, UK cooking shows > american ones...

    And I found out what corned beef hash is, I thought it was something else... might have to get a packet of corned beef, and make some <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />
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