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Balifrog said:
Now, cooking is nice when you are a couple, or a family, but if I was alone I would sure be much more lazy. Spending half to one hour preparing something that you swallow down in 5 minutes is not really attracting.
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That's it, really. When my kid is around I try not to cook the same thing more than once in two weeks (except breakfast). But with just me here...
Tonight I braised a bunch of potatoes and onions and tossed in some green beans at the end. Served 1/3 of them with fried MaLing. Breakfast will be the next 1/3 of those same potatoes in a Spanish omelette with tomato. Lunch will see the last 1/3 of them coated in flour and deep fried with chicken (and some veg). It's not a bad run of foods, really. But, I'll probably be cooking it all again three days later. The other meals will also be something braised or a soup/pasta sauce that can be heated from the fridge.

I just do the same easy stuff again and again. When I get really bored I stop buying those ingredients for a while so I will be forced to come up with something else.

Neither my wife nor I cooked much when we were married. Too bad, really, as she has those magic hands that always add the right amount of salt and spice. Now, when I have the kid, he and I cook almost every meal together in my tiny kitchen. I hope they will be happy memories for him (but I am sometimes a bit of a taskmaster).

Did you teach your kids to cook?
 
HappyMan said:
Did you teach your kids to cook?
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My ex (Thai) wife was an excellent cook. When she studied in France she lived "au pair" with an old generation French couple who taught her a lot about French culture, and of course food is a large part of it.
So it was her who later initiated our 3 kids to cooking.
My daugther is excellent at it since 16, now at 21 she has her own online "vegan donuts" business.
Of the 2 boys, one is not bad at it, the other one is a computer geek / gamer and tends to eat their food (i.e. junk...), except when at Mom's house ...
 
HappyMan said:
That's it, really. When my kid is around I try not to cook the same thing more than once in two weeks (except breakfast). But with just me here...
Tonight I braised a bunch of potatoes and onions and tossed in some green beans at the end. Served 1/3 of them with fried MaLing. Breakfast will be the next 1/3 of those same potatoes in a Spanish omelette with tomato. Lunch will see the last 1/3 of them coated in flour and deep fried with chicken (and some veg). It's not a bad run of foods, really. But, I'll probably be cooking it all again three days later. The other meals will also be something braised or a soup/pasta sauce that can be heated from the fridge.

I just do the same easy stuff again and again. When I get really bored I stop buying those ingredients for a while so I will be forced to come up with something else.

Neither my wife nor I cooked much when we were married. Too bad, really, as she has those magic hands that always add the right amount of salt and spice. Now, when I have the kid, he and I cook almost every meal together in my tiny kitchen. I hope they will be happy memories for him (but I am sometimes a bit of a taskmaster).

Did you teach your kids to cook?
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I am all for lazy food HM, if you like tuna a really easy fall back is a portion of rice with canned tuna splodged on top & a healthy dose of sambal- that is my utmost lazy food.
The more faffy version of that is to make up my own sambal goreng & cook up the tuna in it then add it to the rice - either one is delicious with minimal effort.
 
HappyMan said:
....together in my tiny kitchen...
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A proper kitchen has always been a must when selecting a lodging everywhere I lived.
This was one of the main reasons we selected our place in Bali.

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And even in the Banyuwangi jungle house, when we build my "man's cave extension" I added a small outdoor kitchen for me. Forbidden territory for everybody except the Missus and me.
Took a bit of searching to find the mini-fridge (hotel style) and the narrow table set.

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Balifrog said:
Don't take this bad, but I can difficultly see rice + canned tuna topped with chilli sauce deserving the word "delicious".

Then again, cultural difference, minimal effort.... different views.
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It is all about personal preference :) some people like bakso or terasi- both make me want to hurl. :D
 
Bad_azz said:
It is all about personal preference :) some people like bakso or terasi- both make me want to hurl. :D
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During my working days in SEA, i have eaten, not always by choice, some strange stuff. Hence out of the job, I stick to more "conventenial" food of my country.
Having a VIP customer or supplier at a Chinese dinner, offering you the head of the fish (the noble part) and pointing out that you should start with the eyes first can put you in a delicate situation.
In South Korea when invited I usually asked for Bulgogi restaurant (meat you fry on the table) which is a rather safe bet. One day a supplier asked me "what about seafood today ?". Silly me (imagining a nice.seaplatter) says yes. We arrive at a place with large concrete ponds full of.various style of fish, everybody choices his fish, and we sit down.
5 min later the fish is served.... that's when I realized "wait...no way they could cook it so fast...". And right I was, raw, cut in small cubes...
Lucky there was plenty of soju on the table, so I went like, throw 1 small cube in my mouth and immediately wash it down.with a large gulp of soju....
Enough of that kind of experiences.

When we go (before Covid) to our "jungle residence" I always bring 2 iceboxes of western stuff with me.
 
Balifrog said:
During my working days in SEA, i have eaten, not always by choice, some strange stuff. Hence out of the job, I stick to more "conventenial" food of my country.
Having a VIP customer or supplier at a Chinese dinner, offering you the head of the fish (the noble part) and pointing out that you should start with the eyes first can put you in a delicate situation.
In South Korea when invited I usually asked for Bulgogi restaurant (meat you fry on the table) which is a rather safe bet. One day a supplier asked me "what about seafood today ?". Silly me (imagining a nice.seaplatter) says yes. We arrive at a place with large concrete ponds full of.various style of fish, everybody choices his fish, and we sit down.
5 min later the fish is served.... that's when I realized "wait...no way they could cook it so fast...". And right I was, raw, cut in small cubes...
Lucky there was plenty of soju on the table, so I went like, throw 1 small cube in my mouth and immediately wash it down.with a large gulp of soju....
Enough of that kind of experiences.

When we go (before Covid) to our "jungle residence" I always bring 2 iceboxes of western stuff with me.
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Fish heads/eyes- well I would lose the job/business or customer before eating it- or just say how very sorry I am & appreciative of the effort, but that I am vegetarian.
& offer it right back.
Or if in non-polite mode I would say, you want me to eat that? then bring me a bucket for when I hurl.
Raw fish- been there done that , it is called sushi in many places :D
Animal organs- they won't go in my belly either unless they have been thrown in a sausage/burger mix.
Other than that I will eat pretty much anything, I think hmmm breakfast meetings are so much better for business than dinner, safe- fried rice, a yoghurt or some toast :D.
I guess I am poor because I will not waste what is left of my life working at something I don't enjoy.
I am picky but happy :)
 
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Bad_azz said:
I guess I am poor because I will not waste what is left of my life working at something I don't enjoy.
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I loved and enjoyed the 33 years in construction. The few really inconvenient "diplomatic" obligations were largely counterbalanced by the great parties and nightlife.
For me all the "traditional" or "religious" ceremonies when starting a project or at some time events (Chinese N.Y. for example) were much more a pain in the ass, and I avoided them when I could.
But it goes with the job and sometimes not being present will be an insult to your host.

P.S. : I ate the fish head, but not the eyes.
I also will never eat tripes or intestines, even it is rather famous in France.
 
Balifrog said:
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I loved and enjoyed the 33 years in construction. The few really inconvenient "diplomatic" obligations were largely counterbalanced by the great parties and nightlife.
For me all the "traditional" or "religious" ceremonies when starting a project or at some time events (Chinese N.Y. for example) were much more a pain in the ass, and I avoided them when I could.
But it goes with the job and sometimes not being present will be an insult to your host.

P.S. : I ate the fish head, but not the eyes.
I also will never eat tripes or intestines, even it is rather famous in France.
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How about cervelle de veau? It is quite popular at Padang restaurants here.
 
nd_eric_77 said:
How about cervelle de veau? It is quite popular at Padang restaurants here.
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Same. Not for me !

Cervelle, tripes a la mode de Caen, rognons etc.... were very popular in my generation, but I don't think the younger generation are really fans of it.

There is also Cervelle de singe, monkey brain (in Vietnam for example), to be eaten in a very special manner. No way I would touch it.
 
Bad_azz said:
You: tray with everything laid out just so...
Me: bowl of Rice Krispies at my desk as I check the forum & emails etc.
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The advantage of being retired...
I have practiced the bowl of soup or fried rice on my desk for lunch a lot when working in BKK.
But not for a long time, I have always followed the rule of having a REAL break for lunch. Means eating at the restaurant.
Breakfast in front of the computer, never, breakfast is my most sacred moment in the day (always have been). Relaxed and nobody up yet in the house. My moment of complete peace.
 
Balifrog said:
The advantage of being retired...
I have practiced the bowl of soup or fried rice on my desk for lunch a lot when working in BKK.
But not for a long time, I have always followed the rule of having a REAL break for lunch. Means eating at the restaurant.
Breakfast in front of the computer, never, breakfast is my most sacred moment in the day (always have been). Relaxed and nobody up yet in the house. My moment of complete peace.
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Oh I am not working, I am just sat, sitting - our dining table is piled with junk (him, not me)
 
So, yesterday evening we decided to try another "premiere"
Poulet Grand Mere (GrandMother chicken) with potato croquettes.
In fact chicken with a sauce based on beefstock, mushroom and bacon.

Well, you can't always win and this time it turned out far from perfect.

The chicken a bit overcooked, gave it a 7/10
The sauce way to much bacon and not enough liquid, gave it a 6/10
The croquettes a semi disaster, potato mash not tasty, breading not tasty, and the "forming" ..🙈🙈🙈🙈 Barely deserved a 5/10
All perfectly edible, but I wouldn't have dared to it serve it to guests......

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So we punished ourselves and went without dessert....
No adventure tonight, we'll stick to various left overs !
 
No pics sorry, I was not quick enough with the camera- but tonight's delight was Piri2 chicken.
I also roasted up a couple of lamb chops in rosemary /olive oil/garlic, as one does- forgot to throw potatoes in, so have saved the rendered fat & will do the spuds tomorrow & serve the lot up with a pile of steamed & *buttered kale.
*no healthy eating goes unpunished in our house ;)
 
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