Food & Drink The Hangar Food Thread

[iDon]

been using an air fryer of late and its elite. Been doing all things but fried chicken, fish and pork belly so far been divine.

 

[Beerfish]

been using an air fryer of late and its elite. Been doing all things but fried chicken, fish and pork belly so far been divine.

Most used appliance in our kitchen. And our kitchen is brand new.

 

[Alberto_Magnifico]

Being so lean, how does it handle slow cooking without drying out? You'd need to use shoulder or something but I'm not sure how fatty the shoulder is compared to other animals

I'm a bit late to the party here but...you're right slow cooked venison is best in a wet dish like casserole.
Shoulder from a small animal and shanks from any size are great, whilst not fatty at all, and deer fat is pretty gross anyway, they have a lot of gooey cartilage to break down.

I do shanks a fair bit, just need a bit of "Frenching"to get the worst of the silver skin and sinew cut out first, but totally worth it.

 

[citizen-erased]

Not sure if mentioned, but **** me if the barossa doesn't do schnitzel better than anywhere else

 

[Beerfish]

Just peeled, seeded and cut up a whole ironbark pumpkin. Do not recommend.

 

[Alberto_Magnifico]

Just peeled, seeded and cut up a whole ironbark pumpkin. Do not recommend.

What did you do with it? Can't say I've even used one, what's the go with it?

 

[Beerfish]

What did you do with it? Can't say I've even used one, what's the go with it?

Made a pumpkin loaf, pumpkin soup and pumpkin curry. Have about 2 kilos left. Maybe some pumpkin scones?

 

[Alberto_Magnifico]

Made a pumpkin loaf, pumpkin soup and pumpkin curry. Have about 2 kilos left. Maybe some pumpkin scones?

Gotcha, I read it as you don't recommend the pumpkin itself!
Sounds like you needed a chainsaw for that thing. Here's an idea for you, simple and tasty, but I prefer raisins to cranberry in this recipe

Easy Balkan-Style Pumpkin Pie With Filo Pastry

This beautiful and easy Pumpkin Pie is a Balkan delicacy, made with a juicy pumpkin filling, rolled in filo pastry and baked to perfection.

www.thebalkanfoodie.com

 

[Pweter]

Made a pumpkin loaf, pumpkin soup and pumpkin curry. Have about 2 kilos left. Maybe some pumpkin scones?

I've had this on the "to cook" list for a while but haven't gotten around to it. Maple roasted pumpkin and chicken salad, though you'll still have ~1kg of pumpkin left

A colleague I used to work with would occasionally make and bring in a pumpkin cheesecake that was absolutely divine. Dunno what the recipe is, there's a few online.

 

[Beerfish]

Gotcha, I read it as you don't recommend the pumpkin itself!

Ah ha yeah nah. I broke a peeler on it before deciding to just go the knife all the way.

 

[Alberto_Magnifico]

Ah ha yeah nah. I broke a peeler on it before deciding to just go the knife all the way.

Yeh I like using a serated knife on difficult pumpkins, really let's you bite in and control the wobble.
I recommend something like the "finger slice 4000"

https://www.amazon.com.au/Victorinox-180300-0-Tomato-Knife-Silver/dp/B0002HPHQS/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=BNPCXYHXII87&keywords=victorinox&qid=1682556005&sprefix=victor%2Caps%2C286&sr=8-3

 

[Beerfish]

Yeh I like using a serated knife on difficult pumpkins, really let's you bite in and control the wobble.
I recommend something like the "finger slice 4000"

https://www.amazon.com.au/Victorinox-180300-0-Tomato-Knife-Silver/dp/B0002HPHQS/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=BNPCXYHXII87&keywords=victorinox&qid=1682556005&sprefix=victor%2Caps%2C286&sr=8-3

Needs to be pointier than that

 

[Pweter]

Yeh I like using a serated knife on difficult pumpkins, really let's you bite in and control the wobble.
I recommend something like the "finger slice 4000"

https://www.amazon.com.au/Victorinox-180300-0-Tomato-Knife-Silver/dp/B0002HPHQS/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=BNPCXYHXII87&keywords=victorinox&qid=1682556005&sprefix=victor%2Caps%2C286&sr=8-3

We have a couple of very similar knives to those. Along with my 18cm chef's knife they'd be the most used knives in the house.

 

[Alberto_Magnifico]

Needs to be pointier than that

For peeling I mean, not the chop chop

 

[Alberto_Magnifico]

We have a couple of very similar knives to those. Along with my 18cm chef's knife they'd be the most used knives in the house.

I've got several German and Japanese chef's knives of various sizes but these little Victorinox serrated knives are a great all rounder, they are brutally sharp, versatile and dirt cheap, the Amazon review are hilarious as many of them are from people cutting themselves

 

[Beerfish]

I'd rather just buy it pre-cut. Can't look a gift pumpkin in the mouth though apparently.

 

[Alberto_Magnifico]

I'd rather just buy it pre-cut. Can't look a gift pumpkin in the mouth though apparently.

Pumpkins are basically vegetarian dirt pigeons

 

[yodellinhank]

I'd rather just buy it pre-cut. Can't look a gift pumpkin in the mouth though apparently.

Pre-cut fresh produce is the bits of what was left from the stuff that's already gone off.

 

[Lore]

Pre-cut fresh produce is the bits of what was left from the stuff that's already gone off.

Not always lol, you can actually ask the staff to cut down a whole one for you that you grabbed off a shelf and they’ll put the other half or 3/4 with the cut up bits

The frozen mixed veg on the other hand…

 

[citizen-erased]

I've had this on the "to cook" list for a while but haven't gotten around to it. Maple roasted pumpkin and chicken salad, though you'll still have ~1kg of pumpkin left

A colleague I used to work with would occasionally make and bring in a pumpkin cheesecake that was absolutely divine. Dunno what the recipe is, there's a few online.

these things are mostly good cos of the spice that goes along with pumpkin (i.e nutmeg, cinnamon, etc)
ive done pumpkin pie. wife made a cheesecake
they were really nice, but i reckon it's the spice, not so much the pumpkin

 

[yodellinhank]

Not always lol, you can actually ask the staff to cut down a whole one for you that you grabbed off a shelf and they’ll put the other half or 3/4 with the cut up bits

I could never be so bold

The frozen mixed veg on the other hand…

 

[Beerfish]

Pumpkins are basically vegetarian dirt pigeons

I don't even know what this means

It sounds like you're saying you don't like pumpkin

 

[yodellinhank]

these things are mostly good cos of the spice that goes along with pumpkin (i.e nutmeg, cinnamon, etc)
ive done pumpkin pie. wife made a cheesecake
they were really nice, but i reckon it's the spice, not so much the pumpkin

Caramelized pumpkin is the go. I tried telling my kid who wouldn't eat "the burnt bits" that, and it's true.

I found it interesting after hearing somebody on the wireless talk about how they were in the USA and couldn't believe nobody had heard of making pumpkin soup. They talked it up and so the people got interested and so the person made a big batch with their favourite recipe.

Apparently the pumpkins they get in the states are much different to what we get, hence why they usually use it in stuff we don't, and the soup was god awful. Apparently everyone was polite but went away thinking along the lines "Jesus, Vegemite and now this."

 

[citizen-erased]

Caramelized pumpkin is the go. I tried telling my kid who wouldn't eat "the burnt bits" that, and it's true.

I found it interesting after hearing somebody on the wireless talk about how they were in the USA and couldn't believe nobody had heard of making pumpkin soup. They talked it up and so the people got interested and so the person made a big batch with their favourite recipe.

Apparently the pumpkins they get in the states are much different to what we get, hence why they usually use it in stuff we don't, and the soup was god awful. Apparently everyone was polite but went away thinking along the lines "Jesus, Vegemite and now this."

Hahah

Agree. You have to really cook pumpkin...then cook it some more

 

[Beerfish]

Caramelized pumpkin is the go. I tried telling my kid who wouldn't eat "the burnt bits" that, and it's true.

I found it interesting after hearing somebody on the wireless talk about how they were in the USA and couldn't believe nobody had heard of making pumpkin soup. They talked it up and so the people got interested and so the person made a big batch with their favourite recipe.

Apparently the pumpkins they get in the states are much different to what we get, hence why they usually use it in stuff we don't, and the soup was god awful. Apparently everyone was polite but went away thinking along the lines "Jesus, Vegemite and now this."

On the wireless?