The Official Forum Food Porn Thread

[cat]

I just got rid of a whole bunch of glasses and mugs we never use! It is so nice to have the cabinet space! Although my plates are all good I would love new pots! I have some that belonged to my grandmother but then I guess the sentimental value of them would make them hard to get rid of!

[California Girl]

When it comes to old pots & pans, I get over "sentimental" real quick!

Mixing bowls? Well, that's a completely different story!

[nothintolose]

Cat - one of my mixing bowls still has Grammy's initials on a piece of tape on the bottom of it.

CaliforniaGirl - lets see some of your latest pics!!

nothintolose

[California Girl]

Nothintolose sent me a recipe the other day and coincidentally, I had to take a dessert to a party the next evening, so I took a chance and made a Dirt Cake! I have to tell you it was a complete success and a real hit!

This would be a GREAT recipe to make on STJ if you are celebrating a birthday or anniversary or whatever! You would be able to get all the ingredients and "utensils" on-island (or at least at K-Mart on STT) and you don't have to COOK it. It's all about the refrigerator!

Here is the recipe:

DIRT CAKE

1 large pkg. Oreo cookies
1/2 stick margarine
8 oz. pkg. cream cheese
1/4 cup powdered sugar
2 1/4 cups milk
2 reg. pkgs. French Vanilla instant pudding
12 oz. container of whipped topping

Crush or blend Oreo cookies (filling included) in a plastic bag. Set aside.

In a large bowl, cream together margarine, cream cheese and powdered sugar. Set aside.

Mix together milk and instant pudding mix. Combine with above mixture of margarine, cream cheese and powdered sugar. Mix well and fold in whipped topping.

Using a plastic flowerpot that is 8" in diameter at the top, plug hole with plastic lid from whipped topping. Layer ingredients in pot starting with cookie crumbs, then pudding mix, cookie crumbs, then pudding mix, ending with cookie crumbs. Refrigerate overnight. Key to make it look real: Add silk/plastic flowers for decoration, add candy worms in layers, and serve with garden trowel.

Here are pictures of my Dirt Cake before "planting" the flowers (so you can see the "dirt") and after, ready to serve:





My notes:
This recipe was sent to me from Louisiana, I (obviously) am in California. I don't know if things are packaged differently, but I could only find 8 oz. & 16 oz. containers of cool whip - I used the 8 oz. and it was just right. The lid didn't fit in the flowerpot, so I just cut off the lip and it fit perfect. There's nothing to leak, so you don't have to worry about how well it fits.

I don't know what a "large" bag of Oreos is to you, but to me it's 1 lb. & some random ounces. It wasn't enough in my opinion. You should have at least 1/3 pkg. more than that.

After we all stuffed ourselves, the subject of what else you could do with this recipe came up. Everyone agreed that it would be good made with ice cream instead of pudding mix.

[nothintolose]

LMAO CaliforniaGirl - you're notes at the bottom are cracking me up. Sorry you had to guess on some of the measurements. I hadn't checked it out myself - just saw it when a teammate brought it to a soccer game and got the recipe.

I don't like sweets so I wouldn't actually eat it, but I know it looks really cute.

Your California one looks really good too

nothintolose

[liamsaunt]

Here's last night's cocktail, a tequila sunrise:

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[Bug]

I have a recipe that is similar to the Dirt Cake but it's called a Kitty Litter Cake. Instead of using Chocolate Oreo's you use the Vanilla Oreo's and put it in a new kitty litter pan. Before you put the Oreo's on top, you put them in a bag with a couple of drops of green food coloring and also melt a few Tootsie Rolls on top. It's hysterical for parties and tastes great.

PS I can't believe I actually am showing food porn of my own!!!

[California Girl]

Bug - That's hilarious!! My husband said he doesn't know if he could eat that! But you have to know that he has cat box duty every morning! LOL!!

[sea-nile]

CG- I like the dirt cake. Real cute!

Bug- the kitty litter is cute too, but I don't think that I could eat it!

[sea-nile]

My little chef made key lime pie for Labor Day. It is Waterguys recipe. (don't worry, Tom, I gave you credit for the recipe.)



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[nothintolose]

Okay this is my friend's curry shrimp and orzo recipe - when she first described it, I thought she was talking about Ouzo cuz I didn't know what orzo was

Before


After


Hehehe - couldn't resist adding the roach to the porn

Below is the recipe:

Josie’s Shrimp Curry

1.5 pounds shrimp
Curry Powder (preferably St. John Spice’s curry seasoning)
Tomato-Basil Feta Cheese (as desired)
3 cloves garlic (minced)
Basil (as desired)
Orzo Pasta
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 cup green onions (chopped)

Rub the shrimp with curry powder.
Sautee shrimp in butter, garlic and basil for about 3-5 minutes (until a few start to turn pink but are not done)

Cook the whole bag of Orzo pasta
Let cook for about 6 minutes

Mix the pasta with a tablespoon of lemon juice, a cup of green onions, and the tomato-basil feta cheese

Put the shrimp/garlic/basil on top of the pasta in the foil bowl
Close the bowl
Baked it at 350 for 20 minutes

Nothintolose

p.s. sorry I couldn't let ya'll see my groovy plates tonight - we were out of the clean ones with that design and only had plain white Corel

[cat]

Eliz, I sure hope that is Jerry's fake roach in your dinner!!!!!!

[nothintolose]

Yep - the real ones are busy tring to dive bomb me in the yard

nothintolose

[mbw1024]

last night's stuff was pretty basic. stuffed mushrooms while we were sitting around watching baseball and then Tilapia with spinach and roasted tomatoes

[liamsaunt]

Mary Beth, are those olives in your mushrooms? I'm looking for a really tasty stuffed mushroom recipe, so if you could send me yours I would appreciate it.

Dinner last night was really quick because everyone wanted to get back in front of the television to watch the game. Linguini with littleneck clams:

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Today we are veering from tradition and having two meals. The first is early and will be grilled cornish hens with mango salsa, and a bunch of sides. Later we are having a salumi and cheese plate with the games. I am already wishing that I could sleep in tomorrow...it's going to be a long night!