Cooking thread

@QueenCold  
Californian dates are nothing compared to Middle Eastern dates.

Tsukemono  
 
Goes great with rice.

@SeraphimDawn  
That looks like a pile of mature ticks.

@Anonycat  
Look like rocks.

What sorcery are these?  
 
Curry and Spaghetti.  
 
Pasta sauce and rice.

I love spinach pizza. :)  
 
Easy White Spinach Pizza

@SeraphimDawn  
I love sweet and spicy pizzas, especially if they have pineapple.

@SeraphimDawn  
Goat cheese, spinach, onion, olive oil.
 
That might just beat triple mushroom for best pizza ever made.

For those of you who are into history, wars, rationing, or are curious on what our grandparents ate during the war.  
Wartime Recipes

@SeraphimDawn  
My grandfather told me they ate everything.

Gotta get essential nutrients, right?

@SeraphimDawn  
He told me they ate tulip bulbs at best and shoe soles at worst.

@QueenCold  
I’ve read that a lot in history class, since Canada’s involvement in the liberation of the Netherlands was significant.
 
If I’m not mistaken. Tulip bulbs are toxic for human consumption.
 
Check out what the Russians had to survive on.  
 
Breads made of orache and bran, fried on machine oil, were used as food in sieged Leningrad
 
Britain actually had it good compared to much of continental Europe, where the Nazis roamed upon.

@SeraphimDawn  
Not a time I would have liked living in very much.

@QueenCold  
Especially when we like food and eating food as hobby. But it is fascinating to see how people live through such hardships. Maybe we can learn a thing or two from their experiences, in case we come across it too.

@SeraphimDawn  
I don’t eat much, but still…

@QueenCold
 
Here is a tip on how to select the proper soy sauces

@SeraphimDawn  
There is only one soy sauce to me: kecap manis.

 
Last week was my country’s independence day, so I bring to you… Empanadas de Pino!  
A large dumpling-like food made out of chopped beef, chopped onion and spices light fried until everything is nice and juicy, then stuffed inside of a dumpling dough and accompanied of an egg slice, an olive and a raisin per serving.  
You deep fry it until it’s brown and crispy, sealing the tasty filling and broth inside, and then it’s NOM time.

Here is a recipe with an interesting name.
 
Watergate Salad

@Anonycat  
Wait wait wait.  
A single raisin?

Making Swedish Meatballs tomorrowy

@SquiggyBomb  
Yep.  
One olive, one raisin and one egg slice per Empanada.  
The Empanada is slightly spicy so the raisin acts as a palate cleanser.
 
Add too many raisins and the flavor of the meat, onion and spices is ruined.