Best Meal you ever cooked?

[anonanon]

Hi Perb,

I was thinking, on this fourm there are a lot of different personallities, cultures, races, beliefs and the like. One common trait between all these is the love of food, or the love of creating food. In some religions, food plays a major role in society.

What is the best meal you ever created? Not just in complexity, but it taste, preperation? Are there any chefs out there, or do most follow the 3 easy food groups (takeout, delivery, microwave)? Did you pair your meal with a Merlot, a nice Zinfandel, or a Budweiser?

I have to think about my finest meal. I was trained in cullinary arts for 2 years (then I decided that Business Management would make me more money so I switched!).

anonanon

 

[Randy Whorewald]

Ya just can't beat a good hot dog. Then on the second day, chop up the hot dogs into Kraft Macaroni Dinner!! It just doesn't get any better than that.

 

[mick_eight]

Fresh caught halibut,red snapper and huge scallops with pounded flat abalone fried in garlic butter. There are some advantages to living on Queen Charlotte Island.

 

[BDAClub]

Marinated T-Bone overnight on the BBQ and Heineken till I can't see!!

 

[threepeat]

My personal favourite special-occasion dish is a seared ahi tuna salad. Buy some sushi-grade ahi tuna, bash some peppercorns and coat the tuna, fry it on medium 2 minutes per side, let it cool and slice it as thinly as possible. Place it on a salad with assorted greens (like baby spinach, but could be anything really) and some fruit (like canned mandarin orange slices, raspberries, lychee nuts, etc.). Dress it up with some kind of sesame oil-based or miso-based dressing. As a bonus, I think it makes a nice dish to make for a date as well, because it's got a bit of a wow factor and makes it look like you worked harder than you actually did

My favourite day-to-day dish, which I don't make everyday because of the calories, is to cook a big bowl of pasta (like half a pound dried) with some Knorr pasta sauce mix (a creamy one like their primavera or carbonara). Prepare it, sit my ass down in front of the TV with a hockey game on, put the remote control right beside me, and chow down. That's pretty much one of my favourite things

As for wine pairings, even though I know a little bit about wine and pairing it with specific foods, I must admit that my own favourite in all situations is just a garden variety white zinfandel.

 

[LonelyGhost]

a bottle of chocolate sauce and a hot brunette with no limits ...

it was a feast!

 

[anonanon]

My personal favourite special-occasion dish is a seared ahi tuna salad. Buy some sushi-grade ahi tuna, bash some peppercorns and coat the tuna, fry it on medium 2 minutes per side, let it cool and slice it as thinly as possible. Place it on a salad with assorted greens (like baby spinach, but could be anything really) and some fruit (like canned mandarin orange slices, raspberries, lychee nuts, etc.). Dress it up with some kind of sesame oil-based or miso-based dressing. As a bonus, I think it makes a nice dish to make for a date as well, because it's got a bit of a wow factor and makes it look like you worked harder than you actually did

My favorite day-to-day dish, which I don't make everyday because of the calories, is to cook a big bowl of pasta (like half a pound dried) with some Knorr pasta sauce mix (a creamy one like their primavera or carbonara). Prepare it, sit my ass down in front of the TV with a hockey game on, put the remote control right beside me, and chow down. That's pretty much one of my favourite things

As for wine pairings, even though I know a little bit about wine and pairing it with specific foods, I must admit that my own favourite in all situations is just a garden variety white zinfandel.

You know, I think I've had that meal before. It seems so familiar.

You have to love the White Zinfandel. It's dark and flavorful enough to go with almost any red meat, but light enough to properly compliment as a nice white alternative. Its sweet enough for a dessert wine, or as a daily sipper.

When I get really lazy, and all I want to do is just go home and eat, I make one of those T.V. dinners. I've got 2 variety's at all times, but I rarely eat them, like 1 every 2 months or so. They don't go bad right, and they actually are pretty tasty as well. I get the Swanson Hungry-man, the one with "over 1 Lb of food!". Yea right. I weighed it when I had finished cooking, just over 1/2 Lb, just right sometimes. That goes along with a nice Kokanee, or Stella...

 

[wolverine]

Uhm...er...I can cook eggs for breakfast.

 

[anonanon]

Was she naked? That would have made the food taste that much better!

 

[James]

Salmon? Very few things beat a nice WILD salmon, grilled on the BBQ, served up with some wild rice and steaming fresh veggies.

But JUST SAY NO TO FARMED SALMON.

Sorry if that pisses off any fish farmers up the coast, but you're fucking with the gene pool. IMHO.

 

[roadwarrior]

Tenderloin. I was working in Seattle, and the meat was couriered in from Chicago. Unusually well marbled. The fat melted into the meat and it was very succulent and juicy. I almost feel like couriering some here, but since it is crossing a border, then I'm not so sure about the import regulations.

 

[mick_eight]

Tenderloin. I was working in Seattle, and the meat was couriered in from Chicago. Unusually well marbled. The fat melted into the meat and it was very succulent and juicy. I almost feel like couriering some here, but since it is crossing a border, then I'm not so sure about the import regulations.

When I crossed in to US with my RV customs went right to fridge and asked 'Do you have any meat' looked in and spent more time there then anywhere else. Don't know about US to canada.

 

[anonanon]

Tenderloin. I was working in Seattle, and the meat was couriered in from Chicago. Unusually well marbled. The fat melted into the meat and it was very succulent and juicy. I almost feel like couriering some here, but since it is crossing a border, then I'm not so sure about the import regulations.

I think I know of which mail-order meat company you are talking about. They advertise all the time right?