What's Cooking? Show us Your Plated Food Photos!

[Helicopter]

I couldn't find a food photo thread, though I know it has been suggested. Sorry if I missed it.

Anyway, I want to see what you're cooking with a brief description. Style points for anything you harvested yourself.

I will start:

I harvested a boar on Hawaii island a couple weeks ago, and this is the first meal I have cooked. My best attempt at a kalua boar plate lunch plus some fresh pineapple.

The meat is a Polynesian boar fresh ham, that I got charred and smoky on a very hot grill before pressure cooking for 2 hours with sea salt.

 

[Chazz6]

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Steamed bread.

 

[eddantes]

What is this? Instagram? Did I get lost?

 

[Helicopter]

What is this? Instagram? Did I get lost?

On instagram you post food made by others.

 

[dmac6419]

I can't because I ate it.,I can't because I've eaten it.

 

[Andysu]

My dad cooked a simple but tasty meal all made with real food, unlike the junk I often cook, this is the REAL THING.

 

[Wes]

plated?

can't we just grab it with our hands out of a pot?

 

[Snarfie]

Giros made on the Q.

 

[Helicopter]

plated?

can't we just grab it with our hands out of a pot?

Yes, provided that is the manner in which it is ready to be consumed.

 

[Helicopter]

Here' some Laulau made with Polynesian boar meat from a hunt on Hawaii Island and Swiss Chard from the local farmer's market.

 

[dmac6419]

Was it good, did you clean the plate.

 

[Helicopter]

Was it good, did you clean the plate.

Oh yes.

 

[izeek]

skrimp n grits

 

[dmac6419]

skrimp n grits

That's soul food

 

[SIY]

Braised lotus root with garlic, scallions, crispy pepper, and sizzling oil finish.

 

[JeffS7444]

An improvised concoction consisting of stirfried tofu, baby broccoli and portobello mushrooms atop a bed of chilled noodles, seasoned with black vinegar and sesame oil .

 

[JeffS7444]

My best attempt at a kalua boar plate lunch plus some fresh pineapple.

Looks great! If you want a bit more of that Hawaii vibe, try dishing out the mac salad and rice (white sticky rice works best) with an ice-cream scoop!

Did you know that it's possible to grow your own pineapple plants from the top which normally gets discarded? The ones my mom grew produced smallish fruit but almost orange in color and super-flavorful.

 

[raindance]

Paella made with Japanese Haiga rice.

 

[raindance]

Looks great! If you want a bit more of that Hawaii vibe, try dishing out the mac salad and rice (white sticky rice works best) with an ice-cream scoop!

Did you know that it's possible to grow your own pineapple plants from the top which normally gets discarded? The ones my mom grew produced smallish fruit but almost orange in color and super-flavorful.

In my younger days in South Africa, we used to use the peels from the pineapple plus sugar, yeast and water to make pineapple "pop" - so named most likely because it was quite good at exploding glass bottles while brewing. A delicious, mildly alcoholic drink. We made the same brew using ginger peels sometimes also .

 

[Katji]

^^ That's why at one time last year, the price of pineapples went up and they were selling out.


..........And, one of my few memories of boarding school is that some of the cupboards stank. Bare wood shelves, so it soaked in. ...And that smell is sort of associated with the smell of rugby jerseys, not washed.