OT : Cooking

[Morkilus]

I love alfredo sauce and I love pine nuts. But putting them together sounds like sending Lore Masters in with your wrathing AQ. Pine nuts are expensive and have a subtle flavor, and any alfredo sauce I've ever had is anything but subtle.

So I don't sound like a troll, I'll soon add my personal Gingersnaps recipe for the forum's pleasure.

[HoneyBadger]

You might not be using the right kind of Alfredo sauce then. A good Alfredo should be delicate enough that it doesn't interfere with the pine nut flavor-besides which, they add pine nuts to pesto sauce, and pesto is a lot more aggressive than Alfredo.

[HoneyBadger]

Actually, for ultimate artery-exploding madness, you can add a handful of cashews along with the pine nuts-add them to the pine nuts at the very end of toasting them just as you're taking them off the heat, just to wake up the flavor a bit.

I don't suggest seafood however, if anyone was thinking of shrimp or something. It may seem like a good idea, but it's not that kind of dish-ofcourse, you can do what you want.

[Saulot]

Sorry to take it on a bit of a tangent, but I don't feel this warrants a brand new thread.

What are some of the snacks/drinks (ranging from easy to make to no effort to make) you enjoy during playing a game on your computer?

Snacks:
Almonds
Cottage cheese mixed with powdered soy protein
Half a bagel sandwich with salami and swiss cheese

Drinks:
Tea with honey and lemon
Water

[Lazy_Perfectionist]

I'll try to share a real recipe later, but here's a couple deserts to enjoy. For the icecream, I recommend Breyer's. It's often on sale, and its high aeration works great for milkshakes - you can mash it with a spoon to the perfect consistency, no need to deal with floats or blenders.

Purple Cow:
IceCream, natural vanilla works best.
Real Grape Juice. Stronger is better, like Welch's grape cocktail juice - though thats only available frozen nowadays. If you want a sweeter flavor, then go with grape soda.
Get your nice tall glass, put a few big lumps of icecream in there - say halfway full. Then pour the grape juice to the same level. Mash it together with a spoon, taste, and decide whether you need more grape juice or icecream. The right consistency is about the same as a thick fastfood milkshake, the right flavor is slightly tart. Keeping that in mind, fill up the glass to the top with additional icecream and juice. Eat and enjoy your purple cow.

Amaretto Milkshake
Put several scoops of vanilla ice cream into a tall glass. Pour some skim milk over it, mash together. Add one spoonful of amaretto lacquer. You can add chocolate syrup, but its not necessary.