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1. Made biscuits from scratch?
Yes, but I don't think that what the questionnaire considers 'biscuits' is what I consider 'biscuits'... But I've made damper from scratch.
2. Fried fresh okra?
Nope.
3. Made sourdough bread?
Yes. Need to get some sourdough starter off someone to start it again.
4. Fried chicken?
No. Need to find a recipe - any recommendations?
5. Made spaghetti sauce from scratch?
Yes. My mum's bolognaise is a staple: mince, onion, and a lot of tomatoes. Add herbs, vegies, and spices to taste. I like to add a cup of red wine and a couple of tablespoons of balsalmic vinegar.
6. Made any kind of yeast bread?
Yep. Quite a few during COVID, although the last one was a bit salty...
7. Baked a cake from scratch?
Plenty of them. My mother's coconut cake is incredibly simple: 1 cup SR flour, 1 cup coconut, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup milk, 125g butter (half a block here in Au), 1 egg, 1 tsp vanilla. Mix, pour into tin, cook at 180C for 30-45 minutes.
8. Made icing from scratch?
Yep. Both buttercream and the icing-sugar-and-lemon-juice kind. (Goes really well on the coconut cake.)
9. Cooked a pot roast with all the veg?
We don't do pot roasts so much around here. I did lamb shanks the other night, though. Some of that'll be lunch today.
10. Made chili from scratch?
Not really chilli fans around here.
11. Made a meatloaf?
Yup. Again, my mother's meatloaf is *kisses fingers*.
12. Made scalloped potatoes?
Which ones are scalloped potatoes? Are they like 'potato scallops'?
13. Made mac/cheese from scratch?
Did that on Saturday night. But I've only been doing that in the last couple of years.
14. Made a jello salad?
No. And I doubt I ever will...
15. Made peanut brittle?
No. But I've made almond pralines.
16. Made fudge?
Can't actually remember. Maybe?
17. Made cookies from scratch?
Yup. I found a really good basic cookie recipe, as well as one that freezes and then bakes spectacularly!
18. Cooked a pot of beans from dried beans?
Yes. Well, chickpeas.
19. Cooked a pot of greens?
Is there a specific meaning to 'pot of greens' that I don't understand from an Australian context?
Actually, this has just reminded me that I have brussel sprouts that I need to roast for eating with the lamb shanks...
20. Made cornbread from scratch?
Maybe? Something else I don't remember doing.
21. Made a pie dough from scratch?
Yes.
22. Cooked a whole turkey?
No. Whole chickens, whole ducks, even once a whole goose, but never a turkey. We don't do turkeys much here in Australia.
23. Snapped green beans and cooked them?
Yup. And I grew them myself in the garden.
24. Made mashed potatoes from scratch?
Yes. ...and I have potatoes in the root bin. Must dig them out.
25. What’s the most people you have (alone) prepared a whole meal for?
Don't remember. Five or six, maybe? I recall serving pizza to a group of friends...and only later realising that one of the guys was allergic to almost everything on that pizza. *facepalm* In my defence, I was nineteen living away from home, and had never encountered anyone with that degree of food allergy before.
26. Poached an egg?
Yes. They go well on instant noodles (ramen).
27. Made pancakes from scratch?
Now you're just making me hungry. We have all the ingredients, too...
28. Roasted vegetables in the oven instead of boiling them?
...isn't the oven the only way to roast vegies? Otherwise they're boiled vegies... Although my stepdad boils them first, then fluffs them up and roasts them for the last 30 minutes to get their outsides crispy and toasty.
29. Made fresh pasta?
Yes. I don't think it's worth the bother, personally.
30. Made croissants from scratch?
No. Although I've been tempted during iso.
31. Made tuna salad?
Is that the one with tuna and onion and mayo? If so, yes.
32. Fried fish?
Fried? Or deep fried? Frying in a frypan is easy enough. Deep frying with batter is another order of difficult - although I've done it for zucchini flowers and eggplant before.
33. Made baked beans?
Not yet.
34. Made ice cream from scratch?
No. Haven't got an ice-cream maker and I'm not going to do the churning thing myself.
35. Made jam or jelly?
Yes. I have a ridiculous amount of apricot jam in the cupboard right now. But right now there's also mulberry, kumquat, and quince-and-strawberry jam in the fridge.
36. Zested an orange or lemon?
Yes. Watch the fingers!
37. Made grits from scratch?
Don't have grits here. Might have made oatmeal from scratch before, but oats aren't a big things for us.
38. Made an omelette?
Of course! Probably not very good ones, but still. Omelettes are easy.
39. Lived in a house without a dishwasher?
LOL. WELCOME TO MY HOUSE.
40. Eaten a bowl of cereal for supper?
No. Cheese on toast or instant noodles (ramen) or a fried egg is my usual go-to for when I'm hungry but can't be assed.
Yes, but I don't think that what the questionnaire considers 'biscuits' is what I consider 'biscuits'... But I've made damper from scratch.
2. Fried fresh okra?
Nope.
3. Made sourdough bread?
Yes. Need to get some sourdough starter off someone to start it again.
4. Fried chicken?
No. Need to find a recipe - any recommendations?
5. Made spaghetti sauce from scratch?
Yes. My mum's bolognaise is a staple: mince, onion, and a lot of tomatoes. Add herbs, vegies, and spices to taste. I like to add a cup of red wine and a couple of tablespoons of balsalmic vinegar.
6. Made any kind of yeast bread?
Yep. Quite a few during COVID, although the last one was a bit salty...
7. Baked a cake from scratch?
Plenty of them. My mother's coconut cake is incredibly simple: 1 cup SR flour, 1 cup coconut, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup milk, 125g butter (half a block here in Au), 1 egg, 1 tsp vanilla. Mix, pour into tin, cook at 180C for 30-45 minutes.
8. Made icing from scratch?
Yep. Both buttercream and the icing-sugar-and-lemon-juice kind. (Goes really well on the coconut cake.)
9. Cooked a pot roast with all the veg?
We don't do pot roasts so much around here. I did lamb shanks the other night, though. Some of that'll be lunch today.
10. Made chili from scratch?
Not really chilli fans around here.
11. Made a meatloaf?
Yup. Again, my mother's meatloaf is *kisses fingers*.
12. Made scalloped potatoes?
Which ones are scalloped potatoes? Are they like 'potato scallops'?
13. Made mac/cheese from scratch?
Did that on Saturday night. But I've only been doing that in the last couple of years.
14. Made a jello salad?
No. And I doubt I ever will...
15. Made peanut brittle?
No. But I've made almond pralines.
16. Made fudge?
Can't actually remember. Maybe?
17. Made cookies from scratch?
Yup. I found a really good basic cookie recipe, as well as one that freezes and then bakes spectacularly!
18. Cooked a pot of beans from dried beans?
Yes. Well, chickpeas.
19. Cooked a pot of greens?
Is there a specific meaning to 'pot of greens' that I don't understand from an Australian context?
Actually, this has just reminded me that I have brussel sprouts that I need to roast for eating with the lamb shanks...
20. Made cornbread from scratch?
Maybe? Something else I don't remember doing.
21. Made a pie dough from scratch?
Yes.
22. Cooked a whole turkey?
No. Whole chickens, whole ducks, even once a whole goose, but never a turkey. We don't do turkeys much here in Australia.
23. Snapped green beans and cooked them?
Yup. And I grew them myself in the garden.
24. Made mashed potatoes from scratch?
Yes. ...and I have potatoes in the root bin. Must dig them out.
25. What’s the most people you have (alone) prepared a whole meal for?
Don't remember. Five or six, maybe? I recall serving pizza to a group of friends...and only later realising that one of the guys was allergic to almost everything on that pizza. *facepalm* In my defence, I was nineteen living away from home, and had never encountered anyone with that degree of food allergy before.
26. Poached an egg?
Yes. They go well on instant noodles (ramen).
27. Made pancakes from scratch?
Now you're just making me hungry. We have all the ingredients, too...
28. Roasted vegetables in the oven instead of boiling them?
...isn't the oven the only way to roast vegies? Otherwise they're boiled vegies... Although my stepdad boils them first, then fluffs them up and roasts them for the last 30 minutes to get their outsides crispy and toasty.
29. Made fresh pasta?
Yes. I don't think it's worth the bother, personally.
30. Made croissants from scratch?
No. Although I've been tempted during iso.
31. Made tuna salad?
Is that the one with tuna and onion and mayo? If so, yes.
32. Fried fish?
Fried? Or deep fried? Frying in a frypan is easy enough. Deep frying with batter is another order of difficult - although I've done it for zucchini flowers and eggplant before.
33. Made baked beans?
Not yet.
34. Made ice cream from scratch?
No. Haven't got an ice-cream maker and I'm not going to do the churning thing myself.
35. Made jam or jelly?
Yes. I have a ridiculous amount of apricot jam in the cupboard right now. But right now there's also mulberry, kumquat, and quince-and-strawberry jam in the fridge.
36. Zested an orange or lemon?
Yes. Watch the fingers!
37. Made grits from scratch?
Don't have grits here. Might have made oatmeal from scratch before, but oats aren't a big things for us.
38. Made an omelette?
Of course! Probably not very good ones, but still. Omelettes are easy.
39. Lived in a house without a dishwasher?
LOL. WELCOME TO MY HOUSE.
40. Eaten a bowl of cereal for supper?
No. Cheese on toast or instant noodles (ramen) or a fried egg is my usual go-to for when I'm hungry but can't be assed.
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Scalloped potatoes are just potatoes sliced into flat-ish round bits, then baked in the oven with milk and cheese (and seasoning if you want). There's three or four names for it, but just baked cheesy potatoes.
Grits are corn - corn kernels dried out and ground, like you do with oats. No one outside the US South has much clue what these are, much less eats them. Think polenta! (Er, if you have polenta in AU...?)
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And what you call 'scalloped potatoes' is called 'potato bake' around here.
I've eaten grits before, I just forgot exactly what they were. And no, I haven't ever made grits from scratch. Although I might this summer if the corn I'm growing does decently. Last seasons' corn was a bust; barely any ears, and none of them properly pollinated: I blame the drought, then the three weeks of rain that turned up right as they were supposed to be pollinating...