Geekfood Mk2.

[Dog Pants]

others where i've broken out the 1.5 million scoville sauce to perk it up.

Would that be Da Bomb? My boss's wife put some of that on his lunch the other week. He cried, I did a lol.

[FatherJack]

I have some Dave's insanity, at around 180k which is hot enough for my needs. Don't see much call for anything hotter unless I was making catering-sized amounts.

[HereComesPete]

Da Bomb is only 120,000 scovilles. I expect berk harbours some Blair's 2am or Mad Dog's revenge, they're around the 1-2 million mark.

[Dr. kitteny berk]

Right now I have:

Dave's insanity spice - chilli flakes
Blair's Death Rain Nitro - Powder
Mad dog's revenge - liquid, hotter than the sun. a drop will make that chilli recipe perky.

[shot2bits]

Mad dog's revenge - liquid, hotter than the sun. a drop will make that chilli recipe perky.

ive considered this stuff before, my main wonder was how painfull is it the next morning? i can eat hot food fine but some things get the better of me the next day and i tend to steer clear of them after learning the true meaning of "ring of fire"

[Dr. kitteny berk]

Honestly, it'd probably hospitalize you if you ate it neat.

[FatherJack]

i tend to steer clear of them after learning the true meaning of "ring of fire"

aka Bhaji Bum

It's often not the pure heat, but a combination of quantity, timing and food types that gives one Ring Sting. Guinness, for example is a poor choice to accompany a late-night chicken vindaloo.

The super-hot sauces are just used drop-wise as an ingredient though, not slavered on your chips like srichacha.

[Jackinabox]

We at the house of trouser at Uni enjoyed a nice Gammon joint with amazing crackling.

Loads of Honey & Mustard Rubbed in and foil covered & Roasted for 1 hour 55 . Then removed for the crispy skin style crackling.

Notice the wonderful selection of sauces :D

Yum

[Dr. kitteny berk]

Lasagna, fucking pain in the arse, delicious.

Also good practice for knifery

Ingredients:
Meat sauce:
1.5lb beef mince
1 onion, chopped fine
1 carrot, chopped fine
2 garlic cloved, chopped fine (or crushed, if you're a heathen/spaz)
2 tins tomatoes
Celery leaves, chopped
bay leaf
Basil (fresh), chiffonadeded
Pinch of Nutmeg
150ml white wine
Splash of milk
Knob of butter
1tbl olive oil

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White sauce:
1pt milk
50g butter
50g plain flour
30g pamesan, grated
Pinch of Nutmeg

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Lasagna:
Lasagna sheets
150g pamesan, grated

Tools:
Large frying pan
Large saucepan
Small saucepan or jug + microwave for milk
something suitable for assembling a lasagna in, I use a glass thingy.
Bowl with hot water to keep lasagna sheets in while you assemble.

Method:

Meat sauce:
Stick Butter and olive oil in your frying pan over medium heat, wait until butter is bubbling a bit.

Add Carrots and onions, stir around for a few minutes to keep yourself occupied, add the garlic and stir a bit more.
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Once the veggies are soft, add the minced beef and break it up until nice and small, keep stirring and breaking the meat up until it's all browned.
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Add celery leaves, bay leaf, season and add the wine, cook a bit.

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Add tomatoes, basil and nutmeg, stir a bit, put heat to medium-low.

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Wait 30 minutes, stick oven on at 200c, wait another 30 minutes, now add that slosh of milk (takes the sharpness of the wine away), stir it in, and stick the pan on a low ring out of the way somewhere.

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White Sauce:
Melt the butter over low heat in your large pan, throw the flour in and stir for a few minutes.

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Once it gets to this point, remove from the heat and leave to cool.

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Heat your milk in a pan, or the microwave, no need to boil it, just hot enough that when you stick your finger in your thought is ow, that's hot.

Put your butter/flour pan over medium heat, add a small amout of your hot milk, whisk to combine with the butter/flour, repeat, whisking constantly.

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Once all the milk is in, add the cheese/nutmeg and whisk more.

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Assembly:
Stick your lasagna sheets in a bowl with some hot water.

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Now's a good time to stick your glass bowl in the oven to warm up, just give it 2 minutes, then remove and butter.

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Now you're prepped, the fun can start.

Put some of the meat sauce in the bottom of the bowl, top with a bit of parmesan, then a layer of lasagna.

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Next layers should be meat sauce, white sauce, parmesan, lasagna, if the white sauce goes too thick, add a splash of milk and stir it in.

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The very top layer should be lasagna, white sauce, parmesan.

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Now throw the whole lot in the oven for 25-30 minutes, until it looks awesome.

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Remove, and leave it alone for 15-20 minutes to let everything set, cut into chunks and serve with some salad.

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Stuff Face.

[deject]

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Stuff Face.

[Lateralus]

That looks awesome. Haven't made lasagna for ages, but will have to give that a try.

[Dr. kitteny berk]

Chocolate orange torte, with orange sauce, and a caramel thingy.



Yeah, I was bored.

[friznit]

What did you do with the fish?

[Dr. kitteny berk]

Stuck it up your mum to improve the smell.

[TheJockGit]

[The Shutting Downs]

Cheers for the tip on heating the milk first for the white sauce.

Recipie I always followed said to leave it cold, but it never mixed right when added. I'll try it next time.

[HereComesPete]

I use corn flour myself, but you need to prep it or it'll just go lumpy if added to too hot a sauce.

Making a paste - if you use 1:1.5 corn flour:cold water, mix it until smooth and slop it in like that for desired thickness.

[Dr. kitteny berk]

I don't like cornflour for sauces like that, they end up too non-newtonian too easy.

[friznit]

Arrowroot best root

[Thompy]

Adding milk cold should be fine. The key is tiny amounts at a time and blending to an even paste before adding the next.

A lumpy sauce is nearly always rectifiable with a sieve and/or liquidiser though.