Gametavern cooking thread!

[The Germanator]

Originally Posted by Teuthida

Yeah they have meat substitutes for almost everything: veggie burgers, veggie chicken burgers, veggie chicken nuggets, veggie bacon, veggie duck, veggie hotdogs, veggie ribs, veggie whatever. Most taste pretty good. The hotdog and bacon products are questionable.

I'll agree with veggie bacon. I feel like that's something with a consistency and taste that is almost impossible to replicate. For that reason I will still eat bacon every once in a while. Veggie sausage can be really good, and I actually don't mind veggie hotdogs. If you get enough mustard on it, it pretty much tastes the same. I'm really eager to track down this veggie scrapple I've heard about...(for those unfamiliar with scrapple, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrapple) I feel like it couldn't be replicated, but if you get the spices right it could be good.

And Professor, yeah, I should just freeze more stuff. The only problem is I have two roommates now and the freezer starts to get filled up quickly. Plus I need some more tupperware.

[DarkMaster]

A chicken/wild mushroom risotto.

Arborio rice
Chicken stock
The mushroom(s) of your choosing
Yellow onion
Garlic
Parmesan cheese

with all these things in your possession, perform the following:

Very finely dice mushrooms, onion, garlic. Olive oil in a hot pan, brown the veggies. Medium-low heat, add arborio rice with 1/2 cup warm chicken stock. Constantly stir, continually adding another 1/2 cup warm stock as the rice absorbs it.

When the rice is cooked but not too cooked (el dente), add parmesan cheese, a few more stirs in the pan. Done.

You will not be disappointed.