Cooking Thread: your "i cant cook" jokes aren't clever

This was something I made last valentines actually.

I was alone at home and decided to make a romantic dinner for one, which also allowed me to experiment and try adding a little bit of beer into the meat sauce (which turned out interestingly, gave it a slight bread like after taste).
Other then that, very standard dish, nothing special.
http://m.imgur.com/v8SsYFF

My baked salmon. I kinda overcooked it and didnt wrap the foil tight enough. Dry Unhappy still yummy tho.
https://imgur.com/a/DAZHI

I made s'mores^2 two weeks ago.
Oof, PopTarts... They tasted so bad when I tried them.
They really aren't that good, but having real marshmallows and chocolate in there made it actually livable.

I can also make pretzels https://imgur.com/os30UPn
(Jun. 02, 2016  5:25 PM)lord Wolfblade Wrote: This was something I made last valentines actually.

I was alone at home and decided to make a romantic dinner for one, which also allowed me to experiment and try adding a little bit of beer into the meat sauce (which turned out interestingly, gave it a slight bread like after taste).
Other then that, very standard dish, nothing special.

Seems pretty good!
Something that I noticed though -- Did you particularly like the taste of the Bayleaf? I doubt the flavors from it were merged in with the tomato sauce, since you didn't cook it in it. Also due to the large size, it must have been hard to eat because of the hard texture. Most people tend to remove Bay leaf after cooking with it for that reason.
(Jun. 23, 2016  5:40 AM)Priscient Wrote: Seems pretty good!
Something that I noticed though -- Did you particularly like the taste of the Bayleaf? I doubt the flavors from it were merged in with the tomato sauce, since you didn't cook it in it. Also due to the large size, it must have been hard to eat because of the hard texture. Most people tend to remove Bay leaf after cooking with it for that reason.

I don't quite remember actually.
I believe I did put a bayleaf or two in the sauce? but I don't think I noticed it really.
the two positioned in that picture were purely for decoration. something that I don't actually do with any of my dishes (I don't care how food is presented tbh), but since I was making just for myself I decided to make it a little bit fancy
Meh breakfast bowl

http://m.imgur.com/3jqZ5II,iwGZJe8,ySFqmx7,Wn1G3Hr

Not pictured: a side of alka-seltzer for dessert
Recently perfected a pulled chicken recipe
Step 1: bake chicken at 400 for about 30 minutes , honey glaze optional

Step 2: pull chicken out and put in bowl and start shredding

Step 3: add paprika,salt,brown sugar, sugar, onion powder, garlic powder, pepper, poultry seasoning, lemon pepper and a bit of cola and mix by hand

Step 4 : put it in bag with BBQ sauce of choice

Step 5 : leave in bag over night in fridge and the next day take it out and put in shallow pan (a deepish kind of pan) bake at 250 for a couple of hours

Step 6: transfer everything by a spoon with holes (forgot the name of it) onto an aluminum covered sprayed cookie sheet and cook at 400 for 20-30 minutes

Pull out and you got gooey sweet and tangy chicken
While reading this thread, dang, IM SO HUNGRY! XP
Wow, you guys did amazing jobs, and absolutely cooking is full of fun. I would try some recipes next month when I settle down in another place, can't wait! :P